Sunset Gates
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The Sunset Gates is a cluster of 38 star systems located in the Sea of Clouds. The cluster includes 27 colonized systems belonging solely to the United States of America. As a Legacy Nation, it shares strong direct historical, cultural, and linguistic ties to a nation that once existed on Earth.
Etymology
An allusion to the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.
Sunset: From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set.
Gates: From Middle English gate, gat, ȝate, ȝeat, from Old English ġeat (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
Astrography
The Sunset Gates are situated trailward of the Hydrus Expanse, rimward of the Rubicon and is in the coreward-by-spinward edge of the Sea of Clouds. It consists of four constituent subclusters: the Gateway Subcluster, New American Colonies, Symphony Subcluster and the McCrae Test and Training Range.
Star Systems
Core
- Enterprise
- Serendipity
- Symphony
- Mill
- Voltaire
- Heritage
- Locke
- Tranquility
- Fortitude
- Liberty
- Mosaic
- Independence
- Belleau Wood
- Harmony
- Tradition
- Determination
- Hanlon
- Integrity
- Conscience
- Progress
- Constitution
- Endeavor
- Ambition
Outer
- McCrae
- Cantingny
- Marne
- Justice
- Proclamation
- Discovery
- Possibility
- Washington
- Atlantis
- Potomac
- Blue Ridge
- Denali
- Katmai
- Kobuk
- Mont Saint-Quentin
- Passchendaele
Translight Strings
There are a total of 31 charted translight strings connecting the 29 star systems of the Amazonia Cluster. The Ilha De Vera Cruz system is the cluster's nexus, with five strings converging there.
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Sunset Gates - Hydrus Subcluster | ERR - Alpha Hydrus | McCrae - Alpha Hydrus |
Sunset Gates - Star of Albion | Atlantis - Avalon |
Astropolitics
Flag | Common and Formal Names | Alignment | Settled Worlds | Population | Capital System | Capital Planet | Capital City | Classification |
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United States of America | 3,863,400,000 (2285 Estimate) | Independence | New Philadelphia | Superpower |