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| Athenry
Star Type: F8IV Position in System: 1 (of 2) Number of Moons: 4 (Batha, Illusa, Kylos, & Zule) Days to Jump Point: 12 Surface Water: 88% Atm. Pressure: High (Breathable) Surface Gravity: 1.04 Equatorial Temp: 40� C Highest Native Life: Birds Population: 1,789,567,000 Governor: Franklin Yamaguchi Planetary Legate: Taro Winters |
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| A warm world, with an oppressive atmosphere and active volcanoes in all four of its great island chains, Athenry resembles prehistoric Terra in many ways. Tropical foliage and steep, rocky mountains dominate most of the four island chains that make up the planet�s landmass. Too close to its sun for polar ice caps to form, the planet�s most habitable regions for the early Terran colonists were the highlands of the large islands in the northern and southern latitudes, where the air is thinner and the heat more bearable. Frequent rains keep the lowlands of Athenry lush, giving rise to exotic flora and thousands of interesting animal species. Many of the planet�s native life forms, scientists learned, held great medicinal potential, leading to the founding of the Athenry Institute of Medicine on the primary northern island of Golas, in the Larsen Chain. The AIM was destroyed by a tactical nuke during the First Succession War, however, leaving only a radioactive hulk where the facilities once stood. In recent years, after the Blakist Jihad and the influx of new inhabitants from Devlin Stone�s relocation plan, ancient ruins were uncovered in the thick jungles of the southern Zubeckis Chain, particularly on the secondary island of Vasquez. Studies of these ruins revealed that they are the remains of colonies established almost a full century before the first settlers were thought to have made planetfall on Athenry. Though no one knows what fate befell these colonists, the so-called Zubeckis ruins, which exhibit architectural styles and techniques common to Southeast Asian cultures of the 22nd century, have become a tourist attraction and an archaeological curiosity, drawing millions of visitors each year. The apparent capital of these ruined colonies has been dubbed �City of the Lost,� and parts of the site were recently opened to the public. Athenry�s capital city of New Senna is perched in the rocky mountains of Lisbon, the primary mass of the southern polar Espalar Chain. Though cities dot much of the Espalar, Zubeckis and Larsen Chains, only a few towns have been established on the mostly equatorial Wandessa Chain, largely due to the extreme temperatures and humidity of that region. Largest among these settlements is the seaport city of Ricobar, which serves as a port of call for the planet�s oceangoing trade. | ||||||||
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