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maxomaiQ: How many systems are in the subsector?
A: 24 total. Most of these are along the two mains - seven in the Polish Main, eight in the Russian Main, with Porne connecting the two. The other eight, including P9123, are all coreward of the mains.
Q: What are the worlds in the Russian Main?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Novy Stalingrad - A-66466A-A - a Russian colony dominated by manufacturing, ruled from Novy Muscovy.
Illyria - B-446545-9 - an ancient Serbian colony that has been democratic for thousands of years, allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Novy Muscovy - A-66399D-A - the subsector capital, and de-facto capital of the Russian Main; a Russian colony whose vast metroplexes are governed by a heavy-handed, inscrutable bureaucracy. The oppressive enforcement of regulations sets the tone for the rest of the main. Seat of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Neterpimost - C-6679CF-7 - the Ancient Russian Orthodox Church, an offshoot cult of the Russian Orthodox Church, rules this planet with a benevolent but iron fist. Allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Ad - D-8C727A-7 - Theoretically governed from Novy Muscovy, in practice ruled by competing automated mining interests. The several hundred inhabitants maintain the mining equipment against the effects of the fluorine atmosphere. Most of them rotate out every 91 days.
Novy Vladivostok - B-766667-6 - a Russian colony dedicated mostly to agriculture, ruled from Novy Muscovy.
Novy Izhevsk - A-6A8566-D - a Novy Muscovy colony dedicated to R&D and TL-13 manufacturing.
Veselye - D-787586-6 - an ancient Ukrainian colony, allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Q: What are the systems in the Polish main?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Otoczak - C-420666-7 - The main world of which is a Druga mining colony.
Druga - A-998A98-C - The de-facto capital of the Polish Main; A Polish colony dotted with huge spires, ruled in theory by an elected President and Parliament, but in practice by an impersonal bureaucracy.
Ostrov - B-657131-A - The main world is a manufacturing and mining station owned by one very wealthy family.
Zielony - A-745675-A - Home to about two dozen colonies of various ancient nationalities, kept in line by Drugan hegemony.
Mily - A-5542311-A - Three worlds in this system are corporate-owned mining and manufacturing stations.
Spokajny - A-543650-C - The main world of this system is home to Sierpinsky University, a sector-class institution of higher learning founded in the early days of the Ramshackle Empire. The University now runs the affairs of the main world, making it a de-facto technocratic bureaucracy, with government rank tied to academic rank, and the Provost as head-of-state. It is allied to Druga by treaty.
Piekny - B-895310-8 - The main world in this system is home to a corporate-owned mining and manufacturing station.
Q: How do Druga and Novy Muscovy exercise power in their respective mains?
A: Druga dominates the Polish main through economic hegemony. Drugan companies and business concerns run affairs in about half the systems of the Polish Main, and the rest of the worlds are tied to Druga through trade. By way of contrast, the Novy Muscovy government actually governs, directly, three other systems (Novy Stalingrad, Novy Izhevsk, Novy Vladivostok) in addition to Novy Muscovy, and has done so since midway through Twilight. The other systems in the Main are allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Q: Where is Porne situated?
A: Porne (A-767885-A) is situated at the Spinward end of the Russian Main, where it joins with the Polish Main.
Q: Who runs Porne?
A: Porne is an independent world governed primarily by a sex workers' union.
Q: How did the sex workers' union come to rule Porne, and how do they stay in power?
A: During the Interstellar Wars and the Ramshackle Empire, this system was the gateway to the subsector, and the prostitutes became the de-facto local government, settling disputes and overseeing social services such as education and health care. After Twilight fell, Porne found themselves fighting for survival. They made a deal with Russian and Polish business and political interests - in exchange for their recognizing the sex workers' union as the legitimate government of Porne, the union agreed to lax regulation and light taxation of all corporate ventures. The subsequent influx of capital and trade literally kept Porne alive through the Long Night. With the Third Imperium, Porne is again the gateway to the subsector. Due to Porne's traditionally lax regulations, Imperial megacorporations have established subsector headquarters, and in some cases sector headquarters, in this system. Even at Porne's low tax rates, their tax revenues are greater than Druga's and Novy Muscovy's combined.
Q: Do the members of the sex workers' union still do sex work?
