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| | The seventh planet in the Nfolgai system is a darkened jewel. At first glance, it seemed to be entirely covered in shadow. However, a closer inspection reveals a world of continents consisting of dark, igneous rock. These are surrounded by seas of black, clear water. Though this water lacks any silt or other contaminants to make it murky, it reveals only an endless dark abyss. |
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| | In documents found in the ruins on Auberon and Necroia, this world was called 'Moreila'. Though much of the text is ancient and difficult to decipher, the general impression first gained by Brotherhood scholars was of a world that is dead and of no value. It has virtually no surface life, whether flora or fauna. If the rocky service possessed any valuable minerals, they have since been mined out. |
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| | A more thorough scan of these ancient texts was conducted by the Krath Dark Side Adept Arion Aquillarm Solnatus. He found that , while the world's surface was barren and lifeless, it's seas teemed with life. |
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| | Ancient Sith teams had explored the oceans in their submersibles, but many had not returned. The texts spoke of massive, cruel sea creatures that were invisible until they moved in for the kill, or uses light to confuse their prey. On at least one occasion, one was documented from a distance. The passage spoke of a "long, clear body, punctuated by glowing orbs along it's back." |
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| | Many would discard these claims as fantasy, however in 36ABY, as the Dark Jedi Brotherhood invaded, they made their own scans. Using modern technology and dropping probes into the waters, the Brotherhood was able to discover the presence of these creatures - shortly before their probes were lost. It is not known how these creatures survive on a world this far from the system's primary, but it is hypothesized that geothermal activity gives the seas just enough warmth for life, but keeps the water very cold. |
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| | The Dark Brotherhood's scans also indicated that the seafloor is rich in various valuable metals and other natural resources. The Brotherhood noted that these resources have likely not been claimed because they are effectively guarded by a hostile ecosystem in a dark, submarine world at crushing depths. It will take time to calculate whether it is worth trying to reach these resources. |
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| | Although scans reveal the ruins of small coastal bases and docks that are dated to the time of the old Sith Empire, there is no indication that the Sith Empire of the Cold War or of the One Sith ever attempted to claim these resources. It is unknown if they knew about them and decided they were not worth the effort, or simply scanned the world quickly and dismissed it as a dead planet of little value. |
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| | Moreila has one moon, which is approximately a third the size of the planet itself. The moon, named, simply, "Mior' in ancient Sith documents, is a dead rock with little to no atmosphere. It's dusty, rocky surface is believed to have separated from Moreila itself eons ago. The only notable feature of this moon is the remains of an ancient, crashed space station. It is possible that this station once orbited Moreila or its moon, or was placed somewhere in the vicinity, and was eventually abandoned. However, deep scans reveal signs of explosions where the station's positioning thrusters would have been, indicating that it may have been scuttled intentionally. This would explain how the station got on the moon, if it had originally been orbiting the planet itself, but not why it would have been towed to the moon. |
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The Nfolgai system is a nearly forgotten Star system located within the Stygian Caldera in the Esstran sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Prior to the Hundred-year Darkness the system was used as a haven for exiled Jedi, as the central planet--referred to as Nfolgai after the system--became used as a bastion for higher learning as its inhabitants began to commit themselves to the study of Bogan and the ways of the Force. The cartographers and exploratory parties dispatched from the Brotherhood have recently discovered sets of ruins originating from the Sith Empire of the Cold War era, causing the leading scholars to devote their attention to the history of a system which previously had eluded the notice of the galaxy at large. Pirates and treasure hunters had formerly desecrated the planet and stripped the surrounding ruins of countless artifacts, resulting in the loss of historical value for the system as a whole. Despite this, Nfolgai offered varieties of means to discovery which would prove invaluable to the few scholars whom continued to invest vast amounts of wealth, time, and other resources as they dedicated themselves to the exposure of further history.
The system is distinctively anchored by a massive, iridescent blue star called Nsuka, which in turn is flanked by the Nfolgai Belt. A single comet of relative worth passes through the system regularly--Zinthin; this comet is said to be the herald of disaster on Nfolgai proper.
