Primary:
Lukagim,
spectral class F3V. ICN S4G0608F3V. Mass 1.54 standard. Stellar diameter 1.58
standard. Luminosity 6.26 standard.
Planetary System:
Ten
major bodies. One inhabited world (Concorde, V). Three gas giant. One planetoid
belts.
V Concorde:
Mean
orbital radius, 230.98 million kilometers (1.54 AU). Period 562.5 days. One
satellite. Diameter, 14062 kilometers. Density, .98 standard. Mass, 1.40
standard. Mean surface gravity, 1. 11 G. Rotation period: 21 hours, 55 minutes,
36 seconds. Axial inclination 27°35'27.2". Albedo, 0.45. Surface
atmospheric pressure less than 1.7 atm. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix tainted
by potentially dangerous gas compounds; filter mask required to breathe
atmosphere. Hydrographic percentage, 95%; composition, water and frozen
water-ice. Mean surface temperature, 28°C.
Remarks:
Concorde
is chiefly important as the major link between the Imperium
and the Principality of Caledon,
and has a long history as an advanced outpost of the Imperial presence in
Reavers' Deep.
The world was originally settled around -200 by a small band of Aslan
clansmen, Ihatei searching for a landhold of their own. It was not exactly
choice real estate, but the Aslan were not strong enough to take better property
away from the various Reaver warlords who
dominated the better worlds. The Aslan colony prospered, and established good
relations with the emergent Principality of Caledon as the latter began to
expand into space.
The Third Imperium arrived in the region just over 400 years after the Aslan
settlement was established, and Concorde was the scene of one of the many
conflicts which made up the Imperial phase of the Aslan
Border Wars. Strangely, in those conflicts the humans of Caledon
(Reavers' Deep 1815) sided with the alien Aslan, against the Imperium: the
Caledonians were unwilling to see themselves consumed by the expanding Imperial
frontier as the Kolan Hegemony already
had been.
Eventually, though, sufficient guarantees of independence and good faith were
offered, and the Principality agreed to withdraw from the conflict. The Aslan on
Concorde ultimately chose to accept the Emperor as their new overlord, and
Concorde joined the Imperium. The world, given its name to celebrate the new
spirit of fellowship that followed this agreement (its previous, Aslan name was
Wyaseakhtai), continues today to support a mixed population of humans and Aslan.
It is a major port for trade with Caledon; farflung Caledonian
mercantile interests in turn ensure that goods from as far away as the Hierate
border worlds wind up passing through the trade docks of Concorde. Lately,
competition between the Caledonian merchants and various Imperial firms
(especially Delgado Trading, LIC, a megacorporation) has led to slight downturn
in trade through Concorde and consequent economic and political concerns.