Drinax
Drinax is a nonindustrial world, that requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society.
In a technological universe, societies without industrial capability generally suffer as nearly all manufactured and high tech goods must be brought in at significant cost.
As a nonindustrial world, it requires extensive imports of outside technology to maintain a modern, star-faring society. The need to import most manufactured and high technology goods drives the price of these goods up in the open market.
This a "high technology" world with technology achievements at, near, or over technology standards for Charted Space.
It is a Non-Aligned world dominated by human sophonts located in the Tlaiowaha Subsector of Trojan Reach Sector.
This world has a colony at Asim (TR 2123) (world).
Geography
Below the Floating Palace, Drinax is a wasteland. The Aslan dropped rocks from space on much of the planet. Dust clouds choked the skies for years, plunging the whole planet into a long impact winter. Major population centers were blasted with plasma weapons and disease bombs; million died at the claws of the conquerors.
Two hundred years later, the planet is slowly healing. Green shoots cover the impact scars, and new forests are growing in the ashes of the old. It will be another thousand years before the planet is close to its former vitality, and some wounds will never heal. the spores of the Aslan biological weapons still sleep in the overgrown ruins of the cities, so Drinax may never be safe for human occupation.
History
Two hundred years ago, Drinax was the great power in this subsector, second only ot the Hierate. The Kings of Drinax ruled over every world from Khusai to Paal, and also claimed Torpol, Clarke and Blue. A war between Drinax and the Aslan Hierate put an end to the Kingdom of Drinax. The Drinaxians had marginally higher technology, but the Aslan fleet outmumbered them three to one. The war was sparked by an ihatei Invasion of Asimov, but conflict had been brewing for years as the Drinaxiands tried to muscle in on the Imperium/Hierate trade.
The war shattered the Kingdom of Drinax, the other worlds had chafed under Drinax rule for years, and the Drinaxians had resorted to the tactics of the Sindalian Empire of old, bombing planets to keep them in line. The Hierated returned the favor tenfold-Drinax was nearly glassed by the Ahroay'if.
The only surviving settlement on Drinax was the Royal Palace, which floats above the blasted, lifeless surface on a huge gravity platform. The only survivors were the Royal Family and their servants, courtesans, guards, jesters, technicians, beauticians, and other hangers-on-on. Fortunately, the fabled hanging Gardens of Drinax could be quickly repurposed to proved food. The Kings of Drinax are much humbler now, although Drinax did launch a successful invasion of the nearby planet of Asim ten years ago, mainly to obtrain better food supplies. (invasion is perhaps a grandiose term for 'jump over, blast the Asimen from orbit, and keep shooting until they give you stuff'- apparently, old habits die hard for Sindalian descendants).
the current King of Drinax is Oleb SVl, an accomplished boxer and swordsman, infamous for his taste in wine (Strong Reds), women (ditto) and song (shouted lustily through a Megaphone).
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