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As the Tarsus quantum drive mod became more readily available at the turn of the 23rd century, new exploration companies were formed, eager to reap the benefits from discovering a system. The \u201cGolden Age of Expansion\u201d was officially underway with hundreds of ships scouring known space, hoping to push the boundaries of Humanity even farther. While the media liked to create the romantic image of the explorer\u2019s life, for every success story like NavJumper Antoine Lebec, there were dozens more who lost everything, including their lives, hunting for new jump points. The ship that discovered the first jump point to Oberon was one such tragedy despite their success in locating a new system.\n\nThe crew of the Lindy had been exploring the outreaches of Nul since 2348 and their reserve of funds had nearly run dry, when in 2356 their scanners picked up a faint anomaly that would reveal itself to be a jump point. They successfully traversed through interspace and found on the other side a new system anchored by a neutron star. Small and dense, it turned out to have twice the mass of most G-type main sequence stars despite having a solar radius that is just a fraction of the size. Formerly a binary star system, approximately 1.4 billion years ago the main star went supernova, gravitationally collapsing and stripping the outer layers of its companion. What was left orbiting in the wake of that chaotic event was the core of the former partner brown dwarf star, now known as Oberon I, and six other planets that had formed out of the debris of whatever planets had originally been in the system before. The Lindy crew, excited that their payday had finally arrived, completed their initial scans and charted their return trip to Nul.\n\nUnfortunately, while traversing a new jump tunnel was, and still is, dangerous work, the return trip could be equally lethal due to the limited capacity of navigation computer systems of the time. Though the Lindy eventually emerged back in Nul, the ship\u2019s hull had been horribly damaged en route and sadly the crew had all expired. A salvage vessel found the wreck days later and since no governing body controlled Nul space, the vessel exerted salvaging rights to claim the valuable navdata it found in the shattered ship as its own.\n\nIn the decades before the UNE was formed, regulations regarding the discovery of new systems were very much still in their nascent days. When the data were quickly sold at auction, the owner of the salvage operations, Stacia Rholtz, made an unprecedented amount of money for the coordinates of the jump thanks to a bidding war fueled by the recent hype surrounding the effort to terraform Croshaw. It appeared that Humans living outside of Sol were to be the future of the species and businesses were willing to pay heavily to get in on the ground floor. The winning bid for the coordinates was placed by Titania Terraforming and plans immediately began for settlement of the system.\n\nSince so much of their budget had been spent on the acquisition of the system itself, Titania had decided upon a unique way to cut costs on their efforts to terraform Oberon II, by leveraging future profits against their present expenditures. Workers who signed on to the project would be sold plots of land at heavily reduced prices instead of receiving payment. The promise was that once the terraforming of the world was complete they would be able to settle on the surface with their families. The name of the system, Oberon, was part of the branding used in the marketing campaign to sell labor shares, \u201cThe world of your dreams is yours for the making.\u201d People signed up by the thousands, selling all their possessions and cashing in their savings, hungry for a chance to leave Sol behind and find a fresh start. It was an interesting business strategy that might have worked if it were not for the fact that Oberon II was far from an ideal terraforming candidate.