Acastus

• Engineered Biosphere
• Breathable Atmosphere
• TL4
• Tens of Millions of Inhabitants 

  Acastus is a night world, home of Marshal Provost Desmond O'Shea. It's nights are lit by neon lighting, volcanoes, and lightning. Acastus has three moons orbiting it, the time of day on the surface determined by which one is in its cycle. They are each marked with an alien rune large enough to be seen from far away.   The planet has fallen under the sway of an all pervading shadow cult, worshiping a being called The Still Lady. Her massive obelisk has been constructed in the middle of the largest city on planet, from where she commands her legion of cult followers and rules over the dominated population.   Near the end of 2666, a team from the UNW defeated The Still Lady, and left the planet. The Greystar Combine has since moved to install itself as planetary government in the resulting power vacuum.   The passage of time since then has seen the Greystar Confederation bring the planet into a developed state of if not prosperity, at least less dire economic condition. It was nearly doomed when the Fleshshaper Host sent an invasion fleet including two battle moons to the system, but a combined Greystar and UNW faction force barely managed to turn the invading fleet back.   As of late 2668, new settlements now dot the planet's surface, trade traffic now fills local space, and as the events of The Conjunction began, a rift appeared in the sky over the weak pulsar sun promising a new land full of opportunity just beyond. Greystar is here to stay, it seems, and in a world that has seen regime change as often as one changes seasons, the people now begin to think that their lives have a sense of permanence after all.   2669 saw the completion of an overland road between Ash City and Marmora, allowing the free flow of goods overland. The wilds of Acastus have made shipping prospects like this dangerous and logistical transport like this has only been made possible thanks to the era of peace The Greystar Confederation has been able to provide.