Editing The Broken Shard Cluster (section)

= Crossroads / Namahak - System D =
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| style="width: 50%;" | '''Crossroads/Namahak (D)''' 
'''T 0''' (Exploring the system)<br>
'''E 0''' (One garden world (perhaps additional barren worlds))<br>
'''R 0''' (Sustainable)

'''''Aspects:'''''
* Everything your heart desires is here, commoditised
* A powder keg in search of a spark
* Webs of Intrigue
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''Source: https://www.space.com/2485-spaceport-singapore-stop-shopping-future-space-tourist.html''
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Sitting at the nexus of five slipknots, Crossroads is a world divided. Traditionally, they exploit their position by essentially becoming a rest stop / trade station / vacation destination. There's something here for everyone: they provide trade and arbitrage services and paradise zones for visitors. But there are those malcontents who insist on noticing that while the planet may be paradise for a few, the vast majority of the locals are stuck producing luxuries which they'll never taste, serving in resorts they could never visit. The Namahak Movement wants to pull back from the easy riches foreigners bring in and try to make the planet self-sustaining again. As a result, while the spaceports, orbital stations, and resorts are all safe and pleasant and lean Traditional, 'backstage' (the rest of the planet) is closer to Namahak and potentially dangerous to offworlders. The gap between the two worlds can be startlingly small, too - take a wrong turn through a service door and suddenly the world of your dreams turns to bare concrete.


The conflict is constantly bubbling under the placid surface, and out of sight of visitors it often boils over into anything from fist-fights to riots. It's only a matter of time before that boils over into serious fighting, but so far neither side wants to upset the only current source of income the system has.


Between the Namahak Movement, Crossroad factions that want to squelch a threat to their income, and the natural results of a junction point where everything is for sale, spies, information brokers, and private agents are rife behind the scenes. The clash of plotter against plotter at some point may spill into the light, with consequences for the system.