Sirsa III

Facts

• Primary: Sirsa
• Population: 360,000 (2255) (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• Capital: New Astana
• Previously inhabited c.9,000,000 BCE (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Civilization encircled equatorial region of planet (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Civilization went extinct approximately that same time period (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• Federation colony
  • c.2250 - 2255 - (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Colonial application filed c.2249 by Kayo Mining Consortium (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Filed for expedited approval to outpace competitor (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Evidence of prior habitation redacted from surveys (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Applied for relatively independent colonial charter, implying world on outskirts of Federation space
  • Led by corporate-appointed governor (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Colonial government also includes a chief of staff, science adviser (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)

Locations

Surface

• New Astana (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Capital city (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Devastated during 2255 attack (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Executive Complex (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Main government building
  • New Astana Medical Center (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
    • Chief hospital for New Astana
  • Tech Quarter (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• Five other major population centers, approximately a dozen smaller farming communities (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• Arcadia Explorer mining platform (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Gravity-based con-deep drilling rig (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Mounted on seabed by massive duranium-reinforced thermoconcrete pylons (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Crew of approximately 900 people (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
  • Destroyed 2255 following attack by "Juggernaut" (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• Half a dozen mobile drilling rigs at sea (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)