\n\nWith so little light and warmth being provided by the neutron star, one of the first steps in the process was going to have to be raising the planet\u2019s core temperature a significant amount. This was a feat that had never before been attempted and one that proved beyond Titania\u2019s abilities. After years of toiling, the core manipulations refused to take. The project was declared a failure and Titania dissolved as a corporation overnight. The workers were abandoned on a frozen planet that was only half terraformed with no means to leave. Using the gear abandoned by Titania, the settler\u2019s managed to eke out a meager existence in the planet\u2019s neverending winter, but their dreams of better days would remain unfulfilled.\n\nThough the system has some wealth in the form of raw minerals and gases, it has never been enough to warrant any further economic investment throughout the centuries. In the late 2600s the UEE briefly looked into acquiring the system, but passed on the opportunity to make Oberon part of the Empire. Ever since, it has remained unclaimed, with only the descendants of those initial settlers, misguided fortune seekers, and various outcasts and\noutlaws calling the system home. Ironically, after suffering so much misfortune throughout its history, it has been the system\u2019s latest tragedy earlier this year that has allowed the people of Oberon to once again begin to foster hope.\n\nThough the populace suffered heavy losses when a Vanduul clan recently raided the settlements on Uriel, Admiral Bishop and the UEES Retribution arrived in time\nto hold off a second attack and establish a new order in the generally lawless system. For the first time in its history, Oberon now hosts a contingent of Navy capital ships.\nThough the Retribution has moved on, a large fighting force remains in the system charged with protecting it from further Vanduul incursions. The fleet\u2019s presence has already begun to have an effect, as outlaw activity has dropped and relief aid has begun to arrive. Though some herald this as a possible second chance for the system, there are plenty who predict that the Navy will pull out soon. If they do, Oberon may never recover.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nBefore visiting Uriel, confirm it is not a year the chestnut beetles are active. Ships sitting on the planet surface will be at risk for severe damage by the insatiable insects.\n\nOBERON I (GONN)\nAccording to legend, the planet received its name from one of the original settlers who had staked a mining claim \u2014 a former Cathcart hauler, who used to chase away rival ships by yelling \u201cChinewa bedda get Gonn!\u201d A super-Earth carbon planet, Oberon I is the remnants of the system\u2019s former binary star. Rich in untapped resources, very few miners are up to the challenge that the extreme environmental and economic conditions pose. The minimal upkeep that the few automated refineries dotting the surface require is too steep a price for most. Even the hardy and rugged mining community that lives here struggles to turn a profit. Many who do find the courage to try their hand come seeking the vast wealth of diamonds that is rumored to exist in the planet\u2019s dense carbon core, despite that the fact that so far only a few sparse diamond veins have ever been found.\n\nOBERON II (URIEL)\nThe settlers who were stranded after the terraforming failure were forced underground by the harsh surface conditions. The temperature being slightly warmer near the core, the families spent decades carving out a meager existence in dark and densely packed caves. The struggle for resources lead to significant in-fighting during those first years and resulted in a society built on strong family ties with dividing lines clearly drawn based on which warren you lived in. One of these warren families, known as the Echo, attributed their strength of faith to their group\u2019s survival. The planet\u2019s name is said to come from their often repeated saying that, \u201cin the darkness of the tunnels, God is my light.