Unnamed Planetary System (World 1-0-3318)

Summary

During The First Great Hop Expansion, as the maps of the Universe were being charted (very differently than the ended up becoming), one of the crews discovered a world of violent organic-like beings. The exploration crew, led by Knight of Sop Sehi-Djo and a small squad from his division, The 305th "Heroes of the Night Flame", discovered the world and its notable features. Entertaining using it to rest and capture lovely landscapes, they discovered an evil that clearly did not welcome their presence.

After the events on the world, it was quarantined permanently. After Sop's Ascension, in the midst of the Hop Civil War, the New Sop Order fled toward the planetary system of World 1-0-3318. At this time, the system was updated to the new naming and location designation system as [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, BY DECREE OF HOP, TIER 4 NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS ONLY]. The NSO, ignorant of the quarantine orders, chose to make a base on the world. The decision proved extremely foolish and caused the Grand Sop Army to intervene once NSO forces had fallen.

1-0-3118

Atmosphere / Outer Rings

A luminescent upper layer of glowing auroras decorate half the planet's skies at all times, constantly reacting with the magnetic poles of the world and its local star. This layer of the planet extends nearly twice in length compared to its terrestrial diameter.

There is a layer of several outer rings, which have increased in size over time, as passing debris is burnt, cracks and explodes upon passing the system's star, and drifting into orbit around the planet.

Terrain

With a diameter nearly half a light-second in size, the planet is quite small, but not entirely a dwarf world. Its gravity is significant, given the ground is almost entirely granite and basalt, due to a highly active molten nickel and iron core, making the poles constantly flip during its rotations. There are several continents that shift loosely, making quakes and oceans of magma create new islands and mountains, complimenting the scenery.

Rotation & Revolution

Due to having no moon, and a large, yet thin layer of rings made mostly of iron, carbon and other common elements, the planet has a consistent cycle. Nearly perfectly spinning in place, and in alignment with its cycle around its star, meaning for several hundred rotations, one side of the planet gets continuous daylight. All this causes a very rare instance of constant natural beauty.

History

Discovery

Early in the expansion, Knight Sehi-Djo "Seijo" steered his flagship toward the planetary system in an attempt to collect solar energy for his carrier vessel, originally intending to orbit its star and moving on to map out the area further. Electric Eyes were used sparingly at this point in time to send ships in numerous directions and meant to return back on a schedule to return home with updated maps, images and reports on what was found in space.

Pre-War

As is typical in this point in history, the ship and its crew were only able to upload all their discovered information to the terminals aboard the Electric Eye when it returned to the point in space it dropped them off initially. Therefore, information and discovery of this world to the Hoppist Network and the GSA was not known prior to the events of Seijo and his crew.

After their return, Sop declared the planetary system, not just its world, are banned to travellers. If visited, they would not be allowed back without a mandatory screening of the spacecraft, and serious interrogation, with punishment being executed if need be.

Hop Civil War Era

The NSO had chosen to flee to this world at the mid-point in the war, due to it being a nearby world with no known GSA presence, due to its restriction. No known visits between the initial contact and their arrival are known, meaning the planet was untouched in all its years. Several NSO fleets saw this as a sanctuary that was relatively near major galactic clusters they were in control of at the time.

Shortly after their arrival, the native race on the world became hostile and ferociously fought back, seeming to have evolved in years past since their inception, being far larger and more intelligent. Upon displaying the feat of destroying an NSO fleet, they were clear to Hop they were becoming a powerful recurring threat for all beings. Given its lack of resources and the constant attack of the native race, the NSO stubbornly stayed in place and fell, unaware of their opponent's strength.

Toward the end of the war, the GSA lead by Hop was made aware of this planet's NSO presence via the Hoppist Network. Inciting Hop himself to bring his personal division, the 57th "Knight Assault Battalion", to the planet to eradicate the native race and any trace of the traitor faction. The battle was short-lived, due to Hop's boundless strength, speed and persistence. The battle covered the entire surface of the world, ensuring no dormant native beings were left to terrorize future travelers.

Hop cautiously insists the world remained banned as it was before, but a solar-powered satellite would orbit the system's star, and notify any spacecraft passing by that the world was dangerous, prohibited and punishment was heavily enforced. It became a world of rumor among those training to become Knights of Sop following Hop's conquest, as word spread despite the classified nature of it. All records are to be turned into the Hoppist Network, and given directly to Hop or the 57th division. In their absence, the 305th has permission to hold the information until Hop's return. This is why only one of these divisions is allowed to leave Karrots at a time, even in times of war, excluding Hop, Arritz and Seijo.