The Reikholm System

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Segmentum – Ultima

Sector – Galkhun

Stellar Body – Single K type Red Dwarf with six planets and one significant asteroid belt.

I.Hell’s Gate – Mining World. A tidally locked rocky world, with minimal atmosphere and severe tectonic instability. Population <0.1bn. Strategic locations:

  • The Solar Observatory
  • The Equatorial Traps
  • The Caminus RefineryII

II.Darakan – Death World. A rocky planet with small oceans and a complex biosphere. Most of the surface is given over to jungle which yields to temperate zones at the poles. Supports some harvesting, mining and low grade industrial activity. Population <0.1bn. Strategic locations:

  • Port Samsonov
  • The Karas Hills
  • The Eyrie
  • Kuruman
  • The Temple of the Dawn
  • The Temple of the Dusk

III.Beruni – Agricultural World and seat of the system’s government. A rocky, fertile planet whose economy centres around food production, gene-crafting, pharmaceuticals and implants. Population 1.3bn. Strategic locations:

  • The Kiruman Delta
  • Port Dramsund
  • The Governor’s Palace
  • Harlstadt
  • Stenburg Spire
  • Tanslo Astropathic Sanctuary

IV.Andijan – Dead World. Scholars have theorised that Andijan was the site of a terrible war in the Dark Age of Technology. Perpetually shrouded by a dense fog of cloud, the planet’s surface is heavily irradiated and saturated with toxins. Access to the world is limited by Imperial decree. Strategic locations:

  • The Excavation Site
  • Abandoned Smuggling Base
  • The Prohibited Zone
  • The Labyrinth
  • Mechanicum Explorator Base
  • The Catacombs

V.The Belt. An unusually dense asteroid belt with high loads of valuable ores. The belt is host to a number of mines and their supporting infrastructure. Population <0.1bn. Strategic locations:

  • The Warren
  • The Syracusia

VI.Ofrinsdottir – Mining World. A massive gas giant with thirty-six moons. Human settlement is scattered across a number of floating gas extraction stations high up in the planet’s atmosphere. Population 0.4bn. Strategic locations:

  • Tigris Base
  • Vardheim
  • The Cabello Gas Mine
  • The Maripala shipyards
  • The Nova Merida Guild Habitats
  • The Majesty of Mars Salvage Site

VII.Kronall – Penal colony. A frozen ice world on the system’s periphery. The imperial presence has been limited to a small penal colony and some automated augury stations. Population <0.1bn. Strategic locations:

  • Penal Colony Alpha
  • Penal Colony Beta
  • Deep Space Listening Post
  • The Wreck of the Spear of Baal

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