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First charted by the [[Blood Dragons]] in 688 A.S. when they discovered the Okinawa system, but due to the resources that a terraforming project would require the Blood Dragons simply could not afford such a vast undertaking. Instead, they focused their assets into building the more viable and long-term investment of [[Sendai Research Complex]], leaving Miura untouched despite the mineral deposits that deep scans revealed.
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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.
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Miura is an icy, snowbound planet with some quite large glacial formations. Although the atmosphere is breathable to humans, it is rather uncomfortable without decent filter systems. The average temperature rarely rises above -2 degrees Celsius, even at the relatively mild equatorial regions. Despite this, there are a number of indigenous life forms, including the Kaishi, an ice burrowing rodent similar to a cross between an ancient Earth rabbit and rat. Many of the life forms, however, have barely progressed from the invertebrate stages of evolution.
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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.
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The planet was left alone for several centuries save for the occasional landings by the scientists at Sendai to collect samples for research purposes, until the arrival of a GMG ship, the exploration vessel Kinai Maru, in 812 A.S. The Captain, Toru Watanabe, spent almost a year surveying the planet and the nearby Mintaka Hydrogen Field, before returning to Aomori Station to present his findings to the Guild Administrative Board. After deliberating for several months, which included secretive talks with [[Kishiro Technologies]], the decision was made to go ahead and push for a full terraforming project using the accelerated methods recently developed by Kishiro scientists (using stolen [[Planetform]] information in some places) in their attempts to solve the overpopulation problems facing most of the Houses.
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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.
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Starting in late 813 A.S., the terraforming of Miura was initiated, with the construction of the Kishiro base in orbit beginning soon after. Upon landing, planetary geologists and terraforming engineers discovered vast deposits of a number of various rare ores, leading Kishiro to make the decision to begin large scale mining operations on the planet, despite it being during the terraforming process. Due to the desire by the GMG and Kishiro to reduce costs in an already expensive project, it was decided to use prisoners instead of ordinary workers, and they are shipped in from various prison stations to serve as a work force in the uranium mines.
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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.
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The shipments of prisoners to such an unusual location have raised some eyebrows within the Kusari government, but for the most part they are only too happy to be rid of the troublemakers. Kishiro has, interestingly, refrained from using any [[Golden Chrysanthemum]] or [[Blood Dragon]] prisoners for the work in the mines, for fear of reprisals from both groups though possibly also at the behest of the [[GMG]].
 
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In the last year, Kishiro and the GMG have made remarkable breakthroughs in the development of Miura, not the least of which is the completion of a docking ring for the planet. [[Plutonium]] output on Miura has more than doubled since the system was connected to the gate network at the start of 817 A.S. 818 also saw the completion of the much-delayed Sigma-19 gate, finally giving the GMG an avenue between their two domains that didn't involve going through Kusari territory. Despite these improvements to Okinawa's infrastructure, the [[Hogosha]] have become an increasingly greater threat to the operations in the system. While the Hogosha don't enjoy the same level of political protection, the development of the Nagano system has created a safe haven and large source of income for them. The Hogosha have also found a new route into the solar system, no longer hindered by the Golden Chrysanthemum, Blood Dragon, and GMG forces that are a near-constant defense around the known jumpholes to the north, and the Honshu Gate. GMG has made finding the location of the Hogosha base and jumphole one of their largest security priorities.
 
 
==Missions Offered==
 
==Missions Offered==
 
* [[Gas Miners Guild|GMG]]: $40,000 to $200,000 range
 
* [[Gas Miners Guild|GMG]]: $40,000 to $200,000 range

Revision as of 23:36, 29 July 2015

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Planet Miura
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Owner GMG
Location 5E, Okinawa
Flag-kusari.png 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

Commodities

Exports
Imports


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