Iperos System

Star:

The Iperos System houses a red giant star, which falls outside of the traditional letter classifications for celestial bodies.

Digios and Laramas, Foremost Orbits

Two scorched, inhabitable rocks circle closely to the burning red sun. Early settlers of the sector theorized that ancient civilizations once thrived on these hypothetically vibrant worlds, but in reality these are mere unfounded legends told to pass the time. The Iperos star expanded long before the sector was ever settled, burning away any traces of life that may have populated these worlds. Travel to these scorched former planets is inadvisable, and would be lethal for most sentients without protective suits. Even starships may find themselves succumbing should they fly too close to this system's sun, should they not be fitted with suitable solar shielding.

Kilius, Third Orbit

The heart of the Sapius Corporation’s mining operations in the sector. The desolate surface of Kilius, similar to its sister planets closer yet to the blazing red sun, has been scorched barren, albeit to a lesser extreme. Still, standing on the planetary surface without protective gear would be suicide for most species.

The Kilius Installation: A massive, solar shielded mining structure sits on the planet's surface, though most of Sapius’ expansion has been downward into the depths of Kilius. The Kilius Installation acts as Sapius’ mining hub. Though there are several sites across the planetary surface, travel between them is done completely beneath the surface through burrowed tunnels. Magnetic guided trains carry large quantities of unrefined spice through these tunnels from the various dig sites to the main Installation. A massive underground hanger dug into a preexisting cavern ships out large quantities of unrefined spice daily on Sapius transports. The mines themselves run deep, and are worked by an army of Imperial prisoners and slave droids.

Iperos, Fourth Orbit

The headquarters of the Sapius Corporation. A large, mostly oceanic world, with large swaths of sea water covering its expansive surface. Iperos frequently feels the heat from the system's massive sun, causing most planetary life to adapt and retreat far below the cold oceanic depths. Dried coral islands occasionally spot the surface of the world, though in terms of natural rock formations, not much can be found. When the Empire first came to the sector, deep ocean oil drilling was attempted for about a year, with little success. The Sapius Corporation came soon after, building a massive metallic surface hub above the abandoned drill sites.

The Sapius Corporation: When the Empire came to the Sector, so did their businesses. Sapius was started by a coreworld entrepreneur willing to sell his soul, seeking Imperial financing to start a business and turn a profit. Early in the Empire’s scouting of the Sector, trace veins of Sansanna spice were discovered on the desolate surface of the planet Kilius. As the nearby Marjora System was heavily colonized by citizens and armies of the Galactic Empire, the shining new headquarters of one of the galaxy's newest corporations sprouted out from the seas of Iperos. A sizable private army has been build by Sapius to protect their own interests, despite them falling under the mantel of the Galactic Empire.

The Iperos Installation: The gigantic shining structure in the vast oceans of Iperos acts as Sapius Corporation's main headquarters. The Installation stands out of the sea triumphantly, with massive defense systems and landing pads built onto its surface. The majority of Sapius’ Corporate business offices rise in individual towers from the top of the installation. Down below the water level, the Sansanna spice refinery purifies the product mined on nearby Kilius. Once undergoing refinement, transports disperse it across the sector, and the greater galaxy. On paper, the spice is refined for medical products, though the nature of the business ensures some of the spice falls into the hands of sentients to be used for illicit purposes.

Potential Roleplaying opportunities:

The massive Iperos Installation acts as a corporate hub for the sector. Characters journeying to this technological wonder may be acting under the employ of Sapius, or perhaps, their current leash-holders, the Galactic Empire. Alternatively, independent smugglers or criminals may seek to pirate unrefined spice on its way into the factory. Covert rebels and members of the New Republic may take an interest in the corporation’s handling of slave labor on nearby Kilius. Or, the Empire’s slow pollution and lack of preservation of the beautiful seas of Iperos. Beneath the waves of Sapius’ headquarters, the automated refinery casts a metaphorical shadow over the shining beacon that is the Iperos Installation. Long tubes carry waste materials far from the Installation, polluting the southern seas. It’s only a matter of time before corporate renegades, or perhaps the natural order of things, begin to turn on Sapius.