Wang Jinghong

Wang Jinghong is the second planet from the star Zheng He, located within the Heleus Cluster. Wang Jinghong is named for the Ming dynasty Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral of the same name, who served as deputy to Admiral Zheng He (for whom the star system is named).

In the early days of the Andromeda Initiative, back when the planet was still known by its scientific name "H-599", colonial surveyors from the neighbouring Nexus space station would use Wang Jinghong as a rendezvous point for their shuttles, the planet's distinctive ring system acting as a familiar landmark in an otherwise alien system.

Numerous shuttles were either damaged or destroyed by the Scourge during these ill-fated voyages, the first of which was the AIV Caryatid, whose crew complement of five were all killed when the Scourge ruptured the shuttle's hull. The remains of Nexus shuttles which met similar fates (and were too badly damaged to be salvaged) are still visible from orbit.

As such, Nexus pilots still use the term "a 99 run" as an idiom for a short journey fraught with numerous hazards.