Alrakis
Star Type: K0V
Position in System: 2 (of 3)
Number of Moons: 5
Cassius, Delvia, Fermosa,
Weir, and Zalazar
Days to Jump Point: 20
Surface Water: 67%
Atm. Pressure: Standard: Breathable
Surface Gravity: 1.24
Equatorial Temp: 43° C
Highest Native Life: Birds
Population: 1,056,000,000
Capital: Sigmundrac
Governor: Drake H'Chu
Planetary Legate: Anders de Paik
Continents: Kabast, Ronigawa,
Skopje, and Strumm
Star Type: K0V
Position in System: 2 (of 3)
Number of Moons: 5
Cassius, Delvia, Fermosa,
Weir, and Zalazar
Days to Jump Point: 20
Surface Water: 67%
Atm. Pressure: Standard: Breathable
Surface Gravity: 1.24
Equatorial Temp: 43° C
Highest Native Life: Birds
Population: 1,056,000,000
Capital: Sigmundrac
Governor: Drake H'Chu
Planetary Legate: Anders de Paik
Continents: Kabast, Ronigawa,
Skopje, and Strumm
[3067] Alrakis, a large, warm planet rich in metals, both in its rocky mountain ranges and on the barren surfaces
of its three largest moons, has been an industrial prize for both the Lyran and Draconis states since the earliest
days of the Great Houses. The rich mineral ores drew more mining, manufacturing, and shipping concerns to the
planet than dedicated colonists at first, despite the planet's modestly fertile lands and deep, rich oceans. Two
factors inhibited the early efforts to truly settle - rather than merely exploit - Alrakis.
The first is the planet's high gravity, which limited travel to the most hardy of settlers and workers, and their ships,
but far more difficult to contend with was the dominant life-form, the vicious and territorial tigerfalcon. Adapted to
the planet's high gravity, the tigerfalcon - a man-sized avian with black-striped, furlike feathers, a serrated beak,
and four clawed feet - is much more powerful than any terrestrial bird of prey, and has been known to attack
even small work parties in flocks of three to five. Hunting the tigerfalcon became not merely a sport but a matter
of self-defense for the early Alrakan settlers. By the Star League era, the tigerfalcon menace had been contained
enough to allow for widespread colonization, mostly centered on the large inland lakes and the metal-rich
mountains of the northern Skopje continent.
Today, Alrakis remains an important mining and manufacturing world, exporting all manner of heavy industrial
equipment, including heavy IndustrialMech designs and personal-support weaponry. Heavy military industry,
discouraged by centuries of continuous raiding by House Steiner, never found a home on Alrakis. However, what
this planet lacks in military sophistication, it more than makes up for in powerful native infantry defenders, a bonus
made possible by mankind's adaptation to the local gravity.
The planetary capital city, Sigmundrac, is located on the northern edge of the large Lake Carantha on Skopje.
Tarowena, a spaceport city and home to Desmond Arms, a maker of personal weaponry ranging from knives to
heavy support lasers, is located on the southern supercontinent of Strumm. The equatorial continents of Kabast
and Ronigawa are comparatively uninhabited, due to their inhospitable jungles, which are also the last major
refuge of the native tigerfalcon.
[3132] Alrakis was originally part of the Draconis Combine until the creation of The Republic. Alrakis became
part of Prefecture I under the control of The Republic. After the fall of the HPG Network Fortress Republic was
created and many of the worlds under its control were set free.
[3135] Alrakis was released from the control of The Republic.
After being released from The Republic, Alrakis fell under the influence of the Vega territory.
of its three largest moons, has been an industrial prize for both the Lyran and Draconis states since the earliest
days of the Great Houses. The rich mineral ores drew more mining, manufacturing, and shipping concerns to the
planet than dedicated colonists at first, despite the planet's modestly fertile lands and deep, rich oceans. Two
factors inhibited the early efforts to truly settle - rather than merely exploit - Alrakis.
The first is the planet's high gravity, which limited travel to the most hardy of settlers and workers, and their ships,
but far more difficult to contend with was the dominant life-form, the vicious and territorial tigerfalcon. Adapted to
the planet's high gravity, the tigerfalcon - a man-sized avian with black-striped, furlike feathers, a serrated beak,
and four clawed feet - is much more powerful than any terrestrial bird of prey, and has been known to attack
even small work parties in flocks of three to five. Hunting the tigerfalcon became not merely a sport but a matter
of self-defense for the early Alrakan settlers. By the Star League era, the tigerfalcon menace had been contained
enough to allow for widespread colonization, mostly centered on the large inland lakes and the metal-rich
mountains of the northern Skopje continent.
Today, Alrakis remains an important mining and manufacturing world, exporting all manner of heavy industrial
equipment, including heavy IndustrialMech designs and personal-support weaponry. Heavy military industry,
discouraged by centuries of continuous raiding by House Steiner, never found a home on Alrakis. However, what
this planet lacks in military sophistication, it more than makes up for in powerful native infantry defenders, a bonus
made possible by mankind's adaptation to the local gravity.
The planetary capital city, Sigmundrac, is located on the northern edge of the large Lake Carantha on Skopje.
Tarowena, a spaceport city and home to Desmond Arms, a maker of personal weaponry ranging from knives to
heavy support lasers, is located on the southern supercontinent of Strumm. The equatorial continents of Kabast
and Ronigawa are comparatively uninhabited, due to their inhospitable jungles, which are also the last major
refuge of the native tigerfalcon.
[3132] Alrakis was originally part of the Draconis Combine until the creation of The Republic. Alrakis became
part of Prefecture I under the control of The Republic. After the fall of the HPG Network Fortress Republic was
created and many of the worlds under its control were set free.
[3135] Alrakis was released from the control of The Republic.
After being released from The Republic, Alrakis fell under the influence of the Vega territory.
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