Ē'aluth system

The Ē'aluth system is the Xi'an Empire's prime nature preserve. Per Xi'an policy, there are in fact four identical nature preserve worlds scattered around the empire (two are kept secret, one is designated "backup" and Ē'aluth is "prime.") The planet was laid out from the ground up to act as a massive zoo/terrarium and features every single species located in the Xi'an sphere of influence. Despite the planned nature of the world (like most Xi'an worlds) it is a truly beautiful place.

Ē'aluth imports food and a great deal of other natural resources in order to maintain the artificial environments needed to simulate every Xi'an world on a single planet. For the less scrupulous, there is an eager black-market for species stolen from Ē'aluth.

Be warned that the Xi'an do NOT take kindly to attempting to import species from other worlds without their permission. A flo-pet outbreak some years back has lead to a shoot first, don't bother asking question ever policy among Xi'an customs patrols.

For humans not interested in the vast cultural riches of an ancient empire, Ē'aluth is best known as the setting for pop sensation Xandi's debut music video.^[1]

Ē'aluth is best known as the home to the Xi'an Empire's prime nature preserve, Koli (Ē'aluth III). It was deemed an ideal conservation system since the other planets were unfit for habitation and offer little in the way of resources. Fear of smugglers and invasive species finding their way onto Koli means that customs enforcement is especially strict when entering or leaving Ē'aluth.

The planet was discovered after 2530 since that year the first contact with Xi'an took place.^[2]

Gravitational governors

Ē'aluth

Ē'aluth is a G-type main sequence star.

Planets

Ē'aluth I

This puffy planet has a low mass, a diffuse atmosphere, and is located close to the system's star.

Ē'aluth II

A smog planet with an induced magnetosphere that does little to protect it from cosmic radiation, leading to increased electrical storm activity in the atmosphere.

Koli : Ē'aluth III

A small planet that has been carefully terraformed as a nature preserve. It contains a diverse number of biospheres that can support almost every single planet and animal species in the Xi'an Empire. Visitors to the planet are restricted to a secure landing zone sectioned off from the preserves.