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Line 57: The colony, located in a deep equatorial rift called Trinity Valley, had once been set up to house tens of thousands of people but by [[3050]], barely 200 Franciscan monks lived at the monastery settlement which was the only settlement on the planet. An array of nav beacons is available to guide approaching DropShips into the rift. Unspecified terraforming machines are mentioned, as is an ancient weather station on top of Mount Dolus in the Fraticelli mountain range, thousands of kilometers away from the monastery settlement (and apparently to the east, as the upper plains 1,100 km west of the Fraticelli mountain foothills seem to be located between the mountains and the colony). The Fraticelli mountains include the Benedict's Garden caldera, suggesting volcanic origin.<ref name="ToF"/> The colony, located in a deep equatorial rift called Trinity Valley, had once been set up to house tens of thousands of people but by [[3050]], barely 200 Franciscan monks lived at the monastery settlement which was the only settlement on the planet. An array of nav beacons is available to guide approaching DropShips into the rift. Unspecified terraforming machines are mentioned, as is an ancient weather station on top of Mount Dolus in the Fraticelli mountain range, thousands of kilometers away from the monastery settlement (and apparently to the east, as the upper plains 1,100 km west of the Fraticelli mountain foothills seem to be located between the mountains and the colony). The Fraticelli mountains include the Benedict's Garden caldera, suggesting volcanic origin.<ref name="ToF"/> − The moon of St. Jean is falling towards the planet slowly, but much faster than had been predicted when the colony was initially set up. While expected to hit the surface several millennia down the road, it did draw the planet's atmosphere into space at a much higher rate than anticipated. As a result, the ancient terraforming machines could not keep up with the loss of atmosphere and most of the planetary surface was dead by 3050, with only the deep equatorial valley still able to sustain life. It was expected that there would be no breathable atmosphere left after twenty years, i.e. by ca. 3070.<ref name="ToF"/> + The moon of St. Jean is falling towards the planet slowly, but much faster than had been predicted when the colony was initially set up. While expected to hit the surface several millenia down the road, it did suck the planet's atmosphere into space at a much higher rate than anticipated. As a result, the ancient terraforming machines could not keep up with the loss of atmosphere and most of the planetary surface was dead by 3050, with only the deep equatorial valley still able to sustain life. It was expected that there would be no breathable atmosphere left after twenty years, i.e. by ca. 3070.<ref name="ToF"/> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment===
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The colony, located in a deep equatorial rift called Trinity Valley, had once been set up to house tens of thousands of people but by [[3050]], barely 200 Franciscan monks lived at the monastery settlement which was the only settlement on the planet. An array of nav beacons is available to guide approaching DropShips into the rift. Unspecified terraforming machines are mentioned, as is an ancient weather station on top of Mount Dolus in the Fraticelli mountain range, thousands of kilometers away from the monastery settlement (and apparently to the east, as the upper plains 1,100 km west of the Fraticelli mountain foothills seem to be located between the mountains and the colony). The Fraticelli mountains include the Benedict's Garden caldera, suggesting volcanic origin.<ref name="ToF"/> | The colony, located in a deep equatorial rift called Trinity Valley, had once been set up to house tens of thousands of people but by [[3050]], barely 200 Franciscan monks lived at the monastery settlement which was the only settlement on the planet. An array of nav beacons is available to guide approaching DropShips into the rift. Unspecified terraforming machines are mentioned, as is an ancient weather station on top of Mount Dolus in the Fraticelli mountain range, thousands of kilometers away from the monastery settlement (and apparently to the east, as the upper plains 1,100 km west of the Fraticelli mountain foothills seem to be located between the mountains and the colony). The Fraticelli mountains include the Benedict's Garden caldera, suggesting volcanic origin.<ref name="ToF"/> | ||
| − | The moon of St. Jean is falling towards the planet slowly, but much faster than had been predicted when the colony was initially set up. While expected to hit the surface several | + | The moon of St. Jean is falling towards the planet slowly, but much faster than had been predicted when the colony was initially set up. While expected to hit the surface several millenia down the road, it did suck the planet's atmosphere into space at a much higher rate than anticipated. As a result, the ancient terraforming machines could not keep up with the loss of atmosphere and most of the planetary surface was dead by 3050, with only the deep equatorial valley still able to sustain life. It was expected that there would be no breathable atmosphere left after twenty years, i.e. by ca. 3070.<ref name="ToF"/> |
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||