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| name = Pecos
 
| name = Pecos
 
| image = Pecos.jpg
 
| image = Pecos.jpg
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| owner = [[Crayter Republic]] / [[IMG]]
 
| system = [[Coronado]]
 
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Pecos is a larger moon composed of rock and ice caught in a 37 year cycle of freezing and thawing as its orbit around Salina brings it closer and then further away from the sun. The Independent Miners Guild (IMG) established a small mining colony in 802 A.S. not long before Barrier Gate was finished. Pecos possesses a breathable but dangerously thin atmosphere which must generally be heated to prevent rapid heat loss. Deep within the icy crust the IMG found large deposits of frozen heavy water which the miners are extracting and refining into Deuterium, a critical component of H-Fuel and other fusion reactor fuels.  
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Pecos is a large moon composed of rock and ice, caught in a 37-year cycle of freezing and thawing as its orbit around Salina brings it closer and then further away from the sun. The Independent Miners Guild (IMG) established a small mining colony in 802 AS, not long before Barrier Gate was finished. The IMG discovered large deposits of frozen heavy water deep within the icy crust, which the miners extract for refining into Deuterium, a critical component of H-Fuel and other fusion-reactor fuels. Pecos possesses a breathable but dangerously thin atmosphere, and long-term settlement is only possible thanks to the use of geothermal energy to keep the otherwise-frigid air around various settlements at a tolerable temperature.
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In 817 A.S, after their defeat at the hands of the Gallic invasion fleets entering Tau 44, the Colonial Republic resettled a large part of their civilian population on the planet's only landmass, where the IMG had built some Deuterium refineries. Pecos is unable to support a large population however, so a constant supply of Food and other goods are needed to supply the refugee population.
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In 817 AS, after their defeat at the hands of the Gallic invasion fleets entering Tau-44, the Crayter Republic resettled a large part of their civilian population on Pecos. However, the planet is entirely unsuitable for agriculture, and the large refugee population was sustained by a constant, highly-expensive supply of food and other goods from off-world. Prior to the Crayterian arrival on the planet, there were rarely more than a few hundred people onboard Pecos at any time, but the refugee population briefly boosted the population of Pecos well above the four million mark (though official censuses at the time were poorly-conducted, and reported much lower numbers) for some time.
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The mining colony never had more then 700 people on the surface at any given time. However, the arrival of the Colonials has, most likely temporarily, boosted the population to well over 175.000 people. The Colonial Republic is attempting to make the much more hospitable Planet Yuma suitable for colonization.
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Despite Pecos's brief population surge, the colonization of [[Planet Yuma]] is now well underway, and the majority of the Crayterian refugees have been relocated to settlements there; now, Pecos's population hovers around three-hundred sixty thousand, and will likely continue to drop as time goes on.
  
 
Pecos currently contain the following colonies:
 
Pecos currently contain the following colonies:
[[New Hope West]],
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[[Pecos, New Hope|New Hope]],
[[New Hope East]],
 
 
[[Camp Lister]].
 
[[Camp Lister]].

Revision as of 22:11, 9 March 2018

Pecos
Pecos.jpg

Owner Crayter Republic / IMG
Location 6G, Coronado
Independent Systems
Technical information
Population unknown
Docking Yes
Terrain Frozen
Diameter 6,723 km
Mass 4.90 x 10e24 kg
Temperature -64°C to 4°C
Escape velocity 7.27 km/sec

Pecos is a large moon composed of rock and ice, caught in a 37-year cycle of freezing and thawing as its orbit around Salina brings it closer and then further away from the sun. The Independent Miners Guild (IMG) established a small mining colony in 802 AS, not long before Barrier Gate was finished. The IMG discovered large deposits of frozen heavy water deep within the icy crust, which the miners extract for refining into Deuterium, a critical component of H-Fuel and other fusion-reactor fuels. Pecos possesses a breathable but dangerously thin atmosphere, and long-term settlement is only possible thanks to the use of geothermal energy to keep the otherwise-frigid air around various settlements at a tolerable temperature.

In 817 AS, after their defeat at the hands of the Gallic invasion fleets entering Tau-44, the Crayter Republic resettled a large part of their civilian population on Pecos. However, the planet is entirely unsuitable for agriculture, and the large refugee population was sustained by a constant, highly-expensive supply of food and other goods from off-world. Prior to the Crayterian arrival on the planet, there were rarely more than a few hundred people onboard Pecos at any time, but the refugee population briefly boosted the population of Pecos well above the four million mark (though official censuses at the time were poorly-conducted, and reported much lower numbers) for some time.

Despite Pecos's brief population surge, the colonization of Planet Yuma is now well underway, and the majority of the Crayterian refugees have been relocated to settlements there; now, Pecos's population hovers around three-hundred sixty thousand, and will likely continue to drop as time goes on.

Pecos currently contain the following colonies: New Hope, Camp Lister.