The Olympus Star System was discovered by long range observation on Stardate 2873.04 . Initial scans suggested a planet in the habitable zone from it's parent G2 main-sequence yellow dwarf star. The planet was designated
Gemini, and initial financial organizations rushed to be the first to sponsor a scientific expedition to arrive at
Gemini around the turn of the century.
Olympus is a
Yellow dwarf star, of similar size to SOL. It's
coronal mass ejections are unique in that they are quite erratic and almost resemble lightning storms in shape and structure.
Planets
Gemini is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It is the second closest planet to the sun, and is the only planet within Olympus to exist within the
habitable zone. The landmass of the planet consists of a number of smaller continents and island chains, with water covering about 85% of the surface.
Gemini is tidally locked with Olympus, causing one side of the planet to be in perpetual day, while the other is consumed by an ever-freezing night.
Falcor is a small, dense rocky planet orbiting Olympus. It is the closest planet to the star, and as such is exceedingly hot, with surface temperatures averaging around 475 degrees Celsius, hot enough to melt lead. The surface is a rusty color and it's peppered with intensely crunched mountains and thousands of large volcanoes.
Hyperion is a frozen planet about 2/3 the size of
Gemini, and is the 3rd planet out from the sun. Hyperion has a
highly elliptical orbit that causes it to take nearly 100
Gemini years to fully complete one orbit around Olympus. Hyperion is extremely dense, and while being smaller than
Gemini, it has over double the mass.
Zeus is the 4th planet of the Olympus system. It is a
gas giant comprised of hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen. It has a mass more than two and half times that of all other planets in the solar system combined, but is only one one-thousandth the mass of the Olympus Star. Despite being technically further from Olympus than Hyperion, Zeus only takes about 12
Gemini years to orbit the system. It can often be seen in the sky even with the naked eye. Telescopes and other surveillance have revealed a massive black spot in the upper atmosphere. Initially believed to be some sort of weather phenomena, further examinations have raised questions of whether this is natural or artificial.
