Kimball II       
Star Type: G1V
Position in System: 2 (of 7)
Number of Moons: None
Days to Jump Point: 10
Surface Water: 74%
Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
Surface Gravity: 1.10
Equatorial Temp: 57� C
Highest Native Life: Birds
Population: 2,510,000,000
Governor: Ubanda Tomakali
Planetary Legate: Felix Endarr
Kimball II is the more heavily populated of two inhabited worlds in the Kimball system. Both the system and the worlds take their name from Lorenzo Kimball, a wealthy twenty-first-century industrial magnate from Terra�s North American continent, whose family settled the system for the abundance of rich metallic resources on the planets and in the local asteroid belt. Though the Kimballs largely resided on Terra, members of that distinguished family financed and led the expeditions to establish colonies on Kimball II and IV. Kimball II, by far the more hospitable world�if a bit warm�boasted ample water and agricultural resources on two of its four main continents, compared to water-poor Kimball IV�s murky atmosphere of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Thus, the bulk of the Kimball family�s efforts went toward developing Kimball II. Rich veins of metal ores, particularly on the rocky desert landmasses of Vanassay and Warsaw�both of which straddle the equator�made them an ideal haven for mining and refining operations. Meanwhile, the fertile northern and southern continents�Hestelle and Triasha, respectively�became the basis for sufficient farming and ranching to sustain the population of both worlds. Kimball II�s exports, which mostly consisted of various industrial- and military-grade metals and metal parts for heavy agricultural, industrial, and military machinery, complemented the bauxite mining exports of Kimball IV, quickly establishing the Kimball family�s dominance of the industrial metal trade in the region. This prosperity carried the Kimballs into their alliance with the Igota family of Thorin, an alliance that ultimately spawned the star-spanning corporate empire known today as Ceres Metals.

After the fall of the Star League, of course, the wealth of the Kimball system led to a series of battles for this world. By 2932, Kimball II had changed hands over a dozen times between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Draconis Combine. Fighting for the less hospitable world of Kimball IV was only slightly less intense, even though the planet�s meager population and a defense force consisting of specialized helicopters presented minimal challenge to any invaders. The fighting ravaged much of the planet�s industry, but thankfully spared most of the civilian population centers because of the distance between most of these communities and the planet�s major industrial centers. Fighting over Kimball II continued all the way up to the Jihad, with the last administrators of the planet, the Draconis Combine, battling mercenaries employed by the Word of Blake for control of the planet during that war.
The Combine agreed to cede Kimball II to Devlin Stone�s Republic of the Sphere only after first securing favored trading rights over the planet�s output, an issue that raised the ire of the Lyran Alliance, which claimed that its prior dominion of the world through much of its history made it a Lyran territory. A compromise was eventually reached that granted both Successor States access to this industrial planet�s exports, and allowed The Republic to plant its flag in the capital and spaceport city of Lorenzopolis, on the southern continent, Triasha. Lorenzopolis is also home to a branch office of the still-active Ceres Metals corporation.
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