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Summary from C.J. Cherryh's Fiction
Location
An old and abandoned Hinder Starstation claimed by the newly founded Alliance in 2353 CE, Venture is located at Kruger 60 AB. Kruger 60 B is a flare star that is also called DO Cephei.
Chronology
2042 - ECS2 Valiant arrives at Kruger 60 with station module 5 and 60 colonists to establish Venture Station. 2067 - New ECS8 Gloriana launched with Thule module to Ross 248. 2213 - ECS1 Gaia arrives with many Alpha colonists. 2235 - ECS8 Gloriana arrives with representatives from Thule Station seeking evacuation to Venture. 2245 - ECS8 brings immigrants from "overburdened" Bryant's Star. 2270 - "Commandeered" ECS8 Gloriana arrives with station module of Bryant's Star citizens headed for Pell and the deeper Beyond. 2254-56 - Alliance reopens station. LeCygne in firefight with ECS2 Australia, AS1 Norway, US22 Liberty, Dublin Again, and Finity's End. Station made obsolete by discovery of Gaia Point, off Bryant's.
Closest Neighbors
The following places are located within 10 light-years of Thule. Identified territorial claims are those known in 2353 CE before the Treaty of Pell.
Place | Control | Distance (light-years) |
Thule | Alliance | 4.5 |
Olympus | Alliance | 4.9 |
Galileo | Alliance | 5.0 |
Bryant's | Alliance | 5.2 |
Struve 2398 AB | Unknown | 6.2 |
V1581 Cygni2 | Unknown | 7.1 |
BD+68 946 AB? | Unknown | 8.0 |
Eta Cassiopeiae AB | Unknown | 8.2 |
Sigma Draconis | Unknown | 8.3 |
BD+56 2966 | Unknown | 8.4 |
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