Mayasura Star System
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Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.
Mayasura is a star system of the Core Worlds. It is part of the Persean League. Once, it was home to the Mayasuran terraforming cabal, an independent nation whose might rivaled the Hegemony, and acted as a roadblock in their expansion on the northern Core Worlds. Their capital of Mairaath was crowned with three massive space astropoli. Combined, they housed tens of millions of people and formed the keystone of the terraforming project which transformed Mairaath into a paradise world. However, this utopia was destroyed in an attack by the Luddic Path on October 22, Cycle 82, resulting in the destruction of Mayasura as an independent nation.
A fanatical faction of the Luddic Path assaulted the three Astropoli that orbited the paradise world, culminating in one of them crashing into the planet and utterly devastating it. Shortly after the terrorist attack, a Hegemony task force led by commodore Jensulte attacked the Mayasuran Navy and destroyed its flagship, the Conquest-class MSS Garuda, dealing the killing blow to their nation. Mayasura’s subsequent annexation lasted until the Persean League's rise allowed them to be relatively free again.
Mayasura is predominantly owned by Tri-Tachyon, with a Pirate station in the asteroid belt beyond Mairaath, and the Persean League world of Mairaath. Mayasura is completely hand-crafted, and will not be altered by procedural generation. Transponderless trading is easy in the system due to the patrols originating from a free port.
Mayasura, Yellow Star
| A G2 type primary sequence star, estimated age is five billion years. Surface temperature is only about six thousand degrees, while core temperature could well exceed fifteen million degrees. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Center of the Mayasura Star System
Kasyapa (Mayasura I), Barren World
| Radiation from the nearby star ravages the surface world due to the lack of an atmospheric ozone layer. No significant geological activity. No indigenous life forms. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Note that as an uninhabited world, Kasyapa will have a range of market conditions that changes between playthroughs.
- No Atmosphere: +50% hazard rating.
- Extreme Heat: +50% hazard rating.
- Low Gravity: +25% hazard rating & +10% accessibility.
- Hazard Rating: 225%+
- Orbits Mayasura
Gelan (Mayasura II), Toxic World
| A large and relatively massive planet in close orbit of its primary, stellar wind has whisked away lighter elements leaving carbon and sulfur dioxides to dominate the atmosphere. The death-shroud of poisonous gas creates a runaway greenhouse effect which, in addition to the crushing gravity, ensures extremely inhospitable surface conditions. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Note that as an uninhabited world, Gelan will have a range of market conditions that changes between playthroughs.
- Toxic Atmosphere: +50% hazard rating.
- Extreme Heat: +50% hazard rating.
- Hazard Rating: 200%+
- Orbits Mayasura
Gelan's Shackle (Planetary Ring)
- Orbits Gelan
Mayasura Jump-point
- Inner system jump-point
- Orbits Mayasura as Gelan's L4 trojan
Mairaath (Mayasura III), Desert World, Persean League
| Mairaath was devastated by a coordinated Luddic Path operation in cycle 82 which turned its awesome orbital station-cities into weapons thrown against the fantastically terraformed surface. What remains is a charred and broken world, the carefully nurtured weather patterns of the great Mayasuran terraforming cabal transformed into nightmarish storms that circle the globe, forever stirring the ashes of a murdered world. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
| Even after its apocalyptic ruin, Humanity still clings to the surface of Mairaath, huddled in broken shells of great cities brought low, blasted by unending storms | ||
–Secondary Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Population: Mairaath is home to hundreds of thousands of people.
- Vast Ruins
- Poor Farmland: -1 food production (Farming)
- Extreme Weather: +25% hazard rating.
- Hot: +25% hazard rating.
- Habitable: -25% hazard rating.
- Hazard Rating: 125%
- Persean League Market
- Orbits Mayasura
Abandoned Astropolis
| Destroyed in the attack on Mairaath of Cycle 82, this cold wreckage of the former astropolis remains in orbit in a cloud of its own debris. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Notes
- One of the 3 default abandoned bases the player has access to.
- Orbits Mairaath
Makeshift Sensor Array
| Built using the best technology available in the Sector, a makeshft sensor array is nonetheless capable of passively monitoring the entire star system and has a transmitter capable of real-time, faster-than-light data transmission to friendly fleets within. The data is useful to supplement the regular sensor readings made by fleets. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Orbits Mayasura as Mairaath's L3 trojan
Shade Chah (Stellar Shade)
- Orbits Mayasura as Mairaath's L5 trojan
- Orbits Mayasura just outside Mairaath's orbit
Lost Astropolis, Pirates
| Formerly one of the three astropoli of Mairaath, this station was rammed by a Prometheus-class fuel carrier and torn from orbit on a trail of fusion fire and radioactive dust. It has since been taken over by scavengers and made into a pirate haven. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
| The damage wrought on this station is obvious from afar, and only more appalling close-in. A brief radiation scan gives alarmingly hot readings, but the refugees, desperates, and bandits who call this station home seem to have more timely concerns. | ||
–Secondary Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Population: Tens of thousands of people live on Lost Astropolis.
