Some 200 ly south of inhabited space lies the star system of Aditi, another of the Empire’s far-flung colonies. Some 15 million people are resident in the system, under the auspices of the Aditi Empire League.
With four metal-rich worlds and an almost pristine metal rich ring in-system, Aditi attracts plenty of enterprising miners looking to make their fortunes, and the large spacedock of SJML Central orbiting Morrow Peek caters to any refinery needs.
The terraformed planet of Peylow provides on the ground living, and has several interesting features. Days are a short 14.4 hours long, although one year is equivalent to roughly 6.75 Earth years. With oxygen content of 3.7% you might expect to be left breathless, but this is magnified by the 5.23 atmospheres of surface pressure. With water vapour making up 0.3%, and an average temperature of 46°C, Peylow is hot and humid. Settlements avoid the equator and cluster around the more temperate regions of the planet, with a dominant agricultural economy that is service by the PEW-1901 station in orbit.
Cmdr Stateira "Starcloak" Eleshenar
Sentient Life | Interstellar Press
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