My recent activity ... Soontill
If you don't want spoilers – read
And Here the Wheel by John Harper first
Where is Soontill?
What are Soontill Relics?
The first question seems like an easy answer… type in Soontill and Universal Cartographics tells us this is it:
We know that it has been rumored to be an old Thargoid planet and that the Circle of Elite Pilots were supposedly using it as a base before being run off by a bunch of Pirates with fancy military technology.
The location of Soontill was found by the pirates because it was reasoned to be close to Grandmort and the origin of the Circle attack force which traveled (out of its way) through Brohman and Lanaest to reach Delta Phoenicis.
Unfortunatly this locational information does not seem to help find Soontill as far as I can see... And is no where near the "Soontill" identified by UC (Neither it nor Ngurii are close to Grandmort).
The description (abbreviated from the description given by the pirate Robert Gary) upon entering the system is that of a pale purple Brown Dwarf 2AU (998ls) away with a large debris field and “space fog” with a planet hidden inside. And that planet was supposedly turned into a volcanic mess by said pirate.
This does not sound like the Soontill System listed in the UC database (well maybe the 4th planet).
Soontill Relics are a question all to themselves … there is debate as to whether they are real or fake and they are provided to Ngurii by Garry's Reclamations … A company which might have ties to the Garry Pirate clan who fought with the Circle at Soontill.
Galnet Articles:
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It seems to me quite possible that the system we know as Soontill is the forgery and whether or not the artifacts are real … Garry’s Reclamations might know where the real Soontill is. Unless of course this all an elaborate plot concocted to sell a few fake artifacts.
