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| New Home
Star Type: G4IV Position in System: 1 (of 5) Number of Moons: 1 (Neville) Days to Jump Point: 8 Surface Water: 66% Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable) Surface Gravity: 0.99 Equatorial Temp: 34� C Highest Native Life: Birds Population: 1,065,000,000 Governor: Clarence Whitman Planetary Legate: Ramier Burr |
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| Another early Terran colony world, established during humanity�s first tentative steps to the stars, the features that drew many to New Home were the planet�s pleasant and temperate climate, mountainous, resource-rich highlands, and many freshwater lakes and rivers. Industries looking to exploit the planet�s mineral, chemical, and metal wealth flocked to New Home and set up shop with scores of hopeful young settlers looking to eke out a living on a brave new world. The large, pole-to-pole supercontinent of Spina Planetia, dominated by a central mountain chain called the Great Spine Mountains, drew the majority of the new colonists, who established cities and mining operations along the coastal regions and mountain bases. Many more, however, found the two secondary continents of Goldwynn and Arbergeiht, both located in the southern hemisphere, equally suitable for habitation, and there they set up smaller towns and agricultural communities. Findler, the capital city, was built on the northeastern plains of Spina Planetia, facing the eastern Tomagasso Ocean. Mann, site of the planet�s largest spaceport, was established 700 kilometers to the south. When the Terran Hegemony placed New Home under its aegis, the world�s strategic location, so close to Terra, necessitated the placement of an elaborate space defense network on the planet and in orbit around it. Much to the SLDF�s dismay, this network fell under the control of the Usurper�s troops when the Amaris crisis began, and the entire marvel of Star League military engineering had to be destroyed in the campaign to liberate Terra. Ruled by the Capellans after the fall of the League, New Home was frequently raided by the Free Worlds League and the Federated Suns, and ultimately became part of the Federated Commonwealth after the Fourth Succession War. When the Commonwealth fractured in 3057, New Home was left without any direction, and fell into anarchy that only ended when the Word of Blake managed to seize control during their effort to establish a buffer zone around Terra. Unlike other worlds, New Home hardly resisted the change in leadership, preferring the rule of the fanatics to total chaos. This allowed the Blakists to stage several major operations from the planet in relative security. The fighting to liberate New Home and break the Jihad caused widespread damage, which The Republic of the Sphere has invested a great deal of time and resources to undo. | |||||||
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