Verbena

Population: 78 million
Starport: Class B (several class C and D)
Verbana is a lush world of thick forests., making the land difficult to clear and farm, though several fruit-producers have done well with large orchards. The world was largely underdeveloped until the Alliance made it a centerpiece of its “rejuvenation after Unification” campaign. Government incentives funded new construction, including a factory to supply parts for military vehicles. The factory seemed a promising start for Verbena, but that ended when a former Independent soldier-turned-terrorist (Dust-Devils) bombed the factory, killing hundreds of people and destroying the structure. The bombing sent the world into an economic depression and—far worse—created an atmosphere of paranoia, fear, and hatred for Browncoats and the Independence movement. There were riots, lootings, burnings, as both sides lost their heads.
The Alliance has pledged to help the people of Verbena, but the appropriate legislation and resolutions are trapped in parliamentary committees. The world is low on the government’s list of priorities. Some folk have fled, hoping to find a better life elsewhere. Many more would like to leave, but don’t have the means, and so remain trapped. A small security force is more or less permanently stationed on Verbena. While ostensibly there to guard against more terrorist action, it is really there to watch a restless population.
Verbena is home to the only "gene-bank" outside the Core. The Darwin Nucleic-Acid Archive, or DNA, is housed in a vast cave network in the the southern continent just outside the city (also named Darwin). It houses samples of genetic material from every species brought in the arcs from Earth-That-Was. The DNA is operated by the Oxford University (on Londinium) with a sizable grant.

Lassek
Population: 1.2 Million
Starport: Class C
The first moon of Verbena was set aside during colonization as a massive nature preserve. The moon is one vast natural park with several different climatic regions, though most of the planet falls under the general tropical appellation. The moon is thick with fog, heavy rains, and steamy jungle heat. It is home to much of the tropical wildlife brought back from Earth-that-Was.
The planet's only major city is New Kinshasa (population 800K); the remaining people of Lassek are scattered throughout the moon. The planet was originally planned to have three major continents resembling regions from Earth-that-was (Amazon, Congo, Burma) but inadequate attention to detail in its terraforming resulting in a hodge-podge of land and sea masses. The results of this have allowed for species to move from one region to another, particularly plant life (during the original seeding). It is not unusual therefore to see tigers in the same region as jaguar and lion, or Orangutans in the same areas as Gorilla and Howler Monkeys. Naturalist do their best to monitor the planet and preserve species lest they fall to competition.
Originally an Alliance cruiser orbited the moon and well armed game wardens patrolled the planet ensuring that poaching was not permitted, however since the war, this duty has fallen to the local authorities who are more corrupt and allow a certain amount of poaching if the price is right.

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