The Silent Death
House Red Star
The settlement that eventually became House Red Star was founded millennia ago by a group of Native Americans that formed an extremely successful colony on Mars. Named for how it's new home looks from the plains of Old Earth where it's people once lived, House Red Star was a leader in the lucrative business of terraforming, and it is upon this that their incredible fortune is based. It was mostly due to their skills that Mars (the first terraformed planet) ever became habitable at all.
The people of Red Star didn't confine themselves to the red planet or even the Solar System for very long. No sooner was the hyperspace drive developed than they were heading for the stars. Their typical modus operandi involved finding a suitable planet and laying claim to it. Then they would terraform it and sell the property rights to some other group or provincial house. In this way, they became nomads wandering among the stars.
Red Stars decry open displays of wealth. They do not seem to care much for money, preferring to live simply so that all of their fellows may prosper in happiness. Under their domain, all are fed, clothed, housed, trained, educated and appreciated for who they are.
This is not a peaceful society. Although it may seem that they live in a utopia, the Red Stars can be as warlike as the need requires them to be. Sometimes, too, there are differences of opinion as to how the House should proceed in a given matter.
^DP^ Disciples of Pain
<HF> Hell Fire
<RA> Red Assault
