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<blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 5003067" data-attributes="member: 100"><p><strong>Candor</strong></p><p></p><p> * Heavy Worlder Miners</p><p> * Hangs in the Balance</p><p> * Ferociously Independent</p><p></p><p>Tech: +1</p><p>Env: +2</p><p>Res: 0</p><p></p><p></p><p>Candor is a G Class Yellow star surrounded by 4 planets: </p><p></p><p><strong>Castor</strong>: A “dwarf giant” planet. Castor’s orbit takes it close to it’s neighbor Bellerophon twice a year. This unique positioning makes it a sub-tropical environment for part of the year. The Castorians also live in a 2.1g environment. The planet is home to some 11 million people and is ruled by a global government acting under a Jeffersonian 3 democracy (Executive officer is chosen by lottery from the population and serves 6 years, Legislative Parliament is comprised of ministers from some 400 parishes and manors serving 4 year terms with only one re-up, Judiciary is comprised of a Tribunal chosen by Executive)</p><p></p><p><strong>Bellerophon</strong>: A Hot Jovian planet, its surface temperatures and pressures are so great that it emits nearly the same amount of temperature as a red star, reflects almost no light, and metals form a vapor in its atmosphere. These vapors are mined by Heavy Worlders from Castor. Bellerophon is the 2nd furthest from Candor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Pegasus</strong>: Bellerophon’s major moon. Habitable and used as the mining companies’ base of operation.</p><p></p><p><strong>Glaucus</strong>: Bellerophon’s minor moon. This moon crosses the planet’s magnetic field generating massive electrical discharges which are harnessed by the miners for their continued operations.</p><p></p><p><strong>Pollox</strong>: 3rd from Candor and much colder, but still habitable. Most of this planet is aqueous and ice-encrusted which is used to provide other areas with fresh water and ablative shielding for spacecraft. Candor is home to 1 million souls and follows Castor in its government. Pollox also has an array of mass drivers used to slingshot asteroids and ice chunks in-system for processing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Aegeus</strong>: The other Gas Giant in the system, this planet has rings. The atmosphere is too turbulent to be an effective mining operation. The rings on the other hand…</p><p> </p><p>Originally, a mercantile colony of New Ovid in the Days Before, Candor now enjoys a respectable independence and a curiously involved constituency. The system allows indentured servitude, usually with a 40 year contract, for clones to do the menial jobs around the various habitable planets. The more hazardous jobs of mining in dangerous atmospheres, etc., are dealt with by semi-volitional robots. The resurrected motto of Candor is: “Live Free or Die!”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paka, post: 5003067, member: 100"] [B]Candor[/B] * Heavy Worlder Miners * Hangs in the Balance * Ferociously Independent Tech: +1 Env: +2 Res: 0 Candor is a G Class Yellow star surrounded by 4 planets: [B]Castor[/B]: A “dwarf giant” planet. Castor’s orbit takes it close to it’s neighbor Bellerophon twice a year. This unique positioning makes it a sub-tropical environment for part of the year. The Castorians also live in a 2.1g environment. The planet is home to some 11 million people and is ruled by a global government acting under a Jeffersonian 3 democracy (Executive officer is chosen by lottery from the population and serves 6 years, Legislative Parliament is comprised of ministers from some 400 parishes and manors serving 4 year terms with only one re-up, Judiciary is comprised of a Tribunal chosen by Executive) [B]Bellerophon[/B]: A Hot Jovian planet, its surface temperatures and pressures are so great that it emits nearly the same amount of temperature as a red star, reflects almost no light, and metals form a vapor in its atmosphere. These vapors are mined by Heavy Worlders from Castor. Bellerophon is the 2nd furthest from Candor. [B]Pegasus[/B]: Bellerophon’s major moon. Habitable and used as the mining companies’ base of operation. [B]Glaucus[/B]: Bellerophon’s minor moon. This moon crosses the planet’s magnetic field generating massive electrical discharges which are harnessed by the miners for their continued operations. [B]Pollox[/B]: 3rd from Candor and much colder, but still habitable. Most of this planet is aqueous and ice-encrusted which is used to provide other areas with fresh water and ablative shielding for spacecraft. Candor is home to 1 million souls and follows Castor in its government. Pollox also has an array of mass drivers used to slingshot asteroids and ice chunks in-system for processing. [B]Aegeus[/B]: The other Gas Giant in the system, this planet has rings. The atmosphere is too turbulent to be an effective mining operation. The rings on the other hand… Originally, a mercantile colony of New Ovid in the Days Before, Candor now enjoys a respectable independence and a curiously involved constituency. The system allows indentured servitude, usually with a 40 year contract, for clones to do the menial jobs around the various habitable planets. The more hazardous jobs of mining in dangerous atmospheres, etc., are dealt with by semi-volitional robots. The resurrected motto of Candor is: “Live Free or Die!” [/QUOTE]
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