Tlaiowaha {Tlaiowaha} 1928
Tlaiowaha
- UWP: B420954–E
- Trade Codes: Hi, In, Po, Na, De, Ht (Hellworld)
- Sector: Trojan Reach
- Subsector: Tlaiowaha
- Government: Tlaukhu Bloc 7 (Ikhtealyo, Tlerlearlyo, Yetahikh Clans)
- Base(s): Aslan Tlaukhu Base
- Cultural Tags: Bureaucracy, Warrior Culture, Survivalist, Class-Stratified
- B Starport: Good-quality. Refined fuel, repair, and berthing available.
- 4 Size: 4,000 km diameter (about Mars-sized). Very low gravity.
- 2 Atmosphere: Very thin (requires respirators for long exposure).
- 0 Hydrographics: No free-standing water — true desert world.
- 9 Population: ~1+ billion sophonts. Dense urban megastructures.
- 5 Government: Feudal technocracy (Clan-controlled with formal hierarchy).
- 4 Law Level: Light firearms allowed, but heavier weapons are restricted.
- E Tech Level: 14 — High-tech world with advanced systems.
- From orbit, Tlaiowaha appears as a burnt-red globe cloaked in atmospheric haze, pockmarked by mining pits and arid megacities buried beneath thermal shielding. Its skies shimmer with dust-storm halos, and the surface is scored with fusion furnace glow.
- Orbiting the planet is a dense ring of satellites, tugs, and shipyard fragments, most clustered around the Tlaukhu Base, which functions as a multi-purpose military-industrial command post. Starships are birthed in orbital bays, and troop carriers descend into fortified landing fields.
- Though a Type-B starport, it runs at near-A-level capacity due to its strategic location and industrial exports.
- The world is run by Tlaukhu Bloc 7, composed of:
- Clan Ikhtealyo: Strategic planners and administrative overlords.
- Clan Tlerlearlyo: Industrial masters and architects.
- Clan Yetahikh: Elite desert combatants, survivalists, and scouts.
- Hierarchy is rigid, structured by merit, survival, and lineage. Power flows through clan fiefs, with each sector of the planet belonging to a different industrial-guild or military caste.
- Vertical caste-divided arcologies
- Ration-based economies
- Combat duels to resolve labor disputes
- Strict water/resource control by the Tlaukhu
- Color Palette: Iron gray, burnt copper, oxidized orange, blue-white plasma glows.
- Structures: Brutalist slab architecture, dome-shelters, fusion spires venting into open sky.
- Fashion: Heat-resistant dust robes, ornate breathing masks, and ceramic armor adorned with clan sigils.
- The hiss of regulators
- Deep bass hum of turbines
- Clangs of alloy-smithing
- Occasional screams from dueling pits
Geography
Environmental & Survival Conditions
- Atmosphere: Thin and dry; breath masks required after ~20 minutes outside.
- Climate: Equatorial temperatures often exceed 60°C (140°F). Night drops to freezing.
- Terrain: Cragged, eroded basaltic ranges; flat salt pans; industrial slag fields.
- Duststorms carrying corrosive particulates.
- Seismic microquakes around mining sites.
- Radiation leaks in poorly maintained industrial zones.
- Predatory fauna adapted to heat and scarcity.
Localized Phenomena
Hellworlds often offer daily, and sometimes hourly, life-threatening situations to their inhabitants. Survivors often develop intense survival skills and tend to be grim realists.
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Tourism
Point of Interest: Tlaiowaha Anchorage
- “Claws of Iron, Heart of the Pride”
- Location: High orbit above Tlaiowaha (Trojan Reach, Tlaiowaha Subsector)
- Function: Aslan Sector Military Command, Ceremonial Hall, Strategic Starport
- Tlaiowaha Anchorage is not merely a base — it is the pride of the Hierate's military might in the Trojan Reach, the largest and most heavily fortified Aslan military installation in the entire sector. Its design is part battleship, part palace, part fortress monastery — radiating both functional dominance and ancestral majesty.
- Although it floats above a dying desert world, Tlaiowaha Anchorage is the jewel of Bloc 7’s power and prestige, a place where war is forged and honor displayed in equal measure.
- The Anchorage is a multi-tiered orbital fortress, spanning dozens of kilometers in diameter. Built in concentric rings connected by armored transit tubes and energy conduits, it resembles a massive star-flower from above, its petals forming dockyards, hangars, and ceremonial spires.
- Alloyed titanium hull plating, sandblasted black and burnished with gold-etched clan runes.
- Shielded domes rise like sentinels over military courts and parade platforms.
- Inner chambers use a blend of crystal lighting, woven metallic banners, and polished volcanic stone to invoke the gravitas of a warrior dynasty.
- Oversees all military operations in the subsector.
- Contains starship tactical coordination suites, logistics AI cores, and Bloc 7's war councils.
- Heavily shielded — accessible only to high-caste officers and vetted Tlaukhu advisors.
- A massive, open-air vacuum-sealed chamber designed for diplomatic functions, clan oaths, and displays of ritualized honor.
- Adorned with towering ancestral statues, gold-inlaid dueling rings, and ancestral flags spanning millennia.
- Used to host Imperium dignitaries, visiting Ihatei warbands, or internal political rites.
- Holds thousands of Aslan system defense boats, long-range patrol ships, and rapid-deployment troop carriers.
- Capable of drydocking capital-class vessels.
- Features autonomous repair modules, gravity cranes, and ceremonial launch platforms used in clan-blessing rituals before battle.
- High-security internal levels containing:
- Classified weapon prototypes
- Tactical histories
- Clan relics of immense cultural value
- Guarded by Phantom Honor Guard, cybernetically enhanced warriors bonded to the base by blood-vow.
- Designed specifically to impress non-Aslan visitors — especially Imperium officials or high-ranking merchant delegates.
- Each suite is crafted in the guest’s cultural idiom — but with subtle Aslan superiority layered throughout.
- Panoramic views of Tlaiowaha and the starfield remind guests they are guests of an empire that endures in fire.
- Relentless martial discipline (honor drills, strategic simulations, survival trials)
- Elaborate ceremonial etiquette, especially among the officers and guests
- Ritual duels, conducted in zero-G chambers for both justice and entertainment
- A strong undercurrent of competition between the three ruling clans (Ikhtealyo, Tlerlearlyo, Yetahikh)
- Smells: Clean air scrubbed with hints of ceremonial incense and machine oil.
- Sounds: Deep, echoing chimes marking hour-cycles; the rhythmic hum of grav plating; the barked orders of drillmasters.
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