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Continuing my series of system charts, this is a chart of the primary binary of Tegmeni System, specifically the A-B component (the C-D component orbits too far away to be shown on the same chart). As with the previous systems, the background is by ; all the rest is me. Let me know what you think.

Background:
Tegmeni lies at the heart of the Windward Reach, and is that Reach's dominant jump nexus. As a system of four stars, all of which support planets, it contains one of the largest concentrations of Lagrange points in the known galaxy, and thus one of the largest concentrations of jump points. Tegmeni A and B orbit far enough apart for each to have a small system of planets. Between them, Tegmeni A and B support three temperate terraformed planets; a further one is a realistic candidate for terraforming in the future. This fortiutous combination of habitable worlds and far-reaching jump links makes Tegmeni not only the largest concentration of human habitation outside Sol System, but also the leading light of the Windward Reach.

The three Tegmen worlds of Tanganyika, Kiranda and Parnassus are among the oldest in the region; all three were founded as independent colonies. While Parnassus struggled with internal difficulties, Tanganyika and Kiranda squabbled for domination of the jump nexus. All three joined the new Inter-Solar Treaty Organisation when it formed, ceding power to the Treaty's capital world of Van Arnhemsterre. Dragged inexorably into war with the United Earth Alliance in the First Inter-Solar War, the three Tegmen worlds were collectively one of the main powerhouses of the Treaty. Only briefly invaded once by Allied forces, Tegmeni was nevertheless eventually cowed - after the Battle of Menkalinan cut the Treaty in two by severing the Windward core from its Armward holdings in the Algolid, it was clear that defeat was only a matter of time. The manner of that defeat - the brutal c-fractional bombardment of Van Arnhemsterre by an Earth Authority ship - was unexpected. As Van Arnhemsterre struggled with rebuilding after that cataclysmic attack, the defeated Treaty agreed to disband. Under Allied oversight, and in exchange for massive reparations from the Earth Authority, the provisional government of the Windward Hold founded a new Windward Federation, headquartered in Tanganyika's capital city of Touchdown, mirroring the new Armward Federation in the Algolid. After centuries of de facto leadership, Tegmeni at last became the capital of the Windward Hold.

In the years since its creation, WindFed has maintained good relations with the Alliance, although in all Diasporal matters is scrupulously neutral. This neutrality was sorely tested in the Second Inter-Solar War between a resurgent Alliance and WindFed's erstwhile Treaty partners in ArmFed, but it held. Committing its efforts instead to developing the Windward Reach and exploring further to Windward beyond the Outer Veil, the leadership of Tanganyika - with the help of Kiranda and Parnassus - has ensured that WindFed remains apart from the slowly souring relations between the Alliance and Alignment to Spinward. Whether the Federation is able to remain neutral is yet to be seen - a Third Inter-Solar War would spell disaster for the entire Diaspora. Even so, Tegmeni is likely to remain a beacon of human civilisation into the future: it has the largest concentration of habitable worlds in the settled galaxy outside Sol itself, and its three worlds are collectively larger and more clement than slow, daunting Venus, cold, fragile Mars, and an Old Earth still recovering from mass extinction under the suffocating rule of the Sector Earth Authority.

Description
Continuing my series of system charts, this is a chart of the primary binary of Tegmeni System, specifically the A-B component (the C-D component orbits too far away to be shown on the same chart). As with the previous systems, the background is by ; all the rest is me. Let me know what you think.

Background:
Tegmeni lies at the heart of the Windward Reach, and is that Reach's dominant jump nexus. As a system of four stars, all of which support planets, it contains one of the largest concentrations of Lagrange points in the known galaxy, and thus one of the largest concentrations of jump points. Tegmeni A and B orbit far enough apart for each to have a small system of planets. Between them, Tegmeni A and B support three temperate terraformed planets; a further one is a realistic candidate for terraforming in the future. This fortiutous combination of habitable worlds and far-reaching jump links makes Tegmeni not only the largest concentration of human habitation outside Sol System, but also the leading light of the Windward Reach.

The three Tegmen worlds of Tanganyika, Kiranda and Parnassus are among the oldest in the region; all three were founded as independent colonies. While Parnassus struggled with internal difficulties, Tanganyika and Kiranda squabbled for domination of the jump nexus. All three joined the new Inter-Solar Treaty Organisation when it formed, ceding power to the Treaty's capital world of Van Arnhemsterre. Dragged inexorably into war with the United Earth Alliance in the First Inter-Solar War, the three Tegmen worlds were collectively one of the main powerhouses of the Treaty. Only briefly invaded once by Allied forces, Tegmeni was nevertheless eventually cowed - after the Battle of Menkalinan cut the Treaty in two by severing the Windward core from its Armward holdings in the Algolid, it was clear that defeat was only a matter of time. The manner of that defeat - the brutal c-fractional bombardment of Van Arnhemsterre by an Earth Authority ship - was unexpected. As Van Arnhemsterre struggled with rebuilding after that cataclysmic attack, the defeated Treaty agreed to disband. Under Allied oversight, and in exchange for massive reparations from the Earth Authority, the provisional government of the Windward Hold founded a new Windward Federation, headquartered in Tanganyika's capital city of Touchdown, mirroring the new Armward Federation in the Algolid. After centuries of de facto leadership, Tegmeni at last became the capital of the Windward Hold.

In the years since its creation, WindFed has maintained good relations with the Alliance, although in all Diasporal matters is scrupulously neutral. This neutrality was sorely tested in the Second Inter-Solar War between a resurgent Alliance and WindFed's erstwhile Treaty partners in ArmFed, but it held. Committing its efforts instead to developing the Windward Reach and exploring further to Windward beyond the Outer Veil, the leadership of Tanganyika - with the help of Kiranda and Parnassus - has ensured that WindFed remains apart from the slowly souring relations between the Alliance and Alignment to Spinward. Whether the Federation is able to remain neutral is yet to be seen - a Third Inter-Solar War would spell disaster for the entire Diaspora. Even so, Tegmeni is likely to remain a beacon of human civilisation into the future: it has the largest concentration of habitable worlds in the settled galaxy outside Sol itself, and its three worlds are collectively larger and more clement than slow, daunting Venus, cold, fragile Mars, and an Old Earth still recovering from mass extinction under the suffocating rule of the Sector Earth Authority.