August
Star · Class G Star · Stellar Body
August is a Class G star located deep within Imperial Space, in the Imperium's unknown regions.
- Spectral class
- G4 V
- Radius
- 0.97 R☉
- Surface temp
- 5,620 K
- Luminosity
- 0.85 L☉
- Age
- 1.4 billion years
- Bodies
- 4 planets
Communications
Communication across the August System is blocked. System-wide messages only travel on comms runner ships, which carry them along fixed hyperroutes between the stations of the comms array.
The blackout has two causes. The August star is unstable: violent flares and radiation storms sweep the system without warning, burning out relay satellites and drowning long-range signals in static for days at a time. During the worst storms whole settlements have gone silent, and some were never heard from again.
The Imperium turned this weakness into policy. After rebel forces intercepted and forged Imperial orders, every open transmission in the system was banned by decree and is now actively jammed. Messages travel only as sealed data cores aboard armed comms runners. No word enters, leaves or crosses the August System without passing through Imperial hands.
Hyperroutes
- Icarus Corridor: Deimos to Kaas (10–28 hours)
- Foundry Lane: Kaas to Encleadus (5–43 hours)
- Black Meridian: Encleadus to Aurek (1.6–3.6 days)
Worlds
- Deimos (Volcanic Planet): Closest of the main celestial bodies. The planet is uninhabitable, with the exception of several Imperial and Eisen Arms extraction and research facilities.
- Kaas (Terrestrial · Earth-like): The capital of the August System and the hub of Eisen Arms, a secretive military company. An Earth-like world of cities and factory complexes, held under surveillance and…
- Encleadus (Volcanic Planet): Volcanic planet, rich in rare-earth metal deposits. Encleadus is considered crucial for supply of metal to Imperial shipbuilding facility Tharsis in the August system.
- Aurek (Ice Planet): Due to its extreme orbital distance, Aurek is classified as uninhabitable. It is a site of intelligence activity, and information about the planet is classified by Imperial decree.