jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.6
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18 systems across all sectors, hops 5-9: - North: Waterkant, Breëvlei, GJ 3988 (unsettled), Stilwater, Mossbank - South: Ribeirão, Nascente, GJ 92 (unsettled) - East: GJ 434 (unsettled), Dernier Quai, GJ 117 (unsettled) - West: Marktfeld, Bestevaer (Dutch ocean world), Lichtung - Deep frontier: Knotenpunkt, Posto Avançado, Weitblick, Último Farol Includes 14 systems reassigned from deep_frontier into named corridors at hops 5-7, plus 4 remaining deep_frontier at hop 7. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GJ 3988
GJ 3988 | binary-type | north_reach
System Profile
| Star | k-m · 31.0 ly |
| Gates | 2 aperture · spur_end |
| Settlement | unsettled |
GJ 3988 is a K-M binary pair — two dim stars in a close mutual orbit, their habitable zones either nonexistent or destabilized by tidal perturbation. Surveys conducted during the corridor's extension found no planetary body suitable for settlement: the inner orbits are chaotic, the outer orbits cold. The system exists in the network because the gate infrastructure was laid to reach Mossbank beyond it, not because anyone wanted GJ 3988 for itself.
Horizon gates were built here to serve as a transit node. Nothing else was built. The apertures mark the in-system transition point, and a bare-minimum automated relay station runs on solar harvest, maintaining position-lock data and issuing standard navigation broadcasts. It has been doing this, without maintenance, for the better part of two centuries.
The binary's gravitational geometry makes in-system maneuvering slightly more demanding than average — nothing extreme, but captains who have not run the corridor before sometimes request updated charts before committing to the approach. The charts are available, frequently outdated, and nominally the responsibility of the Athabasca system two hops back.
Supply Dependency
None. The system has no population and no resource extraction. Vessels transit through; nothing stops.
Faction Notes
No faction presence. The automated relay is Commission-registered infrastructure, but no one has formally inspected it in years. Its operational status is presumed from the fact that it continues to broadcast.
Silence Topic
Not applicable — no population to keep silence.
Narrative Hook
A vessel reported a third navigation signal in the system last year — not the relay, not a passing ship's transponder, something else. The report was logged at Athabasca and filed under "equipment anomaly." Nobody has gone to look.
Calibration Note
Unsettled binary at hop 6 functioning as a transit node is consistent with the Cairn pocket's incremental settlement pattern — gate infrastructure extended ahead of population, routing determined by adjacent viable destinations.
Topology
- Hop Distance from Gateway: 6
- Adjacent Systems: GJ 1289, GJ 603