X57
From FABT
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| Location: | |
| Satellite(s): |
None |
| Gravity: |
0.1162 G |
| Diameter: |
58 km |
| Atmosphere: |
Trace |
| Temperature: |
- 72 °C |
| Population: |
523 |
| Species: | |
| Affiliation: | |
Asteroid X57, more commonly simply called X57, was an asteroid orbiting the star Asgard. Due to the increasing development on Terra Nova in 2183 CE, a new orbital port facility was deemed necessary. With this in mind, a science team was sent to the asteroid belt to recover a large enough asteroid that they could bring back and shape into a space station. A particularly large one was chosen and designated X57. On the way back however, it was hijacked by batarian terrorists, who intended to smash the asteroid into Terra Nova and wipe out the colony. However, the SSV Normandy intervened and the terrorist plot was aborted, and the asteroid redirected. Attempts to recover it failed when the asteroid went off course and disintegrated in the atmosphere of the gas giant Borr.