- A prosperous but unremarkable Federation colony system, made up of three planet star-system around a GV1 star or yellow main sequence star, slightly brighter than Sol.
- Inhabited Planets:
- Epsilon Zeta II: “Emerson’s World”, a class M (Minshara) planet with a colony of 90,000 Federation colonists ruled by an oligarchy of chose professionals who sit the Colonial Council.
- Other Planets:
- Epsilon Zeta I is a Class B (Geomortus) planet, with no life and no materials of note. It’s also dangerous due to the high dosage of radiation it receives during the periods where it is close to the sun.
- Epsilon Zeta III has a class L (Marginal) environment and has yet to be colonized, though there is some lingering evidence that it had been at one
point.
- Other Stellar Objects: The Companions, a cluster of three Class D (Dwarf) planetoids that have been caught in the orbit of the star and erratically circle closing towards the star into which they’ll plunge within the next few thousand years.
- Artificial Objects: Emerson Station, weather stations, shuttle docks and sky hooks surrounding Emerson’s World.
| Planet Name |
Class |
Diametre (km) |
Position |
Moons |
Gravity |
Day (hrs.) |
Atmosphere |
Climate |
Industry |
| Epsilon Zeta I |
B |
6,600 |
II |
0 |
0.2G |
76.2 |
Vacuum |
Radiation Hazard |
None |
| Emerson's World |
M |
12,600 |
II |
5 |
0.9G |
23.5 |
Terrestrial |
Warm Temperate |
Agriculture |
| Epsilon Zeta III |
L |
11,500 |
III |
3 |
1.2G |
47.3 |
Tainted |
Marginal |
None |
  
- Emerson's World (Epsilon Zeta II)
- Government: Democratically elected council.
- Tech Level: 5
- Emerson's World was settled accidentally by SS Nova Queen, a cruise vessel under the command of Captain Reginald Emerson. The ship and its complement of 1000 crew and passengers were deposited in this system highly damaged by a wormhole in 2239. Captain Emerson, realizing they hadn't the power to return home landed on the first M-Class planet he could find and hoped that someone would rescue them. It was not until the USS Brisbane explored the region in 2350 that the crew were discovered and by then a thriving community had been established on the planet. After reporting the discovery of the ship's crew and their decendants the Brisbane had offered to begin transporting them home, but for the most part the colonists refused, choosing to remain there. Shortly after the survivors petitioned the Federation government to make their world an official colony. It was granted, and they along with a large number of others who eagerly flocked to the colony upon the first opportunity, established the more modern and profitable colony world it has become today. Currently the planet boasts a population of 90,000 with steady population growth. The majority of the population living in dispersed communities and the rest making up the population of Port Landing the only true city on the planet.
The world itself is lush and makes it easy for the colonists to provide for themselves. The colony for the most part has settled around the equator of the planet and are quite warm as is to be expected the regions closer to the poles are of course colder closer they get. The colony's economy is entirely self-sufficient, but due to excess supplies and the want for more 'exotic' items than can be produced on the planet, trade occurs between Emerson's world, the Kalasi and the other Federation colonies.
Currently the only representative of the Federation Council is the Colonial Liaison, Commissioner Rosemary Kent, whose office and residence is on Emerson's World and conducts yearly inspections of the colonies and makes reports of their fitness and status. She is also the highest legal authority for Federation law in the region. though each colony generally deals with crime and criminals in its own manner set by its own constitution, final judgment in regards to those laws made standard by the Colony Act is in her hands.
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