The Sapphire Retreat

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Orionis Prime: The Sapphire Retreat

Designation: Class-VI Colonial Resort Habitat
Affiliation: PanTerran Leisure Consortium (PTLC)
Primary Star: Theta Orionis B
Atmospheric Index: 0.94 Terran Standard
Average Surface Temperature: 18°C

First terraformed during the late Expansion Era, Orionis Prime was once a survey base for helium extraction along the outer Orion Spur. When automation rendered such labor obsolete, the domes were refitted into pleasure resorts for the off-world elite. The Sapphire Retreat—its central structure now polished to a mirror-like crimson sheen—serves as both planetary landmark and climate control anchor.

From orbit, visitors describe the planet as a rust-red jewel wreathed in vermilion forest, its twin moons locked in a slow ballet across an endless cobalt sky. Beneath those skies, resort patrons experience air so clean it’s said to “taste like memory.”

The PTLC markets Orionis Prime under its long-standing slogan:

“Where the silence hums, and even the wind forgets to hurry.”