Algot          
Star Type: G2IV
Position in System: 5 (of 9)
Number of Moons: 1 (Victoria�s Jewel)
Days to Jump Point: 9
Surface Water: 56%
Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
Surface Gravity: 1.1
Equatorial Temp: 48� C
Highest Native Life: Plants
Population: 2,321,735,000
Governor: Torre Swensen
Planetary Legate: Marissa Chaca
An original world of the old Tikonov Union, Algot was one of the first worlds settled and colonized by the early Tikonov explorers. A small but fertile planet, Algot began returning on the investments of its new settlers almost immediately. Algot became�for a time�a major industrial center, second only to Tikonov itself. Specializing in computer- and electronics-related sciences, Algot was one of the most populous worlds in the region at the beginning of the 29th century. Since that time, however, both population and technologies have declined markedly.

This decline is partially due to a mysterious plague that hit in 2822 and disappeared just as mysteriously the following year. The main factor in the decline of the population was the heavy emigration and the lack of immigration after Algot gained a reputation for being a health danger. For the past two and a half centuries, however, the health of the general population has been exceptionally good. Native Algotians do not let on that they have the third-longest life expectancy in Davion space. This is due to their fear that new waves of immigration would spoil the quality of rivers, mountain ranges, and resorts that make the planet one of the Inner Sphere�s more pleasant worlds.

Algot has only one continent, Camellias, which is about the size of the Terran continent of Africa. It is situated in both the northern and southern hemispheres. With warm and temperate climates, Camellias� northern reaches are the most fertile, supplying the planet with all the food needed to sustain life. The capital city, Algot Prime, was founded on the northeastern cost of the continent. The location was chosen because of fertile fishing grounds and an island off the coast that would eventually be used to build a large spaceport. The southern part of the continent is mostly desert. A desert city, Cassol, is just north of the equator and is the regional capital. It was a large storage area for the AFFS. South of Cassol is Lake Ochiba, a large freshwater lake covering some 85,000 square kilometers. The lake supplies water for industries and local cities.

When the Jihad came to Algot, the Blakists used the planet�s own history against itself. Using disabling poisons to subdue the planet, they took the world with minimal force, though they did have to firebomb the military compound outside of Cassol, destroying the AFFS unit stationed there.
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