Riyiur


Type: Gateway World.
Region: Border Regions.
Trade Route: Yaeger Central Path, Long Path.
Sector: Yaeger Sector.
Strategic Location: Edge of the New Republic Sphere of influence closest to the Ishirin feeder of the Corellian Route.
Temperature: Warm, reaching 50 C. during the summers
Atmosphere: Breathable, with very high quantities of water vapor and methane.
Hydrosphere: 73% of Riyiur's surface is shallow oceans and swamps, with an average salinity of 4-12%.
Gravity: 102% standard.
Terrain: Mostly flatland, with several razorback mountain ridges.
Mineral Resources: Riyiur is fairly mineral poor, with some small reserves of gold, iron, and duridium, and one or two midsized deposits of low grade firestones.
Length of Day: 49 standard hours.
Length of Year: 257 local days.
Sapient Species: None native.
Capital City: Riyiur Port is the first, and so far the only city on the planet. It has a permanent population of around 57,000, and a transient population of nearly three times that.
Other Cities: None.
Starport: Riyiur Port has a pair of planetary class starports, and a galaxy class starport is being considered. In addition, there is a third planetary class starport, which is used exclusively for government ships.
Population (within +/- 1%): See above.
Planet Function: Gateway world.
Government: New Republic Planetary Authority.
Tech Level: New Republic Standard.
Major Imports: Food, workers, raw materials, processed goods, etc.
Major Exports: None.
System: Elkana
Star: Elkana (orange giant)
Name Planet Type Moons
Gethrul Scalding Rock0
LumenJungle World4
RiyiurGateway World2
SiapurIce World1
FsheqFrigid Rock7
GamrulFrigid Rock3

System Capsule:

Gethrul: With average surface temperatures somewhat higher that those that usually produce life, Gethrul has little of interest to recommend it.
Lumen: This jungle world is home to a wide variety of deadly sub-sentient life, but is primarily noted for the luminescent trees that form it's forests, causing the planet to glow more brightly in the night sky than either of Riyiur's two moons, and often render it visible as a bright spot in the sky throughout the day.
Riyiur: See above.
Siapur: A frigid, blue-white ball.
Fsheq: A bright, almost fluorescent yellow, Fsheq has vast reserves of sulphur and phosphorous, harking back to an earlier volcanic period.
Gamrul: A silvery globe, Gamrul has little of interest on its dead cold surface.

Planetary Capsule:

Flora and fauna: Riyiur is primarily a swamp world, with vast saltwater marshes covering most of the planet. These marshes are home to a wide variety of aquatic life, mainly mammalian fish equivalents, but also saurithscian multilegged predators called Khluyak, birdlike lizards of many varieties, gigantic mammalian herbivores, called Itlann who use the legs for ambulatory purposes, and the saltwater to keep their bodies off the ground. All these creatures are hunted by the packhunting bearlike Yumit, which, despite their diminutive size, are known for their ferocity.

Aside from the mostly flat, meadowlike marshes, Riyiur's other major ecosystem is the Lughan forests. These mangrovelike forests are home to many of the same basic life forms as the marshes, but in somewhat different forms. Lughan Yumit have less distinct webbing on their paws, and their claws are designed for climbing in addition to rending. Lughan Khluyak have a dark brown coloration that allows them to pass as detached trunks or tree limbs, and so on with the other species. In addition to these variations, the forests are home to arachnid creatures, called Shivlers, which are very deadly, and not found anywhere else.

Finally, there are several razorback ridges on Riyiur which are home to the lizardlike birds, almost exclusively, and many of the species of those creatures fly great distances to breed and nest on those ranges. Their guano is very high in nutrients, and would make an excellent fertilizer, if the mounds of guano on and around these ridges were ever mined.

Sentient Species: Riyiur is not home to any native sentient species, though some colonization groups have been setting out across the surface, with a fledgling Shallitan community in one of the Lughan forests being the largest of those settlements.

History: The Elkana system is the Yaeger system closest to the standard galactic trade routes, and Riyiur is it's most habitable planet. In order to keep some control of the traffic headed into and out of the Yaeger sector, the New Republic has kept the direct hyper-routes to the other Yaeger Systems a military secret, and set up a customs and inspection station up at Riyiur. All those ships that are not willing to make runs through uncharted space must pass through the Elkana system on their way to the rest of the Yaeger sector, and New Republic patrol craft make sure that all of those ships stop off at Riyiur. There, safety inspections are performed, ship's manifests are checked, identification papers are examined, and a fair amount of bureaucratic red tape must be taken care of. The Yaeger Nation is an unknown factor at this point, and the New Republic wants to assure that its citizens are at their best behavior when in contact with them. The entire inspection and registration process usually takes around four days, and only the ships owner is required in Riyiur port for most of that time. Other crew members and passengers are free to wander the cantinas and duty free shops of Riyiur port, or to hire a skimmer and go and see some local wildlife, and maybe shoot it.

Military craft also have to pass through Riyiur, but they go through a completely different starport and registration system. These craft are simply inspected for battle-readiness, and crew papers are registered. This process seldom takes longer than two days, but most captains let their crews take shore leave for several days, as the Yaeger Sector has been classed as a combat area, making any available R&R more than welcome.
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