Renforra

View from Orbit

Renforra is a blue-green marble with long streaks of white clouds circling the planet. The sometimes violent weather breaks up the streaks with occasional bulges that break the lines. Around the planet are space stations designed to take goods from large freighters that cannot enter the atmosphere and shuttle them to the cities.

Surface

The dense atmopshere of Renforra creates a humid atmosphere that can make one feel like they are being hugged. Violent storms are not common but can occur. These bring strong winds that can bowl a medium sized being over.
The surface of the planet is covered in forests, plains, and mountains. Within the plains only strong grasses grow, a result of the powerful storms. The trees of the forest have deep roots to avoid being toppled.

Population

The people of Renforra live in corporate habitats that are self-contained and storm-proof. Each habitat is large, the size of a small city. Each one contains all of the resources necessary to manufacture the goods sold by the corporation that built it. The residents within the cities work for the corporation, either in the manufacturing processes, or in the service industry set up to tend for the workers.
For most cities the corporate services and housing exist in multiple tiers depending on the importance, and pay, of the residences. These services can range from fancy restaurants to theaters and even spas and resorts. The upper class workers can live fairly luxurious lives. Housing and associated services is provided by the company. Each worker is given an alotment, to purchase food stuffs, based on their race, age, and family structure. This is deducted from the workers pay, leaving them whatever remains for luxuries.

Industry

Renforra provides manufacturing services for companies throughout the sector and into neighboring sectors such as Jjannex and Steniplis. The manufacturing habitats on the planet make hundreds of goods with the exception of arms, droids, and ships.
It is not uncommon that a city will build a component that is used in another city to produce a finished good. The competition for raw materials as well as components can create strife between the cities and transports have been known to be hijacked in atmosphere, or in orbit.

Culture

The culture of the world is built around the corporation and the work. Lower level workers are given just enough extra funds to keep them entertained. Company propoganda is prevalent throughout the cities, promoting the company goods as well as special incentives offered to enhance the workers lives. Few workers save enough money to move off-planet.
Many of the cities have developed strong upper and lower class structures. The incentives offered to more skilled workers are intended to get them to stay and continue to work for the company while the lower class is not paid enough for them to leave. Occasionally a worker will move from one city to another, looking for a chance to climb the worker ladder.

History

The planet was colonized centuries ago by settlers hoping to set up homesteads. The storms made success difficult. The first manufactory was created inside the hull of a ship that landed but was unable to take off. It used materials from the planet to produce basic finished goods that could be used by the nearby planets. It was not very successful but made enough to survive. A contract with a small manufacturer on Foraces for ship components allowed the company to survive and expand. The ship became the hub of the enterprise as it began to grow organically through the addition of prefabricated structures and ship hulls. This manufactory, Bandicore, still exists on the planet and is one of the largest cities. The original ship and some of the surrounding architecture is now a museum.

Notable Features

Treasure of the Padron Dare

The legend of the Padron Dare is passed down by the residents of the planet, mostly as a story of hope to the children, though not one that parents encourage their young to pursue. Before the founding of Bandicore, when settlers were still trying to eke out a living, a ship, the Padron Dare, entered the system and crashed on the planet. Shortly after crashing a large fleet of strange ships entered the orbit of the planet and began searching. They landed near settlements and questioned the residents, sometimes forcefully. The searchers were large and had scaly skin. They spoke a broken form of Basic, enough to make themselves understood.
They spent weeks searching the planet but were unsuccessful. One day they were gone. The people sighed in relief and went back to their struggles. A man, half-starved and crazy, walked out of the deep forests and into a settlement. He offered gemstones to the settlers for food, water, and a comm that could signal ships travelling through the system. Not long after he was picked up by a merchant who heard his call.

Grid Location: K-5

Climate: Standard with storms

Gravity: 0.8

Common Hazards: Storms are strong and violent

Atmosphere: Dense but breathable without mask

Temperature: Standard (-8c to 32c)

Moons: 1

Diameter: 11,800 km

Length of Day: 22 hr

Length of Year: 208 days

Starport: Excellent - repairs

Population: 600,000

Government: Mixed Corporate Bureaucracies

Law Level: 8 - High (display of weapons prohibited)

Major Exports: Manufactured goods of all types

Major Imports: Agricultural

System: Renforra System