History
The Nfolgai system is relatively young compared to the bulk of Sith Space at a few hundred billion years, it has had an exhaustive history distinctively marked with the first incursion of the exiled Jedi from the Second Great Schism. As these first exiles found the harbour of what would become known as Sith Space, the Nfolgai system became home to the scholars and those who thirsted for knowledge amongst the newfound Sith order. While the system itself remained largely shrouded in secrecy, it is known that Nfolgai itself was home to Sorzus Syn, the Sith Lady potentially responsible for writing the original Sith Code. Following the Empire's loss in the Great Hyperspace War, Nfolgai and the bulk of Sith Space became forgotten, lost to time and memory. It is unknown if this territory was ever reclaimed during the rise of the Sith Empire which followed during the Cold War, though recent expeditions by Brotherhood scholars and cartographers are finding ruins which may confirm their presence. As time and history moved on much of Nfolgai and Sith Space became vastly unknown until the rise of the One Sith, a new Order which sought to restore the power of the Sith through subtlety and subterfuge. During their rise within Sith Space, a Sith Lord by the name of Yodb Nan was instructed to survey Nfolgai and the mausoleum of Sorzus Syn. As the Sith Lord performed as instructed the One Sith launched an offensive against their greatest foe, the Dark Brotherhood, an offensive which proved folly as the Brotherhood launched their own counter-offensive starting with the Krayiss and Nfolgai systems. Leading this offensive was Clan Naga Sadow, House Plagueis, House Scholae Palatinae and House Tarentum; the units of the Brotherhood focused on claiming the planet as their own and wresting control of it from the One Sith through direct assassination attempts and a traditional invasion structure.
Astrography
Nsuka
Nsuka is a class A main sequence star serving as the anchor point to the Nfolgai system; it is a brilliant and massive blue star which like most class A stars emits dangerously large levels of infrared radiation causing a large majority of the innermost orbits to be devoid of life and inhospitable. While the star is young compared to most of its kin within Sith Space at only a few hundred billion years, its system is well estabished with seven individual orbits, the closest of which is a debris disk which was unable to estabilsh body with its own orbit. Given its current state and size, it is predicted by Brotherhood astrologists that this star will eventually cool and settle into the state of a Red Giant; though that is beyond the many lifetimes of a great deal of those seeking to capture the system as their own.
Nfolgai Belt
The Nfolgai Belt is a circumstellar disk or debris disk maintaining the primary orbit around Nsuka; it is comprised of a varied degree of small rocks ranging up to dwarf planets. Most of this debris was left over from the system's development and had been unable to form larger bodies or establish their own orbital pattern. As much of this orbit receives direct bombardment of Nsuka's infrared radiation, the disk itself is large enough to contain the bulk of this radiation which renders most of the objects within uninhabitable but allows planets such as Nfolgai and beyond to support life. Local scans confirm large mineral deposits within numerous bodies within the belt, but also confirm absolutely zero life.
Orbit Two
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Nfolgai is a treacherous, tidally locked world diseased with the Dark Side of the Force. The planet itself historically serving as a refuge for the exiled Jedi from the Second Great Schism. As these first exiles proclaimed themselves the first of the Sith Lords, they began to explore their surroundings in Sith Space, encountering the Nfolgai system and using it as a home for scholars and those who thirsted for knowledge amongst the fledgling Sith order. While the system itself remained largely shrouded in secrecy, it is known that Nfolgai itself became the home to Sorzus Syn, the Sith Lady potentially responsible for writing the original Sith Code. Because the planet is tidally locked it only presents it's southern hemisphere to the local star of Nsuka.
Due to the planet's steep axial tilt the northern hemisphere receives little light, thus making it relatively barren of plant life and largely desolate with sweeping mountain ranges; volcanism is rampant and geothermal sites are relatively abundant. The lack of flora and active tectonic plates make the northern hemisphere ideal for mining endeavors due to its interestingly relative abundance of heavy metals and radioactive elements. At least one site in the northern hemisphere acted as a sort of natural fission reactor in the past where water penetrating hydrothermal veins of uranium and thorium has acted as a neutron moderator and the system has cycled for over 1 million years naturally. This unique and natural erosion has created an area of easily mined enriched uranium ore.
While its rather devoid of life in the north, the southern hemisphere is dotted with jungles, swamps and eroded mountain ranges. The flora of the southern hemisphere contains exceptionally high metallic content similar to the planet of Myrkr; it is this same metallic content which renders radar and scanners useless.
The entrance to Sorzus Syn's Mausoleum
Located in the jungles of the southern hemisphere, Sorzus Syn's mausoleum remains a mystery within Sith Lore. It is unknown if the great Sith Lord was ever entombed within the facility or if it merely served as a house of power for her meditations. Protected from aerial approach, the mausoleum is surrounded by heavy forest canopy and is carved out of the base of a mountainside. A great expanse within the mountain has been removed to house focusing chambers, tombs and the private alchemical studies of Sorzus Syn and other Sith Lords.
