Ragespace: Another Star of Enerithan Sphere Pt5

The Dust Clouds
AKA:   Choker
Size D, Irregular Air Body (more akine to a sparse belt). 3100 million mile
orbit.
Main Population:   Mephits, Galeb D'uhr
Est. Population:   10,000
Resources:   None
Commerce:   None
Military:   None
Cycle:   Variable
This is a collection of space dust, and burn-off from the Kanoxx'Blaze. At
it's center is a small colony of Galeb D'uhr, living upon a very large, long
inactive, earth elemental, some 500 foot in length. It is due to this, and
them, that the dust and grime is attracted. Most of the actual dirt dust is
from the several planets in the sphere that have been damaged in large
ammounts, or broken up totally. It is a bane to travellers, as quite often
it blends into the background of space, only detectable due to the blanket
it places over the stars. It is frequently used as an escape by pirates,
whom risk fouling their air totally, but of course are usually not pursued
by Order ships. Anyone without knowledge of the clouds has a 20% chance of
accidentally drifting into them, requiring 1d4+1 days to find their way out.
The remaining 80% chance is divided between not encountering the clouds at
all (50%), or someone spotting them in time to escape un-fouled (30%).

Air here varies between barely breathable, absolutely oily and grimy, and
pure choking dust. There are several ships within the clouds drifting, their
crews long suffocated, and the quality effecting a ship is random each round
(equal chance of changing to any except clear, but obviously it cannot
change for the better)


The Bitch's Threesome
AKA:   Amazonville, Eyecandy Lane
Size A, Spherical Earth Body. 3400 million mile orbit.
Main Population:   Amazons, small rare tribes of subservient/non intelligent
males
Est. Population:   250,000
Resources:   Lumber, Gold, Silver
Commerce:   None External
Military:   Groundling Amazonian Warrior Millitia
Cycle:   2000 days
A triumvirate group of planets, these three, magically bound together by
Amazonian Shamanistic Rituals, orbit each other. Each holds several tribes
of Amazon women, one whole planet of which is actually a long-forgotten
splinter colony of Lakshu. There are several, unintelligent male human
tribes, culled and effectively farmed by the Amazons, and many different
monstrous races. One planet, Fear, is a jungle planet, called fear for the
many monsters that lurk in it's rain forests and come out at night. Another
is called Oblivion, for the deep oceans surrounding it's floating islands,
which are plagued by Hatori (From Krynn). The last is, quite appropriately,
called Death, where any sentient being dying becomes an undead of some sort,
comparable in power to it's original counterpart in life.

Once a year each planet's main tribe (ie, the one currently holding the most
power or land) goes on a quest for some item of sacrifice to appease the
Amazonian Pantheon and Spirits, and keep the bodies spinning and orbiting
safely for another year. For three thousand years this has happened - since
the original ritual to prevent the three bodies, once moons orbiting an
Amazonian planet, from crashing together as their world was destroyed by
tectonic activity. The spiritual quests always involve travelling to one of
the other planets, through large, one way teleporters, and returning through
yet other teleporters. Regardless of the reason behind the quest, other
Amazon's always attack, the secondary or less powerful tribes than the main
of each world, because if the main tribe of one world is weaker than a
secondary on another, the ritual deserves to fail.

The two other worlds apart from the defenders will be sent into space,
possibly destroyed, while the defender becomes a main body once more,
growing in size. To date, obviously, this has not happened.


Relic
AKA:   Order's Home, Lesson Unlearned
Size E, Spherical Deadworld. 3700 million mile orbit.
Main Population:   None
Est. Population:   0
Resources:   None
Commerce:   None
Military:   None
Cycle:   None (Stationary Orbit)
Without an atmosphere, this planet is the once-home of the Order. It has
been silent, as dead planets are called, for some 700 years, when it finally
gave up after the ecological abuse of the order. It's air depleted, the only
remaining inhabitants a few sparse undead groups and magical creations, the
Order obviously has not learned it's ways are destructive, or simply does
not care. It is as if the gods themselves have abandoned this world, and
this is not far from the truth - as this world was, in fact, originally a
long dead world when the Order settled there, over five thousand years ago.
Back then they were the Order of Life, and seeded the world, so that future
generations could look upon life given from death and have hope.
Unfortunately, it is now death, forged by life, upon life forged from death.


Arabani Citadel
AKA:   BlackDeath, Spider's Curse, Lloth's Kiss
Size A, Orbital Station. 3950 million mile orbit.
Main Population:   Drow
Est. Population:   150,000
Resources:   None
Commerce:   Drow Mercantile
Military:   Medium Arabani Fleet
Cycle:   3000 days
The adamantium base of House Arabani, this huge monstrous, and vicious
looking base, is home to some 150 thousand drow. Slaves, Nobles, Commoners,
Royals - an entire Drow culture inside a black, impenetrable walled home.
They construct their ships here, plan their schemes - but more often than
not, make war upon each other, as the 20 odd sub-houses that each claim
Royal blood vie for domination. Arabani left the underdark to be able to
overcome this ridicullous racial rivalry some 800 years ago, but the
inherent chaos of Drow society has reduced it once more to internal strife
and war. Many sections are blocked off from others, and raids on each
other's ships occur often.

The Citadel includes drider caverns, artificially created to resemble the
fissures and underground valleys drider usually occupy on-world, and there
are also areas known as spider farms. Any drow sub-house has access to the
drider sector, but only the most prominent 15 sub-houses can access the
spider farms. For this reason, many lesser sub-houses and any mercenary
groups must purchase their spiders either internally, from other sub-houses,
or trade with the neogi on LordMasterBase.


Selvetarm Royal Station
AKA:   Warrior's Menace
Size A, Orbital Station.
Parent Body:   Arabani Citadel
Main Population:   Drow
Est. Population:   15,000
Resources:   None
Commerce:   Training of Warriors
Military:   Light Selvetarian Fleet
Cycle:   20 days
One of the two opposing "outposts", this base is controlled purely by those
faithful to Selvetarm. Here all Drow are trained in the combative arts,
although it is mainly manned by males. It is the spatial counterpart to the
menzoberranzen academy "melee-magthere"


Kiiranslee Royal Observatory
AKA:   Undead's Vigilance
Size A, Orbital Station.
Parent Body:   Arabani Citadel
Main Population:   Undead, Drow
Est. Population:   2,000
Resources:   None
Commerce:   Graveyard, Undead
Military:   None
Cycle:   20 days
The second opposing outpost, this base is run by priests of Kiiranslee, and
their groups of undead servants. It is both a mousoleum for dead drow
nobles, and graveyard for commoners, whom some of which end up as undead. It
is a dark macarbe place, and feared by many of the drow. The undead are of
particular use against the Illithids, whom cannot detect them (as per the
Illithiad).


Vhaeraun's Lesson
AKA:   Exile
Size A, Orbital Base.
Parent Body:   Arabani Citadel
Main Population:   Drow
Est. Population:   Variable, but low
Resources:   None
Commerce:   Permanent Imprisonment
Military:   None
Cycle:   None (Attatched through large Adamantium cable)
Attatched to the lowermost spire of Arabani base by an immensely long cable
of adamantium, this tower serves as a prison for both traitors, and unwanted
nobles (ie those framed as traitors, the most commonpart of the population).
Several drider groups are also present, although most of them are kept in
the Drider section of Arabani Base itself. Many try to retrieve their
comrades or relatives from the prison, but are either fought off by the
Driders (whom simply want to kill), enemy sub-house ships, or some of the
more insane members of the tower.


Tilaurin
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