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Ripple

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Ripple
System Information
X:Y Coordinates[e]
Planet(s)5

The Ripple System is a system in the Melissia Theater of the Lyran Commonwealth officially cataloged as LC M-2532245.[1]

System Description

The Ripple system is within two jumps or 60 light years of the Willunga system.[1]

System History

At some time in the past, someone built a mining facility on the system's fifth planet, but it was later abandoned. Otherwise, the system was unpopulated.

Ripple V

Information on Ripple V is scare. However, it was stated that the planet has no animal life and minimal vegetation. The world's atmosphere required a filter mask for safety. But, even with masks visitors stated that the air smelled rank and sour.[2]

Also, the planet had no moon and the temperatures at night dropped to below freezing quickly.[3]

At some time in the past, a mining facility was built on Ripple V, but the facility was later abandoned. During the Jihad, Word of Blake fugitives converted the mining facility into a base of operations. They were rooted out with many of them captured by a Lyran military operation in 3084.[4]

Nearby Systems

Unknown.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Operation Blue Tiger, p. 5
  2. Operation Blue Tiger, p. 7
  3. Operation Blue Tiger, p. 10
  4. Operation Blue Tiger, p. 15

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