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The '''Banshee system''' exemplifies Humanity's ability to overcome nature's obstacles. At its center sits a pulsar, spewing enough [[radiation]] to make the system's green zone planetary surfaces inhospitable. Many commonplace activities, like [[EVA]]ing outside of a ship to perform repairs, can be deadly. Yet Humanity has found a way to call the system home. Maybe not because it should, but because it could.

Banshee's pulsar is a rapidly rotating blue-white neutron star. Though there are many pulsars in the universe, Banshee's is the only one discovered so far with jump points connected to it. This fact has led some scientists to hypothesize that the jump point's proximity to a pulsar could eventually lead to their collapse and cut off the system from the wider universe. This fear permeates popular culture, despite the fact that the [[2943]] discovery of the [[Banshee - Tamsa]] jump has made the system one of the most connected in the [[UEE]]; only [[Terra system|Terra]] and [[Hadrian system|Hadrian]] are currently linked to more systems.

Travel Warning: Refuel and run a complete system diagnosis on your ship prior to entering the Banshee System. Due to the extremely harsh conditions and pulsar fluctuations, rescue and repair operations can be exceedingly risky.<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com">{{Cite RSI|text=Comm-Link:Galactic Guide - Banshee System|int=Comm-Link:Galactic Guide - Banshee System|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15393-Galactic-Guide-Banshee-System}}</ref>

{{Quote|Haulers take heed or the death for which this Banshee keens will be your own.|Old Folk Saying<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com"/>}}

{{Quote|Take the worst, most awful place in the 'verse, and you can be damn sure there's not only someone who wants to live there, but who will think you're crazy for wanting to live anywhere else. These are my people.|Senator [[Junger Ries]], [[Lorona]], address to constituent dinner, [[2943]]<ref name="robertsspaceindustries.com"/> }}

==History==

Danger and the Banshee System have been synonymous since its discovery in [[2317]]. At the time, the [[Fora system|Fora System]] was crawling with contractors brought in to terraform [[Hyperion]]. Spearheaded by [[Adaliz Dayan]], a number of adventurous individuals decided to spend their free time exploring the system. The group dubbed themselves the [[Immram Association]] and exploration became a popular way for workers to enjoy their free time between shifts. One day, Dayan's scans picked up a mysterious pocket of radiation in the middle of space. She sent a comm to her fellow IA members to investigate the anomaly. By the time others arrived, Dayan was gone.

IA members assumed Dayan had found a new jump point, but were unable to locate it themselves; when she didn't re-emerge, they soon grew concerned and contacted the government. Eventually, a military pathfinder unit was dispatched to her coordinates to begin a search. When they finally discovered the jump point, what would come to be known as the Banshee System and its radiation spewing pulsar waited on the other side.

Sadly, Adaliz Dayan and her ship were never found. It is assumed she perished due to a pulsar flare and that her ship still drifts through space. Conscious of her sacrifice, Dayan was credited with discovering the system, and the Immram Association allowed to name it. They settled on the nickname Dayan earned during her college [[Sataball]] days and the system formally became Banshee — a doubly fitting title as the association with the ancient creature of myth served well to warn people of the system's inherent dangers.

Wary of the hazards the Banshee System and its pulsar posed to the public, the government didn't herald its discovery. They even passed a bill making it illegal for unauthorized ships to enter the system. Tensions came to a head in the early [[26th Century|26th century]] as [[Earth|Earth's]] overcrowding reached cataclysmic levels. A legal argument erupted over whether the government had the right to ban people from a system. Many worried a future government could abuse this power to hide valuable land and/or minerals.