WIP entry, pls no approv

This system is one of many in the so-called "brown dwarf layer", which is dominated by low mass star systems which tend to contain brown dwarf stars only. However, this place stands out because it contains something rarely seen in these dim and desolate systems: an Earth-like World.

This world was likely formed in another star system, then flung out from there and later captured here. This assumption is based on its high orbital inclination (170 degrees) and eccentricity (0.238), and that it's much more massive and larger than the other planets.

Since the system has only brown dwarf stars, this world receives little in the way of sunlight, and most of that is in the infra-red spectrum. As such, the surface of this planet appears to have a distinct red tint over the usual green and blue colours of Earth-like worlds. With an average surface temperature of only 262 K, this planet only barely classifies as being habitable. Even this temperature is only reached thanks to the greenhouse effect of the water vapour in its atmosphere (0.67% water, with a 0.63 atm surface pressure). However, most parts of the surface would be uninhabitable, due to the planet's rotation being locked to its parent star, which looms large in its sky.

Although the class L main star of the system is brighter, and is only around 260 ls away, since it's a brown dwarf star that wouldn't move much on the Earth-like world's sky, it doesn't help much. The third star of the system would be visible on the (near-)perpetual night side of the planet, but as it's a class T brown dwarf that's ~5,000 ls away, with an orbital period of nearly fifty years, it doesn't "contribute" much either.

talk a bit about the icy surface here

talk some about the colonization and insert pics here

WIP entry, pls no approv

This system is one of many in the so-called "brown dwarf layer", which is dominated by low mass star systems which tend to contain brown dwarf stars only. However, this place stands out because it contains something rarely seen in these dim and desolate systems: an Earth-like World.

This world was likely formed in another star system, then flung out from there and later captured here. This assumption is based on its high orbital inclination (170 degrees) and eccentricity (0.238), and that it's much more massive and larger than the other planets.

Since the system has only brown dwarf stars, this world receives little in the way of sunlight, and most of that is in the infra-red spectrum. As such, the surface of this planet appears to have a distinct red tint over the usual green and blue colours of Earth-like worlds. With an average surface temperature of only 262 K, this planet only barely classifies as being habitable. Even this temperature is only reached thanks to the greenhouse effect of the water vapour in its atmosphere (0.67% water, with a 0.63 atm surface pressure). However, most parts of the surface would be uninhabitable, due to the planet's rotation being locked to its parent star, which looms large in its sky.

Although the class L main star of the system is brighter, and is only around 260 ls away, since it's a brown dwarf star that wouldn't move much on the Earth-like world's sky, it doesn't help much. The third star of the system would be visible on the (near-)perpetual night side of the planet, but as it's a class T brown dwarf that's ~5,000 ls away, with an orbital period of nearly fifty years, it doesn't "contribute" much either.

As such, and with these surface temperatures, the polar ice caps are significantly larger than on average temperature Earth-like worlds. They extend far enough that there are entire islands surrounded by ice.

This system was colonized in 3311 August, as part of the Trailblazer Initiative. Even though it's relatively close to the core systems (only 343 ly from Sol), there were few inhabited systems nearby, and the first thing built here was a criminal outpost. The entrepreneurs here soon found value in the hardy vegetation of the planet, and with a Coriolis station in orbit, the colony was built out to focus on agriculture and research. With a lack of commodity regulation though, all manners of goods can be purchased here.

insert outpost and Coriolis pictures here