StarCitizen:Charon system

The Charon system is discovered via Helios late in the StarCitizen:2538 by merchant marine StarCitizen:Max Keaton on his first run. Solar winds in Helios knocked out Keaton's sensors. Out of a desperation to be on time, he continued on course while running a diagnostic. When systems came back online he realized that he was way off-course, and noticed some strange anomalies in the vicinity. He made note of the coordinates, and when returning, he found a medium-sized StarCitizen:Jump Point leading to the Charon system.

Keaton named the system in reference to the ferryman of the dead in greek mythology, as heard from his grandfather, a professor at Rhetor. The reference draws a parallel to StarCitizen:Charon IV (the blue of the river styx) and StarCitizen:Charon V (the world of the dead).

CIG refer to this system as "Charon", not "Kairon", which is how Pluto's moon of the same name is pronounced. This may be lore or a mistake on their part.

The system remained a remote dead-end until the discovery of Genesis in 2812, nearly 300 years later. This isolation had a huge effect on the system's history, harboring a frontier mentality. The remote system was home to the Messers' most notorious prisons. Shortly after the fall of the Messers, when declassified data of the atrocities committed in the system came to light, the Governors Council of StarCitizen:Charon III officially renounced their recognition by the StarCitizen:UEE, becoming the first and only planet to do so. Since then, the planet has been in a near constant state of turmoil as various factions have battled for political and social dominance.<ref name="Loremaker's Guide To The Galaxy: Charon System">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Gravitational governors

Charon

Template:Main Charon is a K-type main sequence star.

Planets

Charon I

Template:Main Astrophysicists hypothesize that a collision knocked this small terrestrial planet into a decaying orbit to be slowly consumed by its star. It can often appear like a very large comet because the heat of Charon is subliming gases and rocks on Charon I's surface.

Charon II

Template:Main Thanks to a thick, rolling atmosphere of carbon monoxide, the surface temperature is so extreme on Charon II that all attempts to terraform have failed.

Charon III

Template:Main Terraformed by the dawn of the 26th century, this temperate planet is home to the StarCitizen:Phiyi Tower, considered one of the masterworks of Supermodernist architecture. The planet is currently locked in a bitter civil war between the states of StarCitizen:Dellin and StarCitizen:Acheron.

Charon IV

Template:Main A large ice giant on the far side of the Gedinasho Asteroid Belt, Charon IV is a swirling ball of methane and ammonia. This vast and cold planet inspired the name of the system.

Charon V

Template:Main A small world drifting on the fringe of the system. Planetary surveyors have never found anything on scans to justify landing there.

Asteroid belts

The Charon system contains one asteroid belt. The StarCitizen:Gedinasho Belt is located between the planets Charon III and Charon IV.<ref name="Loremaker's Guide To The Galaxy: Charon System" />

Loremaker's Guide to the Galaxy

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References

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