SR: Seleca III

Trade and Tithes
The main food export of Seleca is a thick nutrient paste made from algae and plankton and is used as a base for processed foods and ration packs. Fish are also farmed on Seleca, they are sometimes smoked or can be put into stasis boxes so they remain fresh, both are delicacies off world. Fish eggs are also harvested and provide one of the highest yielding exports in terms of monetary return for Seleca.

Though marine life is the basic food export of Seleca, the dense oxygen rich atmosphere allows insects to grow to sizable proportions. Rhak, a type of giant ground beetle, and giant winged insects known as Chigs, are reared and farmed and provide a high protien alternative to fish. Their iridescent shells are also used as armour plate being both lighter and stronger than steel plate.

Grains and root vegetables, are grown here in vast and varied amounts, not only for their calorific value, but also as alcohol can be synthesised from them. Hard spirits, ales and various types of flour are the final processd result. Many fine wine’s and liqueurs are also produced, these come from the fruit gardens of the outer isles and are in high demand through out the sub sector, though the market is being expanded to other sub sectors, the bulk of these exotic drinks are sold to the powerful families in the hive's of Meksum and the fleet.

Wood and fabrics are also exported, cotton and silk exports along with exotic furs are sold to the traders from Anexus. While the luxury hand crafted wooden furniture ends up making its way to the offices of high ranking administrators on Meksum. While basic foodstuffs are the mainstay of Imperial tribute, Seleca has managed to carve out quite a substatial niche in luxury items. The peaceful nuture of the sub sector has meant that weapons and other military hardware is not required. This means that the people enjoy quite a high standard of living, as the funds that would have been spent on weapons have been redistributed elsewhere.

Physiology
While the gravity of seleca is only marginally greater than that of terra it does have the effect of cancelling out the effect of the dense oxygen rich atmosphere, ie they look like average humans with only slightly increased muscle mass. Both the dense atmosphere and dense planetary core combine to reduce the amount of harmful radiation from the sun keeping skin tone quite pale. All Selecans are well toned and extremly fit. Only the old can get away with letting themseves go a bit, but even then they remain hearty individuals.

Psychology
There is a saying on Seleca, “If you are going to die tomorrow then you’ve time for a few more drinks”. Moderate climate, sufficient food, good health have conspired to give Selecans a very positive view on life. They enjoy a few drinks after a hard day in the field and evenings are always a friendly time, even for off worlders. It is more common for the younger generation to get drunk on their days off, at which time they will often carouse late into the night. The Selecans have a special hatred of orks. It was orks that were responsible for the razing of the origional Selecan homeworld. Though the world was reclaimed by the Imperium it was a pale shadow of its former glory. The ork wars were primarily the only conflict the Selecan third infantry saw, many good people were lost to ork attacks and ambushes across numerous worlds, but the selecan regiments more often than not were victorious. The scars of those engagements remain to this day, buried deep in the Selecan psyche and even the mention of orks is enough to set tempers flaring.


Language and Dialect
The language of Seleca is low gothic with a slight accent, which has been described as easy on the ear. Its one of the reasons why selecan music is so popular off world. High gothic is not spoken on Seleca


Planetary Defence Force
The planetary defence force is roughly 2% of the population, but only about 0.5% of that number is classed as being on active standby, the rest are on reserve standby. This tour lasts for one year, at the end of which they are released to go back to their previous occupations. Each town and city has an urban militia, as well as a small PDF force, the numbers are in proportion to the population of the city itself. Each city has its own regional command centre, these co-ordinate with the central command any action taken against hostiles. Any soldier can apply for the officers test a strict a gruelling trial of a warriors command skills, he will be judged by a superior officer and should he pass will gain his stripes, this method ensures that only the best and fittest are allowed to lead troops into battle.

There is also the option of admittance to the Selecan Special forces a highly trained elite company of professional and deadly killers, only special recommendation by drill instructors and superior officers can allow this to happen, you do not choose you are chosen. The training is intense very few can handle it, those that fail return to their own units, with no shame, to be chosen is an honour in itself. Special forces are to engage in covert strikes and guerrilla warfare, their weapon of choice is the SSTB Compaq, a high velocity assault weapon which fires solid shot Teflon coated titanium rounds, it has high accuracy and rate of fire, special burst inhibitors are required so the entire magazine isn’t emptied.

The standard Weapon of the Selecan PDF is the Triplex pattern lasgun, flak armour is standard for all registered soldiers, but most of their armour comes from the iridescent shells of the Rhak, which does give a very unique look to the Selecan military.

History
Imperial records show that Seleca III had already been colonised in 998 M31 and had been called Harans world, a jewel of a world it seemed but, only 200 years later all contact was lost with the colony. A passing explorator ship was ordered to the system, what it found was a desolate ice world with no trace of life.
It was unclear what catastrophe had befallen this world but it had the result of ending the colony's brief existence. 4000 years later and Harans world appeared to have recovered from its deadly ice age, and it was decided that it should be recolonised. While surface temperatures had risen sufficiently to allow life to begin to flourish, it was still a cold world with a temperamental climate and would take rugged individuals to make the colonisation a success. The decision was made to allow a retirering guard regiment to give it ago, and so Seleca III was founded in 765 M36 by the Selecan 3rd infantry.

