Location
The
Mica Majority consists of three mineral-rich worlds located near the Delos IV
star system between the Federated Suns and the Outworlds Alliance.
Economy
Known
for their extensive deposits of gold, uranium, and other precious minerals, Mica
ll, V, and Vll each have a harsh arctic climate that makes mining operations
costly. With only the thinnest of atmospheres, the Micanites must live in
pressurized dome-towns, similar to the raucous Yukon-Klondike towns of Terran
North America. Miners, drifters, bartenders, and assorted ne'er-do-wells vie
with one another to cash in on newfound wealth (or at least live long enough to
spend some of it).These
domes, varying from eight to twenty per planet, are a legacy of the Star League
at its technological finest. The first Micanite settlers were involuntary
laborers forcibly transferred there for their political opposition to the Kurita
regime. Many did not even have the most elementary knowledge of geology or
mining techniques, and most died within the first
decade.
Located
near the system's zenith jump point is a huge orbital complex constructed in the
late 2600s when the vast resources of the system became known. With only brief
interruptions during the Succession Wars, large-scale barter and trade between
the descendants of the original Micanite laborers and the Inner Sphere have
remained intact. Ore from the mining fields is collected at central
distribution points and shipped out to the system's Jump Point every summer when
scores of merchants from the Federated Suns and the Outworlds Alliance arrive to
trade with the Micanites. For several weeks and even months, thousands of miners
compete against, barter with, steal from, drink with, lie to, wench with, gamble
with, win from, and lose to merchants and other miners aboard the Micanite Space
Center (built in the waning days of the Star League). Thus do the neighboring
systems of the Federated Suns and the Outworlds Alliance gain badly needed
resources at one tenth the price asked by Inner Sphere mining concerns. For
their part, the miners receive machinery and modern conveniences, clothing and
chemicals, brandies and brides, all of which they need to continue their
precarious existence. Given time, a more stabilized form of economic exchange
may develop. For the time being, however, both sides are satisfied with the
present arrangement.
Geography
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Climate
The worlds of the Micanos star system are drab and barren wastelands perpetually
covered with ice and snow and ravaged by fierce solar winds and occasional
meteor showers. In such conditions, life is possible only under pressurized
domes, which dot the mineral-rich Micanite worlds.
Martial Information
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