Stiris


Type: Frozen moon.
Function: Yaeger Forward Base.
Region: Border Regions.
Trade Route: Yaeger Attack Route (top secret hyperspace route, only charted recently.)
Sector: Yaeger Sector.
Strategic Location: Inside the Imperium sphere of influence in the Yaeger Sector.
Temperature: 37% standard.
Atmosphere: Thin, with relatively little oxygen content. Breath Mask recommended for non-natives.
Hydrosphere: 89% the surface of Stiris is covered with a thick ice sheet, six kilometers deep on average.
Gravity: 108% standard.
Terrain: Aside from the vast ice plains, Stiris is covered with jagged outcroppings, and a vast network of lava caves.
Mineral Resources: None worth excavating.
Length of Day: 29 local hours.
Length of Year: 180 local days.
Sapient Species: None native.
Capital City: The largest Yaeger facility on the planet is Wothan 1, the center of coordination for the Wothan offensive.
Other Cities: There are five other Wothan facilities scattered across the planet.
Starport: Wothan 3 is a concealed planetary class port. From there cargos are shipped across the planet through underground trails, which weave through vast lava tunnel mazes. Yaeger craft assigned to carrying these cargoes are equipped with navigational maps of these tunnels, but any other craft will have a very hard time getting back out, let alone finding another Yaeger base. Wothan 5 is a concealed fighter base, with the facilities of a planetary class port, though it has yet to be used.
Population (within +/- 1%): 49,417 troops and support personnel.
Government: The Wothan offensive is being coordinated by General Alvard Thron, and all personnel on Stiris are members of his command.
Tech Level: High Space. Modern weaponry, ordinance, military craft and equipment are virtually the only technological apparatus on Stiris.
Major Exports: None.
Major Imports: Personnel, equipment, supplies.
System: Gathirite
Star: Gathir (single brown giant)
Name Planet Type Moons
StirisIce World0
ThyiagFrigid Desert World1

System Capsule:

Stiris: See above.
Thyiag: Even colder than Stiris, Thyiag was desiccated by the heat of Gathir during the early part of it's stellar lifetime, and now is slowly spinning out of Gathir's orbit.

Planetary Capsule:

Flora and fauna: Stiris has no native wildlife, and never has.

Sentient Species: None.

History: When Gathir was a younger star, Stiris was the innermost planet of a much larger solar system. When Gather was a blue white star, Stiris was a scalding rock, with vast magma ocean. When Gathir cooled, and the other planets spun out of orbit, Stiris slowly cooled. It did not cool in a regular manner, and the gas pockets and irregular cooling led to the formation of vast networks of tubelike caves.

One of many systems that the Empire took without a struggle, they did not see any need to garrison the small and uninteresting system, as it was relatively far from the front lines. Now somewhat closer to the front, but still well within the Imperium's sphere of influence, the Gathirite system has been as ignored by the Imperium as it was by the Empire.

However, Yaeger scouts plotting an assault hyperspace route into Imperium space came across Stiris, and found it to be the perfect site for a supply depot and forward base. The Wothan offensive, whose stated goal is to reduce Imperium holdings in the sector by 20%-30% has been put on hold due to the recent lack of Imperial aggression, but supplies are still flowing into Stiris, as the Yaeger High Command is more than a little suspicious of the Imperium's peace initiatives, and plans on massive counter attacks if the Imperium restarts hostilities.

The bases on Stiris are simply expanded caves, now capable of hold vast quantities of personnel and equipment. The Wothan offensive has been several years in planning, and there are some pilots and troopers that have been on Stiris for over a year. During this time that have expanded and decorated their quarters, producing relatively comfortable conditions for a frigid world orbiting a near dead sun. The lava acts as an excellent sensor baffler, as well as a rather good insulator, and it's entirely possible that if the Yaeger ever leave Stiris it would become a rather ideal shadowport.

Cargo transfers to Stiris are carefully coordinated to avoid Imperium border patrols, but despite all precautions, the Imperium knows that there is a Yaeger forward base somewhere across the border, and constant recon sweeps of worlds like Stiris have forced the Yaeger to keep their operations even more underground than usual. While the Imperium is aware of the existence of a Yaeger base in their territory, they are not aware of it's size, and if the forces on Stiris are employed in an offensive, they would almost definitely take the Imperium by surprise, and if the border action of the Wothan offensive are even moderately successful, it will almost definitely meet or exceed it's stated goals.
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