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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 8542396" data-attributes="member: 50895">Really located on the border region between Corporate and Colonial Space, but considered part of Corporate Space is the prison world, Purgatory. It began as a potential waystation and refueling point for potential corporate colonial expansion, which did not happen. The atmosphere was highly corrosive and the largest and most expensive terraforming platforms were placed, but after only 23 years of operation, despite constant maintenance, they failed, and only half the atmosphere was tolerable. So more advanced platforms replaced them, but costs were soaring the the corporation needed some profit, so declared the world a garbage planet taking in toxic and radioactive waste, exotic spent drives, and less salvageable debris. A workforce in heavy industrial armor for heavy dangerous work in the toxic atmosphere endured many hardships. After a time, the workers went on general strike for better work conditions, shorter shifts outside, a better health plan, etc. Rather than capitulate, the corporation declared the strikers as illegal, declared the planet a prison world with the striking workers as it's first permanet inmates. The worst criminals and dregs of society, at least according to corporate mindsets were sent here, all over multiple lifetimes, meaning those inmates who mate and form families, for multiple generations must serve time. Rather than place guards or other forces on the ground, the prison watch remains in low orbit in a vast array of watch stations over the entire surface about 200 miles apart. Each have a squadron of interceptor to deal with unauthorized ships near the planet, or any hostile activitity detected on planet - the stations feature power scanners looking groundward and skyward. As long as some of the inmate population works a monthly quota of salvage operations, regular shipments of food, supplies, weapons, medicines and water are dropped at multiple locations across the planet. Mecha, some industrial and many makeshift out of starship hulks are the primary forms of surface transport. Some prison gangs use mecha in raids, challenges and competitions across the planet. The prisoners are free to govern themselves all they want, but are not allowed to build weapons that can threaten the orbiting stations, nor craft that can fly above 1 mile over the surface.Map of the entire planet, illustration of a typical family, titled "Look, Dad's home!", then a view of one of the orbiting watch stations with a squadron being deployed.</blockquote>

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