Unlike Sol, its outer planetary system never formed. Like Sol, Terra is a G-type main sequence star. Within two years no fewer than seven colonial sloships had been dispatched to the world.Īstrophysicists soon staked their own claim with a startling discovery: Terra system’s unique location and makeup meant that it was a strong jump point hub. Lush, verdant and brimming with natural resources, Terra’s colonization was immediately obvious. A natural superearth located squarely in the star’s green band, Terra III was immediately recognizable for its astounding similarity to an untouched Earth. When the first long-distance magnetic relay images of the system’s third planet resolved, the explorer crew immediately knew they had hit it big. The Terra system, then designated 342A, was first charted in 2508 and explored as part of a five-system “long run” research expedition in 2516.
