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Cygnus is the major planet in 2306
Mantor is on my pages as 2206.
Shiloh, the western worlds, and the industrial planet deiana, are in 2106, and comprise one minor "planet".
Paktar and the Deians are in 2505.
All of the above is hard copy existing data in my copy of PDFED.
Just to drive Xander crazy...
Planets of Antares:
I. Pokares: Class-C hothouse, similar to Venus, 7,398 miles in diameter.
II. Rojares: Class-F planet with sulfurous atmosphere, 6,982 miles in diameter.
III. Uvares: Class-D rock with a very thin atmosphere, 4,289 miles in diameter. This planet is mined for minerals and has a population of almost a million living in domed cities.
IV. Antares: Antarean homeworld. See the planetary survey.
V. Zopores: Class-A gas giant, similar to Saturn but without rings, with 34 moons, 21 of which are mined for resources.
A: Asteroid belt, with some mining operations.
VI. Doraves: Class-B cold gas giant, with nineteen moons, some of which are mined.
K: There are numerous Kuyper Belt objects, two of which have scientific outposts and one of which has a military scanning post.
Arcturia
SYSTEM SURVEY: Arcturia
Planets:
I. Mantoria: Class-I hot rock, similar to Mercury, 5,871 miles in diameter. This planet is mined for minerals.
II. Arcturia: Arcturian homeworld. See the planetary survey.
III. Saluria: Class P, a frozen world with glaciers of carbon dioxide slush, 7,187 miles in diameter.
IV. Poltaria: Huge Class-A hot gas giant, almost a brown dwarf, with 37 moons of various sizes. Most of them are mined for minerals.
A: There is an extensive asteroid belt between the fourth and fifth planets.
V. Caloria: A smaller Class-A hot gas giant without rings. There are nine large moons, three of which host important research facilities.
VI. Fridoria: Class-B cold gas giant with six moons.
VII. Nantoria: Class-B cold gas giant with three moons.
SYSTEM SURVEY: Brecolaris
Planets
I. Arcon: Class-O hothouse, similar to Venus, 6,987 miles in diameter.
II. Zercon: Another Class-O hothouse, slightly cooler than the first but still uninhabitable, 7,100 miles in diameter.
III. Brecon: Brecon homeworld. See the planetary survey.
IV. Pudcon: Class-G cold desert world, similar to Mars but somewhat larger and with a slightly thicker atmosphere, 6,003 miles in diameter. There are several domed research colonies here.
A1: Asteroid belt, extensively mined.
V. Telcon: Class-A gas giant, slightly larger than Jupiter, with five large moons and numerous smaller moonlets. There is an extensive mining operation on the moons.
A2: Asteroid belt, extensively mined.
VI. Forcon: Class-B cold gas giant, typical Neptune type. There are four moons mined for resources.
VII. Jolcon: Class-B cold gas giant, very similar to Forcon, with three moons.
SFB Module Y3
Minxitith. ALREADY LISTED. Add "(YR9.19)" to list of references. Hydran off-map world devastated in Y101. 6 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Vanonia. (YR12.0) Early Years WYN Cluster Ships. F&E hex 0804. First colony world Usurper founded in the WYN cluster in Y116. 6 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Rikantha. (SH266.0) Disaster at Rikantha. No F&E hex defined. Relatively poor prospect of a colony world in Romulan space, selected for development by the Romulans due to opportunity for trade with Jindarian caravan from Y132 to Y141. 6 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Ashakvait IV. (SH268.0) Building Up. No F&E hex defined. One of the ISC 'resource worlds' that the Korlivilar, Rovillian, and Veltressai fought over in Y37. 6 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Hey Steve. Do you have a document like the pdf above for the Omega sector? Or was it the creation of one that you were referring to when we spoke via email a while back?
No, I have no such document. I don't really do anything with Omega. You'd have to talk to Petrick, and I know he has no such document.
Ah, OK. I was just curious about it. You had sent me an email about working on some stuff after I shared those planets with you. I was wondering if this gazetteer project was somehow related. Thanks!
SFB Module Y1
Paravian home world. Location unknown. Former capital of Paravians in the Alpha Octant; destroyed when a Sun Snake drove its star nova in Y94. 11 Dec 2010, Gary Carney
(I can't seem to find a reference specifying what that world was actually called, though.)
What I said in my email, Rick, was for YOU to do the Omega Gazetteer (not subject to Gary's approval, either, but including his contributions).
Your big problem is that Omega does not have...
