Ruptura PAF-III

Ruptura PAF-III is planetary alignment facility on Aberdeen in the Stanton system. It sits at 54.9 degrees noerdlich latitude and 151.3 degrees longitude.

Day and night on Aberdeen

A full day on Aberdeen lasts 2 hours 36 minutes, and roughly half of that is daylight. In Stanton and Pyro every body lies in one plane with no axial tilt — so there are no seasons, and the daylight phase is the same length everywhere. The directory below works out in real time when the sun is up at Ruptura PAF-III.

Approach

The nearest quantum point on Aberdeen is HDMS Norgaard. From there it is 152.7 km on the shortest route (great circle) or 153.3 km on a fixed compass heading of 35.1 degrees. At 250 m/s and 2 km altitude that works out to roughly 10 minutes of flight time. The great circle is shorter but needs constant correction; on the rhumb line you hold one heading.

Orbital markers

Distances from Ruptura PAF-III to the six orbital markers. It works the other way round too: read those numbers off your HUD and you can work out exactly where you are.

Mining on Aberdeen

Ship mining on Aberdeen turns up: Aluminium, Titanium, Ouratite, Quantanium. The deposits were gathered by players; CIG adjusts the rates with every patch.

Sun position now

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