Lythos I

Lythos I

Astrographical Information
Region	Outer Rim
Sector	Corporate Sector
System	Lythos
Suns	Single (Lythos)
Orbital Position	1st
Moons	1
Coordinates	S-3
Rotation Period	None (Tidal-locked)
Orbital Period	162 local days
Planetary Information
Class	Molten (partial)
Climate	Temperate
Atmosphere	Type IV (Survival suit required, light side) or Type III (Breath mask required, dark side)
Gravity	Standard
Primary Terrain	Molten rock (light-side), dead stone (dark-side)
Societal Information
Native Species	None
Immigrated Species	Human, Tynnan, Makurth, Weequay, Trandoshan, Chevin, Falleen
Primary Language	Galactic Basic
Government	Corporate (Coridann Mining Consortium)
Population	15,000 • Human 53%, Tynnan 10%, Makurth 7%, Weequay 10%, Trandoshan 9%, Chevin 4%, Falleen 6%, other 1%
Major Cities	Coridann Station (in orbit; aka, "The Furnace")
Major Imports	Clothing, technology, food
Major Exports	Minerals
Affiliation	Corporate Sector Authority
Mechanical Information
Astrogation	Major Routes: Located on the Hydian Way. Add + to all astrogation checks to plan a course to or from Lythos I.
Knowledges	{{{Knowledges}}}
Rarity Modifier	{{{RarityModifier}}}
Other Mechanics	None

• First planet in the system, a very short distance from the sun of the Lythos system.
• Entire planet is property of the Coridann Mining Consortium, one of the minor seat-holders in the Corporate Sector Authority.
• The planet has no atmosphere, requiring breathing masks for the entire planet's surface, and radiation-shielding for the solar side.
• Tidal locked, with one face always facing the sun, and another face always facing away from it.
  • The sun-facing side is so close to the sun's direct radiance, unmitigated by any atmosphere, that it remains largely molten.
  • The dark-facing side has hardened into a crust with the sorts of rare mineral deposits expected from volcanic calcification.
  • The tectonic plating of the planet is constantly shifting, with plates drifting out of the solar side and "drifting" across the dark side in cycles of about 300 years. The original mining operations built on the planet have just started to reach the solar side.

Mining Operations

• The only constructions on the planet's face are fifteen blocky ferrocrete-and-metal mining outposts. They are notoriously surrounded by hazy clouds of fine particulates for a half-kilometer radius around each of the outposts, the ejecta of each mining outpost's industrial harvesting process.
• Each mining outpost houses about a thousand workers, in six weeks shifts of five weeks of work (approximately ten hours a day) to one week of leave on Coridann Station.

Coridann Station

Coridann Station, aka "The Furnace"

• An orbital station composed of five levels of "rings" around a central empty well, and four "towers" that cut through the layer of rings, jutting above and below them.
• Also called "The Furnace," as it's high orbit absorbs some of the planet's sun-side radiation, and the mechanisms that cool the structure are notoriously unreliable.
• Each ring has multiple shops, services, and entertainment venues, all of which contribute to the leaching of worker credits back to the company's coffers.
  • The rings also house the main corporate offices of the Cordiann Consortium, as well as its security offices.
• The towers offer hangar space where they connect to the rings. Above and below the rings, the towers offer approximately ten levels of bunk-space for off-duty workers.