Tinn Sector
Sector 77 - 1
This Sector is named after the Timm System which is located within it's border.
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Tinn System
The Tinn system, located at the border to the Outer Rim, contains seven planets orbiting a double star. The only settlement in the system is a domed city on the moon called Echnos, which orbits
Tinn VI.
Tinn I
The first of six planets in the Tinn System.
Tinn II
The second of six planets in the Tinn System.
Tinn III
The third of six planets in the Tinn System.
Tinn IV
The fourth of six planets in the Tinn System.
Tinn V
The fifth of six planets in the Tinn System.
Tinn VI
An enormous gas giant in the Tinn system composed of hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonium. Tinn VI generates a powerful negative magnetic field, which extends its shadow into hyperspace and
can strip all passing ships of their magnetic bottle shielding-- forcing them into realspace and leaving them stranded in the Tinn system until they can effect repairs. The planet is orbited by six moons, labeled A through F, and the domed city of Echnos is located on Tinn VI-D. Consequently, the moon itself is often called Echnos.
Tinn VI-A
One of six moon of Tinn VI.
Tinn VI-B
One of six moon of Tinn VI.
Tinn VI-C
One of six moon of Tinn VI.
Tinn VI-D
Echnos (also called Tinn VI-D) is one of six moons orbiting the gas giant Tinn VI, located in the Tinn system at the border to the Outer Rim. The barren, rocky moon's atmosphere is not
breathable for any length of time, and during half of its year Echnos passes through Tinn VI's dangerous magnetic field-- most lifeforms cannot survive the field unprotected for more than
twenty minutes. The field can also violently force ships from hyperspace, leaving them stranded in the Tinn system unless they can make repairs on Echnos. Echnos' inhabitants live in an enormous city-dome, forty kilometers in diameter and nearly 2000 stories high. The city's giant dome, made of blue transparisteel, shields the inhabitants from the gas giant's magnetic field and seals in a breathable atmosphere. Ships enter through eight airlock entry ports on top of the dome, and land on pads built on the peaks of the tallest buildings. The overpopulated city was built level upon level, and Level 75 is the last one open to the dome's blue "sky." The crowded, high-technology metropolis is a haven for smugglers and mercenaries, and has no form of
organized government. People often come to Echnos to obtain high technology from the city's thriving black market. Attractions within the domed city include its many casinos and the weekly
BlastBoat 2000 demolition derby, held in the Echnos Exhibition Dome.
Echnos was first settled during the Old Republc. When scouts had their ships burned out by Tinn VI's magnetic field, the stranded crews had no choice but to colonize the nearby moon. More ships were trapped over the years from hyperspace routes near the system, but Echnos' original colonists could now make the necessary repairs. Echnos recorded almost 10,000 visits during the colony's first fifteen years, and eventually became a standard refueling and repair stop for those heading to the Outer Rim. While the moon has lost some of its importance over the years, it is still the only place in the system where any ships damaged by Tinn VI's magnetic field can make repairs. The compound called Polydex-9, sold in Echnos markets at a high price, is the only substance that repair the stripped magnetic bottle on these ships.
Tinn VI-E
One of six moon of Tinn VI.
Tinn VI-F
One of six moon of Tinn VI.
Tinnt
the star of the Tinn System.
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