Stera
, informally known as Nimbus is a major star system containing 4 main entities, 2 secondary (moon/moon-adjacent):
- Stera, a red dwarf at about 200,000 km in diameter.
- Roshoa, a Mars-sized rocky planet at about 7000 km in diameter – about 125,000,000 km out from Stera.
- Cellis, a Uranus-sized gas giant at about 50,000 km in diameter – about 175,000,000 km out from Stera.
- Violis, a Moon-sized moon at about 3750 km in diameter – about 125,000 km out from Cellis.
- Contris, a moon a bit larger than Ganymede, at about 6000 km in diameter – about 250000 km out from Cellis.
- Nimbus C, a Saturn-sized gas giant at about 125,000 km in diameter – about 250,000 km out from Stera
Roshoa
Roshoa is a Mars-sized rocky planet in the inner bound of Stera’s habitable zone. It is dense for its size, with the gravity being about 1.2g, primarily due to the amount of [[Zoran]] in its mantle. It is the planet from which Alton Emery and the founders of Torus departed upon their journeys.
Roshoa City is the capital of Roshoa. The Torian Founders departed from this city. Roshoa City is known for its export of Zoran, which is the basis of the economy. It gets its Zoran partially from deposits in the planet, but is also one of the largest producers of Zoran, primarily because of its high pay for [[Zoraners]].
Cellis
Cellis is a Uranus-sized gas giant in the outer bounds of Stera’s habitable zone. It’s mainly known for the city of Orche, a unique city that floats in the stratosphere of Cellis.
Orche was founded by many people wanting to escape much of modern technology that could distract them, and as such, Orche contains a very large population of naturalists, people who refrain from much of modern technology. Other than electronic instruments, nearly every electronic is *heavily* frowned upon.
The largest monuments in Orche are the Windows of Clef, a set of 3 windows representing the Bass, Alto and Treble clefs in music, looking at the clouds beneath. ‘’.
Its two moons are sometimes used as parking of sorts, partially for Cellis, but some interstellar freighters reside there when not in use.
Nimbus C
Nimbus C is a Saturn-sized gas giant at the edge of the Stera star system. It’s known for being “too damn cold”. Home to the “original” Nimbus giant.