• A very unusual system, which went unexplored for a long time after a small error in
the Comprehensive Star Survey of 2153 logged the system as a binary with no planets. It is the
only system known (so far!) with habitable worlds in the Trojan points of a large planetary
body, with all three bodies moving in exactly the same orbital path, separated by 60 degrees. Both these worlds (Trojan and Feynman) have indigenous life and examination of their
biological structure shows them to be based on the same DNA-like genetic mechanism as each
other. Current theories suggest that particles spread along the orbital path following an
asteroidal impact with Trojan, on which life was just emerging, and reached the atmosphere of
Feynman relatively intact. Though there is evidence for a major glancing impact on Trojan in
its early history (thought by some to have helped form its moon), this is highly contested by
some scientists.
• The Federal Navy terraformed the only moon of the gas giant Between in the
2970s to give an ideal training ground for planetary assault troops, and now that the Naval
Academy has been moved here, it is the foremost naval training centre. There are no surface
settlements for civilian visitors, they must disembark at the orbital station "Morgue's
Mortuary". The station was named (at first it was only a nickname) after a tyrannical naval
training sergeant Maximillian Morgue. He was found guilty of abusing his position and was
executed, following a mutiny after twenty of his recruits died in a single horrific incident.
• Both Trojan and Feynman are largely agricultural worlds. Trojan is the more heavily
populated, and was the first to be settled. It is also where most of the light service industries
which supply the Navy are based. The Navy import most of their heavy equipment from other
nearby systems ( especially from Camp Powell in AC+ 79 3888) since the joint government
here highly discourage the polluting heavy industry this would require. Feynman (named after
an ancient physicist) is almost entirely agricultural, and is joked about within the navy as
being the most boring place for shore leave. The well known saying "getting leave on
Hicksville" was started here.
Entry by David Braben
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