\u201d\n\nAs difficult as life on Uriel has been, it got significantly worse in the 27th century when one of the warrens introduced the chestnut beetle to the world as a farmable food source. It worked well at first, with their seventy year dormant, six months active cycle, and their ability to eat almost anything making them easy to care for. However, that did not last when the inhabitants realized that the insects had found a way to survive on the surface and were spreading to other warrens. What started as a welcome addition to the locals\u2019 diet quickly turned into a serious pest, with the beetle population growing into the millions. Now like clockwork, the beetles emerge every seventy years and sweep across the planet, devouring anything they can. Most of the warrens have developed methods to help seal up the tunnels during chestnut season, but the invasive species has seriously hampered any attempts to settle the surface. In recent years several above-ground communities have sprung up, but with the chestnut threat looming they have kept relatively small. Some consider this fortunate, as the casualties from the recent Vanduul attack might have been much worse if it wasn\u2019t for the chestnut beetle keeping the population below ground.\n\nOBERON III & IV\nThese small rocky protoplanets drift well outside of the scant green band that the limited light of the neutron star provides the system.\n\nOBERON V\nWhat little resources there ever were on this atmosphereless mesoplanet have largely been stripped away, leaving it a barren rock that few deem worthy of a visit.\n\nOBERON VI\nEven with its rocky core, this gas dwarf does not have much in the way of harvestable commodities.\n\nOBERON VII\nConsidered to be one of the few calming sights in the whole of Oberon, this Class IV gas giant composed of carbon monoxide has a high presence of alkali metal, giving it a pleasing subdued color.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cThe most valuable thing someone can ship in the Oberon system is Urielians. Away from it.\u201d\n\u2013 Urelian Saying\n\n\u201cIn the face of such a threat, we cannot afford to draw distinctions between those who are within the Empire and those who are not. There is only us against them. Humanity versus Vanduul.\u201d\n\u2013 Admiral Bishop, Comm to Imperator Costigan, 2946","de_DE":"Galaktischer Leitfaden: Oberon System\nDUMMK\u00d6PFE KOMMEN HEREIN.\nOberon war von Anfang an ein System, das diejenigen, die Reichtum und Gl\u00fcck suchten, lockte, nur um sie immer wieder mittellos zu machen. Als der Tarsus-Quantenantriebsmod um die Jahrhundertwende leichter verf\u00fcgbar wurde, entstanden neue Explorationsfirmen, die die Vorteile der Entdeckung eines Systems nutzen wollten. Das \"Goldene Zeitalter der Expansion\" begann offiziell mit Hunderten von Schiffen, die den bekannten Raum durchk\u00e4mmen und hofften, die Grenzen der Menschheit noch weiter zu verschieben. W\u00e4hrend die Medien gerne das romantische Bild des Lebens des Entdeckers schufen, gab es f\u00fcr jede Erfolgsgeschichte wie NavJumper Antoine Lebec Dutzende mehr, die alles verloren, auch ihr Leben, auf der Jagd nach neuen Sprungbrettern. Das Schiff, das den ersten Sprungpunkt nach Oberon entdeckte, war eine solche Trag\u00f6die, obwohl es gelang, ein neues System zu finden.\n\nDie Besatzung der Lindy hatte die Eins\u00e4tze von Nul seit 2348 erkundet und ihre Geldreserven waren fast ausgetrocknet, als ihre Scanner im Jahr 2356 eine schwache Anomalie aufnahmen, die sich als Sprungbrett erweisen w\u00fcrde. Sie durchquerten erfolgreich den Zwischenraum und fanden auf der anderen Seite ein neues System, das von einem Neutronenstern verankert war. Klein und dicht, stellte sich heraus, dass sie die doppelte Masse der meisten G-Hauptreihensterne aufweist, obwohl sie einen Sonnenradius hat, der nur einen Bruchteil der Gr\u00f6\u00dfe betr\u00e4gt. Fr\u00fcher ein Doppelsternsystem, vor etwa 1,4 Milliarden Jahren ging der Hauptstern in die Supernova, brach gravitativ zusammen und entfernte die \u00e4u\u00dferen Schichten seines Begleiters. Was nach diesem chaotischen Ereignis im Orbit blieb, war der Kern des ehemaligen Partner-Wei\u00dfzwergsterns, heute Oberon I genannt, und sechs weiterer Planeten, die sich aus den Tr\u00fcmmern der Planeten gebildet hatten, die urspr\u00fcnglich im System gewesen waren. Die Lindy-Crew, die sich dar\u00fcber freute, dass ihr Zahltag endlich gekommen war, beendete ihre ersten Scans und kartierte ihre R\u00fcckreise nach Nul.