Boneyard is a planet in the Gamma Crucis System. Second planet of five from the red giant star that gives the system its name. Boneyard, or Gamma Crucis d, was first mentioned in a planetary survey showing it had a breathable atmosphere and a hot, arid climate within parameters for colonization. A colonizing effort was launched but eventually went silent. After every attempt to send a mission to find out what happened went dark, along with a few disappearances of vessels just passing through, an advisory was placed on the system and the powers-that-be went forward on easier, more lucrative prospects. Now the system is only traveled by the desperate and the foolhardy, smugglers and traders on the end of their rope looking for a gravity assist to bring them back towards Sol, despite the warnings and legends of the system.
When a ship does pass through the system, most often it ends up here on Boneyard. The stories are all different but bare a similar structure. Ships passing by lose navigation and control systems and end up drifting into the planet’s gravity. An odd feature of these crashes; the crashes seemed localized to a specific geographic area. No matter where a ship was when it began to lose altitude, it always ended up in the vicinity of what is now commonly referred to as The Yard. Overtime the radius of the crashes has expanded and today it can be very far indeed between where individual ships crash out in The Wastes.
Geography[]
An arid, desert planet, Boneyard is very geologically active. Earthquakes are common and the planet is dominated by towering mountain ranges with canyon and mesa land in between. Most water lies under the planet's surface with only small oasis and springs above ground.
Major Places[]
The Yard- The only major inhabited lands of Boneyard.
The Wastes- The vast, untracked wilderness of the planet