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The Mid Volumes
26 to 55 light years from Sol

THOSE SYSTEMS WHICH COULD be reliably mapped and surveyed by astronomical means from Earth were located within some 50 light years away.  For most of Mankind's push to colonize the stars, systems beyond 25 light years away were largely beyond reach due to the relatively slow speeds of the colonization vessels themselves.  The longer the voyages, even with advanced hibernation or genetic revival systems, the riskier the venture.  And beyond that fifty light year mark, not enough was known of the star systems to take that risk.  This region eventually came to be known as the Mid Volumes, and marks a line in the early history of colonization.  Today, it marks the center of the League's expansion.

Unlike the Core Systems, the Mid Volumes hold a huge number of stars, many of which remain unexplored, though mapped to some degree.  The potential for discovery remains high in this region, and the amount of territory for new colonization is still quite high.  It is through here that the Tsubar'ey are often found, on their great and stately migrations.  It is here that relics from the ancient past are often found.  And it is here that the Local Neighborhood still thrives, a busy suburb in the League.

The Mid Volumes
listed in order of distance from Sol
Gliese 109 - The Ballivian System, and the Primary Planet of Altiplano
26.00 light years
PCL - ChloriVesperian Subtype
Puggle-Na Homeworld
League
Colony arriving in xxx CE
last updated March 13, 2007
  Gliese 831 AB - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
26.00 light years
Classification pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
  Pi-3 Orionis - The Kane System, and the Primary Planet of Hokul'ea
26.30 light years
PCL - GaianPelagic Subdivision
New Hope Sleeper Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending

Beta Canum Venaticorum - The Chara System, and the Primary Planet of Retunda
27.30 light years
PCL - EuPelagic Subtype
ArcWay World
New Hope Sleeper Colony arriving in xxxx CE

page pending

 

Gliese 618 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
27.60 light years
Classification pending

Aagüla Colony
page pending

 

Gliese 618 B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
27.60 light years
Classification pending

Aagüla Colony
page pending

61 Virginis - The Tugdamme (Bright-Eye) System, and the Primary Planet of Cimmeria (Dradgeworld)
27.81 light years
PCL - GaianContinental Subdivision
ArcWay World
Former Sivata colony
Indigenous Khai

New Hope Sleeper Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Zeta Tucanae - The Zetacan System, and the Primary Planet of Cordillera
28.03 light years
PCL - MesoArean Subtype
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Chi-1 Orionis - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Pellucidar
28.26 light years
Classification Pending
League Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 849 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
28.60 light years
Classification Pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
  Gliese 666 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
28.70 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE

page pending
  Gliese 183 A - The xxx System System, and the Primary Planet of Incident
28.75 light years
Classification Pending
League Colony arriving in xxx CE CE
page pending
  Gamma Leporis A - The Athena Chalkioikos System, and the Primary Planet of Spartica
29.25 light years
PCL - EoGaian Subtype
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Gamma Leporis B - The Poseidon System, and the Primary Planet of Ithaca
29.25 light years
PCL - EuPromethean Subdivision
ArcWay World
Thanalé, Terran derived indigenously evolved

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Beta Comae Berenices - The Phione System, and the Primary Planet of Phione IV
29.86 light years
PCL - GaianContinental Subdivision
Indigenous T'chebsoni
New Hope Sleeper Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Kappa Ceti - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Neverwhere
29.87 light years
PCL - GaianPaludial, terraformed from an EoGaian state
ArcWay World
Homo neanderthalis transplanted by the ArcBuilders; once had a computer age technology, but environmental and stellar changes have since toppled that, sending the species back into their stone age past.
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
Gamma Pavonis - The Peyton System, and the Primary Planet of Twillingate
30.06 light years
PCL - Europan Subtype
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 442 A - The Nova Solis System, and the Primary Planet of Megiddo
30.14 light years
PCL - GaianCampian Subdivision
ArcWay World
Meant to be a colony for the refuge of people of faith, time saw the development of several factions, all violently opposed to one another.  Over the course of this world's history, war has escalated to the nuclear stage three separate times, each time literally pushing civilization back to a Middle Ages level.  In the first such war, the ArcWay was buried beneath a mountain's worth of rock, thus isolating the planet almost completely.  By the year 9801 CE, the civilization is still recovering from the last war, and has begun to once again develop nuclear technology, while still learning about their own horrific past.
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
Last Updated July 21, 2007
  61 Ursae Majoris - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
31.12 light years
Classification pending
ArcWay World
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  AU Microscopii - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
32.40 light years
Classification pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
  LTT 8811 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
32.65 light years
Classification pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
Alpha Mensae - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Ambisagrus
33.10 light years
PCL - GaianCampian Subdivision
ArcWay World
New Hope Sleeper Colony arriving in xxxx CE