- Free Port: -3 stability, +25 accessibility, +10 colony growth & no illegal commodities.
- Hazard Rating: 100%
- Pirate Market
- Orbits Mayasura just outside the Danavas
Mayasura Gate (Inactive Gate)
| A solid ring of adamantine material, derelict of a former age. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Orbits Mayasura opposite the Lost Astropolis
The Daitya (Asteroid Belt II)
- Orbits Mayasura between Mairaath and Diti
Diti (Mayasura IV), Ice Giant
| A giant planet composed of water, ammonia and methane. Within the depths, gravity generates enough pressure to form a core of metallic hydrogen. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Note that as an uninhabited world, Diti will have a range of market conditions that changes between playthroughs.
- As a Ice Giant, it will always contains a randomly generated amount of volatiles.
- Will tend to have at least Poor Light:, sometimes Darkness:.
- Will tend to have at least Cold:, though likely Extreme Cold:.
- High Gravity: +50% hazard rating & -10% accessibility.
- Hazard Rating: 200%+
- Orbits Mayasura
Arjun's World (Mayasura IV-A), Rocky Unstable World
| An unstable world rocked by quakes and eruptions. Where the surface is not covered by seas of cooled lava, it is dominated by rough peaks and scattered supervolcanoes which eject toxic gases to form a tenuous and corrosive atmosphere. This is not a place welcoming to any kind of permanent settlement. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Note that as an uninhabited world, Arjun's World will have a range of market conditions that changes between playthroughs.
- No Atmosphere: +50% hazard rating.
- Hazard Rating: 150%+
- Orbits Diti
Port Tse Franchise Station, Tri-Tachyon
| This station is a center of mercenary recruitment and a commercial interface with unsavory elements. A Tri-Tachyon task force took over the station some decades ago with a plausible-looking deed and a definitively persuasive warfleet. Thereafter, a TT-certified trade port and starship dock were organized for use by Company fleets. Those who refused to pay the new rents were evicted; client satisfaction is now rumored to exceed 90 percent. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
| Populated mostly by retired pirates, exiled radicals, and wealthier refugees, it is widely known that cargo containers have their IDs wiped and re-tagged here so that they may be safely re-circulated into the legitimate economy of the Core Worlds.
The cocktail bar ""Level 25"" is said to have the finest drinks in the local volume. |
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–Secondary Description | ||
- Planetary Conditions
- Population: Tens of thousands of people live on Port Tse Franchise Station.
- Free Port: -3 stability, +25 accessibility, +10 colony growth & no illegal commodities.
- Rich Rare Ore Deposits: +2 transplutonic ore production (Mining).
- Abundant Ore Deposits: +1 ore production (Mining).
- Hazard Rating: 100%
- Tri-Tachyon Market
- Orbits Diti
| Built using the best technology available in the Sector, a nav buoy monitors the in-system hyperfield and is capable of transmitting its findings to friendly fleets in-system. The data is often somewhat unreliable but still useful in making on-the-fly drive field adjustments. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Orbits Mayasura in Diti's L3 Stable Point.
Mayasura Relay
| A Domain-era technology used primarily on the frontier, this is a hyperwave communications array which transmits and receives data between star systems at faster-than-light speeds. The rapidly pulsing hyperwaves suitable for FTL data transmission have been shown to damage DNA so these relays are always stationed away from habitats. | ||
–In-Game Description | ||
- Orbits Mayasura in Diti's L4 Stable Point
The Takshaka (Asteroid Belt III)
- Orbits Mayasura
Fringe Jump-point
- Orbits Mayasura
Trivia
- Mayasura was an ancient king in Hindu mythology known for his architectural skills.
- Kasyapa was a famous Hindu sage.
- Mairaath was the capital of Mayasura's kingdom, and is most likely an earlier name for the city of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, India.
- The Danavas are the descendants of the king Daksha's daughter Danu in Hindu mythology.
- The Daityas are the descendants of Kasyapa and Diti in Hindu mythology.
- Diti is an earth goddess in Hindu mythology.
- Arjuna is a legendary Hindu warlord and the central figure of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
- Takshaka is the king of the nagas in Hindu mythology.
Version History
- The timeline in Starsector's blog site mentioned Mayasura and its dark history before the system was added in version 0.8a
Mod Interactions
- Legacy of Arkgneisis adds a station beyond Diti's orbit called "Genocide Outpost", named like that by the Anarakis Reparations Society out of disgust against the Luddic Path and the Hegemony's actions.
- Mayasuran Navy restores Mairaath's independence, making them a full-blown faction known as "Mayasura". They have their own range of ships and enhanced elite navy versions.
- Underworld adds a Starlight Cabal market to Port Tse, which can be accessed if the player is friendly enough with them.
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