NationStates Jolt Archive


California goes Deep Space

California and Alaska
13-01-2005, 02:41
January 7, 2502

Los Angeles, California - C.S.F.
President Michelle Vassaretti stared into the camera studying her speech papers, the stage was set with all of the flags of the states, dependencies, and territories of the Californian Federation and a large Californian national flag as an elaborate backdrop. A fair breeze blew in from the Pacific Ocean causing the flags to flutter in the breeze, Sandra looked up into the camera and composed herself she then grabbed a glass of water and took a drink of it and cleared her throat and then spoke "My fellow Californians, it is with great pride that I bring you these news, as of January 6, 2502 our fine physicists and astrologers have discovered that the Musca constellation contains a star we have named Stella Angelorum (the Star Of The Angels) 95.4 light years from the Sol System contains one habitable planet orbited by two moons that is hospitable to life. And we, Californians as adventurers and explorers I have made a promise to expand California's Space Program and to develop it for the purposes of this nation's great power and prowess in deep space. With that said, California has entered into a pact with N.H.S.R. to build a stargate to facilitate travel between the Sol System and the Stella Angelorum Star System. Once this stargate is completed we will begin travel to Stella Angelorum to colonize the planet in that star system and to claim it entirely as our own. We owe it to our fine astrologers and physicists here for the discovery of this star and its planet, these model citizens are the type of people who will make California one of the dominant powers not only on Earth, but now also in deep space... Thank You"

The statistics for Stella Angelorum are below.

http://obswww.unige.ch/~udry/planet/Images/pegasi2.jpg

Proper Name(s)
Stella Angelorum
Bayer Designation
Alpha Angelæ
Flamsteed Number
None
BSC
None
HD
111232
Constellation
Angelæ (formerly known as Musca)
Right Ascension
12h 48m 51.7543s
Declination
-68° 25' 30.544"
Distance
95.4 light years
29.35 parsecs
Magnitude
Apparent: 0.0
Absolute: +7.61
Spectral Class
G8V Orange Dwarf
Optimum Visibility
June-July
The Island States
13-01-2005, 05:29
OOC Note: Its a hyperspace gate, not a stargate.

IC:

The New Haven Socialist Fleet will be dispatching the 2nd Fleet (led by the N.H.S.V. "Asherton") in [two weeks RL time] to build a hyperspace gate capable of being controlled within the system by California and Alaska. The gate will only have call-in access to the USR gate in geostationary orbit over the Haven Region at Earth only. The gate is also being installed with tamper-proof systems to prevent pirates or foreign and hostile forces from stealing and dismantling the gate and using it for their own purposes.

The New Haven Socialist Fleet will maintain two officers at Stella Angelorum to help with gate operation and to maintain communication with the Stella Angelorum system while it is setting itself up.

- James Newman
President of New Haven
The Island States
25-01-2005, 17:45
"We have completed construction of the hyperspace gate, and we will now be returning home," radioed Admiral Stark of the 2nd Fleet as all of the New Haven ships left through the hyperspace gate for Earth.
California and Alaska
08-02-2005, 05:46
Star:Stella Angelorum
Planet A: Angelæ Prime
Planet B: Aetheræa
Moon A: Sardon
Moon B: Adonyx