Fons Luminis
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Ursae Majoris
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Fons Luminis is the capital of the Solar Dominion, and one of the major wormhole nexi of known space. It is a quintuple star system: the inhabited planet orbits in a tidally locked manner around Aton, a red dwarf which orbits the bright G0 star Re which is the primary source of warmth. Orbiting Re and Aton are the three outer stars, the K2 star Kephra which orbits with the G2 star Horus which in turn is closely orbited by a brown dwarf called Amon.
The climate of Raphael is variable. There is a 3 month period due to the motion around Aton, a 1.2 year period due to Aton's motion around Re and a 60 year period due to the outer triad. When the planet was first colonised it was a lifeless desert, but due to immense terraforming efforts where massive amounts of material were brought in from other systems it has been turned into a paradise. The costs have been enormous and in order to keep the climate, biosphere and geosphere stable there is a dense nano- and picotech-network everywhere subtly manipulating things. Nothing can occur on Raphael without being directly known by its AIs or the Lord of Rays.
The capital on Raphael is known as Focus, located at the subsolar point where Aton always stays in zenith. At the center is the grand pyramid where the God-Emperor resides. Surrounding it are major government buildings, historical monument and the central temples.
Outside Focus, Raphael is mainly pastoral, with a population distributed evenly across the surface. Communications are excellent, and despite the lack of a beanstalk ground-orbit transports are cheap and frequent.
Orbiting in great bands around Kephra, Horus and Amon are wormhole stations, orbital factories, habitats and defense installations. This part, often called the Outsys, is one of the major business and transport nexuses of the Wormhole Nexus. Transports to and from Raphael are frequent and in general take 1-3 days, depending on orbital configuration (there exists in-system wormholes, but they are only for government and military use).
| System: | Fons Luminis | ||
| Location: | Xi Ursae Majoris | ||
| RA(2000):11 18 10.9 DE(2000): +31 31 45 Dist: 25.8 ly | |||
| Major population centers: | Planets: | Raphael Planet, Xi Ursae Majoris Ab (Aton) I |
Tidally locked planet orbiting Aton, within the lifezone of Re. Terraformed since the Era of Interstellar Empires, terracompatibility AAA. Main urban center: Focus. Otherwise largely rural. Major government and religious center. |
| Orbital bands: | Kephra Orbital XiUMa Ba |
The main wormhole transit nexus. Finance, transport, media, pilgrimage. Main clusters: Khylia Cluster, Fartram Nexus, Bui Je Interstellar Cluster. | |
| Horus Orbital XiUMa Bb |
Amat production, weylforges and wormhole storage during interstellar transit. | ||
| Amon Orbital XiUMa Bc |
Center for heavy industry, shipyards, star lifting and megascale constructions. | ||
| Re Orbital XiUMa Aa |
Orbital band orbiting 0.5 AU from Re. AI clusters, nanotech support webs, defense. Main clusters: Lux 4, Radiosity Pure, Iohannis-Farad Cluster. | ||
| Population: | Total | 14.4 billion sentients | |
| Raphael | total | 7.1 billion | |
| Focus | 0.3 billion | ||
| Rural | 6.8 billion | ||
| Kephra | 1.0 billion | ||
| Horus | 0.04 billion | ||
| Amon | 0.02 billion | ||
| Re | 6.3 billion | ||
| Other | <0.01 billion | ||
| Main languages: | Solarese (Edenese/Anglish derived language, also called Solarian) | ||
| Main species/clades: | AI | 50% (mainly located in Re Orbital) | |
| superior | 15% | ||
| cyborg | 14% | ||
| vec | 10% | ||
| animant | 9% | ||
| baseline | 2% | ||
| alien | <0.01% | ||
| Main Industries: | Interstellar governance services, wormhole engineering, interstellar transport services, finance, forecasting, religious technology and pilgrimage. | ||
