Editing Stars Without Number: Back in Black (section)

=== Abaddon ===

Abaddon contains a dozen utterly lifeless and uninhabitable worlds that contain the ruins of human or other civilizations, and the Black House.  Probably all of humanity in the entire State together could move to the Black House and live there comfortably, but there is a bit of superstitious dread regarding the system.  Probably because no one has any clear idea of what rendered all those worlds uninhabitable. The State, for reasons of its own, has been pushing a colonization attempt on The Black House, with mixed success.  There are a few tens of thousands here, but little more.  The lifeless worlds and asteroid fields provide many opportunities for mining, the vast landscapes of the Black House contains unlimited space for agricultural projects.  But people simply do not want to live here.  

There are currently rumblings in the State government to consider dotting the landscape of The Black House with penal colonies, or settlements for political dissidents.  The Nyx Cluster's relatively tolerant democratic government doesn't feel the need to persecute its own dissidents, but if the lesser civilizations in the State feel the need to do so, then why not turn a problem into an opportunity?

Every common language is in common usage here, and English is the universal tongue.  Classes at the Academy are taught in English, and if a new student arrives who does not speak it, they are taught in short order.  Psi education is available up to Level 6 disciplines.  Some characters have knowledge and power in excess of that, but they are rare and their abilities secret.  They are usually simply referred to as The Masters, and their precise identities are concealed.  The students do not know which of the teachers have attained the rank of Master.  Allegedly, all of them are in cahoots with the State's intelligence apparatus.

Abaddon does not have its own government beyond the purely local (which is dominated by the academics.)  It has non-trivial planetary defense capability, but generally no more than a couple frigates in the system.  It has very little manufacturing (a black eye considering the State's emphasis on self-sufficiency) and by itself would probably quickly drop to a TL1 status.  However, its close connection to Nyx and sponsorship by the State means that TL4 goods and equipment are available there.

There are currently no more than a few hundred students studying at the Black House.  The supply of psychics in the State is extremely limited.

'''Vital Statistics'''
*Coordinates: 05.03
*Government: Geniocracy (Psychics)
*Laws & Restrictions: Personal sidearms are allowed.  Traffic control is relatively strict, persons attempting to approach the Black House must have a valid reason for doing so.
*Population: 30k, 500 Psychics.
*Languages: Officially English, all languages spoken to some extent.
*Technology: TL4, some TL5 Psitech, unsustainable.
*Fleets: 1 Militarized Frigate (3rd generation), 5 non-militarized shuttles (2nd Generation.)  No station, spaceport is a bit ad-hoc other than serious landing control.  There are planetary defense weapons, and full NIFP protection.

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*Friction: 5. For your group, adjusted down to 3.
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