\n\nLeider war und ist die Durchquerung eines neuen Sprungtunnels eine gef\u00e4hrliche Arbeit, aber die R\u00fcckfahrt k\u00f6nnte aufgrund der begrenzten Kapazit\u00e4t der damaligen Navigationssysteme ebenso t\u00f6dlich sein. Obwohl die Lindy schlie\u00dflich wieder in Nul auftauchte, war der Schiffsrumpf w\u00e4hrend der Fahrt schrecklich besch\u00e4digt worden und leider war die Crew alle abgelaufen. Ein Bergungsschiff fand das Wrack Tage sp\u00e4ter und da kein Regierungsorgan den Nul-Raum kontrollierte, \u00fcbte das Schiff Bergungsrechte aus, um die wertvollen Navdata, die es im zerbrochenen Schiff fand, als seine eigenen zu beanspruchen.\n\nIn den Jahrzehnten vor der Gr\u00fcndung der UNE befanden sich die Vorschriften f\u00fcr die Entdeckung neuer Systeme noch in den Kinderschuhen. Als die Daten schnell auf einer Auktion verkauft wurden, verdiente die Besitzerin der Bergungsarbeiten, Stacia Rholtz, dank eines Bieterkrieges, der durch den j\u00fcngsten Hype um die Bem\u00fchungen, Croshaw zu terraformen, angeheizt wurde, einen beispiellosen Betrag f\u00fcr die Koordinaten des Sprungs. Es schien, dass die Menschen, die au\u00dferhalb von Sol leben, die Zukunft der Art sein sollten, und die Unternehmen waren bereit, viel Geld zu zahlen, um im Erdgeschoss einzusteigen. Der Zuschlag f\u00fcr die Koordinaten wurde von Titania Terraforming erteilt und die Pl\u00e4ne f\u00fcr die Abrechnung des Systems begannen sofort.\n\nDa so viel von ihrem Budget f\u00fcr den Erwerb des Systems selbst ausgegeben worden war, hatte sich Titania f\u00fcr eine einzigartige M\u00f6glichkeit entschieden, die Kosten f\u00fcr ihre Bem\u00fchungen um die Terraform von Oberon II zu senken, indem sie zuk\u00fcnftige Gewinne gegen ihre derzeitigen Ausgaben einsetzte. Die Arbeiter, die das Projekt unterzeichnet haben, w\u00fcrden Grundst\u00fccke zu stark reduzierten Preisen verkauft, anstatt eine Zahlung zu erhalten. Das Versprechen war, dass sie sich nach Abschluss der Terraform der Welt mit ihren Familien an der Oberfl\u00e4che niederlassen k\u00f6nnen. Der Name des Systems, Oberon, war Teil des Brandings, das in der Marketingkampagne zum Verkauf von Arbeitsanteilen verwendet wurde: \"Die Welt deiner Tr\u00e4ume geh\u00f6rt dir\". Die Menschen unterschrieben zu Tausenden, verkauften all ihren Besitz und kassierten ihre Ersparnisse, hungrig nach einer Chance, Sol zur\u00fcckzulassen und einen Neuanfang zu finden. Es war eine interessante Gesch\u00e4ftsstrategie, die h\u00e4tte funktionieren k\u00f6nnen, wenn es nicht daran gelegen h\u00e4tte, dass Oberon II bei weitem kein idealer Terraforming-Kandidat war.\n\nDa der Neutronenstern so wenig Licht und W\u00e4rme liefert, musste einer der ersten Schritte im Prozess darin bestehen, die Kerntemperatur des Planeten um einiges anzuheben. Dies war eine Leistung, die noch nie zuvor versucht worden war und die \u00fcber die F\u00e4higkeiten von Titania hinausging. Nach Jahren der Schufterei weigerten sich die Kernmanipulationen. Das Projekt wurde f\u00fcr gescheitert erkl\u00e4rt und Titania l\u00f6ste sich \u00fcber Nacht als Aktiengesellschaft auf. Die Arbeiter wurden auf einem gefrorenen Planeten ausgesetzt, der nur halb terrassenf\u00f6rmig und ohne Mittel zum Verlassen war. Mit der von Titania verlassenen Ausr\u00fcstung gelang es den Siedlern, im endlosen Winter des Planeten eine karge Existenz aufzubauen, aber ihre Tr\u00e4ume von besseren Tagen blieben unerf\u00fcllt.\n\nObwohl das System \u00fcber einen gewissen Reichtum in Form von Rohmineralien und Gasen verf\u00fcgt, war es nie ausreichend, um weitere wirtschaftliche Investitionen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte zu rechtfertigen. In den sp\u00e4ten 2600er Jahren \u00fcberlegte die UEE kurz, das System zu erwerben, gab aber die Gelegenheit weiter, Oberon zum Teil des Reiches zu machen. Seitdem ist es nicht mehr beansprucht worden, nur die Nachkommen dieser ersten Siedler, irregef\u00fchrte Verm\u00f6genssucher und verschiedene Ausgesto\u00dfene und\nGesetzlose, die das System zu Hause anrufen. Ironischerweise war es nach so viel Ungl\u00fcck in seiner Geschichte die j\u00fcngste Trag\u00f6die des Systems Anfang dieses Jahres, die es dem Volk von Oberon erm\u00f6glicht hat, wieder einmal Hoffnung zu wecken.