Shadow

 GEOGRAPHY

Once it was said that the prairies of Shadow stretched out so far under a clear sky that a man could from here to God's plan. These days, all that is left is charred and blackened rock. Shadow was known for its grain farms and cattle ranches. The planet was almost entirely rural, with small towns dotting the countryside. While it had a few impressive towns, there were no actual cities. Its people were hard workers and independent-minded. Shadow was one of the first worlds to stand against the aggression of the Alliance, most of its young people volunteering to fight for Independence.

In 2506, the Alliance was eager to bring the War for Unification to a quick end. They hoped a massive show of force on a single Independent-friendly world would dispirit the faction and prevent further bloodshed. The world they chose was Shadow.

Primarily agricultural, Shadow was decimated by ground troops and orbital bombardment. Scorched earth and chemically poisoned seas left the world a toxic, lifeless waste.

The aggressive bombing of Shadow during the war was meant to teach the Browncoats a lesson about the might of the Alliance. Instead, the bombing only hardened the resolve of those who fought and increased the Browncoats' hatred of their enemy. Those few from Shadow who survived this difficult time lost loved ones, their lives forever changed.

Parliament chose not to reinvest in a full atmosphere processor network. Instead, a small group of Reclamation Hubs have been deployed. Extending deep underground, these Hubs do limited preparatory terraforming while mining some of the richest ore veins in Allied space. Shadow's Terrestrial Provisional Authority is housed in Reclamation Hub 03.

Shadow today is a ghost planet. Still under general contamination warning. No official governmental standard has been issued.