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Cudgel
Topography
Cudgel has little free-standing water is predominantly
desert. At the planet's poles, small polar icecaps give way to
thin permafrost over rock. The southern hemisphere tends
to be predominantly mountains of varying heights, studded with
short scraggy trees and vegetation. The northern hemisphere
contains a number of dry plains cut through with hills and low
mountain chains rounded by persistent winds. Large and small
lakes dot the northern landscape, generally spring fed from
below the surface more than fed by the infrequent, begrudging
rains of Cudgel. Cudgel tends to be a generally inhospitable
climate for those not evolved there.
The center of settlement on Cudgel was
chosen to be the Uskatan Highlands, a highland valley of the
Wishbone Mountains. It was chosen as the ideal spot to settle
for the ready supply of water from several of Cudgel's largest
lakes. Its position nestled in the Wishbone Mountains provides
a position both defensible from hostile wildlife and sheltered
from weather.
Native Life
Cudgel is a hard, rocky planet sparsely vegetated with
scrub and small trees. It features a variety of species
adapted to life in their Spartan environment.
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Civilization
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The planet Cudgel is basically secondary to the system
Cudgel. Essentially, life passes Cudgel by, with most of the
intergalactic business involving refuelling and moving on.
Cudgel has fairly advanced facilities for trading and
transferring goods between parties and much of the political
landscape on-planet revolves around whether or not more trade
and industry should be encouraged. |
Official life on Cudgel
revolves around Orinon
City, the official Core Commonwealth
settlement and the administrative capital of both system and
planet. Within close proximity to the city is Orinon Platform,
the planet's only space-elevator and link to Orinon Station
which sits in geosynchronous orbit above the city.
Cudgel's second city is
Freemarket, originally established by Zyfinbek Mercantile as a
center for trade, processing, and warehousing away from
government-controlled Orinon City.
Bragons pass is a strategic
stronghold maintained by the Volto-Avaiga corporation as a
base of operations in the system. It is also maintained in
conjunction with contracts with local representatives to
maintain free, safe passage between Orinon City and Freemarket
and to keep the wilder native elements away from the planet's
populace.
Codi Agricenter is an
agricultural training center for new members of the Zvetaku
Bloc. They are taught to raise exceptional crops in harsh
environments. While this is not a common destination for
travelers, it supplies a variety of high quality crops for
both export and consumption on-planet.
Marolia Freehold was established relatively recently by
members of the UTP and, quietly, by the Spinward Confederation
to facilitate trade and travel through the Cudgel system by
creating a local presence. There are some concerns in the
capital that Marolia is nothing more than a spawning point for
Spinward fanatics and terrorists.
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