LOCATION -1,5 POPULATION 101,350 POLICING Average - piracy relatively common EQUIPMENT Basic equipment types only JOINED 3247

ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION

  Vequex is a Class M, main sequence, flare star. The star is extremely interesting to scientists, having the most predictable flare sequences out of all the flare stars in populated space. None of the planets are suitable for terraformation, the inner planets being nothing more than large asteroids.

HISTORY AND NOTABLE FEATURES

  It is surprising that this system is inhabited at all. In fact, the only industry is mining. If it was just the miners, the system population would be less than 10,000. A large proportion of the population is military in nature, this system being a prime training ground for AJN cadets. The other large slice of the population is from the Braben Research Institute, based at a massive orbital city, orbiting the star at 0.4 AU. There are a number of oddities about this system (the best known being the regularity of the flare star), and active research continues into many of the phenomena that have been observed all over the system.

CUSTOMS INFORMATION

  There is no customs and excise department in Vequex, but the following goods are still prohibited. The Police do occasionally carry out searches. Traders should avoid the following goods:

• Narcotics
• Live Animals
• Nerve Gas
• Slaves
• Battle weapons