From Gwn
| Brahman System (B System)
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| Discovered:
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| Named After:
| Named after the Indian Gods of Terran Culture
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| Coordinates:
| 388 W,216 S,18 L
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| Astral Bodies:
| The following are astral bodies in the B System
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The notable feature of the Brahman system as a whole is that it is nestled within the corpse of a dead star. A supernova blew up long before the system was formed, but it's traces remain in the form of large streams of gas and heavier elements (metals).
Main Star
- Shiva (B-0) - A medium sized star much like the sun. It is a good deal older than the Sun and therefore a bit darker, just starting to slip into 'old age'.
Solar System
- Ananta (B-1) - The first planet of the system, and rather far from Shiva. It's distance is something in the realm of the distance between the Sun and Venus. The planet is tropical, and besieged by nearly global and constant rains. Ananta has two main continents and several smaller islands. Both continents are mountainous, and the inner portions of the land are barren wastelands that rarely see even a fraction of the torrential downpours that afflict the rest of the planet nearly year-round. The desert is home to very little life, mainly a very long lived species of plant similar to the cactus. The life in the rainforest is as diverse as you would expect, with primate-like life, to snakes, fish, and birds. The atmosphere is perfectly breathable. Minerals abound in stripe-like deposits, as the planet was partially made from the remains of the dead star. A moon by the name of Soma orbits Ananta.
- Indra (B-2) - A rather large, rocky planet with reddish soil. It is largely without water, although it has polar ice caps. Two rings float serenely above it's equator. It was struck by several 'layers' of the dead star that went nova, and is rich with iron and it's related metals.
- Kali (B-3) - A dark planet, with a hue like that of dried blood. Like most other planets in the Brahman system, it is seeded with heavy elements. A massive asteroid struck the planet's surface some time ago, revealing a massive subterranean level of coal. The coal strip is just shy of two thousand miles long, with perhaps many more miles hidden underneath the undisturbed surface. Kali is small, and supports only a thin atmosphere of mostly carbon-monoxide, which was exuded en masse when the meteor impact revealed and burned mass amounts of underground coal.
- Tara (B-4) - A gas giant of a milky white color. It is decked with moons and a ring of rather dense metals. The largest and most noteworthy moon is Budha, with a high concentration of ore and a breathable atmosphere.
- Vishnu (B-5) - The last planet of the Brahman system, and a massive gas giant of a brilliant blue color. Vishnu has four rings and nine moons. The moons are named after the incarnations of Vishnu, but none are particularly interesting. As with the other planets in the Brahman system, Vishnu and it's satellites are generally rich in materials.
