System Unlock: Oberon

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* Ownership: Lawless

Planets: 7

Planetary Orbital Periods: 286 SED (Gonn), 355 (Uriel)

Import: Oxygen, Reactors

Export: Heavy Metals

Crime Status: Medium

Black Market: Weapons

UEE Strategic Value: Purple

Oberon IV, Gonn, is home to a robust mining community like those found in the most distant places on Earth: a group of humans seemingly unconcerned with their own welfare in an impossibly harsh environment. The world is not terraformed, and inhabitants must brave extreme heat and cold in order to survive… but the process is worthwhile, with massive exports of titanium, durasteel and tungsten. Countless robotic refineries allow the miners to offer processed alloys rather than simply raw ores.

The historical centerpiece of the system is Oberon V, Uriel. One of the saddest stories in modern terraforming, Uriel represents an attempt to raise the core temperature to make up for the lack of heat from Oberon’s neutron star. The attempt was considered a sure thing and its failure left three sloships of colonists bound for the world trapped and forced to either eke out a life underground or die of exposure. A competitive, family-based society has formed on the world, with seven major clans vying for control of scant few resources.

Several above-ground settlements have sprung up in recent years, although they have a distinct expiration date. In five years, a swarm of 70-year cyclical insects will devour all organic matter above sea level. Attempts at extermination in advance of the deadline have thus far been unsuccessful. As the saying goes, the most valuable thing someone can ship in the Gonn system is Urielians away from it.
Eigentum: Gesetzlose Planeten: 7 Planetenumlaufperioden: 286 SED (Gonn), 355 (Uriel) Import: Sauerstoff, Reaktoren Export: Schwermetall-Verbrechensstatus: Mittlerer Schwarzmarkt: Waffen UEE Strategischer Wert: Purple Oberon IV, Gonn, ist die Heimat einer robusten Bergbaugemeinde, wie sie an den entferntesten Orten der Erde zu finden ist: eine Gruppe von Menschen, die sich in einer unmöglich rauen Umgebung scheinbar nicht um ihr eigenes Wohlbefinden kümmert. Die Welt ist nicht terraförmig, und die Bewohner müssen extremer Hitze und Kälte trotzen, um zu überleben.... aber der Prozess lohnt sich, mit massiven Exporten von Titan, Durasteel und Wolfram. Unzählige Roboterraffinerien ermöglichen es den Bergleuten, verarbeitete Legierungen und nicht nur Roherze anzubieten.

Das historische Herzstück des Systems ist Oberon V, Uriel. Uriel, eine der traurigsten Geschichten im modernen Terraforming, stellt einen Versuch dar, die Kerntemperatur zu erhöhen, um den Wärmemangel des Neutronensterns von Oberon auszugleichen. Der Versuch galt als sichere Sache, und sein Scheitern ließ drei Schwappen von Kolonisten zurück, die auf dem Weg in die Welt waren, gefangen und gezwungen, entweder ein Leben unter der Erde zu führen oder an der Exposition zu sterben. Auf der Welt hat sich eine wettbewerbsfähige, familienbasierte Gesellschaft gebildet, in der sieben große Clans um die Kontrolle der knappen Ressourcen konkurrieren.

In den letzten Jahren sind mehrere oberirdische Siedlungen entstanden, obwohl sie ein ausgeprägtes Verfallsdatum haben. In fünf Jahren wird ein Schwarm von 70-jährigen zyklischen Insekten alle organischen Stoffe über dem Meeresspiegel verschlingen. Versuche zur Vernichtung vor Ablauf der Frist waren bisher erfolglos. Wie das Sprichwort sagt, ist das Wertvollste, was jemand im Gonn-System versenden kann, die Urielianer weg von ihm.
* Ownership: Lawless

Planets: 7

Planetary Orbital Periods: 286 SED (Gonn), 355 (Uriel)

Import: Oxygen, Reactors

Export: Heavy Metals

Crime Status: Medium

Black Market: Weapons

UEE Strategic Value: Purple

Oberon IV, Gonn, is home to a robust mining community like those found in the most distant places on Earth: a group of humans seemingly unconcerned with their own welfare in an impossibly harsh environment. The world is not terraformed, and inhabitants must brave extreme heat and cold in order to survive… but the process is worthwhile, with massive exports of titanium, durasteel and tungsten. Countless robotic refineries allow the miners to offer processed alloys rather than simply raw ores.

The historical centerpiece of the system is Oberon V, Uriel. One of the saddest stories in modern terraforming, Uriel represents an attempt to raise the core temperature to make up for the lack of heat from Oberon’s neutron star. The attempt was considered a sure thing and its failure left three sloships of colonists bound for the world trapped and forced to either eke out a life underground or die of exposure. A competitive, family-based society has formed on the world, with seven major clans vying for control of scant few resources.

Several above-ground settlements have sprung up in recent years, although they have a distinct expiration date. In five years, a swarm of 70-year cyclical insects will devour all organic matter above sea level. Attempts at extermination in advance of the deadline have thus far been unsuccessful. As the saying goes, the most valuable thing someone can ship in the Gonn system is Urielians away from it.

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