\n\nObwohl die Bev\u00f6lkerung schwere Verluste erlitt, als ein Vanduul-Klan k\u00fcrzlich die Siedlungen auf Uriel \u00fcberfiel, kamen Admiral Bishop und die UEES-Vergeltung rechtzeitig an.\num einen zweiten Angriff abzuwehren und eine neue Ordnung im allgemein gesetzlosen System zu schaffen. Zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte beherbergt Oberon nun ein Kontingent von Gro\u00dfschiffen der Marine.\nObwohl die Vergeltung weitergeht, bleibt eine gro\u00dfe Kampftruppe im System, die sie vor weiteren \u00dcbergriffen der Vandule sch\u00fctzen soll. Die Pr\u00e4senz der Flotte hat bereits erste Auswirkungen gezeigt, da die Aktivit\u00e4ten der Gesetzlosen zur\u00fcckgegangen sind und die Hilfsma\u00dfnahmen bereits angelaufen sind. Obwohl einige dies als eine m\u00f6gliche zweite Chance f\u00fcr das System ank\u00fcndigen, gibt es viele, die voraussagen, dass die Marine bald aussteigen wird. Wenn sie es tun, wird sich Oberon vielleicht nie erholen.\n\nREISEWARNUNG\nBevor Sie Uriel besuchen, best\u00e4tigen Sie, dass es kein Jahr ist, in dem die Kastanienk\u00e4fer aktiv sind. Schiffe, die auf der Planetenoberfl\u00e4che sitzen, sind von den uners\u00e4ttlichen Insekten schwer besch\u00e4digt.\n\nOBERON I (GONN)\nDer Legende nach erhielt der Planet seinen Namen von einem der urspr\u00fcnglichen Siedler, der einen Minenanspruch geltend gemacht hatte - einem ehemaligen Cathcart-Schlepper, der rivalisierende Schiffe verjagte, indem er \"Chinewa bedda get Gonn!\" schrie. Oberon I, ein Super-Erde-Kohlenstoffplanet, ist der \u00dcberrest des ehemaligen Doppelsterns des Systems. Nur sehr wenige Bergleute, die reich an ungenutzten Ressourcen sind, stellen sich der Herausforderung, die die extremen Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsbedingungen mit sich bringen. Der minimale Unterhalt, den die wenigen automatisierten Raffinerien, die sich auf der Oberfl\u00e4che befinden, ben\u00f6tigen, ist f\u00fcr die meisten ein zu hoher Preis. Selbst die z\u00e4he und zerkl\u00fcftete Minengemeinde, die hier lebt, k\u00e4mpft darum, Gewinne zu erzielen. Viele, die den Mut haben, ihre Hand zu versuchen, kommen auf der Suche nach dem riesigen Reichtum an Diamanten, der angeblich im dichten Kohlenstoffkern des Planeten existiert, obwohl bisher nur wenige sp\u00e4rliche Diamantadern gefunden wurden.\n\nOBERON II (URIEL)\nDie Siedler, die nach dem Terraformingversagen gestrandet waren, wurden durch die rauen Bodenverh\u00e4ltnisse unter Tage gezwungen. Da die Temperaturen in der N\u00e4he des Kerns etwas w\u00e4rmer waren, verbrachten die Familien Jahrzehnte damit, ein karges Leben in dunklen und dicht gepackten H\u00f6hlen zu f\u00fchren. Der Kampf um Ressourcen f\u00fchrte zu erheblichen K\u00e4mpfen in den ersten Jahren und f\u00fchrte zu einer Gesellschaft, die auf starken Familienbindungen mit Trennlinien aufbaute, die eindeutig darauf beruhen, in welchem Krieg du lebst. Eine dieser Warrenfamilien, bekannt als das Echo, schrieb ihre Glaubensst\u00e4rke dem \u00dcberleben ihrer Gruppe zu. Der Name des Planeten soll von ihrem oft wiederholten Ausspruch herr\u00fchren, dass \"in der Dunkelheit der Tunnel Gott mein Licht ist\".\n\nSo schwierig das Leben auf Uriel auch war, es wurde noch schlimmer im 27. Jahrhundert, als einer der Krieger den Kastanienk\u00e4fer als landwirtschaftliche Nahrungsquelle in die Welt brachte. Es funktionierte anfangs gut, mit ihrem siebzigj\u00e4hrigen Ruhezustand, ihrem sechsmonatigen Aktivzyklus und ihrer F\u00e4higkeit, fast alles zu essen, was sie pflegeleicht macht. Das dauerte jedoch nicht lange, als die Bewohner erkannten, dass die Insekten einen Weg gefunden hatten, um an der Oberfl\u00e4che zu \u00fcberleben und sich auf andere St\u00e4mme auszubreiten. Was als willkommene Erg\u00e4nzung zur Ern\u00e4hrung der Einheimischen begann, entwickelte sich schnell zu einem ernsthaften Sch\u00e4dling, wobei die K\u00e4ferpopulation in die Millionen wuchs. Wie ein Uhrwerk tauchen die K\u00e4fer nun alle siebzig Jahre auf und fegen \u00fcber den Planeten und verschlingen