SEUTHOLU

by Mike Lynch


SEUTHOLU

Type: Oceanic terrestrial
Temperature: Temperate
Atmosphere: Type I
Hydrosphere: Moist
Gravity: Standard
Terrain: Tropical islands & arctic zones
Length of Day: 21 standard hours
Length of Year: 213 local days
Sapient Species: Humans
Starport: One standard class
Population: 1.4 million
Government: Imperial Governor
Tech Level: Space
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: Foodstuffs, raw materials, medicine, luxury items
System: Seuth
Star: Seuth (orange star)
Orbital Bodies:
Seutho I (barren wastes; no moons)
Seutholu (terrestrial; one moon)

SYSTEM DATAFILE
Seuth system, star Seuth. Two planets in system; outermost, Seutholu, serves as vacation world for galactic elite. Upon entering Seutholu system, the characters' ship will receive the following broadcast "Welcome to Seutholu. Hail to the Emperor! Transmit clearance code to comm channel SCI9-1831-A. Following clearance, landing instructions will be transmitted to your vessel."

WORLD SUMMARY
Seutholu is a mostly oceanic world in the Galactic Core. Its two large continents sit dead in the center of the world's inhospitable arctic and antarctic zones, leaving only a small string of islands available for habitation. These islands experience warm, pleasant weather all year, and as a result have served as private hideaways for the most wealthy galactic denizens for eons. Only those with the proper clearance may land on Seutholu; all others are forcibly removed from the system.

SYSTEM SUMMARY
The Seuth system (charted over twenty thousand years ago by a long-forgotten scout) consists of only two planets, Seuth I and Seuth II, now called Seutholu. Seuth I is a searing-hot ball of airless rock whose surface is so frequently reshaped by volcanic activity that no attempts have ever been made to harvest the minerals suspected to be trapped beneath its crust.

The single satellite of Seutholu, named Chara in honor of a long-dead queen, is an ovoid, grey rock with no atmosphere. What little value its minerals might have had in the earliest years of the Old Republic is long since gone; archaeological evidence indicates some mining did occur on Chara millenia ago.

HISTORY
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Seutholu's unpleasant history attests to the validity of that ancient statement.

Seutholu was initially colonized by a small group of fish-farmers some 19,000 years prior to the Galactic Civil War. They and their descendents fished the ample oceans of Seutholu until, in Republic Year 9241, a group of investors acting on behalf of Durr Chenquey (a rich politician from Coruscant) "persuaded" the original settlers to sell the largest island, Lyaphu. Chenquey had a massive palace built on Lyaphu, portions of which still stand today in Seutholu City Starport.

Over the next few decades, Seutholu was visited by more and more of the galaxy's most wealthy, influential, and trendy individuals. The original fish-farmers were slowly driven off the planet by an ever-increasing flood of corporate and government leaders eager to build a private vacation paradise in the Core.

Centuries passed. It wasn't long before every one of the under 100 islands in Seutholu's tropical zone was owned by some family or company. In time a sense of community (however snobbish) began to form among the planet's lords, and their common interest in the good life eventually led to the construction of Seutholu City and the formation of the Seutholu Security Force.

When Palpatine rose to power, many of his staunchest supporters already had residences on Seutholu -- but others, it seemed, were either pro-Republic or non-Human. In a quiet but bloody incident, Palpatine's supporters violently drove out their undesirable neighbors. Some fled to remote worlds, others challenged their treatment (and wound up incarcerated by the Imperial Courts), and some were killed before they could even take off.

This incident, known locally as the Lyaphu Massacre, left a sour taste in the mouths of those remaining families who disliked violence. A special measure was later passed to forbid the removal of personal armaments from private property anywhere on Seutholu.

(The Battle of Endor saw a split in the loyalties of Seutholu's ruling families. Mysterious bombings, disappearances, and other unfortunate incidents plagued the world until, after the defeat of Palpatine's second clone, the remaining Imperially-faithful residents fled. Seutholu officially joined the New Republic one month later.)

SEUTHOLU CITY
The only city on the planet, Seutholu City is a meeting ground for the residents and guests of Seutholu. Its dominant structure is the Seutholu City Starport, a standard-class port with numerous frilly amenities. The ancient main foyer from Chenquey Palace still stands inside the starport's grandiose entry hall, carefully preserved to look just as it did over seventeen thousand years ago.

The rest of Seutholu City is a random cobbling of decadent shopping complexes, selling everything from luxury speeders and starships to elegant eveningwear to expensive droids to overnight-shipped delicacies to (in the time of the Empire) slaves.

THE SEUTHOLU SECURITY FORCE
The Empire is law on Seutholu, and its will is enforced by the well-paid and well-trained Seutholu Security Force. Nothing is too good for the residents of Seutholu, and therefore their guardians are outfitted in the newest and most expensive gear available. Unfortunately, the most expensive gear isn't always the best, and a few of the SSFers complain that their commander, Jos Em'thon, makes poor administrative decisions. So far, however, the SSF has had no major failures, and their fleet of Blastboats is more than sufficient repellent for unwanted visitors.

SEUTHOLU PERSONALITIES

Rex Shaterrinn XXXVI
Type: Court Fop
DEXTERITY 3D
Blaster 3D+2, dodge 3D+1, melee weapons 3D+2
KNOWLEDGE 4D
Bureaucracy 5D, business 5D+1, cultures 5D, cultures (Seutholu) 6D+2, value 6D
MECHANICAL 4D
Beast riding 4D+1, repulsorlift operation 4D+1, swoop operation 4D+2
PERCEPTION 3D
Command 3D+1, gambling 3D+2, persuasion 3D+1, search 4D
STRENGTH 2D
Climbing/jumping 3D, stamina 4D
TECHNICAL 2D
Droid programming 3D, security 3D+1
Move: 10
Equipment: see H&R 68

Capsule: The most recent in an ancient family line, Rex Shaterrinn will not respond to anyone unless they address him completely, including "the thirty-sixth" at the end. He is arrogant and self-absorbed, but also quite handsome, and likes to think of himself as a roguish adventurer. In reality, he wouldn't know adventure if it bit his servant droid in the posterior plating, and any true danger would frighten him silly.

ADVENTURE IDEA
The characters are given clearance to land on Seutholu for the purpose of delivering a cargo of fine wines. They complete their delivery successfully, only to be challenged by an inebriated, rich, and weak young man. The SSF will take notice and prosecute the characters for attacking the young man -- or for refusing to attack and impugning his honor. The characters will need to do some quick thinking and smooth talking to avoid being incarcerated or worse.



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