page pending
  AT Microscopii A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
33.30 light years
Classification pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
  AT Microscopii B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
33.30 light years
Classification pending
Aagüla Colony
page pending
Xi Ursae Majoris BaBb - The Alula Australis System, and the Primary Planet of Diaspora
34.00 light years
PCL - GaianCampian Subdivision
ArcWay World
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
last updated January 20, 2007
  Iota Persei - The Utu System, and the Primary Planet of Dilmun
34.36 light years
PCL - PostGaian Subtype
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Delta Trianguli AB - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Meganesia
35.38 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Beta Virginis - The Zavijah System, and the Primary Planet of Isla del Fuego
35.55 light years
PCL - Panthalassic Class
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  54 Piscium - The Anguta System, and the Primary Planet of Nunavut
36.23 light years
PCL - MesoTitanian Subtype
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Theta Persei A - The Amaterasu System, and the Primary Planet of Fujiyama
36.64 light years
PCL - GaianPelagic Subdivision
Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Alpha Boötis - The Arcturus System, and the Primary Planet of Erebus
36.71 light years
classification pending
Exile Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 534.1 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
37.00 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Lambda Serpentis - The Belenus (A'swobo) System, and the Primary Planet of Hibernia (Arsemis)
38.34 light years
PCL - GaianContinental Subdivision
Indigenous Arsemians
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
The Arsemian civilization parallels Earth in many aspects of its relationship with off-world visitors.  Like Humans, the prehistoric Sivata enjoyed a brief partnership with the Sivata, and may have produced their own "lost colonies".
page pending
  Gliese 851.3 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
39.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Zeta-2 Reticuli - The Apollo System, and the Primary Planet of Europa Major (Minos)
39.40 light years
PCL - EuPelagic Subtype
ArcWay World
Minosian Lost Colony

Seed Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Zeta-1 Reticuli - The Artemis System, and the Primary Planet of Europa Minor (Pretarus)
39.53 light years
PCL - GaianCampian Subdivision
ArcWay World
Pretari Lost Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
Despite the presence of an ArcWay, all archaeological evidence points to this world having been colonized by the neighboring Minosian Lost Colony at some point in the past thousand years.
page pending
  85 Pegasi A - The Pegasus System, and the Primary Planet of Yellowstone
40.50 light years
PCL - Hebean Type
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Rho-1 Cancri A - The Cancer System, and the Primary Planet of Chinook
40.90 light years
PCL - Darwinian Type
Indigenous Shintook Floaters
ArcWay World

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 68835 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
41.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 302 - The Ogden System, and the Primary Planet of Wrangellia
41.04 light years
PCL - BathyPelagic Subtype
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 67 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
41.20 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Lambda Aurigae - The Old Man System, and the Primary Planet of King Fisher
41.20 light years
PCL - PostGaian Subtype
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 95 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
41.35 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  44 Boötis BaBb - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
41.60 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
former Sivata Colony
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  36 Ursae Majoris - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Harappa
41.91 light years
classification pending
League Colony arriving in xxx CE
New Harappa Civilization
This civilization, born of the original League Colony, had at one point advanced to a very high state, and had encompassed their entire solar system.  Today, however, and for unknown reasons, the civilization has regressed to the point of only a small handful of primitive villages in one geographical region.
page pending
  Alpha Aurigae C - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Acheron
42.20 light years
classification pending
Exile Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 722 - The Caesar System, and the Primary Planet of August
42.30 light years
PCL - ChloriticGaian Subtype
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 101259 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
43.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  58 Eridani - The xxx System, and the Primary Planets of Naqadah and Jaffa
43.40 light years
Classifications Pending
ArcWay World (Naqadah)
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  Upsilon Andromedae A - The Andromeda System, and the Primary Planet of Caledonia
43.93 light years
PCL - GaianCampian Subdivision
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  10 Tauri - The Origin System, and the Primary Planet of Olduvai
44.70 light years
PCL - PostGaian Subtype
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 221420 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
45.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
18 Scorpii - The Scorpion System, and the Primary Planet of Pangaia
45.70 light years
PCL - GaianContinental Subdivision
Indigenous extinct Sivata Homeworld
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  47 Ursae Majoris - The Great Bear Rising System, and the Primary Planet of Odessa Steppes
45.91 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  26 Draconis A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
45.95 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  26 Draconis B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Westrimm
45.95 light years
Classification Pending
League Colony arriving in xxx CE
The System was colonized by League citizens after the integration of the 26 Draconis A System into the League of Worlds.  The B component was colonized due to the natives of the A component waging a terrorist campaign against people that they believed were "invaders".
page pending
  Alpha Fornacis B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
46.03 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 611 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
46.86 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
former Sivata Colony
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  72 Herculis - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
46.94 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
former Sivata Colony
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 822.2 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
47.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  20 Leonis Minoris - The Holy Light System, and the Primary Planet of Arcangelico
48.60 light years
PCL - GaianPaludial Subdivision
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Nu Phoenicis - The Selgate System, and the Primary Planet of New Phoenix
49.10 light years
PCL - EuArean Subtype terraformed to GaianContinental Subdivision
Holotype Eiyogsha ruins
Indigenous, Eiyogsha-provolved Cath'thetiki

