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Fedalle System
Sector	Kuat Sector
Galactic coordinates	50,54
Planets	Fedalle Fedalle II
Moon	None
Asteroid Fields	None
Space Stations	Fedalle Commercial Depot Fedalle Medical Factory Fedalle Shipping Hub A/H
Population	Approx. 5 million
Controlled By	Galactic Empire

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The Fedalle System is one of the seven systems of the Kuat Sector. Its capital, along with the entire system government, is located on the arctic Fedalle II. While only a small system, the wealth of the metal deposits on Fedalle I and their large-scale industrial exploitation for the construction of transparisteel, coupled with its central position in the Kuat Sector and on the Hydian Way trade route, has made the Fedalle System an important trading hub.

Geography

Fedalle I

The scorching hot surface of Fedalle I

”All civilian and unauthorized traffic to and from the surface of Fedalle I is strictly prohibited under the judicial laws of the Kuat Imperial Sector. Trespassers will find themselves subject to the full extent of the Imperial Criminal Code and might be fired upon.”
-Excerpt from Judicial decree Sigma-One

Fedalle I is a planet in the Fedalle System. It has a wealth of metal deposits which can be refined into the durable transparisteel, but its close proximity to the sun gives the planet a scorching hot and almost lifeless climate. Global industrial strip-mining in combination with the hot climate is responsible for the release of high amounts of toxic fumes directly into the atmosphere, further transforming Fedalle I into a toxic planet where failure to wear proper protection will lead to delirium and, ultimately, death.

Many corporations initially laid claim to the lucrative metal deposits, willing to take the risk and provide their miners with the necessary equipment and protection. As pollution levels rose over the years however and both their expenditures and the inevitable death toll amongst the miners began to increase, the corporations began to abandon their claims and pulled out one after another; leaving their once expensive mines up for grabs.

In Year 15, then-Moff Azhrarn Amaratha signed Judicial decree Sigma-One, a special addendum to the judicial laws of the Kuat Imperial Sector. Under this decree Fedalle I became classified as a penal colony and, as all unauthorized access to and from the planet became prohibited, the claims left by the various corporations fell into Imperial hands by default. The two main purposes behind the decree were to make both the mines profitable again and to take the burden off the strained Kuat Department of Correctional Facilities; thousands of prisoners throughout the Kuat Imperial Sector were asked to volunteer in exchange for reduced sentences.

After the construction of a Medical Factory in orbit around Fedalle I to study the toxic atmosphere and distribute the necessary vaccines to counteract the effects of the pollution, the first penal colonies on the planet opened in late Year 16. Throughout the early months of Year 17 an increasing amount of prisoners have volunteered for the program as well, likely finding merit in the idea of having long sentences reduced in exchange for voluntary service to the Empire, and the relocation of some of the worst prisoners in the Kuat Imperial Sector has not only made the mines an extremely valuable revenue for the Imperial Treasury and the Fedalle System but also taken a considerable burden off the Kuat Department of Correctional Facilities.

Fedalle II