Aphrophine is the second planet in orbit around Marstame (aka Muphris / Muphrid / Balshine). It has two large rocky satellites - an oxygen-rich moon, Hafelin, and a sulfur-clouded volcanic moon, Yar Vas.
HISTORY
Blue Agency surveyors landed on Aphrophine in 95 N.E., but did not stake any formal claim for the planet. Then in 111 N.E. Your Agency, with no real legitimacy to do so, claimed Aphrophine - along with the fuel-belt planet, Lannic - as its own.
In 115 N.E., Blue Agency and Your Agency went to war over control of the two worlds. Called the "Battles for Lannic and Aphrophine" (also the "First Aphrophine War"), the conflict ended in a mere three years with the Blue Agency withdrawing claims to Aphrophine, and with Lannic being held in trust by the Soutras Wranglers of Lantil Mybea.
Thirty years later, in 151 N.E., Blue Agency again challenged Your Agency's legitimacy on Aphrophine. The resulting conflict was called the Second Aphrophine War and featured sky-naval combat at an unprecedented level.
The Second Aphrophine War was even shorter than the first, but many times more brutal. During the conflict, 30% of Aphrophine's surface was devastated - and made almost uninhabitable - by the effects of matter-antimatter weaponry and bombardment of various large scale fusion devices.
CULTURE
Notable population centers on Aphrophine include:
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•Crown
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•Jackwind
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•Riftig Gits
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