Aslief

• Atmosphere: Breathable Mix

• Biosphere: Human-miscible

• Population: Tens of Millions

• Tech Level: TL4

    The Aslief system consists of a dull pulsar star, an inhabited world and a gas giant with several barren moons orbiting it. Due to the weak star, the world is plunged into eternal darkness. The only life on this planet derives its energy from other sources, such as geothermal heat, extremely volatile chemical reactions in the planet's soil, or light in a non-visible spectrum. Most flora and fauna is voraciously eager to consume other life.   Shortly after The Scream, The Tenebrian Remnant raided the planet several times, first for resources, then for bodies to fill the holds of their troopships.   The Aslief government decided finally, to take a stand after being contacted by Silvano Mazzio and Seung Whittaker of the emergent United Nations of Worlds. The Remnant did not look kindly on the defiance, and sent the 45th Combined Arms Corps, along with a mindhunter unit to carry off as much as possible, leaving a ruined world in their wake. Several cities were on their last legs when reinforcements from The United Nations of Worlds entered the battle space, destroying the enemy fleet and scattering their forces on land.Santee and LaCrosse were both almost totally ruined in the fighting. Cove Neck also saw severe ruin- heavy guns used at almost point blank to bring down the buildings.   The orbital defense base and the nuclear testing base fared better, the targets of the most colonial aid. Commander Cole, the base commander for the nuclear installation was grateful for the help. The world government, now seated in Cove Neck, ousted Commander Cole for her ineffective defense of the planet, despite it not falling into Remnant hands anyway. She was later recruited into the Elysium Protectorate where she met her eventual demise.    Aslief was again visited by Robert Tanzer, and has agreed to hold its grievances about a lack of development a while longer, as more investment in the world was promised.  

Cove Neck

Cove Neck is situated on the western coast of Aslief's main landmass and has the distinction of being the only city on the planet to submit to Tenebrian Remnant occupation without a fight. This unwillingness to fight for the homeworld and later for the United Nations of Worlds is a stain on the honor of the people of Cove Neck when dealing with the rest of the planet, though most from Cove Neck believe they are the only ones that made the correct decision in those early post-Scream days.   Cove Neck suffered under bombardment by Nullmetallum shells during the fight to liberate the planet and as such the psionic academy has no field office in the city. Low levels of background Nulmetallum dust have rendered psionic skills impossible to use. Magic users suffer similar effects, unable to conjure the metaphysical energies needing to manifest effects.   The city is rebuilding with most of the construction just a few years old. A massive clock tower known as The Spire watches over the city, its construction designed so that it also works as a giant sundial casting its shadow across a segment of the city that moves with the time of day  

Harmony

  Harmony is located on the southeastern side of the planetary landmass and is rich in mineral wealth. Packs of the dangerous ghoul flesh eaters infest the countryside in this region and the government of the city commonly issues bounties to hunters willing to thin the packs that seem to repopulate from nowhere. If a nest is destroyed by day, other corpse eaters move in by night to feast on their comrades and in turn breed more of their numbers. Rich veins of common and rare metals are abundant in the region and convoys of these materials are often harassed by the flesh eaters on their way north to other destinations. Imports of food and other critical cargoes for the city face the same difficulties entering the region.   Those who live in the city often walk around armed.  

La Crosse

  La Crosse sits at the crossroads where the industrial northern half of the planet and agricultural southern half of the planet meet. The city is characterized by its large logistics hub for ground and rail traffic. The city was primitive before the time of The Scream and the resulting shortages of critical materials since then have made the dilapidated nature of the city outside the trade hub worse than ever.  

New Taurus

  New Taurus is a mining settlement in the northwest of the main planetary landmass. It is located south of a large semi active volcanic range and the tectonic activity there means mining is both dangerous and rewarding. New veins are continually pushed to the surface by the complicated dance of plates sliding against one another.   Thick walls surround the entire city manned by the planetary defense force. New Taurus is the planetary capital and was heavily contested during the Remnant occupation of the planet. While the city no longer has the scars of the fighting here, the legacy of it remains in its strong defenses constructed after the United Nations of Worlds liberated the planet. Connected to a former Remnant mining camp and the orbital defense base by long stretches of improved highway, New Taurus is a bastion from which governance of the world can be maintained in times of struggle. Its metals and finished products flow to the other cities and to the stars from a small starport built inside city limits.  

Santee

  Santee is located to the far south of the planetary landmass . The land is gentle and free of hills or mountains for hundreds of kilometers in every direction. The planet's main source of agriculture and ranching comes from this region thanks to the relatively flat area with farms, ranches, and the factories responsible for the creation of food all located in this region. The city itself is a massive collection of factories, processing plants and transport links via rail, road and air to the rest of the planet. Tens of thousands of workers live within the walled city all supporting the work happening in the surrounding countryside. The Remnant occupied the region during the planet's early Post-Scream history for both the food production and the transportation routes and most of this infrastructure is operating in a diminished capacity in the time since planetary liberation.