A: Naturally. To earn promotion within the ranks of the union, one must demonstrate not only competence in governance and (in higher ranks) statesmanship, but also proficiency in sex work. A night with a sitting member of the board of directors costs one million credits, and is said to be worth it.
Q: Why do the members of the sex workers' union still do sex work?
A: The conventional wisdom on Porne is that a government official who can become wealthy from honest sex work is nearly incorruptible.
Q: What are the worlds coreward of the two mains?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Rai - C-342201-9 - A colony, founded 959, of pilgrims of the Ancient Russian Orthodox Church.
Neiszczecie - B-300732-7 - The main world of this once-thriving system was destroyed by a Virus-infected warship; the remaining inhabitants make do on an airless moon. Without regular contact from Drugan merchants, this system would die off.
Jasny - C-254133-A - a recently re-established Drugan mining and manufacturing colony.
Chest - E-689432-2 - A Russian colony that degenerated to barbarism during the Long Night. It is a testament to ancient Russian engineering that the landing beacon still operates.
Zbedny - A-200767-9 - Polish explorers originally came to this system, found no habitable planets, and decided it was worthless. Druga re-colonized this system for mineral extraction.
Lewiatan - C-00077B-8 - A planetoid belt rich in minerals. Details below.
Prosperita - X-577684-0 - A former Czech colony that fell apart during the Long Night. Nuclear war destroyed their civilization, and the dirty bombs cut them off from outside contact for centuries. The descendants of the survivors live in a stone-age society ruled by caste system of shamans and fire-keepers.
P9123 - unknown - Red Zone
Q: What is the maximum tech level in the subsector?
A: The Russian Main's maximum tech level is TL-13, with some forays into TL-14 antimatter technology, at Novy Izhevsk. The Polish Main's maximum tech level is TL-12, found at both Druga and Spokajny; Spokajny also dabbles in antimatter technology up to TL-14. The Russian Main's nominal technological superiority is tempered by the fact that their TL-13 manufacturing capacity is very limited in comparison to the Polish Main's TL-12 manufacturing capacity.
Q: What is the median tech level?
A: TL-10 goods are widely available. Higher tech levels are more expensive, as the capacity to manufacture them is limited in this subsector. Also, anything higher than TL-10 requires imported components.
Q: Why is Lewiatan, a planetoid belt, so highly populated?
A: Lewiatan consists of a single, enormous gas giant that captured and tore apart the rest of the system, creating a ring system that's rich with minerals. Since 800 this system has been the site of a massive "gold rush." Millions of employees and contractors live and work in these rings or on the planetoid-spaceport, and they make a fortune. The median annual salary of a Leviatan laborer is 200 KCr.
Q: Why is the law level so high in Lewiatan?
The early days of the resource rush were rife with inter-corporate violence, piracy, claim jumping and fraud. To put an end to this, a joint venture, BKL (Bezpieczeństwa Korporacja Lewiatan), was formed to maintain law and order (and to keep competitors out). BKL is by agreement the sole armed presence of any kind allowed in the system, other than Imperial vessels. To live, trade, or work in this system requires sponsorship from a corporation with a BKL charter; only corporate employees or contractors may obtain such a sponsorship. Anyone without sponsorship, or whose sponsorship is revoked (because they are fired), or who commits a petty crime, is subject to arrest, confiscation of their ship and all goods, and deportation on a low berth back to the Polish Main - assuming of course that BKL is feeling lenient. The usual punishment for more serious crimes is death by spacing.
Q: How may my corporation obtain a BKL charter?
A: Obtaining a BKL charter is difficult - the application fee is 100 MCr (nonrefundable), and the application must be approved by a majority vote of BKL's board of directors. Since the board of directors is appointed by the various mining companies that already operate in Lewiatan, such approvals are rare.
Q: How much is known about P9123?
A: Only that the entire system is an Imperial red zone, and that it has at least two gas giants, both visible from Spokojny.
Q: What is rumored about P9123?
A: The most popular theory is that P9123 is home to an Imperial research station that is conducting secret experiments. This theory is supported by reports of occasional Imperial BCS fleets jumping to and returning from an unknown location from the naval base in Zielony.
