Groombridge Rift Sector (-9,6,0)
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The Groombridge Rift is a void in space and represents both a navigational challenge for fuel constrained strikers and part of the core-tailward border between the territories of House Yorkin and House Kline. Van Maanen’s Star, the main location for this adventure is 9 lightyears south of the only major system in this sector.
| System | Population | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Groombridge 34 | 1.5b | Mining, Refinery, Civilian |
| Gravel | 11m | Mining |
| Kovachek | 10k | Scavenging |
| Total | 1.089b |
Groombridge 34
The low metallicity red dwarfs constituting this widely separated binary, sport many smallish planets high in carbon and silicates, while relatively low in iron and magnesium. This system has always been economically linked to the the nearby Ross 248 of the Kruger Sector. Groombridge 34’s less intensely flaring stars, make it a more desirable civilian habitat, and Ross 248 is its industrial and mining counterpart.
Gravel
A dark and miserable place filled with ancient fusion reactors, some of which still work. Mining takes place in the darkness on the many dwarf planets that race around the rogue jovian planet Jodril.
Gravel gets its name from the vast belts of loosely bound, ice coated, rocky planetesimals that ring the system.
Kovachek
The Kovachek wreck is the location of a Rift Wars battle; its remains loosely orbit the 7 jupiter-mass failed star. There is generally little activity here, owing to the relative unavailability of local power. Scavengers work away in the dark, fending off other scavengers and pirates.