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Alpha Centauri is a solar system approximately four light years away. It is a triple star system, comprised of Alpha Centauri A (ACA), Alpha Centauri B (ACB), and Proxima Centauri (Alpha Centauri C) (ACC). It was the first system to be colonized by Humans and witnessed many bloody battles during the Human-Covenant War.

Colonial Days
Early in the years of Human steller expansion, Alpha Centauri became the prime canindate for extrasolar colonization. Around 2120, Humans had begun antimatter exploration of extrasteller objects, but only to the extent of one light-year. Unmanned missions took forever and communications even longer. But, the United States NASA Interstellar Research Corps (USNASAIRC) began construction of a two large antimatter starships. The two were seemingly identicle. The two departed on their journey after ten years of construction on March 8th, 2134. Reaching ACA after five years of starflight, colonial dispatch shuttles immidiately began staking land on the habitable planet known as Scylla.

Human Covenant War
(See 'Seige of Alpha Centauri' for more details.

During the war against the Covenant, Alpha Centauri became the sight of a horrific onslaught. Scylla was spared from glassing.

Forerunner
Forerunner is a small planet orbiting roughly 0.77 AUs from Alpha Centauri A. It has large oceans and is covered in seas that look like Forerunner glyphs. The largest 'glyph sea' is the symbol for reclaimer, and is always facing Sol due to a strange tidal lock cycle. Ironically, Forerunner recieved its name not for alien presence, but for beign 300 million years older than Earth.

Scylla
Scylla is Alpha Centauri's only habitable planet. It is 1.00132 AUs from ACA and has a year of about 343 Earth Days. It has a population of about 4.8 billion Humans and is home to over 50 million unique species.

Colonies
Scylla is home to five major Human colonies. The largest being New Orlando, a seaside colony centered around a massive space elevator. It has a population of about 40 million. Bestine is the second largest, having a population of 39 million. It was originally an agricultural town, but instead switched to mining mineral deposits and oil drilling. The third largest city is Mos Eisely, earning its name from a bustling spaceport in an ancient but famous movie. The other colonies are the farm cities of New Omaha and Detroit. Many other small towns, cities, villas, and homesteads are scattered throughout the planet.

Overrun
Overrun is a relatively small Gas giant, orbiting 1.98 AUs away from ACA. It is colored blue from methane deposits and has Human gas mining facilities for starship fuel. Overrun has an orbital period of about Eight hundred years, and often comes into view in Scylla's atmosphere.

Hive
Hive is a small world orbiting 6.4 AUs away form ACA. It is an open-ended world, meaning its poles have a single, massive cave going strait through the planet. Means to explain this still have not prevailed.

Rouge
Rouge is a Jovian planet with an extravegant ring system orbiting 7.3 AUs away from its parent star. It is colored green/yellow from sulfur and methane deposits in the atmosphere. The planet's rings are mined for precious minerals.