A: 24 total. Most of these are along the two mains - seven in the Polish Main, eight in the Russian Main, with Porne connecting the two. The other eight, including P9123, are all coreward of the mains.
Q: What are the worlds in the Russian Main?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Novy Stalingrad - A-66466A-A - a Russian colony dominated by manufacturing, ruled from Novy Muscovy.
Illyria - B-446545-9 - an ancient Serbian colony that has been democratic for thousands of years, allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Novy Muscovy - A-66399D-A - the subsector capital, and de-facto capital of the Russian Main; a Russian colony whose vast metroplexes are governed by a heavy-handed, inscrutable bureaucracy. The oppressive enforcement of regulations sets the tone for the rest of the main. Seat of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Neterpimost - C-6679CF-7 - the Ancient Russian Orthodox Church, an offshoot cult of the Russian Orthodox Church, rules this planet with a benevolent but iron fist. Allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Ad - D-8C727A-7 - Theoretically governed from Novy Muscovy, in practice ruled by competing automated mining interests. The several hundred inhabitants maintain the mining equipment against the effects of the fluorine atmosphere. Most of them rotate out every 91 days.
Novy Vladivostok - B-766667-6 - a Russian colony dedicated mostly to agriculture, ruled from Novy Muscovy.
Novy Izhevsk - A-6A8566-D - a Novy Muscovy colony dedicated to R&D and TL-13 manufacturing.
Veselye - D-787586-6 - an ancient Ukrainian colony, allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Q: What are the systems in the Polish main?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Otoczak - C-420666-7 - The main world of which is a Druga mining colony.
Druga - A-998A98-C - The de-facto capital of the Polish Main; A Polish colony dotted with huge spires, ruled in theory by an elected President and Parliament, but in practice by an impersonal bureaucracy.
Ostrov - B-657131-A - The main world is a manufacturing and mining station owned by one very wealthy family.
Zielony - A-745675-A - Home to about two dozen colonies of various ancient nationalities, kept in line by Drugan hegemony.
Mily - A-5542311-A - Three worlds in this system are corporate-owned mining and manufacturing stations.
Spokajny - A-543650-C - The main world of this system is home to Sierpinsky University, a sector-class institution of higher learning founded in the early days of the Ramshackle Empire. The University now runs the affairs of the main world, making it a de-facto technocratic bureaucracy, with government rank tied to academic rank, and the Provost as head-of-state. It is allied to Druga by treaty.
Piekny - B-895310-8 - The main world in this system is home to a corporate-owned mining and manufacturing station.
Q: How do Druga and Novy Muscovy exercise power in their respective mains?
A: Druga dominates the Polish main through economic hegemony. Drugan companies and business concerns run affairs in about half the systems of the Polish Main, and the rest of the worlds are tied to Druga through trade. By way of contrast, the Novy Muscovy government actually governs, directly, three other systems (Novy Stalingrad, Novy Izhevsk, Novy Vladivostok) in addition to Novy Muscovy, and has done so since midway through Twilight. The other systems in the Main are allied to Novy Muscovy by treaty.
Q: Where is Porne situated?
A: Porne (A-767885-A) is situated at the Spinward end of the Russian Main, where it joins with the Polish Main.
Q: Who runs Porne?
A: Porne is an independent world governed primarily by a sex workers' union.
Q: How did the sex workers' union come to rule Porne, and how do they stay in power?
A: During the Interstellar Wars and the Ramshackle Empire, this system was the gateway to the subsector, and the prostitutes became the de-facto local government, settling disputes and overseeing social services such as education and health care. After Twilight fell, Porne found themselves fighting for survival. They made a deal with Russian and Polish business and political interests - in exchange for their recognizing the sex workers' union as the legitimate government of Porne, the union agreed to lax regulation and light taxation of all corporate ventures. The subsequent influx of capital and trade literally kept Porne alive through the Long Night. With the Third Imperium, Porne is again the gateway to the subsector. Due to Porne's traditionally lax regulations, Imperial megacorporations have established subsector headquarters, and in some cases sector headquarters, in this system. Even at Porne's low tax rates, their tax revenues are greater than Druga's and Novy Muscovy's combined.
Q: Do the members of the sex workers' union still do sex work?
