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Tau Ceti



Tau Ceti - Data Panel

Galactography


System: Tau Ceti

Primary: Tau Ceti

Stellar Type: G8Vp

Companion: none

Region: Inner Sphere Old Core, Sol Sector (11.9 light-years from Sol)

Planets:
  1. Hermes Mercurian - populous vec and aioid world, mostly of Unity allegiance, although there are some Silicon Generation habitats as well. . EG entry
  2. Nova Terra - Eugaian Gaian (Terraformed, originally EoGaian) - Mediacratic NoCoZo, su, heteromorphic, and tweak planetary population and extensive orbitals bands - more
  3. Ceti asteroid belt ranges from 0.85 AU to 1.55 AU from Tau Ceti, but is rather resource poor. Much of the belt has been claimed by the Newterran orbitals, but there is a strong Alliance element EG Entry.
  4. Zeus EuJovian with extensive moon system, mostly ai, cyborg, and bionts of the regional superpower Unity. Communion of Worlds Allegiance. The large Europan Type moon Leda is aligned with the Sophic League
  5. Hades - Europan Type minor ice world - a few small ai and cyborg colonies, some Europans and other exotic clades. Mostly Unity affiliation
  6. Persephone - Europan Type iceball. Mostly Unity affiliation. Beamrider booster station
  7. Tartarus Europan Type iceball. Mostly Unity affiliation, and some derived haloist bioborgs.
  8. Styx Europan Type iceball - There is a Backgrounder Cryocyborg colony and a few exotic post-genetekker clades. Some Zoeific Biopolity affiliation
  9. Poseidon - bluish failed core that has an eccentric orbit. There are several Backgrounder Cryocyborg colonies and orbitals and a few ex-haloists


AI


AI overseers: varies by world and polity

AI's ethos: varies by world and polity

Psyche, Art, Culture


Metapsychology: varies by clade and polity

Metaethics: varies by clade and polity

Religion/Ideology: varies by clade and polity

Culture and Art: varies by clade and polity

Language: varies by clade and polity, although Anglic dialects are widely spoken

Travel


Stargate(s):


Cycle Routes: several Beamrider connections through Persephone

Hazard Rating : varies by world and polity

Visa Restrictions : varies by world and polity;

Freedom of Movement : varies by world and polity; the outer worlds are fairly restricted, due to Backgrounder secrecy

Environmental Requirements : Newterra and many orbitals are baseline hu environmentally compatible. Some other colonies will require environment suits

Zeus - Tau Ceti III
Zeus - Tau Ceti III





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Design notes - Originally, in Big Ideas, Grand Vision, Nova Terra (originally just "Nova") was included in Tau Ceti. Since both Nova Terra (the media world) and Tau Ceti are interesting topics, I decided to separate them, so that Tau Ceti as a unique location isn't overwhelmed by Nova (as it is in the earlier version of OA) - MAK