Delphi, originally designated Pleiades Sector IR-W d1-55 until December 11, 3304, is an independent system near the Pleiades Nebula in the Inner Orion Spur. It was once the primary base of operations for the Aegis Research division of Aegis, a multinational initiative founded in 3303 by scientists from the Federation, Empire, and Alliance to study and develop countermeasures against the Thargoids. Aegis Research's headquarters was the starport Donar's Oak.
Since the onset of the Second Thargoid War, Delphi has been a hotbed of Thargoid activity; the wreckage of various Bulk Cruiser Megaships lies strewn across the system, and The Oracle notably suffered an attack on December 14, 3303. The Sentinel, a Military Installation, was completed on June 28, 3304 to help Delphi better defend itself against external military incursions.
On May 24, 3307, it was reported that The Oracle, one of several starports recently attacked by the Thargoids over the collection of Guardian artefacts that had been amassed aboard the Alexandria, had at one point lost its alignment thrusters and nearly plummeted to the surface of Delpi 5 a, which would have killed the thousands of people aboard. A similar problem was also experienced at other damaged starports. Fortunately, station engineers resolved the cascading systems failure that had endangered The Oracle, and all of the affected starports were restored to stable orbits. Fearing this could be a new Thargoid tactic, station staff across the galaxy rushed to address the design vulnerability before it could be exploited again.[1]
Since its renaming on 12/11/3304, Delphi has been a hotbed of conspiratorial theories. The Eagle Eye network, set up by Aegis to monitor Thargoid activity, concludes around Delphi 2 in this system. In one ancient Earth myth; Zeus, thunder god of the ancient Greeks, sent out a pair of Eagles to circle the Earth, to find it's center. They joined at Delphi. Which according to Greek myth, the Oracle temple at Delphi was the Center of the world. Omphalos. Greek word meaning navel, or center of a thing. Ties this also into the Raxxla Myth, and talks of the Omphalos Rift (a theroised gateway or tunnel through which parallel universes can be accessed). Numerous investigations down this line of thinking have, thus far, produced nothing of note.
System Layout[]
- Delphi (Class F star)
- Delphi 1 (Metal-rich body)
- Delphi A Belt
- Delphi 2 (Class III gas giant, pristine reserves)
- Eagle Eye Six (Installation)
- Delphi 2 a (Rocky body)
- Delphi 2 b (Rocky body)
- Delphi 2 b a (Rocky body)
- Delphi 3 (High metal content world)
- Delphi 4 (Class Y brown dwarf)
- Delphi 4 a (Icy body)
- Delphi 5 (Class Y brown dwarf)
- Delphi 5 a (Landfall world, rocky)
- The Oracle (Orbis Station)
- Delphi 5 b (Rocky body)
- Delphi 5 c (Rocky ice world)
- Delphi 5 a (Landfall world, rocky)
- Delphi 6 (Terrestrial ammonia world)
- The Sentinel (Installation)
Minor Factions[]
- Aegis Research (Cooperative, Independent)
- Cooper Research Associates (Democracy, Alliance)
- Galaxy Rangers (Cooperative, Independent)
- I.P.S.A.L Project (Corporate, Independent)
- Janus Incorporated (Corporate, Independent)
- Rational Logistics (Corporate, Independent)
- Sirius Inc (Democracy, Independent)
- Taurus Mining Ventures (Corporate, Independent)