Subsector Sourcebook: Earth Subsector

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Table of Contents

Earth Subsector ...... 5 Subsector Map ...... 5 Subsector Data ...... 6

Sone Ke Amsu (Earth 0104) ...... 7

Aishana ko Arama (Earth 0105) ...... 11

Reito Rokku (Earth 0106) ...... 17

Toku (Earth 0107) ...... 21

Ti Nsan Oke (Earth 0108) ...... 25

Chicxulub (Earth 0110) ...... 29

Fangun Shi (Earth 0301) ...... 33

Aisa Durghatana (Earth 0304) ...... 37

Serebryanyy (Earth 0309) ...... 43

Inama (Earth 0401) ...... 47

Hansata Roka (Earth 0403) ...... 52

Earth (Earth 0405) ...... 57 Luna/Earth ...... 65 Mars/Earth ...... 69

Afastado (Earth 0408) ...... 74

Menshikov (Earth 0409) ...... 79

Hongse Shamo (Earth 0501) ...... 87

Beral (Earth 0508) ...... 92

SampleGolddust (Earth 0509) ...... file 97 Kookynie Crater ...... 102

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Xi Oizaguetu (Earth 0602) ...... 105

Debakel (Earth 0604) ...... 110 Lehmann’s Gürtel ...... 117 Xiaoxue ...... 119

Neu Berlin (Earth 0608) ...... 123

Tanner (Earth 0609) ...... 134

Bingxue Shijie (Earth 0704) ...... 138

Hagelkörner (Earth 0707) ...... 145

Hundebett (Earth 0708) ...... 150

Eisstrom (Earth 0805) ...... 155

Zahreddine (Earth 0807) ...... 160

Legal ...... 165

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Earth Subsector (Subsector G of Earth Sector)

Hex Name UWP Trade Codes PBG (s) Allegiance 0104 Sōnē kē ām̐ sū B000466-B As Ni Va 730 M5 V M5 V New Zealand M5 V 0105 Aishana Ko A886667-B Ag Ga Ni Ri 821 K5 V K7 V India Arama 0106 Reitō Rokku B400467-B Ni 300 M3 V M3 V Japan 0107 Tōku BAB0267-B De Lo Ni 201 M6 V Japan 0108 Ti Nṣàn Oke B000565-B As Ni Va 621 M1 V M3 V Nigeria 0110 Chicxulub B000466-B As Ni Va 721 M4 V Mexico 0301 Fāngǔn shi B310467-B Ni 310 M0 V China 0304 Ā'isa B643466-B Po 420 M4 V India Durghaṭanā 0309 Serebryanyy B000467-B As Ni Va 320 M4 V Russia 0401 Ināma B420367-B Lo Ni 500 M0 V India 0403 Hansatā Rŏka A531565-B Ni Po 100 M3 V India 0405 Earth A867A76-D Ga Hi Ht Ri 134 G2 V Divided 0408 Afastado C300464-A Ni 621 M2 V Brazil 0409 Menshikov A867766-B Ag Ga Ri 721 G8 V Russia 0501 Hóngsè shāmò BAB0366-B De Lo Ni 510 M3 V China 0508 Beral B300367-B Lo Ni 611 M5 V M6 V Nigeria 0509 Golddust B400466-B Ni 410 M5 V US/Australia 0602 Xi Oizaguetu B300367-B Lo Ni 531 K5 V T1 T6 China 0604 Debakel AAB0765-B De 710 G2 V K0V M5 V Germany/ China 0608 Neu Berlin A967845-C Ga Ri 323 K2 V German 0609 Tanner B410366-B Lo Ni 400 M6 V US 0704 Bīngxuě Shìjiè B744668-B Ag Ga Ni 400 L7 T0 China 0707 Hagelkörner B000666-B As Ni Va 610 M6 V Germany 0708 Hundebett B000665-B As Ni Va 610 A1 V DA2 Germany 0805 Eisstrom B000665-B As Ni Va 710 M4 V Germany 0807 Zahreddine B6B0466-B De Ni 500 M1 V Pan-Islamic Caliphate

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Sone Ke Amsu (Earth 0104) B000466-B

