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Ardasii 2815

Ardassi is a world of white deserts, split between the city folk who dwell in their white stone cities in the service of Ardassi Metals and the uncounted desert nomads who roam the wastes in their search for water and who answer to no-one save the spirits of the sands.

Eu Arean world (wiki) (map)
Diameter: 8,000km (density 6.1)
Gravity: 70%
Day Length: 24h 45m
Orbit: 190MKm (V)
Atmosphere: Thin (60%)
Hydrographics: Desert

Ardassi has three rocky asteroids as moons, none larger than 40km in diameter.

Port/TL: B/9
Population: 1 million
Government: Civil Service Bureaucracy
Law Level: 4 (Light assault weapons prohibited)

Ardassi is a desert world with a thin atmosphere. From orbit, it is a world of white sand and rock wrapped in white clouds. Unfortunately, the clouds are dust rather than water.

The official population of Ardassi is about a million, most of them living in the white stone cities that are built into the sides of mountains, atop reservoirs of water which is the civilisations life blood. The population of city dwellers numbers about three quarters of a million, the rest are the nomads who roam the desert wastes.

However, some think that the true number of nomads is much higher, possibly into the millions, but their desire to keep apart from the city dwellers and their continuous migration in search of water make it difficult to come up with an accurate number.

The cities are mostly powered by solar energy, which drives a thriving technological society which is almost entirely geared towards extracting every last bit of mineral wealth from the world.

The capital is Ardassi City, which is also the star port, and has a population of 250,000. The second largest is High View to the south, which is the head office of Ardassi Metals, and has a population of 145,000.

Government

The world is pretty much run by a complex bureaucracy with no single leader. Various factions have control over finances, law enforcement and resources, with input from various non-governmental factious including corporations. Some say that the government is an extension of the middle management of Ardassi Metals, the largest and most powerful of the companies here. It's probably true, but there's nothing officially written down that defines that - just a case of people who know people, or owe people, who can make sure that things get done.

Most of the wealth come from mines across the surface, which dig up metal ores and ship them off world after a minimum level of processing. The starport is pretty much geared towards heavy industry, with a limited set of facilities for tourists and other travellers.

Society

The people of Ardassi are generally poor, either working for the various mining companies or in service or engineering industries supporting them. Buildings tend to be small and dark, with everyone living in close proximity to each other. The city based Ardassians find this normal, and actually dislike the big open landscapes of the deserts. Families tend to share bedrooms and young adults tend to live in large unisex dormitories, and this has led to a social norm that people do not see or hear things they shouldn't see. Ardassians like to say that privacy is a state of mind.

This has extended to the fact that they deliberately won't notice anything unusual - such as corruption or even violence going on around them. As much as they can, they will try to avoid noticing anything which doesn't concern them. They are also incredibly social, and don't like being alone. As such, it is very rare to find single adults living alone. Normally they live in the dorms, or share places with several friends.

This has sometimes led to interesting situations within corporations, where employees can start their own projects without the permission of the company and it can take a long time for anyone to officially 'notice' what is happening. There's a reason that Ardassi Metals has branched out into so many different industries.

Due to the dry, warm conditions, clothing tends to be plain and light. Both sexes tend to wear a simple tunic, with fancier clothing being the sign of offworlders or richer members of society. There is a branch of the government which regulates clothing styles by social class, though enforcement is haphazard.

The desert folk are completely different. They greatly dislike the enclosed spaces, preferring the open skies and deserts. They are still sociable, but can cope with being alone. They tend to wear long, loose fitting robes or trousers that cover their skin, since they have to put up with direct sunlight.

System

There is a single F7 star here.

Orbit Distance Type Description
I 45Mkm Proto Ferrinian Partially molten, has never cooled down after creation.
II 76Mkm Ferrinian Hot, metal rich world.
III 98Mkm Phosphorian Dense, hot acidic atmosphere with no cloud cover.
IV 130Mkm Bathy Pelagic Hot terrestrial world with boiling oceans and dense atmosphere.
V 178Mkm Eu Arean Ardasii, main world.
VI 220Mkm Vestian Small rocky world.
Belt/A 500Mkm Asteroid Belt Rocky asteroid belt, quite wide.

The system has a large number of planets in close proximity to the star, which is unusual. It is thought that outer planets were lost after a stellar near-miss. There is a distant Oort cloud, which shows very severe signs of disturbance within the last few million years.

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