Gateway

The Gateway System is the first colony founded by the Global Republic, in 351.159USDT (April 2218), located at Galactic Co-ordinates: 26012.4 / 13.8 / 86.

History
When the Global Republic used Dovak Scanning Technology to refine their view of surrounding star systems, 3 potential colony locations were found. The Republic was, however, concerned with testing the new C Tunnel technology, and therefore chose to place a staging colony 9 Light Years from the Sol System.

Gateway was the first colony and remains on the C tunnel Network, linking Sol and Earhart. Whilst initially deemed an essential maintenance stop on the first ships that used C tunnels, since the discovery of Underspace, Gateway has lost its main purpose and is known for being the colony with the least reasons to visit.

Mainly Gateway is now used by mining corporations, which excavate natural resources for the mineral rich asteroid belts and collect gases from the gas giants in the outer system.

Gateway Station  went online in 351.353 USDT (August 2218). The first three colony ships to arrive carried  200 workers and 84 family members.

Gateway Base was founded in 441.881 USDT (September 2375) with 50 farmers originally sent down to the underground facility, in order to start producing agricultural resources. The purpose of Gateway base was to provide a more stable platform on which to grow large crops, in order not only to provide food for the colonists, but also to assist the local economy by providing more supplies for ships passing through the system. Since Underspace expanded to allow direct travel between Sol and Earhart, and after the Genevan System took over as home system for former humans, the economy of Gateway later turned to mining, allowing mining corporations to become the base's primary customers.

Make Up
Despite being the oldest colony, Gateway remains a sparsely populated colony. The second planet from the sun holds an underground facility named Gateway Base, which houses just 6,000 people. In orbit of this planet, a large facility called Gateway station slowly spins around, housing a further 19,000 inhabitants.

Gateway has two asteroid belts, between the 3rd and 4th planets, and a second larger belt can be found between 6th and 7th planets.

Personnel
Alix Tegan was born on Gateway Station, in 502.265USDT (June 2480)., in Sub-statoin 7. He joined the UAG Academy in Gateway in 512.186USDT (September 2497) and graduated 514.245USDT  (March 2501). Alix left the station after being assigned to the UAGISV Nineveh in 514.349USDT  (June 2501)