System Details hollowed out and given a standard artificial atmosphere. Sone Ke Amsu is an asteroid belt located in around EZ Aquarii B, an M5 V red main Hydrographic Details sequence . The belt at a distance of approximately 0.065 AU (9.72 million kilometers Many of the asteroids have pockets of or 6.04 million miles). There are no other naturally occurring water inside their rocky shells. significant bodies in orbit around EZ Aquarii B. This water is used and recycled by the inhabitants EZ Aquarii B is one of the three in a for all of their needs. Additional potable water is trinary system. There are no other significant often shipped in from Earth and other sources. bodies in orbit around the other two stars. Both EZ Aquarii A and C are M5 V red stars. Geographic Details EZ Aquarii C orbits EZ Aquarii A at a close distance of 0.03 AU (4.5 million kilometers or 2.8 The surface of the Sone Ke Amsu asteroids million miles). EZ Aquarii B orbits this pair at a is coated in hydrocarbon ices. These are materials distance of 1.22 AU (182.5 million kilometers or such as methane, ethane, and carbon monoxide in 113.4 million miles). ice form. These ices are currently being mined Zimm Points leading to other star systems away from many of these asteroids which provides are located mainly near EZ Aquarii B and in space much of the income for the local government. near the trinary system. However, as of yet, none of the asteroids is free of hydrocarbon ice.

Physical Data Population Details The major asteroids within the Sone Ke Amsu Belt have an average diameter of 166 The permanent population of the Sone Ke meters (544.6 feet). Most have a composition of Amsu Belt is 74,012. Most of these residents are 50% hydrocarbon ice, 40% rock, and 10% water originally from New Zealand on Earth with only a ice. Most of the hydrocarbon ice is located on the small minority having been born elsewhere. There outer shell of the icy bodies while the rocky are a small number of Gaishan altrants here as interior often contains the smaller pockets of well. water ice. The belt is approximately 0.002 AU (299,195.74 kilometers or 185,911.61 miles) in Government Details width. Sone Ke Amsu is administrated by the New Zealand government through a Colonial Atmospheric Details Governor. The current Colonial Governor is Janet Grace. There is no naturally occurring The Colonial Governor is appointed by the SamplePrime Minister of New Zealandfile as are any atmosphere within the Sone Ke Amsu Belt. The inhabited asteroids have had their rocky portions ministers or administrators that the Prime

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Minister sees fit to send to the colony. The where the belters might be more restless, the Colonial Governor has no limit to their term of police will often be armed. office and can be retained or removed at the Narcotics and other recreational drugs are pleasure of the Prime Minister. If the Colonial strictly controlled on Sone Ke Amsu. With most of Governor believes that they require a new the population of the Belt employed as miners, it minister or administrator, they must apply to have has been determined that being under the one sent to Sone Ke Amsu. influence of mind-altering drugs is likely not the The New Zealand Defense Force maintains best course of action. a small force here as well in the case of any attacks Alcohol, however, is often found as the by pirates or other governments. As of yet, the chief recreational drug and it is often imbibed at force has not fired a shot in anger since arriving in the end of a hard day’s work. Bars, nightclubs, and the Belt. public houses exist on most of the major asteroids. Settlements are spread throughout the While usage of alcohol on the job is highly Belt. Mining colonies are on many different discouraged, it is not uncommon to see those who asteroids which have been hollowed out to be are on their off-hours wandering through public used as residences. In the case of larger areas having imbibed more than they should. populations, the asteroid may have a colonial The Colonial Government requires all administrator which is answerable to the Colonial visitors to Sone Ke Ansu who wish to visit further Governor. than the starport to register with the Visa Office. Those who have been convicted of a crime or banished from the system for one reason or Legal Details another will not be allowed to obtain a visa. Those without visas may not venture beyond the The laws of Sone Ke Amsu are enforced by confines of the starport. the Ministry of Justice which is overseen by the Colonial Governor. These are then overseen by the Chiefs who administer the law enforcement on each of the individual asteroids. In most cases, Cultural Details each individual asteroid settlement is a district but, in some cases, several lower population “Sone Ke Amsu” translates roughly from settlements may be consolidated in one district. Maori to English as “It’s OK” or “Sorry, but it’s still Law enforcement is not always evenly spread cool.” This was the reaction of many of the throughout the Belt as, in some places, particularly original colonists when they arrived in the system. those asteroids with smaller populations and no Originally claimed by India, the New Zealanders administrator and little law enforcement arrived first to claim mining rights that they felt presence. would be lucrative. While some say the “Sone Ke It is illegal for anyone who is not a member Amsu” reaction was aimed at India, others say that of law enforcement to carry a firearm or energy it was the colonist’s way of saying to the Auckland weapon of any kind. Anyone violating this law government that the mining results were not as may find themselves being deported immediately lucrative as they might have thought. or being jailed for up to 12 standard . In Much like New Zealand itself, Sone Ke general, law enforcement only carries weapons in Amsu is rich with Maori art and culture with wood locations where they believe it will be necessary to and simulated wood carvings spread throughout do so. In practice, this often means that on the the larger population asteroids. While traditional larger population asteroids where law and order Maori art usually consists of ridges, notches, Sampleare more uniform, law enforcement will not be spirals, and fish motifs, Sonefile Ke Amsu art often armed when encountered in public. On asteroids

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