User:Tarinzix/Sandbox/Artaleirh System

The Artaleirh system was a star system within the space of the Romulan Star Empire. Although there is considerable evidence of the system's habitation extending back nearly two and a half billion years, there is as yet no known evidence of indigenous sentient ever evolving on any of the planets themselves.

The Artaleirh system's primary planetary location of note was the world of Artaleirh, the second terrestrial planet and third planet in the Artaleirh Starsystem. However, there are currently a total of eleven planets in the system. Two of the planets are captured rogue planets, with one of them being an extra-terrestrial-remnant which collided with another rocky terrestrial planet (as to whether planet it collided with was native to the Artaleirh system is currently unknown) and the other being a gas dwarf remnant.

There is also a small population of four dwarf planets within the system, one of which also not native to Artaleirh in the inner system, which is most likely a remnant from a much larger planet.

The system itself is made up of five areas which consist of the inner core, the inner system, the middle system, the outer system and the extra-solar surface. Each of these areas contain at lease one planet and are separated, with the exception of the core and inner system, with some type of physical barrier.

History

The system itself is made up of an inner core; the star, "Artaleirh", along with a gas super-giant which orbits just outside of the star's corona sphere. Next is the inner system, which consists of the first two terrestrial planets in the system as well as a gas dwarf called "Desseca" and a rocky dwarf planet named "Otulp". It is believed that both, Desseca and Otlup were once apart of another star system which was most likely torn apart by a passing rogue Neutron Star as both are dated to about one billion years younger than the other planets of the system, both carry mineral compounds not native to the system and are the remnants of much larger planets which were then ejected from a nearby system. The next area is separated by a small meteor belt which is filled with small, icy objects which were most likely deposited from the systems outer ice cloud when the two rogue planets were captured.

There is also a middle system, which consists primarily of one gas giant as well as a super-heavy terrestrial planet in a pair of perfectly opposing orbit with each other around the parent star. Each carries their own set of moons, however, the rocky planet, known as "Kirakk" was once a colony of an ancient and now long extinct species. It is also believed that Kirakk was actually once two separate worlds that were in a dual orbit with each other and eventually, merged through an artificial means. The outer section of the middle system is then zoned off by a large asteroid belt.

The outer system houses a group of four gaint gaseous planets

Prehistory

Although no indigenous sentient life evolved anywhere within the star system, archaeological evidence has suggested that at least one planet was host to a civilization a little over two and a half billion years ago. This world is the second planet from the system's parent star and the first terrestrial planet in the inner system. This world currently hosts a very thin atmosphere, and absolutely no surface water, but geological and archaeological surveys have not only turned up evidence of surface oceans, but also of a technologically advanced civilization once existing there. This comes at a time when all of the other planets in this system would have most likely have still been cooling. However, as this world is the smallest out of all of the planets which are believed to be native to the system, it most likely followed a very similar evolution to that of the planet Mars in the Terran System, or of Chi Vos in the Cardassian System.

It is possible that indigenous had evolved in this system at one time, but due to an extensive astrological catastrophe, the planet which may have bore such life was ripped apart in a collision with a rogue planet some 214,000 years ago.