Valiens Nantaris
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Name: Gehenna
Region: Outer Rim
System: SX98211-21
Suns: 1 red medium coming to the end of its life. In less than a million years it will begin to expand and swallow the planet. Sadly, the enemies of the Bando Gora cannot wait that long!
Orbital Position: Close. Equivalent to 0.75AU/
Moons: 2; Golgotha and Gethsemane. These worlds are blasted, airless wastes, each about 1400km in diameter.
Coordinates: J28
Rotational Period: 666 standard days.
Orbital Period: 0.5 planetary days, or 333 standard days. This means that each rotation of the planet takes almost two years, but it goes around its star twice during this time. The reason for this is not entirely clear, but is likely due to the presence of the two large moons and the relative proximity of the star. The side which is facing the sun significantly increases in temperature and odd electrical storms make it even more chaotic. In contrast the dark side is merely 300 degrees, the heat trapped by the clouds.
Class: Terrestrial Death World
Diameter: 9,817km
Atmosphere: Type IV. The heat, toxic atmosphere and volcanic eruptions make unprotected exposure suicidal.
Climate: Volcanic hothouse.
Gravity: 1.1 Coruscant equivalent.
Primary Terrain: Volcanoes, mountains, depressions, deserts. Due to the atmosphere, there is no ice or vegetation on the planet, so it is entirely barren.
Native species: Oddly there is a form of life that is native to Gehenna. A strange form of silicon based life form named Grash seem to be the only native creatures on the planet. Quite how they evolved or came to be there is unknown. These creatures subsist on various ores and minerals, and are over five metres long with extremely tough hides. They are passive creatures and of course have no natural predators, and mainly live underground in caves. The Bando Gora have taken to hunting them, reducing their numbers dramatically.
Immigrated species: Humans, others, all members of the Bando Gora.
Primary languages: Basic.
Government: Anarchic Theocracy.
Population: 25-50,000.
Demonym: Gehennan
Major cities: Calvary Base, the home base of the Bando Gora and seat of their dreadful leaders.
Major imports: Slaves, initiates, ne’er do wells.
Major exports: Terror, destruction, vaguely plagiaristic meta references. Also diamonds.
Affiliation: Bando Gora.
Culture: The Bando Gora are a vile and dangerous group of mad cultists. Their base naturally subscribes to their general mood. Here prisoners are kept to be brainwashed or consumed, initiates are trained and the cult gathers its forces.
Technology: Galactic level mixed with esoteric applications of the Force.
History: Gehenna is as close to hell as the galaxy can get on many levels. Firstly, the planet is lethal, being trapped below poisonous clouds of sulphur-dioxide and carbon-dioxide. Secondly, the planet is as volcanically active as Mustafar, with constant eruptions caused by the planet’s large moons passing adds further to the atmosphere. Lastly, it is the homeworld of the Bando Gora, perhaps the cruellest and most debased of all the groups in the galaxy.
For all that Gehenna is not uncommon. Millions of worlds exist in the galaxy where the conditions are too hostile for life. Indeed, some 99.5% of all planets are deemed unsuitable for life, and Gehenna is no different from these except for one small detail. That detail is that the planet’s intense volcanism and composition has made it a natural creator of diamonds and other gems.
Being on the far rim the planet was not discovered until shortly after Emperor Palpatine came to power following the fall of the Old Republic. Then, an Imperial probe droid surveying the previously unknown system for pirates and rebels came across the planet. It was catalogued and added into the list of thousands of otherwise non-descript worlds.
And there Gehenna might have remained, stuck in an Imperial database, were it not for the Empire’s need for secret locations. By accident Gehenna was chosen for its remote location and deadly environment. It was a perfect prison and testing ground, since survival was impossible outside of a base. Attempts to construct a surface facility were impossible, so the natural cave systems and volcanic tubes were used instead.
The base, named Calvary Depot, was used as one of the Empire’s lesser known research facilities for almost twenty years. Various atrocities and horrors doubtless occurred there, but since it was small in scope it was largely overlooked.
After the death of the Emperor at Endor, the base was abandoned due to the proximity of rebel forces, and the Empire’s need for any sort of troops. Thus the planet was almost abandoned for centuries until it was rediscovered by the Bando Gora.
