The Havok (world)

The Havok/Steakheya (Afawahisa 0905)
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The Havok does not meet the criteria for any standard classification.

• It is an astrographic feature located in the Steakheya Subsector of Afawahisa Sector.

Description (Astrography & Planetology)

This anomaly is located within the Great Rift, far from any star system.

It comprises two black holes and a subgiant star, all orbiting relatively closely to one another. It is often referred to as the Havok ("Havoc") system but is correctly termed 'The Havok'.

Stellar Data

Havok Alpha and its slightly smaller companion Havok Beta are black holes orbiting one another. They are projected to spiral together over the next few million years. Havok Gamma is an orange subgiant star, orbiting the binary black holes and slowly losing mass to them.

The Havok has three stars in the star system.

Havok Alpha
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	BH	Black Hole		5	0 - 0	0
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0	0	0 - 0	0	0
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	*
	Remarks
Havok Beta
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	BH	Black Hole		5	0 - 0	0
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0	0	0 - 0	0	0
	Orbit #	*	*	*	*	*
	Remarks		Approximately 0.75 AU from Havok A
Havok Gamma
	Type	Category		Mass (Sol)	Temperature (K)	Luminosity
	K0 IV	Subgiant		2.3	4000 - 5000	4.67
	Unit	Diameter	Safe Distance	Habitable Zone	Jump Shadow	M-Drive Limit
	AU	0.03071	0.17924	1.72 - 2.8	3.071	30.71
	Orbit #	*	0	5	5	9
	Remarks		Disintegrating star orbiting the barycenter at approximately 1.05 AU

Notes

Only the flattened, stretched subgiant star and a stream of material spiralling inward is visible to the naked eye. The black holes are tiny, each having a Schwarzschild radius of around 15 km, and though they are surrounded by disks of glowing superheated material they are so miniscule against the star and it's debris that they are effectively invisible.

The two black hole objects have a separation of 0.75 AU and orbit a barycenter that lies between them.

• They have an orbital period around one another of 67.64 standard days.
• Havok Gamma lies approximately 1.05 AU from the barycenter and orbits it once every 112 standard days.

All of the anomaly's stellar scale objects cause interference, strange tones and noises, and heavy static on commo and sensors.

Radiation levels within the anomaly are dangerously high.

• Exposure to elevated radiation levels causes serious health issues and may damage unshielded electronic devices.

System Data

A single planetary body exists within the anomaly. It consists of:

• x1 rocky world, designated Havok Omega.

Planet Data

The anomaly's only planetary body, designated Havok Omega, follows the orbit of the star Havok Gamma, lying in its L5 trojan point. Little is known of it other than it has a dense, exotic atmosphere and strong magnetic field.

Planetary Size (S)

Unknown.

Atmosphere (A)

Havok Omega has an Insidious Atmosphere which requires the use of a Hostile Environment Suit or Vacc Suit, but extreme conditions cause the corrosive effects to defeat any personal protective measures in a few hours. TL–10 or more advanced survival gear is required to settle this world.

Hydrosphere (H)

Unknown.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Havok (or Havoc) is visited only by scientific vessels. It is said that objects have been detected orbiting very close to the event horizon of both black holes and that one in particular follows a relativistic spiral between the two. The odds of this happening naturally are incredibly small, meaning that if this object exists, it was placed in a calculated orbit by intelligent beings. At its extremely high speed and subject to enormous gravitational forces, this object would experience extreme time dilation effects, essentially preserving it from the ancient past. The existence of this object has never been proven.

Interference and heavy static generated by the various objects within the anomaly cause issues with sensor systems, making further analysis difficult.

Basic Timeline

Major events that have affected this feature and the wider region that it lies within:

• -2083: The Aslan Hierate is formally founded: this marks the traditional beginning of the modern era of Aslan history.
• -1999: Aslan discover the Jump Drive.
• -1776 to 0: The Long Night.
• -1118 to 380: The Aslan Border Wars.
• The Year 0: The Third Imperium is founded.
• 300-420: The Imperial First Survey charts the region. The presence of the anomaly is not noted.
• 380: The Peace of Ftahalr ends the ongoing Aslan Border Wars and establishes understandings regarding human and Aslan influence.
• 995-1065: The Imperial Second Survey includes data for the feature.
• 1065: The Second Survey is published. Information about the feature becomes available.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Aslan (Game Designers Workshop, 1984), inside back cover. (sector named and subsector depicted but no further data)
• Peter G. Celella, James Holden. Solomani & Aslan (Digest Group Publications, 1991), pages 50-51. (sector named and subsector depicted, dotmap provided)
• Andy Slack, David Thomas, David L. Pulver. Alien Races 2 (Steve Jackson Games, 1999), page 60. (sector named and subsector depicted but no further data)
• Martin Dougherty. The Great Rift (Mongoose Publishing, 2018), Book 3: Touchstone & Afawahisa, page 70. (subsector notes)
• EXTERNAL LINK: CORE data.
• Author & Contributor: Jo Grant of CORE. (generated data)