Antares

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Celestial Information

  • Distance from Sol: 604 lyrs, 185 par
  • Type of System: Binary
  • Color: M1-Red Giant, B4-Blue Main Sequence
  • Right Ascension: 16h 29m 24.439s
  • Declination: -26° 25' 55.15"

Important Events

  • 1/10/2335: Location of Operation Thresher, which ended in a Terran defeat with 504 pilots dead and 14 MIA
  • 1/15/2335: Site of Lt. Alex McCarthys' rendezvous with the Vasudans during his attempted defection.
  • 2335: First official encounter between the GTA, PVN and Shivans during escort of the GTSC Plato.
  • 2335: The GTS Asimov, working on Project Tsunami, is attacked by Shivans in Antares.
  • 2/15/2335: Site of a small Hammer of Light base of operations destroyed by GTA forces, and a point of retreat for Vasudan forces fleeing from the HoL following their decimation in Vega.

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