The Bando Gora themselves were originally a Dark Side cult which had caused considerable problems before the Clone Wars before being largely destroyed by the efforts of Jango Fett and Count Dooku. However, some survived the purge, and fled to the far corners of the galaxy during the time that Gehenna was occupied by the Imperials. By chance again one of those cultists, whose original name is lost to history, came upon the location of the former base and occupied it. That cultist took the name Abaddon, and gathered like-minded associates in this secret location. Abaddon had a strong affinity for the Force, having been trained originally as an Inquisitor, but then later developed his own teachings.
In the chaos of the many galactic wars and the Vong invasion he was able to acquire information secretly, always returning to his hidden base afterwards. Piracy and pillage supported them, and for over 30 years Abaddon studied in Calvary base until he discovered some of the secrets of Sith Alchemy and sorcery and put it to his own uses.
Time passed, and Abaddon’s experiments ensured that he became twisted and corrupted by the Dark Side, but he did not die. Subsequently he became something of an object of worship by those around him, and the Bando Gora became more a cult than it even had been before.
For centuries Abaddon lurked in his base, waiting for a sign he was sure was coming. When the Gulag Virus struck he took it as a sign that his time had come. Unfortunately, the plague came to Gehenna and most of his servants died, but Abaddon did not. Instead he twisted and mutated the dying cultists into the first reapers, experimenting on them as he did. Isolated for centuries until he was able to use the restoration of civilisation in the galaxy to his ends, Abaddon perfected his methods for creating and twisting beings into Reaver and sent his new followers forth to spread terror in preparation for his ultimate plans.
The planet’s diamonds fund their operations and recruits are brought in willingly or not to be moulded into a terrible fighting force.
So now Gehenna’s deadly atmosphere contains a true evil which eats at the galaxy like a sore. If the threat of the Bando Gora and the Reavers are not destroyed, the galaxy might well be plunged back into an era of evil and chaos.
Notable PC's: None.
Intent: To create a planet for the Bando Gora homeworld and complete the long series of RPs that the Protectorate has had involving them. This planet is essentially going to be used for this one final battle.
Region: Outer Rim
System: SX98211-21
Suns: 1 red medium coming to the end of its life. In less than a million years it will begin to expand and swallow the planet. Sadly, the enemies of the Bando Gora cannot wait that long!
Orbital Position: Close. Equivalent to 0.75AU/
Moons: 2; Golgotha and Gethsemane. These worlds are blasted, airless wastes, each about 1400km in diameter.
Coordinates: J28
Rotational Period: 666 standard days.
Orbital Period: 0.5 planetary days, or 333 standard days. This means that each rotation of the planet takes almost two years, but it goes around its star twice during this time. The reason for this is not entirely clear, but is likely due to the presence of the two large moons and the relative proximity of the star. The side which is facing the sun significantly increases in temperature and odd electrical storms make it even more chaotic. In contrast the dark side is merely 300 degrees, the heat trapped by the clouds.
Class: Terrestrial Death World
Diameter: 9,817km
Atmosphere: Type IV. The heat, toxic atmosphere and volcanic eruptions make unprotected exposure suicidal.
Climate: Volcanic hothouse.
Gravity: 1.1 Coruscant equivalent.
Primary Terrain: Volcanoes, mountains, depressions, deserts. Due to the atmosphere, there is no ice or vegetation on the planet, so it is entirely barren.
Native species: Oddly there is a form of life that is native to Gehenna. A strange form of silicon based life form named Grash seem to be the only native creatures on the planet. Quite how they evolved or came to be there is unknown. These creatures subsist on various ores and minerals, and are over five metres long with extremely tough hides. They are passive creatures and of course have no natural predators, and mainly live underground in caves. The Bando Gora have taken to hunting them, reducing their numbers dramatically.
Immigrated species: Humans, others, all members of the Bando Gora.
Primary languages: Basic.
Government: Anarchic Theocracy.
Population: 25-50,000.
Demonym: Gehennan
Major cities: Calvary Base, the home base of the Bando Gora and seat of their dreadful leaders.
Major imports: Slaves, initiates, ne’er do wells.