A: Naturally. To earn promotion within the ranks of the union, one must demonstrate not only competence in governance and (in higher ranks) statesmanship, but also proficiency in sex work. A night with a sitting member of the board of directors costs one million credits, and is said to be worth it.
Q: Why do the members of the sex workers' union still do sex work?
A: The conventional wisdom on Porne is that a government official who can become wealthy from honest sex work is nearly incorruptible.
Q: What are the worlds coreward of the two mains?
A: They are, from spinward to trailward, coreward to rimward:
Rai - C-342201-9 - A colony, founded 959, of pilgrims of the Ancient Russian Orthodox Church.
Neiszczecie - B-300732-7 - The main world of this once-thriving system was destroyed by a Virus-infected warship; the remaining inhabitants make do on an airless moon. Without regular contact from Drugan merchants, this system would die off.
Jasny - C-254133-A - a recently re-established Drugan mining and manufacturing colony.
Chest - E-689432-2 - A Russian colony that degenerated to barbarism during the Long Night. It is a testament to ancient Russian engineering that the landing beacon still operates.
Zbedny - A-200767-9 - Polish explorers originally came to this system, found no habitable planets, and decided it was worthless. Druga re-colonized this system for mineral extraction.
Lewiatan - C-00077B-8 - A planetoid belt rich in minerals. Details below.
Prosperita - X-577684-0 - A former Czech colony that fell apart during the Long Night. Nuclear war destroyed their civilization, and the dirty bombs cut them off from outside contact for centuries. The descendants of the survivors live in a stone-age society ruled by caste system of shamans and fire-keepers.
P9123 - unknown - Red Zone
Q: What is the maximum tech level in the subsector?
A: The Russian Main's maximum tech level is TL-13, with some forays into TL-14 antimatter technology, at Novy Izhevsk. The Polish Main's maximum tech level is TL-12, found at both Druga and Spokajny; Spokajny also dabbles in antimatter technology up to TL-14. The Russian Main's nominal technological superiority is tempered by the fact that their TL-13 manufacturing capacity is very limited in comparison to the Polish Main's TL-12 manufacturing capacity.
Q: What is the median tech level?
A: TL-10 goods are widely available. Higher tech levels are more expensive, as the capacity to manufacture them is limited in this subsector. Also, anything higher than TL-10 requires imported components.
Q: Why is Lewiatan, a planetoid belt, so highly populated?
A: Lewiatan consists of a single, enormous gas giant that captured and tore apart the rest of the system, creating a ring system that's rich with minerals. Since 800 this system has been the site of a massive "gold rush." Millions of employees and contractors live and work in these rings or on the planetoid-spaceport, and they make a fortune. The median annual salary of a Leviatan laborer is 200 KCr.
Q: Why is the law level so high in Lewiatan?
The early days of the resource rush were rife with inter-corporate violence, piracy, claim jumping and fraud. To put an end to this, a joint venture, BKL (Bezpieczeństwa Korporacja Lewiatan), was formed to maintain law and order (and to keep competitors out). BKL is by agreement the sole armed presence of any kind allowed in the system, other than Imperial vessels. To live, trade, or work in this system requires sponsorship from a corporation with a BKL charter; only corporate employees or contractors may obtain such a sponsorship. Anyone without sponsorship, or whose sponsorship is revoked (because they are fired), or who commits a petty crime, is subject to arrest, confiscation of their ship and all goods, and deportation on a low berth back to the Polish Main - assuming of course that BKL is feeling lenient. The usual punishment for more serious crimes is death by spacing.
Q: How may my corporation obtain a BKL charter?
A: Obtaining a BKL charter is difficult - the application fee is 100 MCr (nonrefundable), and the application must be approved by a majority vote of BKL's board of directors. Since the board of directors is appointed by the various mining companies that already operate in Lewiatan, such approvals are rare.
Q: How much is known about P9123?
A: Only that the entire system is an Imperial red zone, and that it has at least two gas giants, both visible from Spokojny.
Q: What is rumored about P9123?
A: The most popular theory is that P9123 is home to an Imperial research station that is conducting secret experiments. This theory is supported by reports of occasional Imperial BCS fleets jumping to and returning from an unknown location from the naval base in Zielony.
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