Hades System
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# HADES SYSTEM
The Hades system is a planetary system that consists of an F-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and one broken terrestrial planet. First visited by [Humans](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) in SEY 2531, it was immediately obvious that the system had once been home to a previously unknown [spacefaring civilization](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RPPxMqdkpE-hadesians) that vanished after an interplanetary war. Although officially [unclaimed](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VgExMejDPx-unclaimed-system), the Hades is loosely protected by a mixture of private security firms guarding academic expeditions and sparse [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) personnel protecting the trafficked shipping lane that runs through the system.
# PLANETARY SYSTEM
Hades, the system's star, is an F-type main sequence star roughly five billion years old. The closest planetary body to Hades is [Hades I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/Rw1GnEjB4B-hades-i), a mesoplanet covered with impact craters. Two of its three terrestrial planets, [Hades II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VYLAnPpr5D-hades-ii) and [Hades III](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bBzKmr811J-hades-iii), are in the temperate zone of the system's [green band](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/ReJaAjgOwy-green-band). [Hades IV](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VDzqmrGdw8-hades-iv), a terrestrial planet that was cracked in half by what historians believe was an ancient weapon, is located in the green band's frigid outer edge. There is evidence that at one point, most of the planets in the system were inhabited, including the dangerously hot Hades I.
# DISCOVERY
In 2515, the scanners of the tramp freighter *Merry Crow* picked up an anomaly in the [Nexus system](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RWoj8pnGma-nexus-system). After an investigation, the crew found that it was a previously undocumented [jump point](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0rqzJPaMpY-jump-point). At the time, they were in possession of several hundred freight units of stolen fusion drives, which they were smuggling to the [Ellis system](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RxnBEBWBjQ-ellis-system). The crew voted to keep the jump point's location to themselves and continue on their route rather than risk arrest by reporting the discovery. Although they planned to return to the jump point and navigate it to determine whether it connected to a known system or a new system, which would net them a much larger payout, circumstances prevented this. In 2529, the ship's navigator Jake Tapps became the only survivor of this crew when a deal went bad and the others were killed in a firefight. Tapps sold the logbooks of the *Merry Crow* to the Dynamo Corporation in 2531.
After navigating the jump point, the Dynamo Corporation realized they had discovered a new planetary system and dispatched a team to survey their find. Initial scans revealed remnants of a previously-unknown ancient civilization on most of its planets. One worker commented that the desolate ruins looked like cities of the dead, and the company began to call the system Hades after an ancient Human god of death and the underworld. At first, leadership of the company wanted to proceed with [terraforming](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/V3qgj8vjnj-terraforming) in spite of these ruins, but when it was confirmed that Hades II and Hades III could not be terraformed under the limits of then-current technology, they elected to turn the system over to the [United Planets of Earth (UPE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0QxBjKP2PN-united-planets-of-earth) government and the collect substantial reward money it offered for their discovery.
# HISTORY
The UPE claimed the new system in light of its historical significance. Early expeditions were extensive, and [xenoarchaeologists](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0QlOdMyvPo-xenoarchaeology) excavated and documented a great deal of information. However, the advent of the [First Tevarin War](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bZwQm3meJM-first-tevarin-war) in 2541 led to the UPE retracting their protection of the system in favor of directing military resources to the ongoing conflict. When Imperator [Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i) took power in 2546, the newly formed [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) government continued to leave the system unprotected, leaving it vulnerable to