An F&E type map showing planets
any RPG material such as sourcebooks
nearly as much published SFB material or fiction mentioning planets.
I suspect that, absent making up new stuff (which I don't have time to approve) the total published available info would be less than a page.
Wow! That would be quite the exciting task.
Creating an F&E style map for the octant would be a challenge, considering that the borders change a lot, but it would also be a huge amount of fun...especially with an Omega Gazetteer book to go alongside a map to describe all the locations, points of interest, and areas of historical battles...very interesting task indeed.
I'm not sure how planets, moons and other bodies are classified in the Star Fleet Universe. Is that easily accessible as a free download or on file?
I would say to start with a list of planets mentioned. (We can set you up with a separate topic for Omega.) There really aren't any instructions on how many planets to scatter around an F&E map, and I didn't tell you to do that anyway (since we'd have to do it in-house anyway). I'd just start with a list of mentioned planet names.
OK. Sounds good!
Captain's Log #32
Gharka III. 'Circle of Vengeance' fiction piece. No F&E hex defined - 'just over the current front lines near the point where Federation/Klingon/Kzinti space all joined together'. Klingon mining colony world (established roughly Y168) that a Federation Prime Team commando was sent to gain intel from in Y180 on the Vudar rebellion. 18 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Dartonaye asteroid field. 'Circle of Vengeance' fiction piece. No F&E hex defined - in the Klingon/Vudar/Hydran disputed regions. Location where a Klingon, Hydran and Vudar ship fought in Y180. 18 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Hyromak IV. (SL244.0) Hearth and Home. No F&E hex defined - Hydran colony on F&E map in Y87, on the border of the 'Old Colonies'. Location where a Klingon and Hydran fleet fought in Y133 (minor skirmish) and Y171 (major fleet action). 18 Dec 2010, Xander Fulton
Delta Hydra V: Class L planet close to the Romulan border, home to a mining colony controlled by the Federation central government. CL 43 story "A Measure of Fear"
Kappa Hydra V: Class M planet close to the Romulan border, home to a mining colony operated by Martian Mining and Manufacturing. Invaded on The Day of the Eagle in Y173 after defenses sabotaged by Romulan agent. PD Romulans story "Identity"
Outpost Eight: Federation listening post built in Y65 on a large asteroid orbiting an M7V red dwarf star. One of four listening posts destroyed by Romulans in December, Y154. CL 43 story "A Measure of Fear"
Brassey's Planet: Federation colony scheduled for resupply by USS Reshadije just before outbreak of Second Federation-Kzinti War in Y136. Located in Mantor/Cygnus region. CL 24 story "Flashpoint Mantor"
Magna Delphi: Federation colony scheduled for resupply by USS Reshadjie just before outbreak of Second Federation-Kzinti War in Y136. Located in Mantor/Cygnus region. CL 24 story "Flashpoint Mantor"
John - these are much better done at one pass for an issue (IE., if doing the planets for CL#24, dig through all the articles in the issue and list all the planets).
There are a number of people working on this, and that's really the only way we'll make sure we get them all. This is tremendously time consuming to do, but we've already had so many planets slipping through the cracks. It's a frustrating project, that's for sure! In focusing on a single issue, and basically hitting it every-story, and every-page at a time, does help make sure we get them all.
As a side note - GPD Klingons and GPD Romulans are both listed as 'done', when both are very clearly not. So those are going to be some very big tasks. 
Minor error in the gazetteer:
Entry for IRIDIMA (hex 1912) reads as "Neutral planet in Fed-Klingon Neutral Zone. Site of the largest battle (SL265) in the Second Federation-Kzinti War."
I do believe that should say "in the Second Federation-Klingon War."
Garth L. Getgen
My FLAP list says to check CL47 for planet names and add them to the gazetteer. Checking all of the likely places, I found no planet names.
If anybody else does, post them.
Kzintarish-3: During the General war at least two planetside battles were fought with Klingon forces on one side and, particularly in the case of the second battle, the Federation having some forces opposing them. YIS of battles are unknown at this time but at least one year separating them. Location: Kzinti system near Federation border. Captain's Log #47, "A Warrior's Journey"
Spelling correction needed for Planet Chicago entry (change "indistrial" to "industrial").
CL#34, For the Good of the Empire. Pisthalon, a planet in Kzinti control with an indigenous population kept in servitude.
And you think naming planets on the F&E map is bad enough: http://xkcd.com/1253/
;-)
Garth L. Getgen
What's wrong with "Emergency Backup Earth"?
We should have at least 2N+1 redundancy, not N+1 for starters. :-)