Editing Stars Without Number: Back in Black (section)

=== Blue Heaven ===

This is, in fact, a remarkably beautiful world.  The Scream and the Silence hit it extremely hard, and it was apparently not fully colonized at the time.  It has very slowly increased its population, civilization, and tech level on its own ever since hitting bottom.  It is generally a low TL2 or high TL1.  The locals can make antibiotics, steam engines, factories, telegraphs, and firearms, but internal combustion engines and radio are not universally available.

It's viewed as a sleepy backwater, and that is a fairly accurate impression.  The two largest governments on the planet have each been given a pair of spike-drive equipped shuttles, and State personnel to maintain them.  There are no space stations, but space ports exist in the sense that there are large clear areas near several major cities, with port authorities to count crates and write your name down on a list.  Remarkably, there are no current trade restrictions.  The governments here value a laissez-faire approach to things, and the State has largely respected this local practice.  Blue Heaven is attempting to bootstrap itself up to TL3 without government intervention, by letting market actors hire outside experts and outside businesses set up on the planet.  They are suspicious of the way the State provides training for Psychics, but willing to tolerate it since they don't have a better option.

Large areas of Blue Heaven have a wild west atmosphere, and visitors are encouraged to carry sidearms and wear suitably low-profile body armor (the armored undersuit is an incredibly popular accessory for visitors.)  Merchants will usually find ready buyers for outside tech, especially of the long-lasting and easily maintained variety.  The problem is that the locals do not usually deal in Credits, because they barely have any.  The bigger problem is that finding anything from Blue Heaven that is worth selling somewhere else is an enormous challenge.  The current fashion among speculators is to buy up large amounts of real estate, on the assumption that it will become worth more as the planet develops.


'''Vital Statistics'''
*Coordinates: 06.05
*Government: Minarchy
*Laws & Restrictions: Whatever.
*Population: 50M
*Languages: English, Mandarin
*Technology: 24M TL1, 26M TL2. Prometheus Project is at 1M per year.
*Fleets: 4 non-militarized shuttles, 1st Generation.

'''Trade''': 
*Supply & Demand: -2 Agriculture, -1 Luxury, +1 Tools, +2 Military. 
*Goods: 1. Drugs, Raw Materials. 2. Housewares, Basic. 3. Livestock, Common. 4. Metawheat. 5. Native Artwork. 6. Slaves. 7. Small Arms, Projectile Weapons. 8. Tools, Basic Hand Tools. 9. Fine Liquor. 10. Pretech Junk.
*Trouble: As per a savage world.
*Friction: 1 
*Notes: It is basically a western movie every time you land here.