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Tau Ceti
System: Tau Ceti
Primary Star:
Tau Ceti
Stellar Type:
G8V ☼
Companion
Star(s): None
Distance from Earth: 11.9 ly
Constellation: Cetus
Region:
Inner/Sol
Population:
1.5 Billion
Summary:
The Tau Ceti system is one of the
closest systems to Sol. Planet Terraceti was one of the earliest human
colonies, shortly after Alpha Centauri ships were on there way to Tau Ceti. Planet Olympus in the Alpha Centauri system has high gravity,
the planet is dry, and strange weather patterns caused by the two suns.
Terraceti is the complete opposite with low gravity, nice weather, and most of
the planet is water, this made the colony a utopia compared to the early Olympus colony. As word spread back to Earth of the
beauty of the planet colonists began coming here in large numbers. Population
grew quickly during the First Colonization Period. Growth slowed down
during the second and third colonization periods as people left Tau Ceti in search of other
worlds. Today the system holds a large
and stable population, and is one of the United Worlds Council Worlds.
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Novaceti
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Novaceti
may have once been an earthlike world early in this old system’s
history. An underground complex was built in order to study the planet
and life that may have once lived here. Shortly after the complex was
built the ground shifted causing an earthquake that cut off the lower section
from the upper. Nobody knows what happened in the lower section but
rumors say that just before the quake the scientists had found something
amazing. Today the entire Novaceti complex is abandoned and no one is
allowed to enter because it is extremely unstable and dangerous, and it’s
anyone’s guess what might lie in there.
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Terraceti
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The earthlike
world of Terraceti was one of the earliest human colonies. The planet
is a mountains world with lots of water. The low gravity creates
extremely high mountains similar to the ones on Mars. Early colonists
found Terraceti a utopia compared to the colonies on Alpha Centauri.
High oxygen, low gravity, decent temperatures (though the planet can get very
cold) made settling this world easy.
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Glaciarus
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Frozen ice
covered world with a thin atmosphere. The planet has been looked at
before as a terraforming candidate because of its
high amount of ice and thin atmosphere, though would most likely be
impossible because the planet is too cold.
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Magnus
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The Tau Ceti system’s largest
planet. Magnus is a hydrogen helium gas giant similar to Jupiter.
The planet contains large deposits of helium-3
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Algidus
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Algidus
is a Saturn sized ice giant similar to Neptune and Uranus. The planet
is distant and has little to offer.
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Closest Inhabited Systems:
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Name
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Distance (ly)
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Type
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UV Ceti
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3.19
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M6Ve
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Epsilon Eridani
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5.45
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K2V
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Ross 780
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10.11
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M3V
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Epsilon Indi
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11.49
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K5V
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Sol
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11.88
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G2V
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