The mausoleum is defended by the enraged and mutated descendants of the slaves who erected the structure. Mrlssi and Draethos prowl the jungles surrounding the temple and crawl through unknown passages within. Armed with rudimentary force powers, telepathy, and crude weapons the Draethos provide the greater challenge of the indigenous aggressors. Additional traps and ancient wards protect the mausoleum's interior. Rumors exist of other abominations created to destroy even the greatest of Force Users looking to steal Sorzus Syn's secrets.
Discovered in 35 ABY by the One Sith, the Interdictor-class Destroyer Render lies in the northern hemisphere of Nfolgai. The cause of the destroyer's crash on the planet's surface remains unknown, but the Captain of the ship did an exceptional job in preserving much of the structure as it crash-landed.
Abandoned over 3600 years ago, the Render is permanently crippled and the vessel's fate is now etched into the surface of Nfolgai. With destroyed power cores, a fractured hull, and over 3,000 years of the erosion of time have turned the ship from a mighty destroyer to a vast warren of Mrlssi descendants. Maddened by the Force, the bird-like creatures defend their home with an approach only definable as insanity.
Against conventional reason, One Sith expedition teams have successfully breached the destoyer's surface hunting for artifacts and have returned with the belief that the Render does possess designs for ancient weaponry and armor.
While originally intended as a world for scholars and scientists, as the events of the Great Hyperspace War began to falter the planet soon shifted its attention towards being a tomb world for the Sith who would remain behind; trying to preseve their history and work for future generations who would inevitably follow in their footsteps.
It is known that Nfolgai was notably encountered by Lady Sorzus Syn as she searched Sith Holocron of King Nakgru and sought to learn more from the star maps of the ancient Sith Kings; pursuing the homeworlds of the slaves that they now used for further conquest.
Given the planet's historical significance, the One Sith themselves were present on Nfolgai since at least 35 ABY searching for anything of value to their cause. In the following year the planet became a target of the Dark Brotherhood following a failed attempt against them by the One Sith. The system itself was highly contested not just between the waring factions but also between Clan Naga Sadow, House Plagueis, House Scholae Palatinae and House Tarentum of the Brotherhood; each securing their own landing zones and Forward Operational Bases in different sectors on the planet. Their cooperation during the operation had been fragile at best with limited outbursts outside each encampment, but overall these frustrations did not disrupt their primary mission. Such cooperation was seen trying to claim the Mausoleum, in regular patrols of the system and in the orbital blockade preventing One Sith reinforcements.
Aside from taking points of interest, Brotherhood forces were also advised to disrupt One Sith operations upon Nfolgai; chiefly by assassinating the Sith Lord Yobd Nan and claiming whatever relics or information possible from the expeditions of the Render's crash site. Brotherhood agents were successful en mass with several of these objectives and severely crippled the One Sith's efforts within the Nfolgai system.
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Auberon is a massive aquatic world with a highly saturated hyrdrosphere and is marked by its distinctive rings and trio of satellites nicknamed the three sisters by the system's recent cartographers. The satellite moons themselves are unusually large and could be fair to be called dwarf planets, each slightly larger than the last though all are dwarfed by their companion. While aquatic worlds on their own are not unusual, the quartet of them in a small cluster is and their mysteries are still yet to be uncovered. While the current conditions of Auberon and its satellites is still being uncovered by specialists it is known that the likelihood of colonizing them is highly unlikely.
The Auberon Complex Ruins
A beautiful and serene world, Auberon is captivating with its distinctive rings and orbiting children. It has clean and crystal clear waters which are full of various aquatic life while its surface undergoes a full gambit of weather conditions; ruins of a stilted city bear markings of erosion from powerful storms to frozen surfaces. Designated as the "Complex" Ruins, these cities have been identified as former habitation and standard facilities for the Sith Empire. Unusually, these markings are not from the Ancient Sith Empire but instead from the Sith Empire of the Cold War, these installations believed to have been some form of research complex for the Imperial war-machine.
The largest moon of Auberon has been designated Leona and it is said that she has a nasty temper. Though it is highly aquatic the moon itself rampant with volcanism and its surface temperatures nearing a boil some days, couple this with its higher than normal rotational velocity causing a higher gravitational pull and the Leona is strife with violent storms causing turbulent skies and rough seas. Amongst the sisters, Leona is one of the fastest to complete her orbital period of Auberon and due to her violent climate also bears ruins from the days of the Sith Empire. These ruins are speculated to have been a focusing facility, both to draw energy from the violent winds and seas as a generator as well as for the Sith themselves to draw from the chaos surrounding them.
