Post by The Enigma on Feb 23, 2006 22:15:31 GMT -5
Located in the Burnham quadrant, Athens is a world known for rapidly changing weather and winds that blow constantly. Aside from that, the climate is relatively mild. Certain crops thrive here, and there's plenty of beautiful marble to be quarried and shipped off-world.
One of the few outer planets to fully support Unification, Athens was captured by the Independents. "Ownership" of the world changed hands several times during the course of the war. Finally, running low on manpower and weary of ground battles on this otherwise minor rock, the Alliance took to bombing the world's major cities to drive out the Browncoats. 'Cept for the piles of dead civilians and heaps more hurt and homeless that lost everything, the strategy worked.
Recently, the Alliance opened up the bombed-out cities for legal salvage operations. Licenses for these operations can be obtained from United Reclamation or from the Alliance.
Then again, these cities are so chaotic that it's not so hard for the unlicensed to sneak in and out.
The world's farmer's were more fortunate than the city dwellers. Those dwelling in rural areas found it easier to scratch by during hte war. It's taken time, but they're slowly reconnecting their ties to the rest of the 'Verse.
Athens has four moons, all terraformed and a lot nicer to live on than the planet they circle. Folk on the moons live by farming and ranching. Everyone keeps and eye out for Reavers, since undefended moons are easy prey for the narby marauders. On Whitefall, the fourth moon, the threat of Reaver raiding parties has made the settlers over-protective and perhaps a bit paranoid.
There is also a rumor currently circulating that the Blue Sun corporation has a hidden factory or complex located in the mountains on one of the moons, though what they manufacture or why they would come here is anyone's guess.
One of the few outer planets to fully support Unification, Athens was captured by the Independents. "Ownership" of the world changed hands several times during the course of the war. Finally, running low on manpower and weary of ground battles on this otherwise minor rock, the Alliance took to bombing the world's major cities to drive out the Browncoats. 'Cept for the piles of dead civilians and heaps more hurt and homeless that lost everything, the strategy worked.
Recently, the Alliance opened up the bombed-out cities for legal salvage operations. Licenses for these operations can be obtained from United Reclamation or from the Alliance.
Then again, these cities are so chaotic that it's not so hard for the unlicensed to sneak in and out.
The world's farmer's were more fortunate than the city dwellers. Those dwelling in rural areas found it easier to scratch by during hte war. It's taken time, but they're slowly reconnecting their ties to the rest of the 'Verse.
Athens has four moons, all terraformed and a lot nicer to live on than the planet they circle. Folk on the moons live by farming and ranching. Everyone keeps and eye out for Reavers, since undefended moons are easy prey for the narby marauders. On Whitefall, the fourth moon, the threat of Reaver raiding parties has made the settlers over-protective and perhaps a bit paranoid.
There is also a rumor currently circulating that the Blue Sun corporation has a hidden factory or complex located in the mountains on one of the moons, though what they manufacture or why they would come here is anyone's guess.