Cobalt
Name: Cobalt
Segmentum: Obscurus
Sector: Koronus
Subsector: Cinerus Maleficum
System: Cobalt System
Administratum Classification:
Classification: Unclassified PlanetTithe Grade: Low
Population: Unknown (less than 5 million)
Affiliation: Unofficially Claimed by House Rosarius
Orbital Details:
Moons: Haddon's ThroneLesser Satellites: None
Name: Haddon's Throne
Segmentum: Obscurus
Sector: Koronus
Subsector: Cincerus Maleificum
System: Cobalt System
Administratum Classification:
Classification: Unclassified MoonTithe Grade: None
Population: None
Affiliation: Unofficially Claimed by House Echo
Orbital Details:
Moons: NoneLesser Satellites: Haddon
Geography
Cobalt:
Cobalt would be a wonder in a “civilized” sector of space, but in the Expanse, this extraordinary ice world is practically overlooked. A nameless Rogue Trader, to better exploit the undersea mineral riches of the world, bred great leviathans. These leviathans were as large as the Walking Hive Ambulon on Scintilla. Some say these creatures swam the seas of Cobalt long before the Emperor rose on Terra, but it is impossible to prove now. Each beast, attached to its thick hide, carries a small city of refineries and filters that purify the rare chemicals that these leviathans gather as they swim Cobalt’s frozen waters. The inhabitants of these massive beast-cities consider their way of life perfectly normal, and laugh at the strange ways of outsiders.Haddon's Throne:
Haddon’s Throne is a desolate, blinding wasteland of white. The thin atmosphere produces little wind, so almost none of the vast banks of carbon and water ice that coat its surface are disturbed. The planets atmosphere is breathable, however to venture outside for extended periods is a death sentence, as the surface of the moon is sub-zero all year round. Large, dark fractures litter the surface of the moon, where promethium veins pool up from deep beneath the pallid surface.Fauna & Flora
Cobalt
Atmospheric Details:
Desity:
Roughly Terran StandardComposition:
Oxygen, Hydrogen blendSurface Details:
Frozen Oceans cover the surface of the planet almost completelyWater Presence:
Carbon Dioxide / Hydrogen Monoxide IceGravity:
Roughly Terran StandardPresence of Life:
Climate:
Inhospitable to DeadlyXenos Life Presence:
InhospitableHuman Habitability:
Limited without assistanceHuman Presence:
Small populations live in habs attached to gigantic water-bound beastsHaddron's Throne
Atmospheric Details:
Density:
Below Terran StandardComposition:
Oxygen, Nitrogen blendSurface Details:
No topographical dataWater Presence:
Carbon Dioxide / Hydrogen Monoxide IceGravity:
Roughly Terran StandardPresence of Life:
Climate:
Temperate to InhospitableXenos Life Presence:
InhospitableHuman Habitability:
Limited if AssistedHuman Presence:
UnknownNatural Resources
Industrial Mineral Deposits:
Single Deposit, Excessive Supply (Unrefined Promethium)Ornamental Mineral Deposits:
Single Deposit, Limited Supply (Diamonds)Radioactive Mineral Deposits:
No depositsExotic Mineral Deposits:
No depositsOrganic Compound Presence:
Curative Cultivations:
No depositsJuvenat Compound Cultivations:
No depositsToxin Cultivations:
No depositsVivid Accessory Cultivations:
No depositsExotic Cultivations:
No depositsAnomalous Presence:
Archeotech Caches:
No depositsXenos Ruins:
No depositsHistory
Cobalt.d.1 was not discovered until House Echo began surveying the system in 878.M41 The moon was found to possess an unusual orbital presence, a small asteroid becoming a very rare case of a sub-satellite. In honour of the anomaly (and in reference to its prodigious size of 3.2km) the sub-satellite was named Haddon, and Cobalt.d.1 was renamed Haddon’s Throne. Shortly after this, House Echo deployed a Jovian Pattern Modular Hab Base to the moon with equipment to begin slowly surveying the system, on the promise that they would return in two month’s time to restock food supplies for the surveyors occupying the base.
Alternative Name(s)
Haddon's Throne
Type
Star System
Location under
Ruling/Owning Rank
Owning Organization
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