Ovid III, U29 on the starmap, is one of four moons which orbit the gas giant Pliny. Pliny is the only planet in its binary solar system. Due to an odd set of circumstances Pliny does not orbit either sun, but instead sits on, for lack of a better phrase, a gravitational island in between the two suns. Pliny sits closer to the sun Antony than it does to the sun Octavian, but Octavian is much larger than Antony and is therefore able to maintain its gravitational hold on Pliny.
Pliny revolves very slowly on its axis, on average one revolution taking 193 Terrayears(Earth years). This results in the side of the planet facing Antony to become several times hotter than the side facing the distant Octavian. This characteristic of the system has an interesting affect on Pliny's moons. The most notable is Ovid III, the only hospitable world in the system. Ovid III revolves around Pliny a little slower than Terra's revolution of its sun and has different concepts of seasons as well as night and day. Ovid's 'summer' months occure when it is on the side of Pliny closest to Antony. During these months, the temperatures on Ovid peak at between 120F and 130F; at night the temperatures top off at around 95F as Ovid continues to receive Antony's energy as it is reflected off of Pliny's atmosphere.
Ovid's winter months are when it has circled around to where it face the distant sun Octavian. During these months the temperatures peak at around 10F during the day and at around 35F at night; this is due to Pliny's atmosphere transferring Antony's energy towards its poles which provides more energy then distant Octavian.
Dispite these extreme conditions there are still colonists willing to make a new life there. The soils of Ovid are rich with minerals making them good for growing crops during the temperate spring and fall seasons. This attracted farmers and miners, the other major group of people on Ovid are retired veterans who just want to get away from the mainstream.
Then, after the Drathonian betrayal, a large majority of the moon's population jumped ship and headed for safer space, not wanting to risk staying in a system so close to Drathonian space. The settlers who stayed were mainly the old folks who had been living there their entire lives, they were determined to ride out the storm in their homes convinced that no enemy would bother with such a backwater system that sat near the edge of the galaxy.

Captain Steven Kerning was raised here.