Criteon System

The Criteon System was a single star system located in the Criteon Subsector, discovered sometime before the foundation of the Human Federation, and was the home of the founder of the Human Imperial Alliance, Agrica Karvan, who was born and raised on Criteon-6. With three populated planets, the system was a part of the Human Federation before it collapsed. It would be split between the three planets during the years before being incorporated into the Human Imperial Alliance, and would be a founding member of it.

Discovery and Early History
After the explosion in space exploration and colonization due to the discovery of Gateway Station Alpha, the Criteon System would be discovered sometime before the foundation of the Human Federation. Three of it's planets would be colonized and named according to their distance from the lone star. The System would join the Human Federation, and would side against the Federation during the First Lauresh War. Despite it's closeness to the Lauresh Imperium, the Criteon System was circumvented due to the lack of an in-system Gateway Station. The Criteon System became fiercely independent with frequent skirmishes between the in-system planets during the years before the Human Imperial Alliance.

Human Imperial Alliance
Agrica Karvan would grow up in the Criteon System, rising through the ranks in the Criteon-6 Navy before staging a system-wide coup, taking control of it in 3,009. He would take control of the uncolonized Gateway Planet L-19-44, and would create strong ties between the Criteon System and L-19-44 that would remain throughout the existence of the Human Imperial Alliance. The Criteon System would be the base of his power till the Terra System had been fully rebuilt, and the System would remain an influential player in human politics due to it's wealth and prestige brought upon it by Karvan.

Criteon-1
The closest planet to the Criteon System's lone star, Criteon-1 is a barren rock with little resources, any the planet had were stripped long ago. There are no permanent populations on or above the planet.

Criteon-2
A mining world with large amounts of resources, Criteon-2 has a low population compared to the other planets of the system due to it's much lower oxygen level, meaning it is a prime target for the ruling power of the Criteon System. There have been several intersystem wars over the planet's vast amount of mineral resources.

Criteon-3
The most populated planet in the Criteon System, Criteon-3 was a large, mostly agricultural world throughout its history. The first planet colonized by mankind in the system, far before the founding of the Human Federation, it is rich in history, with cities older than anything else in the system. The planet has often allied with either Criteon-4 or Criteon-6 during intersystem wars, as despite it's large population, it lacks the orbital shipyards to build ships larger than the corvette weight.

Criteon-4
The industrial heart of the Criteon System, the moons of Criteon-4 hold vast amounts of energy resources that fuels the rest of the System. It's factories, supplied with energy from the planet's moons and raw materials from Criteon-2, churn out everything from military equipment to civilian products. Due to the heavily polluted soil of the planet, it has to largely rely on food imports from Criteon-3 to survive. Thus, before the unity of the system was brought by Karvan, Criteon-4 evolved a heavily militarized culture to ensure it's citizens would not starve out during wartime.

Criteon-5
Knocked off of a normal orbit millenia ago, Criteon-5's highly unstable orbit results from it getting closer to the star than even Criteon-1, and then slinging out past Criteon-7's orbit, becoming temporarily the coldest planet in the system. Thus, there are only limited operations on the planet at certain times during it's orbit.

Criteon-6
The largest planet in the Criteon System, Criteon-6 tightly controlled trade with the outside galaxy, due to it's ability to support a fleet on the outskirts of the system. Agrica Karvan would be born on the planet, and eventually began his crusade to rebuild humanity on Criteon-6, where he would lead a coup against the current leaders of Criteon-6 and would install the planet as his capital until declaring Earth as the capital of the Human Imperial Alliance. The planet would be one of the most powerful and influential planets during the entire span of the Human Imperial Alliance.

Criteon-7
Located much further into space, the outermost planet of the system is a cold place with a small population of colonists, under the rule of Criteon-6. Lacking significant amounts of mineral resources, and with soil unable to support large scale farming, Criteon-7 is mostly ignored by the other in system powers, with even Criteon-6 leaving the government of Criteon-7 to rule itself near autonomously.