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| By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com) | Ver 1.5 2017.08.20 |
Official Setting information is in darkgreen. Extended Universe information is in steelblue.
| Locations: Sector M45 Nora [Williams Star] |
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A remote planet covered by plains broken by lines of low hills. The plains are grasslands in the temperate zones, and jungles in the tropics.
After being taken over by Aertheold, the planet saw an initial development boom, with many settlers arriving. However, as the attempts by the Aertheold authorities to transform the colony into a mirror of their own failed (the tough colonists who initially settled the planet are very obstinate in their ways - and that attitude tended to rub off on the rural settlers) and as the other planets in the sector proved to be more allurying, the investment and new colonists has slowed down to a trickle.
Despite that, the colony has built a reputation as a breadbasket for the sector, and has established a healthy export economy.
Culture: classically rural (like that of the Canadian West or the American Northwest).
Education: moderate (cities, recent immigrants) to low (rural areas, children of residents)
Economy: foodstuff export trade. Although the farming of the plants used in Fannie-Tough™ fabrics has decreased as a percentage of the overall economy, it is still a major component of the colony's export business.
Government: no formal system wide government.
Ambassador: relies on Aertheold for foreign affairs
The main political leader(s): unidentified Aertheold assigned representative.
Military: small colony defence force with older Variable Craft (VF-1, VF-4, VF-5000), ground forces (Destroid Cheyenne), and anti-ship missiles for long range defence. Relies on Aertheold (primary) and the NUNS (secondary) for its main defence.
Top military leader: under investigation
Ship most likely to be deployed in an emergency: armed transport freighters on hand, and whatever Aertheold or the NUNS dispatches to their aid.
Allegiance: Aertheold
How They Perceive Others: elitist (attitude mainly formed from actions and interactions with Aertheold), and don't know how to do anything without their fancy-pancy tech junk. They are always pleasantly surprised when they meet someone with bushcraft skills, and consider them kindred spirits
How Perceived By Others: country bumpkins
HISTORY
- 2056: Fannie-Tough Co.'s scientists confirm that the fibres from plants grown on Nora are especially resiliant. Company sponsors a farming settlement which is founded within months.
- 2061.09.01: a mayday is received via fold communication from the planet & the New Unified Forces dispatch a ship (CG-420 H. Ito) to investigate.
- 2061.09.01: Aertheold claims Nora as part of their territory.
- 2061.09.02: CG-420 H. Ito investigates a crash site on the opposite side of the planet from Phej. PMC SOIT is contracted by the planet's "new" rightful owners, Aertheold, to chase away the New Unified Forces investigation team.
- 2061.09.03: Aertheold begins major investment in the colony, transforming the urban centers, and greatly increasing the population.
- 2066.04: as Aertheold focuses on earnestly searching for a Fold Quartz laced object in the Fold Anomaly, investment in Nora dries up.
- 2069 spring: the colony emerges from an uncomfortable period of deflation and has found economic stability.
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Settlements:
Phej
Diarphog |
| Thompson Rivers Asteroid Belt | |
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Belt is well dispersed and weathered, indicating that it's as old as the star system. |
| Secwepemc | |
| Ice giant | like Neptune |
| Secwepemc Trojans | |
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description pending |
| Nesika | |
| Plutoid - icy dwarf planet | description pending |
| Haron | |
| Plutoid - icy dwarf planet | description pending |
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