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 117
GJ 117 | M-type | east_reach
System Profile
| Star | K1V · 33.8 ly |
| Gates | 2 aperture · through_route |
| Settlement | unsettled |
GJ 117 is an empty through_route at the edge of the east_reach — two apertures, one toward GJ 434 and through it toward Taishan, one toward GJ 211 in the deep corridor. The K1V star is a cool orange primary with a stable habitable zone and no obvious settlement barrier. The surveys were done. Nothing was wrong. No one came.
The timing was unfavorable. The east_reach push extended this corridor during an era of confident expansion, but the systems that might have seeded settlement here had their populations absorbed into closer, more connected communities during the Secession period's economic contraction. GJ 117 remained on the charts as an open route rather than a destination.
At hop 7, it sees genuine transit traffic — vessels moving between the east_reach's outer corridors and the deep frontier systems beyond GJ 211. Most of that traffic passes through without slowing. The in-system passage between apertures is clean and unremarkable. Navigation broadcasts from the automated relay indicate no anomalies. The relay's most recent log entry is current; someone, somewhere, is still maintaining it — possibly the Commission through Taishan, possibly on automated schedule with human oversight in name only.
Supply Dependency
None. No population, no active resource extraction.
Faction Notes
No faction presence. Apertures and relay registered to Commission infrastructure. Maintenance accountability sits with the east_reach administrative structure rooted at the corridor's junction systems.
Silence Topic
Not applicable — no population to keep silence.
Narrative Hook
Transit logs at GJ 117 show a consistent but unexplained pattern: a vessel identifying as a Commission survey ship has been transiting the system once every three months, on a precise schedule, for at least the past seven years. No survey program matching the identifier exists in the public register.
Calibration Note
Unsettled through_route at hop 7 with no settlement barrier is a mild anomaly; justified by historical timing rather than physical obstacle. The transit connection between GJ 434 and GJ 211 makes it structurally significant despite being empty.
Topology
- Hop Distance from Gateway: 7
- Adjacent Systems: GJ 434, GJ 211