Stryx

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Stryx
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Stryx

Segmentum:

Ultima Segmentum

Sector:

Australis Ultima

Subsector:

Diadem Cluster

System:

Umbra

Class:

Dead World

Type:

Minor



Physics

Type: Iron/Silica

Mass: 3.45X10^23 kg

Density: 5.44 g/cm3

Composition: Primarily Iron-Nickel

Gravimetry

Gravity: 3.8 m/s2

Escape Velocity: 4.26 km/s

Rotation Period: 1433.39 hours

Axis Tilt: 01.66 °

Atmosphere

Type: Trace

Pressure: 0.47 nPa

Composition: Atomic oxygen, sodium, magnesium, atomic hydrogen, potassium, calcium, helium

Population

Population: 0
Government: None, Dark Mechanicum administration
Tithe Grade: Non Oboediens
Armed Forces: Intermittent Risen Skitarii, Necromata, and Umbral Navy presence
Terrain (typical): Wastes, Starport (orbital)
Notable Locations: Strix orbital defense platform, wreck of the Explorator vessel Constance Heart


Description

The blasted and airless surface of Strix is inimical to all life. Only the occasional rad-hardened Necromata patrol or cast-off Necrotek Horror (the misbegotten product of the Necrocrafters’ art) can be found there. A small defense platform and listening station, Strix ODP, is maintained in high orbit.

Stryx ODP

The Stryx Orbital Defense Platform is a small space station in permanent orbit around the planet Stryx. Because Stryx orbits Umbra A much faster than the worlds farther out in the system, it is a useful platform for monitoring the far side of the star (in other words, the area in opposition to Umbra Major and the other settled worlds). The platform acts as a listening station monitoring all known comms frequencies. Optical telescopes and sensitive Auspex arrays on board sweep the system constantly for any threat or sign of danger, while Skitarii Archaeopters patrol the planet below. Macro-cannon batteries, laser turrets, and Apocalypse missile launchers defend the station itself.

Constance Heart

The wreck of the Imperial Explorator vessel Constance Heart lies smashed and lifeless on the surface of Stryx. The Constance Heart first entered the Umbra System on 880.M30. Explorator Captain Albinus Henricus made contact with Umbral Navy Patrols in the outer system and was escorted to Umbra Major, where he sought a personal audience with the Fabricatrix General, Queen Adrasteia I. His wish was granted and Henricus landed at Umbra Forge. What he saw there appalled and terrified him, though the only report received after the Explorator entered the system is fragmentary and does not mention specific details. What is clear from the record is that Henricus offered the standard invitation to Adrasteia to join the Imperium, in spite of the "great evil" that he claimed to have seen there. Adrasteia refused, vowing to stay independent. When Henricus informed her of the alternative to Compliance (namely submission by force), the Queen of Umbra Major became furious and swore a fell oath never to be cowed by "any fellow Soverign, be he king or emperor". Albinus Henricus fled back to his ship as quickly as proper deportment would allow. Constance Heart left orbit of Umbra Major, intending to use the planet Stryx as a gravitational slingshot to reach the system's edge as quickly as possible. After breaking orbit, Henricus transmitted what would be his final message, which detailed the results of his audience with the Archmagos Regina Umbra Major. The Explorator craft was never heard from again. The ship's radiation-bleached ribs now lie exposed on the surface of Stryx, where wandering, feral Necrotek Horrors shelter from the harsh starlight of Umbra.

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