Novum Astris [1.0]

Overview

For those who want a new, more unique gameplay experience but still enjoy the familiar Juno system, Novum Astris gives the stock system a much-needed overhaul, adding in new planets and remaking existing ones. It is well-suited for a career-based campaign with its large selection of celestial bodies.

Vulco

The innermost planet of a new-yet-still-familiar system, Vulco is a barren world devoid of any sign of life. It lacks atmosphere; something that makes slowing down into orbit a monumental challenge given its low gravity. Its surface is quite intriguing, with massive canyons cutting deep scars across Vulco.

Sergeaa

While the challenge of Vulco may seem too immense for some, there's Sergeaa; much more forgiving than before. Despite this, it still is a dry planet in a moist greenhouse state, hence its thick atmosphere and high temperatures. It may have had liquid water and potentially life in its distant past but all that has long since vanished, burned away by the massive heat of Juno.

Droo

Still the home of the space program, as it always was, Droo is the only planet with life in the known universe. It is covered in lush forests, sandy deserts, and vast oceans made of liquid water. Its three loyal moons form quite a rich system; Brigo is known for its massive impact crater, Luna is the highlight of the night sky, while tiny little T.T. swings around the planet in a retrograde orbit.

Taeh

Located in between Droo and Cylero is Taeh, an airless, barren planet not unlike Vulco: it is the least dense of the inner planets and has the lowest gravity of them, therefore it is very well-suited for small, cheap lander missions to precede a larger, more robust surface operation.

Cylero

The last of the inner terrestrial worlds is a cold, dry world that retains a fair amount of atmosphere. Its modest gravity and fairly flat terrain make it a prime spot for driving rovers on. Two small asteroid moons orbit it: tiny little Niobe, and larger, supposedly tastier Herma.

Sekmet

Known as a dwarf planet, Sekmet inhabits a region of space that is full of rocky debris left over from the system's formation long ago. Its diminutive gravitational pull was apparently enough for it to snatch one of these rocks from its orbit, now its moon Mel,

Tydos

The tallest of the local planets, massive Tydos reigns supreme over all others in size, mass, and gravity. A large gas giant, it has a complex system of moons to justify its size: the small rock Bab, arid Ian, the huge, wet Nebra, which is larger than Vulco, icy Orcus, and lastly is distant Miros, in an elliptical orbit.

Creslynn

A small, calm-looking ice giant, Creslynn is much smaller than massive Tydos, yet its bright rings set it apart from its much larger neighbor. It governs the outer edge of the main system; beyond it lies a belt of ice dwarfs and comets. Its four moons are small Jastrus, which helps to keep the ring in line; icy Boreas, bulky Taurus, its methane lakes shrouded by a cloudy atmosphere, and small Hypatchion, cratered as it may be.

Mesch & Plaro

These two small, distant orbs of ice form a neatly balanced gravitational dance of interplanetary proportions; their orbits cross each other every so often. The more distant of the two, Plaro, has a thin atmosphere to complement its cold surface.