Post by Kyla Monroe on Dec 19, 2011 9:41:35 GMT -5
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 bombedout
cities for legal salvage operations. Licenses
for these operations can be obtained from United
Reclamation or (more slowly) 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 farmers were more fortunate than
the city dwellers. Those dwelling in rural areas found
it easier to scratch by during the 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 an eye out for Reavers, since undefended
moons are easy prey for the nearby 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.
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 bombedout
cities for legal salvage operations. Licenses
for these operations can be obtained from United
Reclamation or (more slowly) 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 farmers were more fortunate than
the city dwellers. Those dwelling in rural areas found
it easier to scratch by during the 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 an eye out for Reavers, since undefended
moons are easy prey for the nearby 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.
