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Acropolis
Profile:
Military
Type:
Terrestrial
Primary Terrain:
Mountainous
Climate:
Temperate
Atmosphere:
Thin
Hydrographics:
Dry
Gravity:
Standard
Native Sapients:
None
Government:
Colony
Population:
Ten of Thousands
Tech Level:
Class VIIIAcropolis is devoted primarily to military training, being the location of severalsector-wide service academies. Because of its harsh, windswept environment andgraduates of the academies here have a reputation for being exceptional tough andresourceful. Indeed, cadets from other academies often come to Acropolis in orderto undertake rigorous survival training courses. There is also a small industry forcivilian survivalists who wish to receive similar training and the military has allowedit to prosper, provided that these civilians set up their operations only in a select fewareas of the planet that have been designated for their use.
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Apostolo
Profile:
Academic/Research
Type:
Terrestrial
Primary Terrain:
Plains
Climate:
Cool
Atmosphere:
Standard
Hydrographics:
Moderate
Gravity:
Standard
Native Sapients:
None
Government:
Theocracy
Population:
Ten of Millions
Tech Level:
Class VIIIApostolo is the seat of the worlds-spanning religion known as SanktaFamilio, founded shortly after the Con-cord. Sankta Familio teaches that allsapient species are the children of Godand, as such, must treat one anotheraccordingly. Adherents of the faith,known as Gefratoj, look upon the Czan-ik as the eldest of God’s children, much
to the bafflement of the Czanik themselves, very few of whom have any interest in
the religion. Beneath the Czanik is stature are the Terrans, whose role it is to instruct
their “younger siblings” in the ways of God. Consequently, Gefratoj tend to sup-
port any move by the State designed to
“enlighten” alien species, leading some
to consider Sankta Familio nothing morethan a front for the government.
Crucible
Profile:
Manufacturing/Processing
Type:
Terrestrial
Primary Terrain:
Barrens
Climate:
Warm
Atmosphere:
Standard
Hydrographics:
Dry
Gravity:
Standard
Native Sapients:
None
Government:
Corporate
Population:
Ten of Millions
Tech Level:
Class VIIIThe inhospitable world of Crucible is
wholly owned by the Horizon Star-
ship Company, which has constructedmassive manufacturing facilities on theplanet’s surface and in orbit in order tokeep up with the demand for its vessels.
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Horizon has contracts with the Navy and several commercial starship lines, which en-
sures that Crucible is always buzzing with activity. There are rumors that the planet
also possesses subterranean Traveler ruins, technology from which Horizon has used
in its latest designs, but there is so far no evidence that this is anything more than aspacer’s legend.
Empyrean
Profile:
Commercial
Type:
Terrestrial
Primary Terrain:
Urban
Climate:
Cool
Atmosphere:
Near-Standard
Hydrographics: Moderate
Gravity:
Standard
Native Sapients:
None
Government:
Oligarchy
Population:
Hundreds of Thousands
Tech Level:
Class VIIIThe inhabitants of Empyrean live almost exclusively in a series of enclosed arcolo-gies. The world’s atmosphere is tainted with a variety of pollutants and byproductsof Empyrean’s industry, which is devoted to the production of vehicles of all sortsfor sale throughout the worlds of the Core and beyond. Empyrean shows evidence of having once been home to an intelligent species that died out millions of years ago
before achieving interstellar technology. Consequently, xeno-archeologists also take
an interest in the planet.
Gladseim
Profile:
Commercial
Type:
Terrestrial Primary
Terrain:
Plains
Climate:
Cool
Atmosphere:
Near-Standard
Hydrographics:
Moderate
Gravity:
Standard
Native Sapients:
None
Government:
Monarchy
Population:
Millions
Tech Level:
Class VIGladsheim is somewhat retrograde world, whose inhabitants maintain a largely pre-stellar society. The planet is governed by a constitutional monarchy that allows agreat deal of local autonomy. The planet’s main attraction, aside from its importanceon the jumplines, is its atmosphere, which is tainted with micro-organisms that in-duce euphoria and hallucinations in those whose bodies have not grown accustomed
to them. There is a thriving business in “happiness tourism,” as many jaded Core
worlders visit Gladsheim to experience its unusual atmosphere for themselves.
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