Strategic Location: Between the Yaeger and Imperium
spheres of influence.
Temperature: 93% Standard
Atmosphere: Standard
Hydrosphere: 74% of the surface of Iskander is covered
by water, 94% of which has a salinity of 5%-9%
Gravity: 102% Standard
Terrain: Iskander is a relatively mountainous world,
with numerous massive granitic upthrusts remaining from a
relatively volatile early planetary history. As Iskander has a
large amount of water, and as it's temperatures tend to average
somewhat lower than the galactic standard, these mountains are
usually covered with large amounts of snow and ice. Aside from the
mountain ranges, Iskander's land masses have been thoroughly
smoothed by the passage of numerous glaciers, producing large
shallow lakes and icewater swamps.
Mineral Resources: Iskander has large reserves of iron,
duridium, gold, and silver, and these resources have been exploited
by Imperial miners.
Length of Day: 27 standard hours
Length of Year: 388 local days
Sapient Species: The Almar and the Gildaan were native
sentient species, and both have been eradicated by disease and New
Federation bounties.
Capital City: New Corruscant is Iskander's official
capital, but all of the actual functions of government are
conducted at Grand Moff Gathor's personal retreat, Overlord Bunker.
Other Cities: Markira, the mining center, and Orbiok,
the industrial and residential center, are the two largest other
cities. In addition to these, there are a number of other smaller
cities, and a large military training and indoctrination facility,
the Federation Future.
Starport: New Corruscant has a partially completed galaxy
class port that has been bombed repeatedly by the Yaeger,
preventing any traffic. Other than that, many of the cities have
planetary class ports, usually concealed and often inoperative.
Population (within +/- 1%): 7,450,987,200.
Government: A rigid dictatorship, with Grand Moff
Gathor at it's head. This dictatorship also governs four other
systems, with a system governor ruling below Gathor. The governor
of Iskander is Governor Iis Ballel, but he has much less authority
than the governors of the other systems.
Tech Level: High Space. While the New Federation can
no longer manufacture the high quality goods that are the standard
for the empire, they are still supplied such goods by Rulduk's
Imperium, which uses the New Federation to keep the Yaeger away
from their own systems.
Major Exports: None.
Major Imports: High Technology, military goods, food
supplies.
System: Ukoth
Star: Uko
Name
Planet Type
Moons
Gitkiir
Jungle World
1
Elmbar
Jungle World
2
Achrin
Terrestrial Warm
2
Iskander
Terrestrial Cold
3
Gheros
Frigid Desert
2
Olkas
Gas Giant
12
Incorm
Gas Giant
10
System Capsule:
Gitkiir and Elmbar: These two jungle planets are planetary
twins, sharing opposite sides of the same orbital plane. They are
both quite fertile, and had been the sites of New Federation fruit
and livestock farms before Yaeger raiders made those farms
uneconomical to maintain.
Achrin: The site of the original Yaeger settlement in the
system, Achrin has been subjected to intense bombardment, and while
the Yaeger pulled back, it is no longer suitable for Imperial
habitation, at least not until some vegetation grows back.
Iskander: See above.
Gheros: The site of some remarkably rich Irridium deposits,
the refined Irrid shipments from Gheros to Iskander are a
traditional target of Yaeger raiding parties.
Olkas: The largest planet of the system, The moons of Olkas
were the initial staging point of the Imperial invasion of the
system, and are now virtually entirely under Yaeger control.
Incorm: This planet's moons are currently the site of
concealed Yaeger Fighter ports and military bases. The Federation
fleet has repeatedly attempted to blast the Yaeger off these
worlds, but the ships are too well concealed, and the planetary
mounted cannons are powerful enough to take out capital ships.
After losing one of their few remaining Star Destroyers in the last
attempt, the New Federation has virtually written off Incorm, and
has not made any further attacks.
Planetary Capsule:
Flora and fauna: The primary forest type of Iskander
are the icewater swamps. A product of the numerous shallow and
frigid lakes of Iskander, the icewater swamps are primarily built
around the exceedingly well insulated Klabmies trees, who put down
their roots in these lakes, which invariably freeze nearly solid
during the winter. After a stand of Klabmies has built up,
Kyijuaas vines, Miraus seaweeds, and other related plants move in.
