Shiva
Please note that this location is used by the Allegiance Battle Group, and due to timeline complexity will reflect only information related to the ABG's storylines, as opposed to the mainstream RS storyline.
Shiva | |
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Astrographical | |
Region | Outer Rim |
Sector | Greeop Sector |
System | Baphomet system |
Suns | 1: Baphomet |
Moons | 2: Shiva Alpha, Shiva Beta |
Orbital Distance | 5.2 AUs |
Physical | |
Diameter | 50,724 km |
Planetary class | Terrestrial |
Atmosphere | Type III (Not Breathable) |
Gravity | Heavy (1.15 Standard) |
Surface water | None |
Primary terrain | Ice |
Length of Day | 57 Standard Hours |
Length of Year | 513.2 Standard Days |
Societal | |
Population | None |
Native species | None |
Immigrated species | None |
Official language | None |
Government | None |
Affiliation | New Republic |
Exports | None |
Import | None |
A completely frozen and desolate world, the extreme cold of Shiva destroys all hopes of life. No ship or probe has ever reached the surface intact. The chill freezes the components and yanks any such craft to the surface. Several craft lie on the surface, trophies to an unconquered world, as a display to the foolhardy.
The most noticeable feature of Shiva, as seen from the safe outer-atmosphere distance, is Mt. Dominant. Spearheading from the planet's equator this mountain rises an estimated seventeen and a half kilometers, making it by far the largest mountain in the system. The mountain's presence has caused debates between multiple scientific groups as to whether the planet used to have a heated core, capable of pushing plates together enough to form the huge mountain. This current trend of thought also leaves many people to believe that at one time Shiva was a much warmer planet.