Mestra system

Mestra System

Astrographical
Region	Outer Rim Territories^[1]
Sector	Minos Cluster^[1]
Grid coordinates	M-20^[1]
Asteroids	Javis 12^[2]
Societal
Native species	Humans^[2]
Immigrated species	Various sentients^[2]
Population	18 million^[2]
Major imports	Luxury items^[2] Machinery^[2]
Major exports	Minerals^[2]

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The Mestra system, in the Minos Cluster, contained no planets but had one of the most expansive asteroid fields in the galaxy, including the asteroid Javis-12. At least some of the asteroids on Mestra hosted mining operations. Though no accurate count has ever been made, it is estimated that there are at least 100 trillion sizable chunks of rock out there, hundreds of them the size of small moons.^[2] The Mestra system has some of the richest deposits of durelium ore, one of the more valuable metals in the galaxy, for it is essential in the construction of hyperspace drives.^[2]

The Javis 12 spaceport is the only asteroid in the system with any sort of landing beacon or starport. Javis 12 also had the only ship repair and refuel services available in the system (for which the charge was an even 200 percent of list price). The Javis 12 spaceport consisted of a series of domes and caves on one of the largest asteroids in the system. Javis 12 was roughly egg-shaped,and about 400 kilometers across. It was located on the edge of the asteroid belt. All spin had been taken off of the rock, and the spaceport faced directly away from the belt, making it fairly safe from asteroid hits.^[2]

The Arcona Vegath Tist was forced to work as a miner in the system during a period of indentured servitude. He eventually fled the mines with anything he could steal at the time.^[3]