Verbena -- Rim

Due to the planet's heavy involvement in the Independents' side of the Unification War, Verbena is scarcely surviving, barely more than a piece of barren rock. Recently, the Alliance has been making an effort to show the population the error of their ways by leading them back into prosperity through government-funded improvements to the planet's economy.

Verbena was a lush world of thick forests. The world was largely underdeveloped until the Alliance made it a centerpiece for its "rejuvenation after Unification" campaign. Government incentives funded new construction, including a factory to supply parts for military vehicles. However, an Independent soldier-turned-terrorist bombed the factory, killing hundreds and destroying the structure. The bombing sent the world into an economic depression and created an atmosphere of paranoia, fear and hatred for Browncoats and the Independence movement.

Legislation to aid the troubled world is being discussed in parliament and will be voted on once the committees have determined what course to take.

Since then, those that could, left for other pastures. Those that were left behind have steadily declined, economically and socially are sliding into a hillbilly outlook towards anyone infringing on their property. Go to Comment

Whitefall

Whitefall is the fourth moon of Athens, a large percentage of which is owned by a woman named Patience. Whitefall is said to not be civilization "in the strictest sense." The crew visits Whitefall hoping to sell their cargo to Patience in the episode "Serenity". According to the RPG, a Blue Sun facility is rumored to be underneath one of the mountains. A security outpost on the planet was later seen in the film Serenity. Go to Comment

Whittier -Rim

Another in a large number of Rim mining planets to feed the voracious appetite for raw materials to sustain the massive growth of the Core and the Alliance. Completely under the thumb of the Corone Mining Consortium, Whittier is part of that corporations increasingly growing monopoly. Go to Comment

A couple of questions: This terraforming process must have taken something to make it happen, even if it is just handwavium. What happened to the ships and devices that corralled the comets and altered atmospheres? Is it still out there, churning out marginally habitable single biome worlds, was it used up and there is none left? Otherwise, this is a nice list of planets, the multiple intros from the varying perspectives was a bit long winded though. Go to Comment

5/5 for all the effort in this and it will get an HOH when it's old enough. Go to Comment

Quite the work Moon - you should be peddling this link to the Firefire fans at large. Go to Comment

Excellent Firefly reference!  

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Top marks! I love all things Firefly, and this was definitely worth the read.

Now to dig out that rulebook from wherever I've hidden it.. Go to Comment

There is the classic conflict between Rich (Highs) and and poor (Stilts). There is the conflict between the Piel Clans, which is only slightly covert. The Piels hiding their secerts can lead to "dead".

The conflicts tend to be on personal level, like most Firefly plots. Being outside agents they become new pawns in the local power games. If you get them entangled in local politics, "family matters", or religious elements, you get to play "in middle" with two rocks.

The various sets of players have been there "just to drop some stuff of" and they thought about joing the reaces. Each time, by not knowing what is going on, they have nearly got themselves killed off. There is enough drama.

It does have Lucas Syndrome. That is fact. There are hot and cold latitudes, just not intensly so. The shallowness and mass of water is that their won't be an icey area (or overly warm) as currents will move through nearly unobstructed evening things out. Minimal temp exchanges mean less weather. Go to Comment

Nope, no volcanos. Welcome to the joys of terraforming.

I thought about how they might do that. However they have issues of not having enough materials to conviently hold it and proper equipment to hold them. And given the regular surges, the water table, the degree of wetness, lack of useful rock materials, and the locals finding it easier to adapt than to reshape, the factors are against it.

You might have a few small projects, but nothing of note. Go to Comment

Any volcanic activity? Not bad, the local culture makes it interesting. A second question, have any of the locals attempted to build dykes or levees? Go to Comment

Another neat monotype world - I could easily see this converted to Star Wars use as well.

Could use a little more conflict :) Go to Comment

There are two subs and stubs for terraforming, aeliforming, etc.Check out World and Planets for the links. The terms are used and linked often in the scoll. Go to Comment

I might go more Spain than Spanish California, but I do like this submission. The technobabble at the front is a bit of a stumbler, but nothing serious. Someone could write a sub on the process of terraforming, caeliforming, etc. Back on topic, I like this world because it offers something other than the dusty marginally habitable single biome planet. Go to Comment

It has a chromal relationship only. The color was adapted by the fans. Go to Comment

Just noticed this huge entry... so let me reply

Did you have an idea regarding a charismatic figure or leader of this planet?

