[-6, 9, 0] (Groombridge)

System	Star	Spectral Type	Population	Main Activities	Remarks
Groombridge 34	Groombridge 34 A	M1V	1.5b	Mining, Refinery, Civilian
	Groombridge 34 B	M6V
Kruger 60	Kruger 60 A	M4V	15b	Mining, Civilian, Industrial
	Kruger 60 B	M6V
Luhman 16	Luhman 16 A	T0.5
	Luhman 16 B	T2
Ross 248	Ross 248	M6V	84m	Mining, Refinery
Struve	Struve A	K5V
	Struve B	K5V
Total			1.089b

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
Gravel	11m	Mining
Kovachek	10k	Scavenging

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.

Kruger 60

Kruger is a young system with a relatively high metallicity, which has given rise to sizeable terrestrial systems around both stars. The closeness and eccentricity of the orbital elements of the stars, have cleared off the icy planets, with the outer most members of both stars being extensive belts of rocky planetesimals.

Kruger supports the most extensive mining facilities for several surrounding sectors. This has given rise to both a sizeable civilian population as well as an extensive shipwright industry.

Ross 248

Ross 248 supports a vast complex of mining and refinery facilities, while its metallicity is low, making it poor in some of the heavier elements, this same feature has resulted in a large array of very small planets, including an interesting transitional terrestrial/ice giant planet called Clang.

The planets themselves are very geologically active and Ross 248, itself is a powerful flare star. These two factors make habitation fairly undesirable.

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.