Rigel XIII
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| Rigel XIII (Beta Rigel XIII, Beta Rigel BC I, Lonakar) | |
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| Political Specifications | |
| Designation | Beta Rigel BC I |
| Affiliation | Unaligned |
| Location | Beta Rigel (Beta Rigel BC) system |
| Sector | Sector 15-12-976-98 |
| Quadrant | Beta |
| World Status | TBD |
| Orbital Characteristics | |
| Orbit | 1 |
| Orbital Zone | green |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Class | S[1] |
| Population Data | |
| Dominant Lifeform | TBD |
| System Layout: Beta Rigel A: Rigel I · belt · Rigel II · Rigel III · Rigel IV · Rigel V · Rigel VI / Rigel VII · Rigel VIII · Rigel IX · Rigel X(Kolhor) · Rigel XI · Rigel XII |
Astronomical Data
Satellites
Natural
- TBD
Artificial
- Moebius cosmic string (see Notes)
- The LUG and Decipher sources refer to this as a "superstring"; SFC redesignates it a cosmic string, with unique properties due to its configuration.
History
- About 203,000 BCE: Orion astronauts (from Beta Rigel VII) reach Rigel XIII and study the superstring located above the south pole.[2]
Important Locations
- TBD
Notes
- While LUG & Decipher indicate Rigel XIII is a Class J gas giant, it is further described as being a "superjovian world that was almost a brown dwarf". I'm interpreting that to mean it is a Class S hypergiant.
- The Rigel XIII cosmic string is twisted into a Moebius configuration, rotating and spinning in place above the south pole, at a distance of 100 million miles. Major sunspot activity on Beta Rigel B causes the anomaly to "flare up", opening a temporal anomaly at its center, a likely rift between two points in space-time. Fortunately, it is far enough away from the heavily used space-routes around the Beta Rigel system to not be a safety concern. Federation theories maintain the anomaly is artificial, created by some ancient and unknown civilization, labeled as the Architects.[3]