Star Citizen planet: microTech (Stanton IV), the ice world

Get your cold-weather suit out. microTech was meant to be a temperate world, but an Empire terraforming error made it far colder than planned. Blizzards and ice storms are common. Yet this is where microTech, the tech giant that makes the mobiGlas, set up its headquarters.

🪪 Fact file

System	Stanton (Stanton IV)
Type	Super-Earth, about 1,000 km in radius (in game)
Climate	Cold: from 10 °C down to −84 °C, blizzards and ice storms
Atmosphere	Breathable, but cold-weather gear avoids hypothermia
Day	About 4 h 07 min
Owner	microTech, which also handles local government and policing
City and hub	New Babbage, Port Tressler orbital station
Moons	Calliope, Clio, Euterpe

📜 Its history

The planet was discovered in 2851. In 2865, the Empire decided to sell it to reduce its debt. Magnus Tobin, microTech’s founder, bought it as the company’s headquarters. The cold? An advantage: it’s perfect for cooling server farms.

Today, microTech leases land to smaller companies, and happily buys up local start-ups. Researchers are even studying thawort, a local lichen with promising antiseptic properties.

🌙 Three moons, three muses

Calliope: the muse of eloquence.
Clio: the muse of history.
Euterpe: the muse of music.

🎮 In game

New Babbage, an enclosed domed city, is one of the game’s starting points. microTech’s flagship store is there.
Port Tressler, in orbit, offers shops, a cargo deck and a food court.
Pack an undersuit rated for the cold before heading out to explore the surface.
Local running gag: New Babbage’s Wally’s Bar and the jokes about its owner.

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