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{{System
| name = Virgil
| affiliation = Vanduul
| image = Virgil.jpg
| discoveredin = 2412<br/><br/>2732-01-02
| discoveredby = [[StarCitizen:Alaine Viktus]]<br/><br/>Lost in [[StarCitizen:Fall of Virgil]]
}}

The '''Virgil system''' was once a shining star of Humanity's expansion, the system's main economic and social hub was [[StarCitizen:Cyrene]] (Virgil I), which was quickly terraformed and colonized with help from the government-funded [[StarCitizen:Project FarStar]]. After [[StarCitizen:Tiber system|Tiber]] fell, the [[StarCitizen:UEE]] military hastily retreated into Virgil and tried to mount a defense to stop the [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] advance, but the unrelenting raiders quickly overwhelmed them. Millions of civilians died as the [[StarCitizen:UEE]] fled the system; leaving it in the hands of the [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] ever since.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/14437-Virgil-System|text=Galactic Guide: Virgil System}}</ref>

==History ==
The Virgil System was discovered entirely by chance in 2412. Famed astrophotographer [[StarCitizen:Alaine Viktus]] was conducting a deep field survey roughly half an astronomical unit past the [[StarCitizen:Vega system]]'s cometary cloud. Viktus had powered down his survey runabout's thrusters and 'gone dark' to capture a maximum scan resolution. Upon attempting to activate his highly specialized stellar camera, he found it unable to star-lock because of an imperceptible level of spacecraft movement. Further investigation revealed the movement, mere microns from what his [[StarCitizen:IFCS]] had calculated as standstill, was the result of extreme proximity — within 400 meters — of an uncharted jump point. General amazement over Viktus' incredible luck quickly turned to an unequaled passion for expanded space exploration. The K-type main sequence star, quickly named Virgil by [[StarCitizen:Earth]] spin doctors seeking to instill a sense of regal manifest destiny, was located in a region of space previously thought naturally inaccessible. What's more, its first planet was the single strongest candidate for terraformation yet discovered. Within ten years, Virgil was a verdant, thriving [[StarCitizen:Human]] colony and inside of a century it was considered a surefire choice for formal [[StarCitizen:UPE]] representation. The rapid colonization of Virgil lead to Project "Far Star", the government-funded march 'outward' into the area of space now unlocked with Virgil's discovery. Then, as rapidly as it began, the situation reversed. The discovery of the [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] in 2681 and the onslaught of their increasingly devastating raids brought Far Star and westward galactic expansion to a full stop. [[StarCitizen:Human]]ity was shocked by the complete fall (and subsequent [[StarCitizen:UEE]] abandonment) of [[StarCitizen:Orion]]. Virgil changed into a military outpost overnight, with entire fleets now operating out of the formerly quiet colony. A single jump away from [[StarCitizen:Tiber system|Tiber]], where the Empire now hoped to hold the line, Virgil's fields were adapted to support a massive military buildup. When [[StarCitizen:Tiber system|Tiber]] fell, the [[StarCitizen:UEE Navy|Navy]] collapsed in full retreat and was unable to organize a secondary line as the Vanduul pushed relentlessly forward. The [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] showed no mercy to the system, slaughtering military personnel and civilians wholesale. [[StarCitizen:Cyrene]]'s idyllic biosphere was reduced to permanent clouds of ash, and some two hundred years of [[StarCitizen:Human]] expansion were erased from history. Several transports escaped the carnage, protected by interceptors from the famed [[StarCitizen:Squadron 214]]. Given the chance to escape the system with the transports they had saved, every member of the squadron chose to return to [[StarCitizen:Cyrene]] and attempt rescue of more civilians. In the ensuing years, Virgil had been visited by a number of Reconnaissance in Force missions until a network of surveillance buoys were covertly established by the [[StarCitizen:UEE|Empire]] in 2790 to provide early warning of [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] clans entering the system.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

==Gravitational governors==

===Virgil===
{{Main|Virgil (star)}}

Virgil is a K-type main sequence star.

==Planets==
===Cyrene ===
{{Main|Cyrene}}

A terraformed world with beautiful swaths of tropical forests and soil that could quickly grow food. It was a major agricultural producer and vacation hotspot before the Vanduul attacked. These days, extensive bombing raids have left the atmosphere filled with massive clouds of swirling ash.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=VIRGIL.PLANETS.VIRGILI&system=VIRGIL&camera=5,-14.26,0.0001,0,0|text=Virgil I - Starmap}}</ref>

===Sino===
{{Main|Sino}}

A planet blanketed by thick smog that renders it uninhabitable and completely obscures views of the surface.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=VIRGIL.PLANETS.VIRGILII&system=VIRGIL&camera=5,-14.02,0.0003,0,0|text=Virgil II - Starmap}}</ref>

===Virgil III===
{{Main|Virgil III}}

A typical ice giant found in a distant orbit from the other planets.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=VIRGIL.PLANETS.VIRGILIII&system=VIRGIL&camera=5,-14.02,0.0003,0,0|text=Virgil III - Starmap}}</ref>

==Asteroid belts==
===Gideon's Belt ===
{{Main|Gideon's Belt}}

This large asteroid belt is located between the orbits of [[StarCitizen:Sino]] and [[StarCitizen:Virgil III]]. Deposits of iron and titanium have been identified here, but never in sufficient quantities to establish [[StarCitizen:mining]] operations during the system's [[StarCitizen:Human]] habitation.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=VIRGIL&camera=5,-15.43,0.0103,0.0083447,-0.000579|text=Gideon's Belt - Starmap}}</ref>

==Known jump points==
{{Jump points}}

==Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|Virgil-System.jpg
}}

==References==
<references />

{{System navplate|Virgil}}
{{Navplate systems}}

StarCitizen:Virgil system - Revision history

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