Antaro (solar system)

The Antaro System is home to the CSA stronghold-world Antaro, the planetary training ground Sora, and the CSA Navy's Great Shipyard. The system itself is located 62 light years from Earth and was crucial to any CSA military effort, including the Entente-CSA War, SHADE Conflicts, Tutorean Conquests, and the URG-CSA War.

Discovery
The Antaro System was discovered in 2173, and was initially the site of several refuel/repair stations. As time went on, it became a critical stopping point for the CSA's Navy in its exploration efforts, and bases were established on the nearby planets Antaro and Sora. At the time, the system was fairly remote and so the CSA decided to conduct secret projects in there, which eventually gave it a reputation similar to 21st Century America's Area 51. It wasn't long before the CSA Military saw the opportunity for a massive military base that spans an entire system.

Antaro
The planet Antaro is 1.6 times the size of the Earth and is covered in military bases and cities that are designed only to hold troops. Access to the planet is greatly restricted, as it is where most of the CSA Admiralty, Generals, and secret projects take place, especially the Snow Birds. Antaro is also home to the CSA University of Battlefield Enrichment, where students can learn about any number of areas in science and military strategy.

Saro
A planet located about 100 million miles from Antaro, the world of Saro is essentially a giant training ground. Located on its surface are mock cities, bases, and testing grounds for technologies that are developed on Antaro. Dozens of exercises take place every day at any given time on Saro, from massive attack/defense styles of war games where the CSA Navy attempts to invade an "enemy" city which is held by the CSA Army, to an intense game of Capture the Capital, where Snow Birds attempt to outwit the CSA Army to capture a "leading figure" of the opposition.

Great Shipyards
The Great Shipyards are the greatest concentration of shipbuilding in the CSA Empire, with over 60% of its fleet having been constructed there. The shipyards themselves begin in orbit around Antaro's distant moon Pera and extends outward in each direction for several hundred miles of pure shipyards. Notable ships that were constructed at the Great Shipyards were the CSA Diablo, URG Divine Hope (initially commisioned as a CSA vessel), CSA Animus, and the CSA Yorkie.