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| | 27 | == Places == |
| | 28 | A little description about the places in the universe where the story will play. |
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| | 30 | === Earth === |
| | 31 | As home of the humans, this planet is polluted and exploited. The cities have to fight against ever increasing crime and overpopulation. The weather on the planet is totally unstable and more catastrophes like droughts, floods and storms happen. Most people live in the city due to great poverty at the countryside. Because of the bad economy many people have no job and have to turn to illegal ways to survive. Young people have no prospect of a good future and become addicted to drugs or video games. A lot of the damages cannot be repaired quickly enough so cities look dirty and many things are broken for a long time. |
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| | 33 | === Moon === |
| | 34 | The moon has been claimed by the UCA for military purposes. On the dark side of the moon, there is a large military station including the newest and most advanced turrets to defend against everything. This area is off limits for all civilians. Every ship which closes in on the moon will be shot by the automatic defense system. |
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| | 36 | === Mars === |
| | 37 | Mars has been colonized early, but the terraforming progressed slowly, so the atmosphere is still rather thin and only small plants grow in the red sand. Besides insects, there are no animals on Mars. Every major country from Earth has a colony on Mars. Some colonies however want to become independent, which led to fights and even wars between Earth and Mars forces or civil wars. |
| | 38 | On Mars many buildings are empty or have not been finished. Those buildings are from the days where there was enough money to colonize Mars. The sudden downturn of the economy stopped construction works completely. |
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| | 40 | === Venus === |
| | 41 | Obviously the richest of the richest wouldn't want to live on such planets of slums like Earth or Mars. With a project to terraform Venus, the richest people on Earth, quickly had enough money to cool Venus down to be able to survive on its surface. There are only small communes of mansions and villas on Venus. The live on Venus is luxurious and the planet is off limits for poor people. |
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| | 43 | === Jupiter === |
| | 44 | Jupiter is the energy source of the humans. With special ships the large energy companies gather hydrogen from Jupiter's surface. There are many space stations around Jupiter and there are also some stations on the larger moons of Jupiter. The life around Jupiter is dominated by money and the will of the large companies. Government has not much influence in this area. Pirates are most common in this area and are also hired as mercenaries against other companies or government. |
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| | 46 | === Mercury === |
| | 47 | Not many human space ship came so close to the sun. On Mercury the Noxons have created an outpost. The hot temperatures and the strong radiation from the sun are best conditions to grow new organisms for the Noxon fleet. The weak gravity makes it easier for the Noxon to grow larger creatures up to the level of small space ships. The Noxon attack will be started from here. |
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| | 49 | === Saturn === |
| | 50 | Only scientific expeditions travel that far. Saturn is considered for another hydrogen source. Asheroc ships have been more common in this area. |
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| | 52 | === Alpha Centauri B-C === |
| | 53 | A planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, yet undiscovered by the human race. It is very well able to support life such as plants and animals. |
