Barnard Prime
Barnard Prime (Barnard - 1)is a rocky world located close to Barnard’s Star. It is tidally locked, with one side perpetually facing the star while the other remains in perpetual darkness. The sunward side is covered in barren deserts, while the dark side is frozen. A small habitable zone exists at the terminator line where day and night meet, with corporate colonies clustered here to exploit rare minerals found in the planet’s crust.
Arcane Biotech has established a number of mining outposts and terraforming experiments in the habitable zone, while Mercurial Logistics uses the planet as a stopover for supply routes. Despite its mineral wealth, eldritch storms occasionally erupt near the planet’s magnetic poles, disrupting communications and creating dangerous conditions for colonists.
Arcane Biotech has established a number of mining outposts and terraforming experiments in the habitable zone, while Mercurial Logistics uses the planet as a stopover for supply routes. Despite its mineral wealth, eldritch storms occasionally erupt near the planet’s magnetic poles, disrupting communications and creating dangerous conditions for colonists.
Geography
The sunward side is a barren desert of scorched rock, while the dark side is a frozen wasteland. The Twilight Zone, or the habitable band between light and dark, contains small temperate valleys and narrow river networks that have been partially terraformed to allow for human habitation.
UWP Code: C655452-8
- Starport: C (Routine)
- Size: 6 (9,600 km)
- Atmosphere: 5 (Thin, breathable with masks)
- Hydrographics: 5 (Moderate water bodies in the Twilight Zone)
- Population: 4 (Tens of thousands, mostly corporate workers)
- Government: 5 (Feudal technocracy, corporate control)
- Law Level: 2 (Light regulation, dangerous technologies allowed)
- Tech Level: 8 (Early space technology, advanced industrial)
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