The next smallest moon bears the designation Phoebe and unlike her larger sister, is almost as calm and serene as her companion. Nearly identical to Auberon in many ways the only major difference between the pair is that Phoebe has a much solar rotational velocity than normal which results in a lower gravity than the other moons or planet and less frequent winds or storms. While sometime called an eerie calm, this peculiarity seems to have been utilized by the Sith Empire for meditation chambers, the ruins themselves almost lost to the seas from erosion but still bearing similarities to modern chambers.
The third and final moon is known as Selene, her orbital frequency the slowest of all the sisters to the point that she spends a bulk of her time in the shadow of Auberon or her sisters. This unique trait has meant that while her rotational velocity is average, her surface is desolate tundra nearly coated in ice. The ice and snow are so prevalent on Selene that her oceans are nearly covered in a thick sheet of ice. This solitary and desolated surface was selected by the Sith Empire for a Mausoleum, a facility which itself has practically frozen over from the neglect leaving Brotherhood specialists all the more intrigued by what secrets could lie within.
When the One Sith launched their expeditions on Nfolgai around 35 ABY, Auberon found itself left entirely alone as the Sith themselves were following information that had been within journals pertaining to the Sorzus Syn and her mausoleum. The following year Auberon and its moons found themselves utilized as a staging area for the Brotherhood's temporary refit and repair stations largely from its proximity to Nfolgai and its size, the larger size allowing the numerous ships of the combined invasion fleet to remain hidden from sight and the ships lurking within Auberon's rings could remain cloaked from sensor sweeps as the various particles would send false positives.
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Necroia is a Gas Giant with a metallic core. It is unknown which metal the core is comprised of because the electromagnetic field of the planet grows in strength as distance to the core shortens. This causes electronic devices to short and malfunction, which has killed many expeditions. The habitable area of the planet stays a moderately comfortable temperature of twenty-four degrees (~75F) and is habitable to humans, as it is comprised of Oxygen. The only civilization is Outpost 7, which was completely abandoned by Ancient Sith for unknown reasons. The only inhabitants are the many droids that maintain and keep the city afloat.
Brotherhood fighters on approach to Outpost 7
Necroia is surrounded by a small meteor belt and the only moon is technically an extremely large Asteroid that was caught by the gravity of the planet. The planet has few storms during it's yearly cycle. The storms only effect the habitable area by making it rain, but the water isn't drinkable unless it is thoroughly sterilized.
The planet was colonized by Ancient Sith for the mining of Tibanna gas. It is unknown why they abandoned the colony, but there are signs of foul play as if they had been attacked. All record stored in the droids is either corrupt or lost, as many of the droids were programmed to wipe their own minds every year to keep them from developing personality quirks. The Sith built chambers into the outpost that aid in meditation and even improve the flow of the living Force. The only way this could have been done is with a combination of alchemy and sorcery.
Information hints to there once being other installations on the planet, but they were either destroyed or fell into disrepair before falling into the core of the planet. The other installations are believed to have done the same function, which is mining Tibanna; although at least one would have had to have been a military installation to protect the others. The military installation would have been massive and it would have taken more than falling into disrepair to fall from it's orbit as it would have several backup generaters to keep it afloat.
Brotherhood forces sliced all the computer terminals on the outpost, but found little history on the installation. What they did find is that the Ancient Sith that built the station were mining more than tibanna from the planet, apparently they were somehow mining the metallic substance that comprises the core of the planet and replacing it with another metal of the same mass and viscosity. It's believed that the metal mined from the core either helps with alchemy or was used for ritualistic purposes.
After brotherhood forces started to get established in a small area of the outpost a datapad was found that detailed a fight with pirates that had apparently made their own installation far below the habital zone. The pirates started a small war with the Sith over the tibanna until they had found out the Sith were also after the metal in the core. The pirates then began attacking the Sith transports leaving the core and taking the metal for their own. The pirates didn't get away with much of the material before the Sith caught and killed them. The pirates had made a suit of armor out of the metal which the Sith kept and hid somewhere in one of the outposts. It is believed that it was in one of the destroyed installations as no record of it has been found in any of the Sith runes.
Orbit Seven
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The seventh planet in the Nfolgai system is a darkened jewel. At first glance, it seemed to be entirely covered in shadow. However, a closer inspection reveals a world of continents consisting of dark, igneous rock. These are surrounded by seas of black, clear water. Though this water lacks any silt or other contaminants to make it murky, it reveals only an endless dark abyss.
