Taygeta (EDO 99847574-937483)

Taygeta 3 (also known as Erra, Pleiades Prime or the Blue Gem) is the third out of 8 planets orbiting the blue subgiant star Taygeta in the Pleiades cluster. It is classified as a warm terra and is orbited by 17 moons.

Overview

It was discovered in 2241 by the Midnight Observatory on the 2nd planet of the 111 Tauri system. An unmanned probe was launched to study the planet and arrived in 2253. While no life was detected, it was chosen to be Humanity's first colony world in the Pleiades. Construction of cities and surface transportation networks began in 2273 and was finished in 2362 which is when Human colonists arrived and began to live in its cities.

The planet is the home of two large domed cities, named the Twin Domes, both of which, are connected via long distance transportation networks consisting of fast train-like vehicles. A few smaller cities were constructed on other parts of the planet, Libery being one the most famous ones, increasing its population from 20 million to 60 million. All of the cities have a controlled temperature of 17 to 20 degrees Celsius.

Terraforming stations have been set up around the planet to cool down the atmosphere and make it suitable for Humans to breathe.

A flag was created for the planet when it's terraforming was finally finished, the meanings are:

Black: It's loneliness within the Pleiades Cluster
Blue: It's recognizable blue surface
White: Peace
Circle with spikes: Touristic attraction
Central circle: The parent star Taygeta

Physical

The planet has a gravity of 1,717 g and an axial-tilt of 48 degrees. It has a 12-hour long rotation and takes 21 years (7665 days) to orbit Taygeta. The planet has relatively calm weather aside from a few hurricanes, tornadoes and dust storms. The average temperature on this planet is 80 degrees celsius. It has a diameter of 13.113 kilometers.

Much of surface is largely given to deserts, mountains and small oceans.

Moons

17 moons orbit around Taygeta 3, seven of which, are selenas similar to Earth`s moon with the rest being asteroids, likely captured by the planet`s gravity. A communications outpost has been built on its nearest selena.

Future

6 million years from now, an ultra-bright supernova incinerated the surface of the planet, but it was too late for the Taygetan citizens to realize that their star have gone supernova. At that time a human tourist just had witnessed the star exploding and as quickly as possible he tried warning the FUSS about the happening, however it was too late and the ship's electricity got turned off by the supernova and he evaporated alongside the ship. Taygeta then became a tiny 400 km-sized black hole and the Taygeta system remained in darkness forever.