Damaris
“By the Throne, would you look at this! Barely a stone to fly around, no xenos, no grav-tides, nothing. There’s money to be made here, lads. Easy money.” - Rogue Trader Markus Forsellis.
Near the Coreward end of the God-Emperor’s Scourge, bathed in the faint, flickering, bruise-colored light of the distant Void Dancer’s Roil, lays the small and unassuming Forsellis system. Centred on the star Forsellis, a brilliant blue giant of immense size and power, it was first charted by the Rogue Trader Markus Forsellis nearly one thousand years ago. It is sparsely inhabited for its size, has little in the way of resources, and no known archaeological or anthropological sites of interest. Its one habitable planet, Damaris, lies halfway between the star and the vast ice fields at the edge of the system and is home to a relatively young and burgeoning Imperial colony. The rest of the system consists mainly of gas giants, barren rocks with trace atmospheres and the aforementioned ice fields, a treacherous, ever-shifting expanse of ice asteroids the size of moons that ring the system like a wall.
Beyond this wall lies a wide-open space free of serious navigation hazards like asteroid fields or heavy gravity tides, meaning the system is quite easy to navigate once clear of the ice fields. This easy navigation has turned the system into something of a trading hub, which has allowed Damaris a higher standard of living than would otherwise be possible in such a backwater. While the inner system has been exhaustively charted, and the planets close to Damaris surveyed for any available resources, the system does still hold secrets. The ice fields, known colloquially as The Frozen Reaches, remain largely unexplored due to their treacherous gravity tides and the ever-shifting ice. What little is known about them revolves around the super-massive gas giant Skadi that broods at the outer limits of the Reaches, holding close any secrets it may possess.
Sadly, the peace and quiet enjoyed for generations of Damarans is about to be brutally shattered. Savage Orks have massed on the borders of the system, banding together in the wilderness of the Reaches for an assault on Damaris. Calls for help from the Planetary Government have gone largely unanswered, and rumors are that even the Imperium has abandoned the people of Damaris to their ugly fate at the hands of the greenskins.
Notable Locales Damaris City The Gubernatorial Palace Damaris City Walls Enforcer Magistratum Fortress Daedelus Command Bunker Industrial Infrastructure Sphinx's Landing Starport Levy Bunkers and Outposts Levy Training Fields Planetary Infrastructure Shard's Forge Shrine of Saint Drusus Farming Communes Notable Personalities Bishop Mikael Arint Rogue Trader Jeremiah Blitz Rogue Trader Lady Elizabeth Orleans General Remi Dante Governor Belkan Kapak Lord-Captain Sylvia Locke Commander Orran Reynolds Tech-Priest Hadron Shard Marshall Solaria Thrace Astropath Kevil Stasys
Notable Locales Damaris City The Gubernatorial Palace Damaris City Walls Enforcer Magistratum Fortress Daedelus Command Bunker Industrial Infrastructure Sphinx's Landing Starport Levy Bunkers and Outposts Levy Training Fields Planetary Infrastructure Shard's Forge Shrine of Saint Drusus Farming Communes Notable Personalities Bishop Mikael Arint Rogue Trader Jeremiah Blitz Rogue Trader Lady Elizabeth Orleans General Remi Dante Governor Belkan Kapak Lord-Captain Sylvia Locke Commander Orran Reynolds Tech-Priest Hadron Shard Marshall Solaria Thrace Astropath Kevil Stasys
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