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Turkess System

System: Turkess

Primary Star: Turkess

Stellar Type: K1V ☼

Companion Star(s): None

Distance from Earth: 127 ly

Distance to Wormhole: 107 ly (Daliasunta)

Constellation: Lupus

Region: Spica

Population: 25 Million

Summary:

The Turkess system is a small three planet system in the constellation Lupus. There are large gaps in-between the planets where other planets could have formed, leaving many to believe that the system once had more planets. What happened to these worlds is not known or if they even existed. The systems sun is an orange K1 class star with about 85 percent sols mass, and about a third its luminosity. The star is a bit younger than sol as well at about 2 to 3 billion years old. The system was settled shortly after many of the inner systems were settled in a time known as the second colonization period. Many believed, during that time, that the planet Turkess A was a utopia until they landed there and found out the planet wasn’t quite like they thought it would be.


	Turkess A
	This green world would be a great place for a large scale population if it wasn’t for two problems. First the planet has a fast rotation of 19 hours, leaving short days and intense winds that can blow for days straight. Second the entire planets surface is covered in a thick moss that can cause respiratory problems in humans if breathed in. In the planets high winds the moss can blow in the air like giant dust storms, turning the sky green. It is not known how the moss managed to take over the entire planet but in may have something to do with the winds. A small population lives on the planet and has adapted to the planets strange conditions.



	Turkess B
	Turkess b is a small terrestrial world that formed in an area where normally gas giants form. The planets atmosphere is made up of mostly nitrogen with traces of hydrocarbons, giving the clouds a brown, smog like look. The planets surface is extremely rugged carved out by millions of years of volcanism. Small outposts made up of mostly smugglers have been established on the planet from time to time.



	Turkess C
	Turkess c is a large hydrogen and helium gas giant with a mass nearly six times that of Jupiter. The planets mass is approaching the lower limit for a brown dwarf. The planet has only 12 moons, a small number for its size.

Closest Inhabited Systems (50 ly):

Name	Distance (ly)	Type
Babbilus	26.80	G8V
Veillus	31.74	K4V
Damos	44.32	G6V
Parusia	48.28	K3V