Planet Miura

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Planet Miura
Owner	GMG
Location	5E, Okinawa Kusari
Technical information
Population	unknown
Docking	Yes
Terrain	Terrestrial
Diameter	12,803 km
Mass	6.27 x 10e23 kg
Temperature	-62°C to 3°C
Escape velocity	12.08 km/sec

Miura is an arctic planet with massive pure water glaciers and vast oceans, most of which are permanently frozen over. Only in sporadic locations where geothermal activity forces heat to the surface does surface water stay liquid. These narrow areas are oases of life on the planet, where algae, invertebrate and even primitive fish-like lifeforms have evolved. The harsh arctic climate has caused no life to evolve outside of the oceans - there are no plants or animals in Miura's natural ecology. Despite this, the planet does posess a breathable atmosphere in most locations, so long as the air is heated before being inhaled.

The Blood Dragons were the first to discover the planet in 688 A.S., but realised the climate made it unsuitable for settling. Initial studies suggested the climate could be adjusted, given enough resources, but the Blood Dragons did not have the means for such a massive undertaking. Almost half a century later, in 760 A.S., a Gas Miners Guild (GMG) scouting party led by the Kinai Maru arrived in the system. When the survey of the system was completed, the Gas Miners Guild immediately founded a colony on Miura, in order to stake a claim to the planet. Construction of the Fujisawa and Isehara facilities started not soon afterwards. The Gas Miners Guild claim to the system was never contested by Kusari.

The GMG initiated a terraforming project on Miura in 780 A.S., aimed at raising the planet's average temperature by at least 20 degrees. This is expected to turn the planet into an oceanic world, not unlike Honshu, over the course of the next century by releasing greenhouse gases. Unlike most worlds which would see rising sea levels from global warming, the largely oceanic world would see the waterlevels drop slightly - the frozen icecap on the ocean surface has a higher density once the ice melts. Most of the GMG's settlements on the planet are located around a single large mining colony, where sizeable amounts of Uranium-rich ore have been found. The Isehara refinery in orbit produces Plutonium fuel from this - one of the active components in MOX fuel.

In order to reduce labor costs and the risk to their own people, the GMG has contracts with several police forces, offering the Miura mines as a "correctional" facility for prisoners sentenced to hard labor. The Kusari State Police and Liberty Police Inc. both make use of Miura in this fashion, mainly sending convicted terrorists in the hope they will never return. For the GMG, the prisoners have been a source of cheap labor, although their efficiency leaves to be desired. The GMG however has refused to accept suspected Blood Dragon or Golden Chrysanthemum convicts, citing it does not want to give these groups more reason to attack the Miura facilities. Between the prison population, the Terraforming teams and various civilian settlements on Miura, the planet now has a population of roughly 220.000 people, a number that is expected to steadily increase as the climate improves.

Missions Offered

• GMG: $40,000 to $200,000 range

Bribes Offered

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Commodities

Exports

Prisoners

Imports

Basic Alloy Food Rations Gate/Lane Parts Helium Light Arms Mining Machinery Robotics Silver Slaves Synth Paste Tea Terraforming Gases