Crusader

For the ship manufacturer, see Crusader Industries.

Crusader : Stanton II
System		Stanton
Type		Planet
Classification		Gas Giant
Habitable		Yes
Affiliation		United Empire of Earth Crusader Industries
Location		UEE space └ Stanton system └─ Orbiting Stanton (star)
Natural Satellites		3
Artificial Satellites		4
Landing Zones		1

Crusader (Stanton II, called "Cl" by the natives) is a low-mass gas giant, that has an atmosphere which is breathable at high altitudes. Taking advantage of this, the planet became home to a military-constructed latticework of inhabitable floating platforms. The platforms proved to be ideal for Crusader Industries, since their large-scale commercial transport ships would otherwise need to be built beyond the atmosphere. Being built in open air allows the cost of these ships to be reduced by almost 40% on the back end, which is often passed along to consumers. Once Crusader Industries took over, these platforms were expanded upon to suit their production needs. The company also built quality housing for their employees in habitats woven into the latticework itself. The portion of the world available to visitors is considered by many to be the nicest port in the system. The shipyards themselves are eerily beautiful, with huge transport ships suspended in mid-atmosphere surrounded by a lighted webbing of Crusader facilities.

"I find that living in the heavens suits me."
Kanile Yuder, Former CEO, Crusader Industries

Jurisdiction

Main article: Crusader Industries § Jurisdiction

Like all corporation-owned planets in the Stanton system, Crusader has its own jurisdiction and security in the form of Crusader Security.

Locations

Orison

A city in the clouds, Orison offers a breathtaking view of Crusader's commercial shipbuilding platforms.

Natural satellites

Crusader's moons are named after the three siblings featured in the 24th century children's morality tale A Gift for Baba.

Name	Distance in km	Description
Cellin	50,863	Named after the youngest of the three siblings, this moon features over a hundred currently dormant volcanoes that are said to represent Cellin's simmering anger.
Daymar	63,284	Named after the middle brother of the three siblings, this is the largest of Crusader's moons. Daymar's slightly eccentric orbit is said to represent his ease at getting lost in the story.
Yela	79,287	Named after the oldest of the three siblings, this moon has a water-ice crust said to represent Yela's cool and calculating mannerisms.

Artificial satellites

Port Olisar

Main article: Port Olisar

Located in the trade lanes above Crusader, Port Olisar offers a breathtaking view of the planet below. Owned and operated by Crusader Industries, Port Olisar acts as a gateway to the company's vast planetary holdings and orbital shipyards. This is currently the default spawn point in the Mini-PU.

ICC ScanHub Stanton (currently not implemented)

Main article: ICC ScanHub Stanton

Part of the Imperial Cartography Center, this research station is categorized as a Deep Space Scanning and AstroGraphical Station, one of the many turn-key facilities the UEE places in systems to casually sweep for jump points. Players likely know it as the workplace of the mission-giver, Junior Cartographer Tessa Bannister. This station along with Bannister and her quest line was removed from the game in Alpha 3.0, but the devs have confirmed its eventual return.

Comm Array ST2-55

Main article: Comm Array ST2-55

A communication station is positioned around the area to help provide comm coverage. Its functionality or lack thereof is determined by gameplay. Comm Arrays were originally placed in orbit of the parent planet, but since Alpha 3.9, all planets and moons now contains one CommArray in its orbit each.

Lagrangian points

Crusader has 5 lagrangian points, which contain mostly planetary debris and asteroids. Some contain Rest Stop stations.

Lagrangian point	Station	Additional contents
CRU L1	Ambitious Dream Station	Mining claims
CRU L2	(not implemented)
CRU L3		Mining claims
CRU L4	Shallow Fields Station	Unminable debris
CRU L5	Beautiful Glen Station	Mining claims

Trivia

The small celestial objects orbiting Crusader follow a discovery date naming convention similar to real life asteroids. Furthermore, the names imply that at least 1603 such objects have been discovered, and that the sale of Stanton II to Crusader Industries by the UEE took place between 2913 and 2921.

Development

Crusader, along with its moons, were implemented with the first launch of the Persistent Universe, Alpha 2.0. From that point on, these celestial bodies were only placeholder objects in the Persistent Universe, and were inaccessible to players. It wasn't until version 3.0 when the Planetary Tech was implemented that the moons would be replaced by traversable versions. However, the gas giant Crusader was never replaced and remains inaccessible as of Alpha 3.10.

Gallery

For a full gallery, see Category:Crusader images.

Orbit 3.14+Orbit 3.0-3.13Orbit 2.xHigh atmosphere

References

Locations on

Crusader

Cities

Orison

Settlements

Cloudrest RetreatEmpyrean ParkProspect Point

Landmarks

Cloudrest RetreatEmpyrean ParkProspect Point

Locations in the

Stanton system

Landing zones

Area18LorvilleNew BabbageOrison

Space stations

ARC-L1 Wide Forest StationARC-L2 Lively Pathway StationARC-L3 Modern Express StationARC-L4 Faint Glen StationARC-L5 Yellow Core StationAttritus OLPBaijini PointCRU-L1 Ambitious Dream StationCRU-L4 Shallow Fields StationCRU-L5 Beautiful Glen StationComm Array ST1-02Comm Array ST1-13Comm Array ST1-48Comm Array ST1-61Comm Array ST1-92Comm Array ST2-28Comm Array ST2-47Comm Array ST2-55Comm Array ST2-76Comm Array ST3-18Comm Array ST3-35Comm Array ST3-90Comm Array ST4-22Comm Array ST4-31Comm Array ST4-59Comm Array ST4-64Covalex Hub GundoEverus HarborGrim HEXHUR-L1 Green Glade StationHUR-L2 Faithful Dream StationHUR-L3 Thundering Express StationHUR-L4 Melodic Fields StationHUR-L5 High Course StationICC ScanHub StantonINS JerichoLamina OLPMIC-L1 Shallow Frontier StationMIC-L2 Long Forest StationMIC-L3 Endless Odyssey StationMIC-L4 Red Crossroads StationMIC-L5 Modern Icarus StationMagnus GatewayPort OlisarPort TresslerPyro GatewayRuptura OLPSecurity Post KareahSeraphim StationTerra GatewayVivere OLP

Stars

Stanton (star)

Planets

ArcCorp (planet)CrusaderHurstonMicroTech (planet)

Moons

AberdeenArialCalliopeCellinClioDaymarEuterpeItaLyriaMagdaWalaYela

Asteroids

2930-CRU983

Jump points

Stanton - MagnusStanton - PyroStanton - Terra

Racetracks

Caplan CircuitLorville OutskirtsMiner’s LamentThe IcebreakerThe Sky ScraperThe Snake PitYadar Valley