League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
The Cath'thetiki were provolved by the single Eiyogsha individual whose ruins are still to be found on the planet's surface.  It is these remains which gives us all our current knowledge of the Eiyogsha, knowledge that even the Tsubar'ey had not possessed.  The Cath'thetiki themselves inhabit the vast regions around the ruins, and have done so for their entire history.  They worship the Eiyogsha ruins, but remain unaware of their origins because of it.
Last updated March 30, 2006
  31 Aquilae - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
49.40 light years
classification pending
League Colony arriving in xxx CE
Kritiri, League Colony-derived
A thriving interplanetary civilization, with representatives being found across the League.  The Kritiri civilization evolved from the original League-planted colony.

page pending
  Gliese 288 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
49.58 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE

page pending
  Gliese 288 B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
49.58 light years
classification pending
Satlek Colony
The Satlek Colony remained unaware of the Hegemony Colony in the A Component system until the advent of the League of worlds, due to their remaining confined, voluntarily, within their own system.  The Human colony, likewise, was unaware, being confined to the planet until the League arrived.

page pending
  Gliese 599 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
49.70 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE

page pending
  Mu Arae - The Burroughs System, and the Primary Planet of Caprona
49.80 light years
PCL - GaianPelagic Subdivision
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  51 Pegasi - The Athenia System, and the Primary Planet of Arroyo
50.10 light years
PCL - GaianXeric Subdivision
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 21809 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
50.20 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 758 - The Solnce System, and the Primary Planet of Sibir'
50.54 light years
classification pending
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 25 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
50.70 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 25 B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
50.70 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 38858 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of America
50.80 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 838 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Devonia
51.00 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 777 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Canaan
51.84 light years
classification pending
League Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  HD 116442 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Coatlique
52.30 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxx CE
page pending
  HD 116443 - The Arus System, and the Primary Planet of Appalachia
52.30 light years
PCL - GaianContinental Subdivision
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 294 Aa - The Aden System, and the Primary Planet of Gethsemane
52.81 light years
PCL - GaianGelidian Subtype
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 264.1 A - The Cyclopes System, and the Primary Planet of Requiem
53.00 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
This colony, though connected to Earth via the ArcWay, remained relatively isolated and engaged almost entirely in monastic studies.  As such, they remained unaware of the benign Satlek observers until the League of worlds had been founded for several decades.
page pending
  Gliese 264.1 B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
53.00 light years
Classification Pending
Satlek Colony
Though they remained confined to their system, the Satlek became aware of the Human colony in the A Component system, and spent hundreds of years silently studying them.
page pending
Psi-5 Aurigae - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Iskander
53.90 light years
PCL - ThioGaian Subtype
ArcWay World
Indigenous Iskanderites

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 538 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
54.10 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Former Sivata Colony

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  9 Puppis B - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
54.40 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 347 A - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
54.50 light years
Classification Pending
Satlek Colony
page pending
  HD 43162 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
54.50 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  39 Tauri - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
54.60 light years
Classification Pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
Gliese 295 - The Waking System, and the Primary Planet of Würm
54.80 light years
PCL - EuArean Subtype terraformed to GaianContinental Subdivision
ArcWay World
holotype ruins of T'zeche

Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
Last updated February 23, 2006
  HD 55575 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
55.00 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending
  Gliese 641 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
55.20 light years
classification pending
former Sivata Colony
page pending
  Gliese 264 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
55.50 light years
classification pending
Satlek Colony
page pending
  Gliese 290 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of xxx
55.59 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE

page pending
  Gliese 327 - The xxx System, and the Primary Planet of Avalon
55.80 light years
classification pending
ArcWay World
Hegemony Colony arriving in xxxx CE
page pending

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