Planet:Edem Yang

Edem Yang is the fourth and final major planet in the Mendorian solar system. It was discovered in the Mendorian year 30.1.26. Several centuries later, once technology was adequate, the Mendorian Order sent a series of space probes (Explorers 1-4) to study the gas giant close-up. It was determined to have a mostly hydrogen atmosphere, with a large amount of nitrogen mixed in. It is about three times the size of Mendor Prime, which itself is over 50,000 kilometers in diameter. That makes Edem Yang more than 150,000 kilometers wide, making it one of the largest non-steller objects in the sector.

About a century later, the Order used a series of probes and robots to harvest minerals from the planet's moons and build a series of large space stations orbiting Edem Yang. Once they were deemed habitable, a team of Mendorian scientists moved in.

Soon afterward, mining operations were set up on several of the moons. During the construction of the space stations, scientists had discovered an element on eight of them that could help them break the light barrier. This ultra-valuable mineral was extracted and sent to Mendor Prime for examination.

While the new probes were successful in travelling faster than light, the mineral was extremely volatile and so couldn't be safely used aboard manned spaceships.

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