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- Joined
- Dec 24, 2023
- Location
- Scandinavia
Weydan system
In orbit around Weydan - 4
Abdius 21st, 324 AG
Long-range scans initiated by scientists of the Pact Worlds and the Veskarium working together recently detected a binary star system in the Vast that seems devoid of sentient inhabitants. They named it the Weydana system in honor of Weydan, the deity of discovery and exploration. With a variety of biomes and an abundance of natural resources, Weydana’s fourth planet was theorized to be an untouched utopia. The two governments of the Pact Worlds and the Veskarium created a joint effort called Project: Horizon with the vision of settling Weydana-4, or “New Harmony,” and harvesting its resources. They divided the most lucrative portions of the planet into charters, then sold the charters to corporations and other wealthy entities with the promise that the governments would purchase any resources the charters worked to obtain. The patrons holding the charters needed hardy explorers to extract the planet’s resources and prepare the land for long-term habitation.In orbit around Weydan - 4
Abdius 21st, 324 AG
To that purpose, the Zenniledie Labs had hired four very skilled individuals to lead this effort. It was the somewhat well known human singer Cayden Vellewyn, the android journalist Leda, the tieflind doctor Nevautu and the aasimar ....
They had just over ten thousand square miles to make their own, and the opportunities seemed boundless.
A Star Settler was capable of long-term operation with minimal power and featured vast solar panels on its exterior that gathered enough energy to maintain basic functionality even in the darkest depths of space. It was also fitted with a Drift engine for when such long-term travel isn't practical. While not intended for combat by any stretch of the imagination, the Star Settler did possess armament for defense should the need arise. But the most interesting feature of the vessel was its modularity: though a Star Settler was too large to make landfall on a planet, it could be broken down into individual pieces in orbit to provide ready-made structures for settlers to inhabit and use.
The Burnished Dawn, looked more like a flying cube than an actual spaceship.
To help the management team, a small cache of equipment had been made available.
For each member of the group, the Zenniledie Labs had provided:
- Emergency beacon
- Emergency Kit
- Set of Environmental Clothing - with company logo
- Canteen - with company logo
- Lighter - with company logo
- Mess kit - with company logo
And for the whole team, the following was provided:
- Self heating pot
- 4 doses of Antibiotics - tier 1
- 4 doses of Antitoxin - tier 1
- 6 doses of serum of healing Mk 1
- Hunting rifle with 50 rounds
- Pulsecaster Rifle with 1 battery
- Set of binoculars
- Basic medkit
Now the Burnished Dawn had finally arrived in orbit around Weydana-4. It had been a long trip through the Drift to get there, but the Burnished Dawn and accompanying fleet had finally arrived at their new home, laden with construction materials, food, data scans, and, of course, the settlers who number just over two dozen people. The chief advisor to the management team, assigned by the Zenniledie Labs, Erizand Shyre, met with them on the bridge of the Burnished Dawn as its orbit took them above the slice of land they had been assigned. Scans had shown that a rainstorm recently swept through, likely leaving it washed clean and glistening with dew.
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