Clarke

Formerly a garden world, Clarke was bombed by the Star Guard during the last years of the Kingdom of Drinax. Hundreds of thousands died when the old capital, Hiewad, was destroyed, and millions more starved in the years that followed as the dust clouds caused several years without a summer. Clarke’s technology base was similarly crippled; the planet was at TL14, but virtually all the high-technology facilities and services were concentrated at Hieward. Deprived of the high-tech medical facilities that could heal the sick and dying, the people of Clarke chose to preserve their mortally wounded in the hopes that when they rebuilt, they could be healed. This practice of freezing the dead quickly evolved into a religion that worshipped the dead. Today, everyone who dies on Clarke is immediately placed into a carbon-weave monolith and stored until the day of healing that will one day arrive.   The Psychopomp priests who control the preservation technology rule the planet. The reconstruction of Clarke’s technological base has slowed to a crawl; the priests know that if they recover the technology to heal those who were preserved in the monoliths, they would lose their position of authority in Clarke society. Therefore, the planet becomes ever more insular, ever more death-obsessed.   Today, the frozen dead on Clarke massively outnumber the living. The dead are everywhere, as the black monoliths are used as building materials in the dark, oppressive cities.  

Name	Location	Bases	Statistics	Trade Codes	Travel Code	Allegiance	Gas Giants
Clarke	0702		B899753-8