Brizeno

• Breathable Atmosphere
• Temperate Biosphere
• TL4 with Restrictions
• Millions of Inhabitants

Brizeno and the Astrian Alliance The Astrian Alliance was a powerful faction within the Black Sun Consortium during the war with the Tenebrean Empire, supplying Black Sun with one of the most valuable assets--Psychics. Upon the defeat of Black Sun, the Astrian survivors of the war returned home to the Brizeno system to lick their wounds and consolidate power. Despite the loss, they still boasted the largest psychic academy in the surrounding sectors which aided greatly in their restoration.   Then came the scream. The capital city of Astria was torn asunder and the very earth scarred by the large population of psychics and the destruction they wreaked. The academy was similarly ruined, though the destruction was relatively contained as it was mostly occupied by students. The survivors slowly gathered, congregating across the sea, far from the ruins and the dangerous feral psychics who now live there.   Over the last three years people have gathered, some still trickling in even now after surviving in the wilds for so long. A city was formed: New Astria. And a newer settlement is growing further north. Salvage teams are periodically sent into the ruins of Old Astria, braving the ferals for precious pretech and other supplies. But reports of another group salvaging the ruins are surfacing, their allegiance as of yet unknown. The Alliance is lacking in allies, the once semi-friendly Zadack on the moon have been silent since the scream and the fate of the naturally psychic aliens unclear. One thing is clear: only the strong survive. Strength of arms, strength of technology, strength of numbers. The Astrian Alliance will need all of these to regain the stars and restore their reputation as a galactic force.   As The Healing occurred, and the Feral Psychics fell silent, the skies were darkened by the ships Etxaurren slavers, who now dominate the planet and all the people living there. Astrian symbols have been torn down and smashed with hammers. The people are thralls, and a simulacrum of a beautiful Aztec Pyramid now rises where the center of a free government once stood.Brizeno and its moon was once home to a proud group of Post-Scream refugees who emigrated from across the sea to form a new settlement. New Astria and the Astrian Alliance was born from the rubble , striding proudly across the world of Brizeno.     The wider universe first learned of the world in 2668 when an Astrian Intelligence Service member named Rey made it to the United Nations of Worlds and pled with the leadership there for assistance. A military campaign was hastily put together but the lack of combat ships made punching through the orbital defenses put in place by the Etxaurren an impossible task. The Zadak were able to move some refugees from Brizeno's moon to be resettled in UNW territory but the offensive was widely considered a failure.   In December of 2668 Brizeno would be visited again. This time Phemno Mining Guild placed their planet cracker in orbit and demanded one hundred billion credits from the Galatea Council. Hesitant to lose a populated world but refusing to give in to criminal threats a hastily assembled fleet of Aphroditan Guild of Exploration and Trade, Lamplighter Foundation, New Moon Cooperative, and Void Warden vessels raced south to confront CEO Eduardo del Sallas Bartel and his small armada. Other notables such as Typasius the Veteran of the Exalted Path and Barnabas Stransy , Captain of the Cool Springs also joined the fighting at no small personal cost to themselves.   The planet cracker was destroyed after a major battle where both fleets were nearly annihilated. Orbital scans taken after revealed that In New Astria you can see that a large sacrificial pyramid has been constructed in the middle of of the town. Footprints of former buildings around it show where the town was razed in some places to both clear the site and provide enough building materials to get the foundations started. Dozens of strong-points around the city keep the ones brave and strong citizens of the Astrian Alliance in bondage forced to build, farm, work, and fight on behalf of their overlords. The moon is likewise infested with Etxaurren raiders and their war-thralls despite a campaign by the Knights of Draconis and some UNW members to thin the ranks. Evacuation of some of the Zadak was all that had been achieved at the time.   Any kind of open landing on the moon or planet itself will see you in an endless expanse of hostile territory.