Fafnir

When it was first colonized, a great deal of effort went into terraforming. Unfortunately, Fafnir was not fully terraformed. Once a Mars-like, barren world around the same size as Earth, it has become a ball of ice and snow, permanently coated in heavy clouds. Fafnir has a roughly 70-30 percentage of water to landmass, but the major bodies of water are so cold as to have permanent ice sheets sealing their surfaces with only a few exceptions. Sunlight is rare on this planet, and warmth is its most precious resource. Animal life has evolved to hunt for warmth, creating an environment wherein predator and prey animals alike are often highly aggressive and violent in an effort to procure precious heat. The wildlife on Fafnir is as such some of the most aggressive in all of Charybdis.

Storms are common here, with blizzards, heavy snows, and thunderstorms being daily life in many regions. Agriculture is all but non-existent on Fafnir, with settlements heavily on hydroponic farms to supplement diets that are by necessity extremely rich in various kinds of meat. Life on Fafnir is harsh, but it has bred hardy people who are not easily cowed by the wrath of Nature. And out of similar necessity, the people of Fafnir have also established the largest number and most well equipped colleges of Magic and Psionics in the whole system. Mages and Psychics, especially those who have powers which can make survival easier, are highly respected in Fafniran towns. Mages and psychics are also a crucial element of Fafnir's communication networks, as radio towers and repeaters can easily be disrupted by storms, and laying cables is seldom an option due to the aggressive wildlife.

The main currency used on Fafnir are Energy Credits- specially made C-Type batteries which are used to power the heaters and furnaces needed to keep away the ever-present cold. They are refilled with special Charger units that rapidly suck the warmth from anything they're shoved into, thereby charging the Credit Batteries and providing either money or warmth.

Finally, Fafnir is also home to the only known space elevator in Charybdis- the only way on or off the planet, with the station at the top of the elevator being an observatory capable of receiving ships. For this reason, the Imperial City is built around its base and the Imperial Palace where the Emperor rules from is built directly into the elevator. Despite this potent seat of power for the ruling Roshan Dynasty, and its claim of rulership over the entire planet, the empire is as a whole not very strong- and a sizeable number of the nobles who theoretically answer to the imperial family hold enough power that they are essentially independent fiefdoms.

Fafniran vehicles have +2 Power and +1 Mass for free. Vehicles with 0 Hard Points are treated as having 1.

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