alles, was sie k\u00f6nnen. Die meisten Warrens haben Methoden entwickelt, um die Tunnel w\u00e4hrend der Kastanienzeit abzudichten, aber die invasive Art hat alle Versuche, die Oberfl\u00e4che zu besiedeln, ernsthaft behindert. In den letzten Jahren sind mehrere oberirdische Gemeinschaften entstanden, die sich aber mit der drohenden Bedrohung durch die Kastanie relativ klein gehalten haben. Einige halten dies f\u00fcr ein Gl\u00fcck, da die Verluste durch den j\u00fcngsten Vanduul-Angriff viel schlimmer gewesen sein k\u00f6nnten, wenn nicht der Kastanienk\u00e4fer die Bev\u00f6lkerung unter der Erde gehalten h\u00e4tte.\n\nOBERON III & IV\nDiese kleinen felsigen Protoplaneten driften weit au\u00dferhalb des knappen gr\u00fcnen Bandes, das das begrenzte Licht des Neutronensterns dem System liefert.\n\nOBERON V\nDie wenigen Ressourcen, die es auf diesem stimmungslosen Mesoplaneten je gab, wurden weitgehend abgebaut, so dass er ein karger Felsen ist, den nur wenige f\u00fcr einen Besuch wert halten.\n\nOBERON VI\nTrotz seines felsigen Kerns hat dieser Gaszwerg nicht viel an erntbaren G\u00fctern.\n\nOBERON VII.\nDer aus Kohlenmonoxid bestehende Gasriese der Klasse IV, der als einer der wenigen beruhigenden Anblicke in ganz Oberon gilt, weist einen hohen Alkaligehalt auf und verleiht ihm eine angenehme, dezente Farbe.\n\nIM WIND GEH\u00d6RT\n\"Das Wertvollste, was jemand im Oberon-System versenden kann, sind Urielianer. Weg von ihr.\"\n- Urelianisches Sprichwort\n\n\"Angesichts einer solchen Bedrohung k\u00f6nnen wir es uns nicht leisten, zwischen denen zu unterscheiden, die im Reich sind, und denen, die es nicht sind. Es gibt nur uns gegen sie. Menschlichkeit gegen Vanduul.\"\n- Admiral Bishop, Comm zu Imperator Costigan, 2946","zh_CN":"Galactic Guide: Oberon System\nFOOLS RUSH IN\nFrom its very first days, Oberon has always been a system that beckoned those seeking wealth and fortune, only to time and again leave them destitute. As the Tarsus quantum drive mod became more readily available at the turn of the 23rd century, new exploration companies were formed, eager to reap the benefits from discovering a system. The \u201cGolden Age of Expansion\u201d was officially underway with hundreds of ships scouring known space, hoping to push the boundaries of Humanity even farther. While the media liked to create the romantic image of the explorer\u2019s life, for every success story like NavJumper Antoine Lebec, there were dozens more who lost everything, including their lives, hunting for new jump points. The ship that discovered the first jump point to Oberon was one such tragedy despite their success in locating a new system.\n\nThe crew of the Lindy had been exploring the outreaches of Nul since 2348 and their reserve of funds had nearly run dry, when in 2356 their scanners picked up a faint anomaly that would reveal itself to be a jump point. They successfully traversed through interspace and found on the other side a new system anchored by a neutron star. Small and dense, it turned out to have twice the mass of most G-type main sequence stars despite having a solar radius that is just a fraction of the size. Formerly a binary star system, approximately 1.4 billion years ago the main star went supernova, gravitationally collapsing and stripping the outer layers of its companion. What was left orbiting in the wake of that chaotic event was the core of the former partner brown dwarf star, now known as Oberon I, and six other planets that had formed out of the debris of whatever planets had originally been in the system before. The Lindy crew, excited that their payday had finally arrived, completed their initial scans and charted their return trip to Nul.\n\nUnfortunately, while traversing a new jump tunnel was, and still is, dangerous work, the return trip could be equally lethal due to the limited capacity of navigation computer systems of the time. Though the Lindy eventually emerged back in Nul, the ship\u2019s hull had been horribly damaged en route and sadly the crew had all expired. A salvage vessel found the wreck days later and since no governing body controlled Nul space, the vessel exerted salvaging rights to claim the valuable navdata it found in the shattered ship as its own.