Fish Eagles, snowsnakes, and brachiating sloths soon move in,
producing the unique and beautiful icewater swamp. These swamps
are illuminated by the shockingly crimson snow orchids, which bloom
year round. None of the plants of the icewater swamps shed their
leaves, despite the fact that they are all broad leaved, but most
only reproduce during the short summers.
Sentient Species: The Almaar and the Gildan were a pair
of closely related heavily furred native species. Both were around
a meter and a half to two meters in height, with four legs and a
pair of overdeveloped arms. They were quite physically powerful
and aggressive, and highly territorial. The Empire considered them
to be nothing more than a nuisance, and ignored them unless they
came too close to settlements. The New Federation was somewhat
different, having an ideological hatred of aliens, and placed
substantial bounties for the scalps of Almaar and Gildan, and
introduced diseases carried by genetic near relatives. The races
were soon wiped out, and while this has resulted in population
imbalances among the native species, it is regarded as a victory by
the New Federation.
History: Originally an outpost system of the Yaeger,
the Ukoth system fell to the Empire in their first attack on the
Yaeger. Iskander was settled as an Imperial world, under the
control of the then planetary governor Ethan Gathor. When Moff
Doran was killed at Oth'Lenar, Governor Gathor delayed pledging
loyalty to Moff Kent, and formed a loose coalition with four
neighboring governors, termed the Imperial Federation. Moff Kent
ended this coalition with a show of force, and Gathor bowed to the
inevitable. Before Kent could have Gathor killed, General Tigrif
declared himself Moff, and Moff Kent was forced to abandon his
campaign of unification. The Federation was immediately recreated,
and the various governors pooled their resources to defend against
the resurgent Yaeger.
Gathor was made Admiral of the Federation's fleet, but that
was not all that he was interested in. Alir Ghran, An ex-ISB
colonel, fleeing the core worlds after Endor, wound up in
Federation territory when his ships hyperdrive burned out, and
Gathor found him the tool that he had been looking for. Colonel
Ghran organized Gathor's fledgling security forces into a
remarkably effective group, which quickly disposed of the other ex-
governors. Seeing that the formerly confused and frightened Ghran
was regaining confidence and skills, Gathor feared for his life,
and had Ghran killed and most of his organization destroyed, though
enough agents escaped that Gathor must constantly guard against
their attempts at his life.
To further complicate matters, Rulduk's Imperium was on the
rise, and self appointed Grand Moff Gathor did not want to give up
his powers, assuming that Rulduk would eventually have him killed.
Still, he could not ignore Rulduk entirely, and he met the young
Moff over holo-vid. Gathor's paralyzing fear of Rulduk's might
kept him from learning anything from that meeting, but Rulduk saw
a use for the craven and petty Gathor, and began funneling weapons
and goods into the New Federation's coffers.
Moff Gathor believes that these goods are coming from
anonymous core world sympathizers, and with his new found power he
has taken a quite hard line against Rulduk's Imperium. However, he
is directly between the Yaeger and the Imperium, and it is the
Yaeger that he must concentrate on. Unfortunately for the New
Federation, Gathor is not precisely a military genius, and the
Yaeger have been gaining steadily, reducing the once fourteen
system Federation to five systems, and they have footholds on three
of them, including the Ukoth capital.
Saboteurs take down the planetary shields on an almost regular
basis, and Yaeger Rangers have several
temporary camps in the depths of the vast icewater swamps. In
addition, several light ORBSATs that were left in orbit of Achrin
have been placed in orbit around Iskander, and while the planetary
shields deflect the shots, their ominous flashes do a great deal to
discomfit the population. The Federation has sufficient military
might to repel these attacks and push the Yaeger out of their
system, having fourteen Victory Class Destroyers and three Imperial
class ships, but Moff Gathor is so afraid of losing any of these
ships that he will not press an engagement. Iskander will probably
fall to the Yaeger soon, as will the rest of the Federation, and
Gathor will probably attempt to escape with his Star Destroyers.