Major exports: Terror, destruction, vaguely plagiaristic meta references. Also diamonds.
Affiliation: Bando Gora.
Culture: The Bando Gora are a vile and dangerous group of mad cultists. Their base naturally subscribes to their general mood. Here prisoners are kept to be brainwashed or consumed, initiates are trained and the cult gathers its forces.
Technology: Galactic level mixed with esoteric applications of the Force.
History: Gehenna is as close to hell as the galaxy can get on many levels. Firstly, the planet is lethal, being trapped below poisonous clouds of sulphur-dioxide and carbon-dioxide. Secondly, the planet is as volcanically active as Mustafar, with constant eruptions caused by the planet’s large moons passing adds further to the atmosphere. Lastly, it is the homeworld of the Bando Gora, perhaps the cruellest and most debased of all the groups in the galaxy.
For all that Gehenna is not uncommon. Millions of worlds exist in the galaxy where the conditions are too hostile for life. Indeed, some 99.5% of all planets are deemed unsuitable for life, and Gehenna is no different from these except for one small detail. That detail is that the planet’s intense volcanism and composition has made it a natural creator of diamonds and other gems.
Being on the far rim the planet was not discovered until shortly after Emperor Palpatine came to power following the fall of the Old Republic. Then, an Imperial probe droid surveying the previously unknown system for pirates and rebels came across the planet. It was catalogued and added into the list of thousands of otherwise non-descript worlds.
And there Gehenna might have remained, stuck in an Imperial database, were it not for the Empire’s need for secret locations. By accident Gehenna was chosen for its remote location and deadly environment. It was a perfect prison and testing ground, since survival was impossible outside of a base. Attempts to construct a surface facility were impossible, so the natural cave systems and volcanic tubes were used instead.
The base, named Calvary Depot, was used as one of the Empire’s lesser known research facilities for almost twenty years. Various atrocities and horrors doubtless occurred there, but since it was small in scope it was largely overlooked.
After the death of the Emperor at Endor, the base was abandoned due to the proximity of rebel forces, and the Empire’s need for any sort of troops. Thus the planet was almost abandoned for centuries until it was rediscovered by the Bando Gora.
The Bando Gora themselves were originally a Dark Side cult which had caused considerable problems before the Clone Wars before being largely destroyed by the efforts of Jango Fett and Count Dooku. However, some survived the purge, and fled to the far corners of the galaxy during the time that Gehenna was occupied by the Imperials. By chance again one of those cultists, whose original name is lost to history, came upon the location of the former base and occupied it. That cultist took the name Abaddon, and gathered like-minded associates in this secret location. Abaddon had a strong affinity for the Force, having been trained originally as an Inquisitor, but then later developed his own teachings.
In the chaos of the many galactic wars and the Vong invasion he was able to acquire information secretly, always returning to his hidden base afterwards. Piracy and pillage supported them, and for over 30 years Abaddon studied in Calvary base until he discovered some of the secrets of Sith Alchemy and sorcery and put it to his own uses.
Time passed, and Abaddon’s experiments ensured that he became twisted and corrupted by the Dark Side, but he did not die. Subsequently he became something of an object of worship by those around him, and the Bando Gora became more a cult than it even had been before.
For centuries Abaddon lurked in his base, waiting for a sign he was sure was coming. When the Gulag Virus struck he took it as a sign that his time had come. Unfortunately, the plague came to Gehenna and most of his servants died, but Abaddon did not. Instead he twisted and mutated the dying cultists into the first reapers, experimenting on them as he did. Isolated for centuries until he was able to use the restoration of civilisation in the galaxy to his ends, Abaddon perfected his methods for creating and twisting beings into Reaver and sent his new followers forth to spread terror in preparation for his ultimate plans.
The planet’s diamonds fund their operations and recruits are brought in willingly or not to be moulded into a terrible fighting force.
So now Gehenna’s deadly atmosphere contains a true evil which eats at the galaxy like a sore. If the threat of the Bando Gora and the Reavers are not destroyed, the galaxy might well be plunged back into an era of evil and chaos.
Notable PC's: None.
Intent: To create a planet for the Bando Gora homeworld and complete the long series of RPs that the Protectorate has had involving them. This planet is essentially going to be used for this one final battle.