\n\nIn the decades before the UNE was formed, regulations regarding the discovery of new systems were very much still in their nascent days. When the data were quickly sold at auction, the owner of the salvage operations, Stacia Rholtz, made an unprecedented amount of money for the coordinates of the jump thanks to a bidding war fueled by the recent hype surrounding the effort to terraform Croshaw. It appeared that Humans living outside of Sol were to be the future of the species and businesses were willing to pay heavily to get in on the ground floor. The winning bid for the coordinates was placed by Titania Terraforming and plans immediately began for settlement of the system.\n\nSince so much of their budget had been spent on the acquisition of the system itself, Titania had decided upon a unique way to cut costs on their efforts to terraform Oberon II, by leveraging future profits against their present expenditures. Workers who signed on to the project would be sold plots of land at heavily reduced prices instead of receiving payment. The promise was that once the terraforming of the world was complete they would be able to settle on the surface with their families. The name of the system, Oberon, was part of the branding used in the marketing campaign to sell labor shares, \u201cThe world of your dreams is yours for the making.\u201d People signed up by the thousands, selling all their possessions and cashing in their savings, hungry for a chance to leave Sol behind and find a fresh start. It was an interesting business strategy that might have worked if it were not for the fact that Oberon II was far from an ideal terraforming candidate.\n\nWith so little light and warmth being provided by the neutron star, one of the first steps in the process was going to have to be raising the planet\u2019s core temperature a significant amount. This was a feat that had never before been attempted and one that proved beyond Titania\u2019s abilities. After years of toiling, the core manipulations refused to take. The project was declared a failure and Titania dissolved as a corporation overnight. The workers were abandoned on a frozen planet that was only half terraformed with no means to leave. Using the gear abandoned by Titania, the settler\u2019s managed to eke out a meager existence in the planet\u2019s neverending winter, but their dreams of better days would remain unfulfilled.\n\nThough the system has some wealth in the form of raw minerals and gases, it has never been enough to warrant any further economic investment throughout the centuries. In the late 2600s the UEE briefly looked into acquiring the system, but passed on the opportunity to make Oberon part of the Empire. Ever since, it has remained unclaimed, with only the descendants of those initial settlers, misguided fortune seekers, and various outcasts and\noutlaws calling the system home. Ironically, after suffering so much misfortune throughout its history, it has been the system\u2019s latest tragedy earlier this year that has allowed the people of Oberon to once again begin to foster hope.\n\nThough the populace suffered heavy losses when a Vanduul clan recently raided the settlements on Uriel, Admiral Bishop and the UEES Retribution arrived in time\nto hold off a second attack and establish a new order in the generally lawless system. For the first time in its history, Oberon now hosts a contingent of Navy capital ships.\nThough the Retribution has moved on, a large fighting force remains in the system charged with protecting it from further Vanduul incursions. The fleet\u2019s presence has already begun to have an effect, as outlaw activity has dropped and relief aid has begun to arrive. Though some herald this as a possible second chance for the system, there are plenty who predict that the Navy will pull out soon. If they do, Oberon may never recover.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nBefore visiting Uriel, confirm it is not a year the chestnut beetles are active. Ships sitting on the planet surface will be at risk for severe damage by the insatiable insects.