8/26/2023 0 Comments Helios solar planetside![]() It has a single ‘fast orbiting’ moon with a dense nickel/iron core. Helios II is an oceanic world with a greater circumference than Earth (though a lower overall gravity). A daring rescue by members of the local garrison (modifying their fighters for high heat protection) saved six lives from a horrific death. Helios I was the site of a brief flurry of activity in 2937, when a scientific survey station actually crashed onto the planet’s surface. Helios I is a dead planet that has no atmosphere, with only limited minerals that are difficult to access due to the world’s proximity to the star. Instead, they had been using a previously unknown jump point to leave Taranis and hide out in what would come to be known as Helios. When the Advocacy agents finally found their quarry, they were stunned to realize that the group hadn’t discovered a particularly effective route through Taranis’ asteroid belts. For months, the special agents tracked the Daybreak Marauders into Taranis only for them to escape again and again. The Advocacy agents assigned to the case, Special Agents Avon Dorville and Gia Trask, were determined to hunt down this elusive pack. One business, Uros Shipping Concern, lost so much of their cargo that they went into debt hiring merc groups to safely escort their ships through the Ellis System - a debt that would ultimately drive the company into bankruptcy. ![]() As quickly and efficiently as the Marauders would attack and rob their prey, they would flee into the Taranis System then disappear without a trace. An outlaw pack colorfully known as Daybreak Marauders had made a name for itself knocking over convoys in the Ellis System. Helios’ discovery in 2529 certainly ranks as one of the livelier origin stories for a system and is the only one ever discovered by the Advocacy. Helios’ unusual photosphere also attracts countless scientists from around the Empire who have built a series of platforms close to the star to serve as labs and observation posts. Helios is a Helium Strong type B star that produces powerful solar winds that wreak a peculiar type of havoc with ship sensors: even large capital ships are capable of ‘hiding’ in the star’s solar winds. The star itself is partly to blame for this unusual variety of purposes. ![]() Helios is the rare place in the settled galaxy where natural beauty can stand directly beside junkyards and military fortifications, with seemingly no overlap.
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