Important Info: Coriolis

POPULATION: According to the census of CC61, Coriolis has lash permanent residents The numher of occunants with temporary residence permits was at the time of the census 189,453. Semi-intelligences and slummers in the Cellar were no incuces in the census. out heir numbers are keotow ov the purges of the Coriolis Guard PHYSICAL DATA. The station measures 6.136 meters from the Cellar to the top of the Spire. The diameter of the Ring is 3,540 meters and that of the Core is 1,500 meters at its widest point. The four larger plazas are 604 meters in diameter. CALENDAR. One Coriolis Cycle is divided into 336 davs. Each dav is orviced into walches on six hours each - mornino. dav. evenino and night. The cycle is divided into nine 37-day segments, each devoted to one con rach seament engs with an extended rest period, and after each triad - three segments - a special holiday is celebrated. The three holidays are the Founding, the Cyclade or New Years eve, and the Pilgrimaria • LAW AND ORDER: The Coriolis Guard is the keeper of the peace, both on the station and in the surrounding space, and is under the direct control or the Governor The ludicators who have exten. sive authority to investigate, make arrests, and, in some cases, punish the guilty parties on the scene, handle serious criminality. The Judicators answer to the courts, who are independent from the Governor and the Council. but who rule in accordance with the law of the station.
If you are new to the station, Coriolis will offer plenty of sights and activities, but there are a few things all new arrivals should know. BIRR AND CASH Monetary transactions on Coriolis are usually handled electron- ically, by using tags, although smaller payments can of course be made in cash. It is wise to have two tags: one for information (licenses, addresses, insurances, medical records, etc.) and one for your money. A transactor is a safer medium if you wish to keep everything in one place as it is locked to your bio code – ordinary tags are only protected by a numeric code. THE INFO TERMINALS The info terminals on Coriolis supply people on the station with all sorts of useful information, and they are veritable gold mines to a data spider. All information on the infonet will sooner or later leak out, even private messages from forums and password protected areas. The factions’ communications use the same net- work but generally have stronger encryption. The station’s secu- rity and defense systems run on a separate encrypted network that can only be accessed by the terminals inside Administrative Services, the headquarters of the Guard, and a few other places. Attempts to get at this information are criminal acts and will trig- ger swift reprisal from the Judicators.
WORK Anyone is free to come and work on Coriolis, but to gain access to basic health care you need to purchase a work permit. These are supplied by Administrative Services in the Core at a cost of 100 birr per CC.
BUSINESS There are no mandatory taxes on Coriolis, but if you wish to start a business, you need to pay for a business license. The license must be renewed every cycle, and the cost depends on the type of your business.
HOUSING If you intend to stay on the station for a longer period of time, renting a room or a module in a family-run boarding house would be a good idea. As the small businesses generally cannot afford any holo or modulate advertising, they can be tricky to find com- pared to regular hotels. Staying in a hotel for more than a few days will be very expensive however, unless you choose one of the cheap coffin-style hotels common in the spaceports. Buying your own living module is expensive, but a very good investment.
LAW AND ORDER The law of the station is enforced by the Coriolis Guard who answers to the Governor. For serious crimes, there is a special division, the Judicators, who work directly under the criminal courts. Both the Guard and the Judicators are mandated to sen- tence criminals on the scene for a number of crimes. The Guard can order corporal punishments such as whippings or public humiliation. The Judicators can order public mutilations and also sentence someone to death, if they can justify it. Incarceration on the station is always short and reserved for cases of public intox- ication or lunacy. Longer sentences are served in forced labor camps on Kua. Fines are common, often in addition to other pun- ishment. Suicide is a crime that leads to confiscation of all assets to prevent people from indebting themselves and then commit- ting suicide to save their families from repossession.
HEALTH CARE Through the work permit you have access to several private med- ical facilities on the station. There are usually block doctors in the larger residential areas. Those without a work permit can visit the Samaritan Sanatorium and its adjacent hospital. SPIRITUALITY Icon chapels can be found everywhere across the station and the preachers there are at your service in exchange for some small gift. The Church of the Icons can also help you in their Dome in the Core, but reserve more extensive aid for their members. Membership is free, however. TRANSPORTATION Most people in the center of the station use the Ring tube for longer stretches of transportation. The tube runs around the Ring and into the Core through each of the four spokes. There are five tube stations, one on each of the Ring plazas, and one in the Core. Hover taxis are more expensive but can take you anywhere in the Core, on the Ring or up to the Spire, via the grav shafts. Private vehicles require their owners to purchase expensive vehicle licenses. Bikes, rickshaws, and palanquins are license-free, but ground loaders, grav chairs, and grav craft are not. Crawlers are only allowed on the station for sanitation and transport compa- nies, and for the Guard and the Judicators. WEAPON LAWS AND SELF-DEFENSE All weapons require licenses that cost the same amount as the weapon itself, per year. Heavier weaponry and weapon systems are not allowed on the station. Persons convicted of violent crimes cannot purchase weapon licenses. The self-defense laws of the station state that everyone has the right to defend herself and her property from an attack, but that the defensive violence should be proportionate to the threat. It is rare for someone to be found guilty of excessive use of force however, unless the person used an illegal weapon. SIGHTS Coriolis is a wondrous sight in its own right, but a visit to the Dome of the Icons is recommended if you wish to experience something out of the ordinary. The Foundation’s Museum of History and the Spire Plaza are must-sees. Careful advanced planning could also land you a reservation to Alkamaar’s.
HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS There are three major holidays on Coriolis: the Founding, the Cyclade, and the Pilgrimaria. The Founding is a celebration of the construction of the station, the establishing of the office of the Governor, and the formation of the Council of Factions. The celebrations are station-wide with food, music, and dancing. In the evening, there is a remembrance ceremony on the Spire Plaza for those who have died defending the station, members of the Guards and the Judicators, as well as Governors and civilians. The Cyclade is the celebration of the new cycle and contains a variety of events and competitions. The parties are even bigger than during the Founding and the night traditionally ends with a huge concert in the Core. An informal tradition for many is to party all the way around the Ring during the day and then end the night in the Core. The Pilgrimaria is a calmer holiday. The day should be devoted to prayer and reflection. The queues for the Dome grow long already during the night watch of the day before. Processions carrying Icon statues pass along the Promenade with much pomp during the day. The day usually ends with a big dinner for family and friends.
HOW TO BLEND IN ON CORIOLIS ◆ Support the Governor, the Council of Factions and the will of the people. ◆ Accept diversity, and understand that through this, others will accept you. ◆ Praise the Icons and give proper sacrifice before important decisions and as thanks for a blessed life. Let your actions reflect the Icon calendar. ◆ Participate in holidays and festivals. ◆ Never speak well of Dabaran, Mira, or any other place falsely purporting to be the center of the Horizon.