It was a harsh few decades as the new occupants of Seleca adjusted to the harsh winter storms and dry summers, but food was plentiful and their shelters sturdy and very soon the colony began to prosper.
It quickly became apparent the climate was still in a state of transition as the surface temperatures continued to rise and the ice sheets retreated, winters were still hard but they became shorter, and the summers became warmer and wetter. New life began to appear in the coastal regions as the warm seas encouraged the aquatic wildlife to multiply and inland areas became arable, farming practices increased, and the lives of the colonists only got better. The population flourished, exceeding 1,000,000 by 833 M36. The peaceful nature of the world and high levels of health have spurred the population growth, the last census taken was in 678 M39, it showed a population of 7,000,000.

Recently the Administratum have been looking at the rest of the system and the mineral wealth it contains, it would seem the designation of Agri world may soon be changed to civilised world. They have already approved the mining of the asteroid field by a private company, and have begun the process of colonising some of the more promising outer worlds. It was the arrival of the mining company that actually spurred the population growth, the LMC, Leskus Mining Company, introduced the people of Seleca to a whole new realm of trading and free enterprise.

MOONS
Rhian: H754000-C, Orbit: 20
Seleca has one moon or rather sister world Rhian, marginally smaller than Seleca, its gravity and core density are lower with its own atmosphere and deposits of frozen water it was a world that could have been.
However its atmosphere is to thin and the surface temperature to low for anything other than microbial bacteria to flourish. It is these bacteria that make the view of Rhian so spectacular, white ice is banded with coral pink and pastel shades of blue and green, moon rise on Seleca is sight to behold. The full moon is named Ghost moon as it seems to become paler when full. It also has a very slow orbital period, seeming to hang in the position for quite a while. This is lucky for Selecans as due to its size it would play havoc with sea levels and tidal surges would be more like tidal waves. Rhian does have another name, Hernsfall it is where the body of captain Hern is buried, a warrior mighty and noble, a legendary figure, amongst the Selecans. He died shortly before the transport ship dropped out of warp, and it was decided that the moon Rhian should be his resting place.

RYGANON DELTA
56,47,52 K0 V

RYGANON DELTA I

UWP: G440000-0
Planetoid
Satellites:3
1: UWP: YR00000-0, Orbit: 3
2: UWP: Y100000-0, Orbit: 4
3: UWP: Y100000-0, Orbit: 9

Name: Synaph
World Class: Planet
Population: 0
Aestimare: G500

Synaph is a hellish world of molten rock and scoured by deadly amounts of radiation . The proximity to the star makes it to inhospitable to colonise, at least for the moment. From orbit it is an orange and brown orb pitted with impact craters and scabs of ancient lava flows. It has a good mineral resource base but at the moment no plans have been made to mine it. Synaph has two small moons of little importance and a single stoney ring system.


RYGANON DELTA II

UWP: X100000-0
Planetoid
Satellites:0

Name: Cynaeda
World Class: Planet
Population: 0
Aestimare: G1000

Cynaeda is a small, pale, cratered rocky body, were it not for high ore and mineral deposits it would not even be worth a mention. As it is however it turned out to be exceedingly rich in radioactive metals, plans have been made to mine these metals for use in the numerous atomic reactors found throughout the system.

RYGANON DELTA III (Seleca III main world)
UWP: B997644-9
Sattelites:1
1: UWP: H754000-0(Rhian) Orbit: 20

ASTEROID BELT
1m/1km,n-40, m-40, c-30, 1AU
orbit 5
The asteroid belt has proved to be a source of great wealth to the Cartels of Anexus, and to the Government of Zephon.

RYGANON DELTA IV

UWP: G300439-8
Planetoid
Satellites:1
1: UWP: YR00000-0, Orbit: 1
2: UWP: YR00000-0, Orbit: 3

Name:Callidela
World Class: Planet
Population: 70,000
Aestimare: G500

Rich in crystal compounds Callidela became the first mining world founded in the system. Many of its compounds are use in the agricultural industry and in weapon manufacture. It is a rich brown world covered in cold dry deserts of stone, it has two ring systems, one of fine ice crystals and the other of dark stone.

RYGANON DELTA V

UWP: F610000-0
Planetoid
Satellites:1
1: UWP: H100000-0, Orbit: 55

Name: Thyus
World Class: Planet
Population: 0
Aestimare: K500

Thyus is another fridgid desert world, a patch work of dark gray and brown from orbit. It is the third largest world in the Selecan system, however its low reasource base has meant it has remained un colonised.

RYGANON DELTA VI

UWP: F740649-8 Co
Planetoid
Satellites:3
1: UWP: H504429-8,(Herla) Orbit: 5
2: UWP: Y200000-0, Orbit: 7
3: UWP: Y100000-0, Orbit: 9

Name: Zephon
World Class: Planet
Population: 7,070,000
Aestimare: D50

The second largest world in the system and the only other world to have water present, though that is on the surface of its largest moon Herla. It seems that Seleca III and its moon Rhian have claimed nearly all the water that was ever present in the system. A cold world with a thin atmosphere tainted by volcanic activity sweeps across the basalt dust deserts raising great black dust storms that can last for months. It has many resources, enough to support weapon manufacturing, mining, and the production of numerous agro products. Zephon was founded in 733 M39 as an industrial world, populated mostly by refugees from the war torn castellan subsector. Most if not all heavy industry has been relocated here so as to preserve the ecological balance of Seleca. It has its own government seperate to that of Seleca III, it is however totally dependant on food supplies shipped from the main world.

Zephon is the outer supply depot and storage base for the whole system, tithe ships and interstellar transports all go to Zephons space ports to load and unload their cargo. The ATC has its own refining and production facilities based here, the export values are higher for the company if it ships out finished goods.