ALPHA CENTAURI


System Data

System Name: Al Rijil
Number of Class M: 3
Planetary Data
Position in system: 7
Number of satellites: 2
Planetary gravity: .86 g
Planetary size
Diameter: 18,000 km
Equatorial circumference: 22,000 km
Total surface area: 425,000,000 sq km
Percent land mass: 30%
Total land area: 127,500,000 sq km
Planetary conditions
Length of day: 25 hrs
Atmospheric density: Terrestrial
General climate: Tropical
Mineral Content
Normal metals: 60%
Radioactives: 10%
Gemstones: 10%
Industrial crystals: 10%
Special minerals: Trace
Cultural Data
Dominant life form: Alpha Centauri
Technological/
sociopolitical index:		 999998-98
Planetary trade profile: BBAABCC/B (B)

 

Alpha Centauri is e triple system, with seven planets orbiting e pair of yellow stars. The third star is a red dwarf, which appears as little more than a bright light in the Centaurian sky. The fourth, fifth, and seventh planets ere all Class M and support humanoid life of varying social development. Only the people of planet seven have reached a state of technological advancement. Alpha Centauri was the first inhabited world encountered by Terran explorers. In the Terran year 2048 actual physical contact was made with representatives of e Centaurian space
fleet. The UNSS Icarus, commended by Captain Roger Tauber, met in space with a Centaurian vessel in orbit around the seventh planet of the system. Both parties were open and friendly, and an immediate cultural exchange took place. An excerpt from the log of Lt. Commander Frank Jocasta, Icarus Science Officer, reads: "I've just spent the two most exciting days of my scientific life talking with the Alpha Centaurian physicist Zefram Cochrane. Of course, since neither speaks the other's tongue, we've relied almost exclusively on the language of mathematics. . . Using a math I can still only barely comprehend, he's shown that space can be visualized as moving along the curved wave of time . . if this is so, man will be able to transcend the speed of light."

Alpha Centauri VII is a classic Class M world, nearly identical in mass end climate to Terra. Its population is quite humanoid, end evidence has been found that suggests that the Centaurians may be the descendants of
ancient Terran Greeks transported from Earth in the third century B.C. In 2039 the starliner Enterprise first detected evidence, in the form of radio signals, that intelligent life existed in the Centaurian system. It was nine years later that actual contact was finely made. Alpha Centauri was one of the five founding members of the United Federation of Planets, end the discovery of space warp principles by Zefram Cochrane made deep space exploration possible for Federation explorers. Cochrane Industries delivered the first warp engine prototype, the WD-1, in 2055; this tiny unit propelled Rosy the chimpanzee at warp 1.5 during a successful controlled experiment. Federation borders were quick to expend with the use of early Centaurian warp systems.

Alpha Centauri now supports e population of 21 billion, second only to the Sol system. The Delthare University Complex, located on the northern continent, is one of the primary learning facilities of the UCIP. Alpha Centauri also has permanent representation on the Confederation Council.

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