Vega System
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# VEGA SYSTEM
The Vega system is a planetary system in the [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth). It consists of one mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, one gas giant, one asteroid belt, and a G-type main sequence star. It was discovered in SEY 2402 and colonized only seven years later, owing to the presence of two planets that needed only minimal [terraformation](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/V3qgj8vjnj-terraforming) to be habitable. [Selene (Vega III)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0qaa69qqNA-selene-vega-iii) is recognized by the UEE, holding one seat in the [Senate](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VaZn8OqaNZ-senate). [Aremis (Vega II)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RkGGjdOwQz-aremis-vega-ii) was recognized by the UEE on 10 November 2945, in the aftermath of the [Battle of Vega II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5mkprmg-battle-of-vega-ii).
As one of the UEE systems bordering [Vanduul](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VpGPp92gdO-vanduul) territory, Vega is under heavy patrol by the UEE military.
# PLANETARY SYSTEM
The system's star, Vega, is a G-Type main sequence star roughly 6.6 billion years old and about 80% the size of Sol. The closest planetary body to it is the mesoplanet Vega I, a hot and desolate rock with a silicate crust. Aremis (Vega II) and Selene (Vega III) are rocky planets terraformed to support [Human](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) life. An asteroid belt with an active mining population sits between Selene and [Vega IV](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RX33Yy62YJ-vega-iv), a reddish-brown gas giant orbited by refineries.
# DISCOVERY
Vega was discovered during the [Human Colonial Expansion Era (2380 - 2530)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0dQ4BjlQQm-human-colonial-expansion-era), thanks to the [United Nations of Earth (UNE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/R4ZQpY83oO-united-nations-of-earth) Eastern Expansion Program. On 02 June 2402, surveyor Barbara Nagasaki found an anomaly in the Oberon system that suggested the presence of a [jump point](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0rqzJPaMpY-jump-point). After conferring with her son Marcus and her sister Vicki, who had accompanied her on this mission, the family decided to bring their ship closer to the anomaly to scan for its signature. Moments after they launched the scan, they accidentally triggered the jump, and the ship was pulled into interspace. Thanks to Marcus' experience in navigation and Vicki's quick piloting reflexes, they regained control of the ship and safely guided it to a new planetary system. Once the Nagasakis completed a survey of the new system, they safely traveled through the jump point a second time, journeyed to Earth (Sol III), and reported their findings to the UNEEEP.
# HISTORY
Located in the [green band](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/ReJaAjgOwy-green-band), the planets Vega II and Vega III were lightly terraformed and opened for settlement in 2409. The population rapidly increased after 2412, when Alaine Viktus found the [Virgil](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RvlBgYrvEY-virgil-system)-Vega jump point in the Vega system. This discovery kicked off [Project Far Star (2412 - 2681)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0qnNAD6YKa-project-far-star), a program that provided funding to navjumpers and terraforming companies in an effort to expand the borders of the UNE outward from the Virgil system. As expansion continued, Vega became a crossroads between such systems as [Orion](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VlMpwMky6d-orion-system), [Tiber](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RMNLm97EDj-tiber-system), [Bremen](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/02kd45eyxe-bremen-system), and [Terra](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VlMX7Mo9B4-terra-system). Vega II was largely settled by the military, while Vega III rose as a center for commerce and culture, receiving its recognition from the UEE [Senate](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VaZn8OqaNZ-senate) as Selene in 2573. It seemed that the Vega system was well on its way to becoming one of the most influential in the UEE.
In 2712, however, its fortunes shifted. The Orion system, only three jumps away from Vega, was suddenly and unexpectedly [lost to the Vanduul](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RMXyYxqw8K-battle-of-orion). Population growth stalled. Sprawling construction projects built ahead of a projected population increase were abandoned, and the economy entered a recession. In 2736 and 2737, Sel