In documents found in the ruins on Auberon and Necroia, this world was called 'Moreila'. Though much of the text is ancient and difficult to decipher, the general impression first gained by Brotherhood scholars was of a world that is dead and of no value. It has virtually no surface life, whether flora or fauna. If the rocky service possessed any valuable minerals, they have since been mined out.
A more thorough scan of these ancient texts was conducted by the Krath Dark Side Adept Arion Aquillarm Solnatus. He found that , while the world's surface was barren and lifeless, it's seas teemed with life.
Ancient Sith teams had explored the oceans in their submersibles, but many had not returned. The texts spoke of massive, cruel sea creatures that were invisible until they moved in for the kill, or uses light to confuse their prey. On at least one occasion, one was documented from a distance. The passage spoke of a "long, clear body, punctuated by glowing orbs along it's back."
Many would discard these claims as fantasy, however in 36ABY, as the Dark Jedi Brotherhood invaded, they made their own scans. Using modern technology and dropping probes into the waters, the Brotherhood was able to discover the presence of these creatures - shortly before their probes were lost. It is not known how these creatures survive on a world this far from the system's primary, but it is hypothesized that geothermal activity gives the seas just enough warmth for life, but keeps the water very cold.
The Dark Brotherhood's scans also indicated that the seafloor is rich in various valuable metals and other natural resources. The Brotherhood noted that these resources have likely not been claimed because they are effectively guarded by a hostile ecosystem in a dark, submarine world at crushing depths. It will take time to calculate whether it is worth trying to reach these resources.
Although scans reveal the ruins of small coastal bases and docks that are dated to the time of the old Sith Empire, there is no indication that the Sith Empire of the Cold War or of the One Sith ever attempted to claim these resources. It is unknown if they knew about them and decided they were not worth the effort, or simply scanned the world quickly and dismissed it as a dead planet of little value.
Moreila has one moon, which is approximately a third the size of the planet itself. The moon, named, simply, "Mior' in ancient Sith documents, is a dead rock with little to no atmosphere. It's dusty, rocky surface is believed to have separated from Moreila itself eons ago. The only notable feature of this moon is the remains of an ancient, crashed space station. It is possible that this station once orbited Moreila or its moon, or was placed somewhere in the vicinity, and was eventually abandoned. However, deep scans reveal signs of explosions where the station's positioning thrusters would have been, indicating that it may have been scuttled intentionally. This would explain how the station got on the moon, if it had originally been orbiting the planet itself, but not why it would have been towed to the moon.
Zinthin
Zinthin is a short-period comet within the Nfolgai system which is visible to Nfolgai proper every 50-55 years. Zinthin's periodic nature was suspected when the Ancient Sith Empire first arrived within the system and later confirmed by scholars as they studied more about their new home. As with most short-period comets, Zinthin's orbit has remained largely unchanged over the years with a typical 50-55 standard year frequency and maintains a highly elliptical orbit from Nsuka to (Orbit Seven). Unlike most small solar system bodies, Zinthin's orbit is actually in retrograde meaning that it has a counter-clockwise orbital pattern against that of the rest of the system; it is for this reason alone that Zinthin has been dubbed the herald of disaster for Nfolgai.
Like all comets, as Zinthin nears Nsuka, its volatile compounds (those with low boiling points, such as water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other ices) begin to sublime from the surface of its nucleus. This causes the comet to develop a coma, or atmosphere, up to 100,000 km across. Evaporation of this dirty ice releases dust particles, which travel with the gas away from the nucleus. Gas molecules in the coma absorb solar light and then re-radiate it at different wavelengths, a phenomenon known as fluorescence, whereas dust particles scatter the solar light. Both processes are responsible for making the coma visible. As a fraction of the gas molecules in the coma are ionized by the solar ultraviolet radiation, pressure from the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by Nsuka, pulls the coma's ions out into a long tail, which may extend more than 100 million kilometers into space. Changes in the flow of the solar wind can cause disconnection events, in which the tail completely breaks off from the nucleus.
Despite the vast size of its coma, Zinthin's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick. Its shape vaguely resembles that of a peanut. Its mass is relatively low (roughly 2.2 × 1014 kg) and its average density is about 0.6 g/cm3, indicating that it is made of a large number of small pieces, held together very loosely, forming a structure known as a rubble pile. Ground-based observations of coma brightness suggested that Zinthin's rotation period was about 7.4 days. Scans taken by the various spacecraft, along with observations of the jets and shell, suggested a period of 52 hours. Given the irregular shape of the nucleus, Zinthin's rotation is likely to be complex.
Trivia
- The information gathered here was through special reconnaissance completed by members of the Naga Sadow Conclave
- The comet Zinthin was largely based off of Hally's Comet