Mercenary by Dennis Young

Author:Dennis Young [Young, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Forward, Ho (Part Three)

Patience of the Hunter

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fights

on his own terms or fights not at all.”

Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”

Mission 283IEKR - Code name: Tall Grass…

Eos

Marginally habitable planet similar to Olde Earth, Standard Galactic Registry (SGR) 283. Eos’s star is G4V Spectral Class, smaller and a bit cooler than Earth Standard. The star’s official classification name in accordance with the classic Morgan–Keenan (MK) registry is Laberos, Greek for “bright”. In normal conversation and usage, it is simply referred to as “the sun”.

The Laberos system consists of eight planets named after ancient Greek legend and genealogy; Gaia, Theia, Eos, Crius, Tethys, Pontus, Eurybia, and Heolis. Gaia, Theia (with its moon, Hyperion), Eos, and Crius are typical iron-core rocky planets, while the others are ice sub-giants, similar to Solar Uranus or Neptune.

Eos’s tilt is more than that of Olde Earth, producing vast differences between seasons and restricting the habitable latitudes to approximately 40 degrees north and south. The soil of Eos is poorer than even that of Theia, the planet it shares orbit with.

Eos’s small economy is supported by mining, manufacturing of high-tech items, and land grants for those wishing a more secluded lifestyle.

Eos is smaller than Olde Earth, about 10,600 kilometers (6600 miles) in diameter, with lighter gravity and thinner atmosphere. The severe tilt of Eos has caused the atmosphere in the north and south poles to become too thin to support life.

Eos revolves around Laberos closer than Olde Earth does Sol, shares its orbit with the planet Theia, and has a local year of 328 Standard Days.

Eos was colonized in the mid-3100s (Olde Earth Calendar) and is considered a veritable “wild west” (Olde Earth term) of the Laberos system.

Eos is primarily land, with less than 40% of its surface covered by oceans and seas. All are of high salinity and filled with native life which is harvested for food and other uses.

Eos has two small moons, Sumeria, 800 km in diameter, and Nina, 450 km in diameter. orbital periods are sixteen and forty-two standard Eos days, respectively. There are theories that once the moons were a single body, split by a cataclysm early in Eos’s formation.

The population of Eos is only approximated, as many of the inhabitants live completely off the grid. The latest estimate is forty million.

Eos has two major urban locations, one at the mouth of the Serpentine River (called Riverfront) on the main continent, the other further inland on the same land mass, and known as Inland City. Neither has a population greater than one million (estimate as of this writing).

Eos’s governmental structure is fragmented; each city or town is self-governing. With incomplete records and vast stretches of land having little or no population, much of Eos is uncharted and considered extremely dangerous.

Eos has no standing army, centralized militia, or other form of security, other than what is deemed necessary in each city or town. Theian Marines have one Base, located close to Inland City, with a garrison of approximately three thousand.

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