Phoenix Sector Overview
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The map above depicts the Phoenix Sector.
Federation Worlds
- Achamandra
Earthlike world, 0.75g, earth-normal climate, population 8.7 billion. The capital of the Federation.
- Avatar
Populated worlds are in the "Avatar Belt", an asteroid belt that orbits the M0 primary (Avatar) of the system. The inhabitants are parahumans known as Avatar "floaters," who have been adapted for life in free fall.
- Azrael
A "desert" world, 0.7g, hot climate, population 7.8 million. 4 million of the inhabitants are D'ken, living in the cities. The humans are the M'mentha, who have a nomadic desert wandering lifestyle. Home of Hunter Industrites.
- Beehive
A moutainous, marshy world, 0.69g, warm climate, population 17.3 million. Federation and Domain survey teams arrived almost simultaneously; after skirmishes, the world was declared an "open" world under joint administration. The source of the unique, psi-amplifying M'kar crystals.
- Chelsea (click for more information on the Chelsea System)
Swampy and wet earthlike world, 0.98g, cool climate, 5.6 billion. One of the main worlds of the Federation. Headquarters of Biotech Orion, and the Institute for Mental Evolution. Starting point of the Ashes of the Phoenix game.
- Colossus
Earthlike world, 1.49g, earth-normal climate, population 61,000. A very recently settled Federation colony, which has bee plauged by accidents, and polotical opposition by the Human League (due to the presence of Medusan parahumans).
- Cornwall
Earthlike water world, 1.11g, earth-normal climate, pop. 51 million. Was a minor world, but has recently come into prominence because of C'tal, a hormone produced by the "sea dragons" that live in Cornwall's oceans. This substance, which has proven very difficult to synthesize, is used in what treatments there are for Lungold's plague.
- Lungold
Earthlike world, 0.96g, warm climate, pop. 7.2 billion. One of the major and most modern worlds of the Federation, currently beset with a planetary crisis: a terrible plague which has thus far eluded modern medical science. The world has been quarantined as a result.
- Medusa
Water world, 1.05g, tropical climate, pop. 980 million. The residents of this world are parahumans known as Medusans, genetically altered to breathe and live under water.
- Monolith (click for more information on the Monolith System)
Earthlike world, 0.81g, earth-normal climate, pop. 820 million. Has an indigenous low-tech society (whose exitence predates the settling of the Phoenix sector by the ancestors of todays Federation and Phoenix Domain), protected by the Federation Survey Service.
- Rhad
Earthlike world, 0.85g, chilly climate with extreme seasonal variation, pop. 320 million. Known for its ship building industry, free traders, and hardy citizens. Bob Bitchin's homeworld.
- Sheol
Hostile greenhouse world with a dense carbon-dioxide atmosphere. The site of experimental terraforming techniques being run by Hunter Industries. The D'ken star city W'tatha is in orbit, overseeing the project. Some 120,000 D'ken live aboard the star city.
- Sunrise
Hot rockball, no atmosphere, 1.27g. Star is close to it's A3 (yellow-white) primary. Tidally locked, one side is scorching hot, the other side is freezing cold. The "twilight band" is the headquarters of a Federation mining operation.
Phoenix Domain Worlds
- Beehive
A moutainous, marshy world, 0.69g, warm climate, population 17.3 million. Federation and Domain survey teams arrived almost simultaneously; after skirmishes, the world was declared an "open" world under joint administration. The source of the unique, psi-amplifying M'kar crystals.
- Cenotaph
Rockball orbiting a white dwarf, 0.91g, frozen climate. Was once the site of a Precursor installation. Now is a Phoenix Domain mining site and prison planet.
- Enlas-Dhu
Earthlike world, 0.82g, chilly temperature, pop. 2.5 billion. Capital of the Phoenix Domain, a feudal dictatorship where most citizens live in abject poverty.
- Estermerine
Small earthlike world, 0.52g, cold climate, pop 230 million. Atmosphere requires a respirator. The site of an ongoing slow terraforming project, and of a lot of the Phoenix Domain's scientific and technical (particularly biotechnological) expertise.
- Shiva
Earthlike jungle world, 0.9g, tropical climate, pop 722 million. Was an independent world ruled by a benevolent matriarchy; seven years ago, it was invaded abnd annexed by the technologically superior Phoenix Domain. An insurrection continues to exist, and is believed to be unofficially and secretely supported by some organizations from within the Federation.
- Tara
Earthlike desert world, 0.92g, hot climate, pop 1 billion. Population resides mostly beside the canals that criss-cross this world. The Domain's Merchant's Guild is powerful here, and maintains a rivalry with free traders from Rhad. Cultural and artistic hub of the Domain.
- Timos
Earthlike world, 1.1g, cool temperature, pop 1.2 billion. Beautiful scenery (forests, glaciers, etc.) make this a favored resort planet for Domain nobility. Also a rich world. Heavily fortified in remembrance of an attack during the Ilshani invasion.
- Winterjewel
Earthlike ice desert world, 0.84g, frozen climate, pop. 1.1 million. The residents are fur-covered parahumans known as Winterfolk, who have a stone age society. The world has been claimed by the Phoenix Domain, and has become a hunting ground for criminal slavers and hunting parties from Domain nobility.
Independent & Other Worlds
- Abbadon
Forested Earthlike world, 0.72g, earth-normal climate, pop 90.2 million. Settled by a religious sect known as the Covenant.
- Fiobrachne
Earthlike world, 0.77g, cool tempearture, pop 7.6 million. Independently settled by refugees from the criminal House of Kenjal. Has a socity dominated by a religious caste system; all residents wear masks which declare their religious affiliation. An evolved form of Japanese is the language spoken on this planet.
- Moonjam
Earthlike world, 0.8g, warm climate, pop 68 million, known for beautiful seas and exotic jungles. Society is a corrupt corporate oligarchy, with legal slavery. A frequent sanctuary world for various criminal elements, including Dark Lightning and the Five Systems Cabal.
- Phoenix Nebula
Somewhere beyond this emission nebula (i.e. further in +z on the axes as drawn) lies the Ilshani Domination.
- Videga
Earthlike world, 0.97g, cool climate, pop 3.4 million. The site of a battle between the Phoenix Domain and the Ilshani during the Ilshani invasion. Devastated by the Domain in a "scorched earth" policy as they pulled out. Many pockets of humanity survive on the radioactive planet, in five different independent subterranian city-states. Ellen's homeworld.