TOI-700

Alpha One

TOI-700 d, Alpha One, also sometimes called A1, is the biggest habitable planet orbiting the red dwarf TOI-700 in the Dorado constellation, 101 light years from Earth. Most of the planet is covered by oceans, whereas the land is rich in minerals – mainly titanium, gold, silicon and magnesium. There are four major cities on the planet – Alpha City, New Istanbul, Las Palomas and Queenstown. The planet has three moons, named after Abia-Aba Alpha’s first wives – Eva-Anna, Danuta-Camilla and Mia-Florentia. A group of rocks and ice glaciers named Janet-Zoe, after Abia-Aba Alpha’s fourth wife, is said to become a fully formed moon around the year 2500.

History

TOI-700 d was the first extraterrestrial colony established in 2071 by a team led by Turkish trillionaire Kara Atay. Soon after the first colonizers arrived, the planet was renamed Alpha One and was made the capital of the newly created Alpha Kingdom. Kara Atay, who had changed his name to Aba-Abia Alpha, became king. During the early years of the colony, focus was placed on mining, exploration and technology advancement. The Kingdom’s social policies, including free housing, education and work for every citizen, brought in new settlers quickly and the planet became a lively new world long before the Collapse.

During the Voidshift Alpha One maintained close relations with Alpha Two, another Alpha Kingdom’s planet in the TOI-700 system. It was the time of great technological development. An interplanetary defense system was created to solve the problem of frequent meteor showers. An antimatter accelerator network was constructed on Eva-Anna. Major companies were established on the planet during that time, most prominent being Xeno Entity Bio-Analysis Labs (XEBAL) and tecTech Labs.

NamesTOI-700 e, Alpha One, A1
Radius2.1 terrestrial
Mass1.8 Earth masses
Orbital cycle732 days
Distance from Earth101 light years
Avg temperature15 ° C
Moons3
AtmosphereBreathable
Avg jump height120 cm

Planet grounds

Antracita consists mainly of desert areas and oceans. There is dense vegetation along the oceans, often swampy areas or jungles. However, quickly, about 200 km from the shoreline, the vegetation is thinning to give way to rocky and desert terrain.

Vegetable areas are very rich in wildlife that directly threatens human colonies. For this reason, human bases are most often built in deserts more than 100 kilometers from the shoreline.
Antracita consists of over 76% water. The water is acid, but you can drink it. Ocean animals have never been thoroughly examined. It is only known that they take enormous sizes reaching over 40 meters.
Along the oceans, there is a dense jungle and dangerous swamps filled with unidentified animals. People don’t go there. The brave men who have ventured more than a few kilometers deep into the jungle have never returned.

The central part of the continent is covered by desert. It is mainly an open desert area, here and there with rocky mountains and stones. After forced construction interruptions and destroyed cities, there are wrecks of construction vehicles and machines, sand-covered ruins or unfinished city buildings.

Antracita is characterized by high mountains with extensive cave networks and numerous canyons. Caves and canyons are usually enclosed, with labyrinths of corridors and smaller rooms. In some places the unit may encounter traps.

Local Alliances

The policies in Alpha Kingdom are welcoming to businesses, especially those that deal with technology advancement, mining and culture.

MultiMine

One of the first civilian companies focused on mineral extraction was founded on Earth shortly before the second wave of settlers arrived on A1, but established its main office on the planet soon after. Thanks to close cooperation with the Alpha Kingdom’s Mining Ministry, MultiMine grew to be the largest mining corporation in the colonies.

XEBAL

Xeno Entity Bio-Analysis Labs is a company that researches alien flora and fauna found in the colonies. It was founded by Bill-John Garrick, one of the first colonizers, shortly after Alpha One was established. The corporation’s goal is to better understand the organisms found in the colonies and use the knowledge to further develop the humans’ ability to adapt to the environments of newfound planets. XEBAL has no interest in developing weapons or military equipment, but it often cooperates with different corporations in research projects that involve adapting XEBAL’s findings to military use.

tecTech Labs

TecTech Labs was instrumental in developing some of Alpha Kingdom’s greatest technological achievements, including the interplanetary defense system and the antimatter accelerator network. It is rumored that the company receives fewer confidential contracts from the Technology Ministry recently because of the company’s connections to the ACP government.

Xeno Patrol

A military organization that consists of highly trained and well equipped soldiers, the Xeno Patrol is a reconnaissance team formed personally by king Abia-Aba Alpha for the express purpose of scouting out new, potentially habitable planets. The exact force of the Xeno Patrol is unknown, although it is speculated to be over 4000 people. Some believe that some Xeno Patrol members actually went to Earth and came back after the Voidshift, but officially nothing of the sort happened.

Due to the large number of Bases and their various functions, they are dependent on each other. One focuses on food production, the other is typically mining, and the other is entertainment and residential. For this reason, it was necessary to build a road and rail network enabling land communication between bases. Traditional passenger vehicles, trucks and trains complemented the fast but very expensive medium-range teleportation.