Strategic Location: Toward the center of the Imperium
sphere of influence.
Temperature: 97% Standard.
Atmosphere: Thin, with high concentrations of helium,
chlorine, and methane. Exposure suit recommended for non-natives,
especially for exposures of longer than a few hours.
Hydrosphere: 22% of the surface of Thelos is covered
with liquid ammonia, which has an average purity of 92%.
Gravity: .05% Standard.
Terrain: Relatively little erosion through normal means
has taken place on Thelos, though chemical decay has caused the
mountains of Thelos to weather into highly precipitous spires and
remarkably steep canyons.
Mineral Resources: Large supplies of crystalline malin,
uranium, platinum, duridium, and iron.
Length of Day: 82 standard hours.
Length of Year: 101 local days.
Sapient Species: The Sharnoth
are the only native sentient species.
Capital City: Sharamat is the historic capital of the
Sharnoth, though that city has been radiated over the last hundred
years by factional warfare, and is still not safe for habitation.
The current capital is Ashimar, though Sharnoth walkers are
currently at work decontaminating Sharamat.
Other Cities: The other major cities of Thelos are
Hashit, Moroth, and Horadin.
Starport: Thelos is home to four separate galaxy class
ports, none of which are near the Sharnoth cities.
Population (within +/- 1%): 346,812,919 Sharnoth
Government: The planet is ruled by the Sharnoth
military dictatorship, which has remained in control of the world
and the Sharnoth despite it's occasional factional conflict, which
had the effect of irradiating the capital and several other cities
over the last hundred years.
Tech Level: High Space. Thelos has all the benefits of
advanced Sharnoth technology, and is the site of the largest
Sharnoth research facilities.
Major Exports: Sharnoth technology, manufactured goods.
Major Imports: Raw materials, foodstuffs.
System: Imithite
Star: Imith (single red dwarf)
Name
Planet Type
Moons
Ilimbrai
Water world
1
Usharoth
Terrestrial
2
Olshar
Gas Giant
12
Thelos
Low gravity world
0
System Capsule:
Ilimbrai: This world of steaming oceans is inhabited by a few
depth dwelling cetaceans of some limited intelligence.
Usharoth: Inhabited by humans, Usharoth was the first
military target of the Sharnoth, and is now under their military
control. The Imperium has considered taking control of Usharoth,
and probably will when it no longer needs the Sharnoth.
Olshar: This large and hot world exerts considerable
influence on the orbit of Thelos.
Thelos: See above.
Planetary Capsule:
Flora and fauna: Thelos's light gravity has led to it's
population by creatures which would seem to be something out of a
spice dream. Mile long gossamer bubbles, termed sky whales, feast
on passing airflowers. Giant ameboids roam the plains, chasing the
huge insectile herdbeasts, and the fruiting silimar tower thousands
of meters in the air.
Sentient Species: The Sharnoth are the only sapient
natives of Thelos. These light spiderlike creatures have taking to
wearing mechanical walkers when off their homeworld, and this habit
has spread back to the homeworld among some. However, the military
dictatorship has expressed it's disapproval of this habit, so most
go through the month long process of removing themselves from their
suits when visiting Thelos.
History: After the Sharnoth reached sapience, the early
history of Thelos was one of internal conflict between dynastic
monarchs, who soon found themselves superseded by military leaders.
Eventually one military leader succeed in unifying the Sharnoth,
and they began expansion into space. Before they could discover
worlds capable of sustaining the then unprotected Sharnoth, they
were overwhelmed by the Yrotha, who amused themselves by puncturing
the sky whales and squashing the helpless Sharnoth.
The Yrotha left Thelos when a Yaeger advance threatened to cut
Thelos off from the rest of the Yrotha empire. The Sharnoth
military quickly regained control of the populace, and began work
on the high gravity walkers now standard among the Sharnoth. After
achieving workability, and after upgrading their spacefleet to
match the Yrotha's capabilities (most of which capabilities were
developed from abandoned Yrotha craft), the Sharnoth set off into
space to fight the Yrotha, only to discover that the Yaeger had
already destroyed them. Afraid that the Yaeger's power would soon
leave them as vulnerable as they were to the Yrotha, the Sharnoth
began conquering neighboring systems, and building up a base of
slave labor capable of handling the industrial explosion that the
Sharnoth thought that they needed.
Thelos was built up during this period, and it's unique
wildlife was soon relegated to parks and zoos, while the bulk of
the planet was turned over to military and industrial development.
When the Yaeger made no move against the Sharnoth the pace of
development slowed and then stopped, as industries relocated to
other worlds.
When the Skathelon began their
expansion, the Sharnoth allied themselves with that race, and the
products of conquest began to flow into Thelos. Unlike Skathos, which expanded beyond its
capacities, living off these plundered goods, the military
dictatorship invested it's share into the economy, allowing the
Sharnoth to develop their military technology to a frighteningly
high degree. It was around this time that the Sharnoth's personal
walkers reached the degree of sophistication that they currently
display, with full neural linkage between the Sharnoth and their
walker. With the defeat of the Skathelon, the Sharnoth lost many
of the worlds that they had won in the Yrotha protectorate, but
were able to retain some of those by virtue of the fact that as
natives of the Yrotha protectorate they had certain rights in
Yaeger law, a fact that the Sharnoth saw as another sign of
weakness in the Yaeger.
When the Empire expanded into the sector, the Sharnoth saw
that massive military machine as the ultimate in strength through
technology, and enthusiastically joined an alliance with them. As
a willing ally of the Empire, Thelos was not put under immediate
Imperial governance, and as long as the Imperium needs the
Sharnoth, it will not be. However, many of the other Sharnoth
worlds have been co-opted by the Empire, and taxes have prevented
the influx of capital that Thelos has always experienced, and the
economy is being reworked to deal with these problems.