\n\nOBERON I (GONN)\nAccording to legend, the planet received its name from one of the original settlers who had staked a mining claim \u2014 a former Cathcart hauler, who used to chase away rival ships by yelling \u201cChinewa bedda get Gonn!\u201d A super-Earth carbon planet, Oberon I is the remnants of the system\u2019s former binary star. Rich in untapped resources, very few miners are up to the challenge that the extreme environmental and economic conditions pose. The minimal upkeep that the few automated refineries dotting the surface require is too steep a price for most. Even the hardy and rugged mining community that lives here struggles to turn a profit. Many who do find the courage to try their hand come seeking the vast wealth of diamonds that is rumored to exist in the planet\u2019s dense carbon core, despite that the fact that so far only a few sparse diamond veins have ever been found.\n\nOBERON II (URIEL)\nThe settlers who were stranded after the terraforming failure were forced underground by the harsh surface conditions. The temperature being slightly warmer near the core, the families spent decades carving out a meager existence in dark and densely packed caves. The struggle for resources lead to significant in-fighting during those first years and resulted in a society built on strong family ties with dividing lines clearly drawn based on which warren you lived in. One of these warren families, known as the Echo, attributed their strength of faith to their group\u2019s survival. The planet\u2019s name is said to come from their often repeated saying that, \u201cin the darkness of the tunnels, God is my light.\u201d\n\nAs difficult as life on Uriel has been, it got significantly worse in the 27th century when one of the warrens introduced the chestnut beetle to the world as a farmable food source. It worked well at first, with their seventy year dormant, six months active cycle, and their ability to eat almost anything making them easy to care for. However, that did not last when the inhabitants realized that the insects had found a way to survive on the surface and were spreading to other warrens. What started as a welcome addition to the locals\u2019 diet quickly turned into a serious pest, with the beetle population growing into the millions. Now like clockwork, the beetles emerge every seventy years and sweep across the planet, devouring anything they can. Most of the warrens have developed methods to help seal up the tunnels during chestnut season, but the invasive species has seriously hampered any attempts to settle the surface. In recent years several above-ground communities have sprung up, but with the chestnut threat looming they have kept relatively small. Some consider this fortunate, as the casualties from the recent Vanduul attack might have been much worse if it wasn\u2019t for the chestnut beetle keeping the population below ground.\n\nOBERON III & IV\nThese small rocky protoplanets drift well outside of the scant green band that the limited light of the neutron star provides the system.\n\nOBERON V\nWhat little resources there ever were on this atmosphereless mesoplanet have largely been stripped away, leaving it a barren rock that few deem worthy of a visit.\n\nOBERON VI\nEven with its rocky core, this gas dwarf does not have much in the way of harvestable commodities.\n\nOBERON VII\nConsidered to be one of the few calming sights in the whole of Oberon, this Class IV gas giant composed of carbon monoxide has a high presence of alkali metal, giving it a pleasing subdued color.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cThe most valuable thing someone can ship in the Oberon system is Urielians. Away from it.\u201d\n\u2013 Urelian Saying\n\n\u201cIn the face of such a threat, we cannot afford to draw distinctions between those who are within the Empire and those who are not. There is only us against them. Humanity versus Vanduul.\u201d\n\u2013 Admiral Bishop, Comm to Imperator Costigan, 2946"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":77,"created_at":"2016-07-23T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 00:46:34","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15430,"next_id":15433}}