Gen. Information
World Name: Pesht
Star Type: F7V
Position in System: 3
Time to Jump Point: 10 days
Recharge Station: Zenith,Nadir
Planetary Chairman: General Kester Hsiun Chi, Warlord of Pesht and Duke of Pesht
ComStar Facility Class: A
ComStar Representative: Precentor David Qerrogaf
Population: 4,890,000,000
Percentage and Level of Native Life: 45%, Mammal

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Martial Information

Discovered in 2212 by a group of Ozawan merchants, Pesht was not settled for a hundred years. The apelike predators that lurked in the vast forests wiped out every colonization attempt by the Ozawa family, who laid sole claim to the planet. Soon, the mercantile dynasty gave up trying.

    Later, the Ozawa clan relinquished all rights to the planet to the Draconis Combine, although the former did not tell the latter of the ape creatures. The Kurita settling party was wiped out to the last man.

    Perhaps they were more determined or ruthless than the Ozawas. Regardless, in less than ten years, the Combine had driven the creatures to the brink of extinction. Only then did the Combine reveal its main interest in the world - to create a military base. Fortifications reminiscent of feudal Japan sprang up, and soldiers from every branch of the military soon arrived. Pesht became the launching point for Combine forays into the Draconis Rift.

    During the restructuring of the government under Coordinator Martin McAllister, Pesht became the capital of a Military District. Then, when the capital of the Draconis Combine moved to Luthien, most of the units stationed on Pesht were transferred to Luthien.

    Rulers of Pesht have always resented the fact that Luthien - and not Pesht - was chosen as the new capital. Pesht is now treated as a common garrison planet, and District leaders spend most of their time on Luthien, although they exert no more influence over the planet than any other district leaders.