Strategic Location: In the New Republic Sphere of
Influence.
Temperature: Greenhouse world (117 C average).
Atmosphere: Type III. Breath mask required, light
exposure suit recommended.
Hydrosphere: 24% of Shoradah's surface is covered with
ocean. As that percentage was once much higher, the oceans are
currently highly saline boiling bodies of water that are entirely
sterile.
Gravity: 87% normal.
Terrain: Shoradah's surface is covered with urban ruins
and the relict remains of large forests. All of the freshwater
streams and rivers have disappeared, and large, briny lakes still
remain.
Mineral Resources: High. Shoradah has large supplies
of crystallized iron, ytterbitrium, diamond, and fairly large
supplies of duridium, kalij, and morfol ores.
Capital City: Kuluridus is the subterranean current
capital of the L'Brii, while Thafrul City is the old capital that
is currently the headquarters of the reclamation effort.
Other Cities: Thilibur, Numas, and Ujuroth are the
other major subterranean cities, and Old Mazgrul, RS-7, and RS-14
are the primary reclamation centers.
Starport: Kuluridus has a planetary class starport
supported by a sophisticated airlock system. Thafrul City has a
currently non-functional galaxy class starport.
Population (within +/- 1%): 3.45 billion L'Brii, 23,000
assorted New Republic personnel.
Government: The L'Brii are currently ruled by a
recently established democracy, whose rules are somewhat fluid at
this point.
Tech Level: Very low space. The L'Brii had been at a
high industrial level when the Empire claimed their planet. Since
then, they have gleaned little bits and pieces of space level
technology while working for the Empire.
Boraca: A pale brown world, Boraca has been considered as an
alternate homeworld for the L'Brii, however despite the problems
that Shorada has, Boraca is completely inhospitable.
Planetary Capsule:
Flora and fauna: Once teeming with life, Shorada is
currently virtually lifeless. Some relict populations of the
hardiest life forms may exist in isolated regions of Shorada, but
that is probably wishful thinking on the parts of the reclamation
scientists.
Sentient Species: The short, centaur like L'Brii were
one of two intelligent species native to Shoradah. The other
species, the Ulpata, were a less urbanized race that were wiped out
fairly early during the Imperial occupation, when improper
cleansing techniques of the planet's main power plant caused the
release of dangerous levels of radiation into the atmosphere.
History: Shoradah's early history was not that
different from any other developing world. However, when the
Empire expanded into this part of the sector, they needed a weapons
manufacturing source near the front lines of battle. Shoradah was
convenient location, and the L'Brii's technology was close enough
to space level to allow them to make use of many of the planet's
pre- existing manufacturing facilities.
Unfortunately for the L'Brii, the Empire needed the weapons
fast, and if that meant cutting all available corners, that is what
they did. While the industrial technology of the L'Brii had caused
some damage to the environment of their world, it was nothing
compared to the wholesale destruction that the Empire inflicted on
their world. Gradually, the factories moved underground, to avoid
the hell that they had spawned, and the enslaved L'Brii followed,
to work in the plants that were destroying their planet. Finally,
New Republic attacked the Imperial holdings on the planet, and the
weapons plants stopped production.
However, the planet was left in even worse shape than it is
currently. The New Republic's reclamation attempt began soon
after, and NR leaders assumed that this project would win the
L'Brii over to their side wholeheartedly. This projection proved
wildly inaccurate. The L'Brii had developed a more than healthy
distrust for humans of all varieties, and they think that the "New
Republic" is just another attempt by humans to get something out of
them. Due to that perception, there has been no attempt by the
L'Brii to take part in or aid the NR in the reclamation effort.
Instead, they are not only indifferent, but actively hostile to the
reclamation technicians, and there is little or no contact between
the surface settlements and the underground cities.