Primary: MacGregor's Star, spectral class, K9V. ICN
S4G0307K9V. Mass, .505 standard. Stellar diameter, .552 standard. Luminosity,
.048 standard.
Planetary System:
Six
major bodies. One inhabited world (Rob Roy, I). Two gas giants.
No planetoid belts.
Rob Roy:
Mean
orbital radius, 23.94 million kilometers (0.16 AU). Period, 32.10 days. No
satellites. Diameter, 11021 kilometers. Density, 1.0 standard. Mass, .423
standard. Mean surface gravity, .75 G. Rotation period: none (tidal lock with
primary). Axial inclination, 32°36'36.8". Albedo, .4 Surface atmospheric
pressure, .48m. Composition, oxygen-nitrogen mix tainted with industrial
pollutants; filter mask may be needed to breathe atmosphere. Hydrographic
percentage, 60%; composition, water and frozen water-ice. Mean surface
temperature, 3° C. Mean nightside surface temperature, -155°C.
Remarks:
Like
Claverse (Reavers' Deep 1913), Rob Roy
supported the Maxwell faction during the
Dynastic
Crisis of 1024, and suffered in consequence. The world was and is a crucial
industrial center of the Principality
of Caledon, and has the second highest population
(the highest being at Cuillan (Reavers' Deep 1613)). During the crisis, both
sides planned much of their strategy around the need to control Rob Roy, and
there was bitter fighting as a result.
Following his defeat at the Battle of Dunbarton,
Maxwell directed the defense of Rob Roy, one of his last bastions of support,
until he was forced to flee. The victorious forces of Lord Campbell never actually engaged in ground fighting
at Rob Roy, and never actually discovered Maxwell's command headquarters on the
world. It is said to have been located underground somewhere in the arctic
wilderness of Polaris, the northern continent of Rob Roy. But Maxwell shut down
the complex prior to his departure, and the secret was purged from planetary
computer records. For security purposes, the location was actually known to only
a handful of key people, and, without coordinates, it remains undetectable. The
HQ complex is lost until and unless one of Maxwell's people chooses to reveal
its location, or until accidental discovery brings it to light.
There is a famous story, possibly apocryphal, which relates that this "Ice
Fortress" (as it was popularly known) is the hiding place for the full Caledonian
regalia, the orb, scepter, circlet, and jeweled sword that together were the
symbols of the rightful Prince. It is said that Maxwell, prior to his flight,
left these symbols of authority here, on Caledonian soil, pending the day when a
Maxwell would come to reclaim his own.
The regalia was certainly lost during the war, and never recovered. It is of
great value, both monetarily and politically, and a fantastic reward is offered
by the Principality for recovery of these symbolic items.