No. It is up to what the GM needs for this planet. I would think there is a charismatic leader or two among the elder council, but that would just be me.

How about the history of the planet?
Hmmm. Colonists were dropped off. They built it up. Really, that is as much history as most Firefly planets have.


Who is that 0.01% of the population?
Other odds and ends of the Firefly Universe. A few souls who lost their ride home. A few chinese that are trying to make a living. A few others who came here for possible jobs.

Does the alliance recruit from or tax this planet?
Yes.

What if some valuable mineral was discovered on the planet? Do you think the populace would seek to exploit the wealth or avoid it?
They would exploit it. It would make their world as wealthy as Nob or one of the central worlds.

Is charity still one of the virtues upheld by this faith?
I do not see why it wouldn't be.

The strict and potentially oppressive religious setting has its place in any game that champions the roving adventurer. I just didn't think this setting or its presentation did a lot improve on this Utah in space idea. But assuming you are GM who wants random setting this one gives just enough details to be save you some time, and it is a familiar enough idea to most western fanboys that it doesn't require a lot of explaining. It wouldn't have taken much to push this into a really interesting idea.

Fair enough. This is a stub for a reason. It is an organizational point. Most people actually don't know much about Utah, so this is their starting point.

Every GM is going to use this planet for different effects in their game. While it was "okay" in my campaign, another Serenity GM of my aquaintance turned into a religious fascist society, just short of "The Will of Landru ( http://www.startrek.com/database_article/landru ). It is what your group is going to be comfortable with.


What if this use to be a Casino planet but got reformed. So you got a lot of reformed whores and gunmen hanging around the church socials?
Never happened in Los Vegas, but it is an intersting idea.

What if there are still old prospectors out in the hills who hate this town and church crap and they make up sort of shadow society?
That is interesting, but the old prospectors would not have enough wealth or population to deal with the town folk.

What if one of the old Primus rewrote parts of the bible and then rather deny him and change there way of life they some start worshiping him?
You have been reading wayyy to much "Dogs in the Vineyards", but it is possible. Again, that would be a plot the GM would add to the setting, rather than something I would list as "This is cannon for the world". Go to Comment

Well, I guess that is what the Orange Book is. I had to go do some referencing and it seems to have a spiritual cousin in the Orange Catholic Bible from the Dune mythos. Go to Comment

So is did you have an idea regarding a charismatic figure or leader of this planet?

How about the history of the planet?

Who is that 0.01% of the population?

Does the alliance recruit from or tax this planet?

What if some valuable mineral was discovered on the planet? Do you think the populace would seek to exploit the wealth or avoid it?

Is charity still one of the virtues upheld by this faith?

The strict and potentially oppressive religious setting has its place in any game that champions the roving adventurer. I just didn't think this setting or its presentation did a lot improve on this Utah in space idea. But assuming you are GM who wants random setting this one gives just enough details to be save you some time, and it is a familiar enough idea to most western fanboys that it doesn't require a lot of explaining. It wouldn't have taken much to push this into a really interesting idea.

What if this use to be a Casino planet but got reformed. So you got a lot of reformed whores and gunmen hanging around the church socials?
What if there are still old prospectors out in the hills who hate this town and church crap and they make up sort of shadow society?
What if one of the old Primus rewrote parts of the bible and then rather deny him and change there way of life they some start worshiping him? Go to Comment

An interesting planet, and one sure to get virtually any player characters into deep trouble on sooner or later. A few plot hooks could round out the setting and details on some of the more notable personalities in town. 

I also liek the flexibility of the premise, and how easy it can be for GM's to take the concept and use it in a different setting with minimal adjustment.

 

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You are basically looking at a "boom town" with two gold rushes going. Lots of change. Lots of Crime. Lots of opportunities. You are looking at social and industrial intrigue (which will get you dead just as easy as a battle). So yes things are maginally civilized.

What kind of drama are you looking for? Open warfare? Giant Monsters? Disasters destroying the planet (we already did that once in this system)? Go to Comment