Davien System

The Davien system is a planetary system in the [United Empire of Earth](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) (UEE). Discovered in SEY 2430, it was the system in which [Humans](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) first encountered intelligent extraterrestrial life: the [Banu](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0NwpYPpNZ4-banu). People and businesses flocked to Davien after this, in spite of the thin atmosphere present in the system's only inhabitable planet, [Cestulus (Davien II)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0QlKaQ76a5-cestulus-davien-ii). The 2546 [Atrocity at Jata](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5GgEvkj-atrocity-at-jata) on Cestulus was a political flashpoint in the leadup to [Ivar Messer I's](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i) ascension to [Prime Citizen](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/V7gM82vNmr-prime-citizen) and ultimately [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VgEQXQrrKN-imperators-day).