abstract
| - Human Controlled Space is managed through the UN Colonial Authority–UNCA, whose responsibility is to limit or encourage –as the case may be– the colonization and/or development of star systems with human presence. The UNCA is also in charge for granting concessions in the colonized planets. The UNCA has a tiered system for classifying Stellar Systems:
* Tier 1: Systems with planets capable of being inhabited or prone to be terraformed (e.g. Tau Ceti).
* Tier 2: Systems that are catalogued as Scientific Heritage for Humanity (e.g. Alfa Centauri).
* Tier 3: Systems that content only industrial interests (e.g. Procyon). The UNCA also has a classification system for planets according to its physical characteristics:
* Core Worlds: Those in the Solar system.
* Outer Worlds: Those in the outer colonies.
* Inhabited:
* Lush: e.g. Imvusa Ikhaya
* Desert/Semi-desert: e.g. Mars, Earth, etc.
* Non atmospheric: e.g. Europa, Io, etc.
* Barren.
* Moons: e.g. Zelenovaty
* Asteroids. Systems under jurisdiction of any human entity (United Nations, National Governments, Corporations, etc.) with full or parcial control are listed bellow:
* Alpha Centauri: Declared as a scientific heritage system, human presence in the system is limited to a few mining operations and scientific outposts, incluiding Zelenovaty's.
* Delta Pavonis: Important for its vast mineral resources, it is plagued by hundreds of companies but inhabited roughly by 40 thousand people.
* Gliese 667: Farthest human colony with the second biggest extra-solar population.
* Lalande: A weak star and lack of inhabitable planets reduces the interest of the system for weapons testing facilities.
* Procyon: The huge star lack of a planetary system (although massive asteroids orbit it) makes it is only used by antimatter fuel production, producing 21,5% of human requirements for antiprotons.
* Proxima Centauri: Important antimatter fuel production facilities.
* Tau Ceti: Biggest and most developed colonies outside sol.
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