Kadanga

Kadanga, referred to in UNSC records as PC-046, is an world known for its wealth of natural resources. Its abundance of components such as uranium, curium, and titanium, among others, have made it a minor political flashpoint. Originally established as a penal colony, it established an independent government during the confusion of the . From 2555 to 2558, it was embroiled in civil war involving factions backed by several foreign powers, including the Theban Commonwealth and the United Earth Government.
==History==
===Initial Colonisation===
Kadanga was first discovered by humans in 2489, located at the edge of the Orion Arm. Scans of the planet indicated that it was rich in resources. It being the height of the Insurrection, the UNSC was eager to exploit this opportunity. A penal colony was established on the planet, and the prisoners forced to operate machinery in order to extract materials from the planet. By 2525, there were three such penal colonies on the planet, and some corporations had begun setting up their own operations.
After the beginning of the Human-Covenant War, many residents of other colonies were now displaced. Looking for a quick way to relocate these refugees, the UNSC began moving many of them to Kadanga. Refugees from colonies glassed early on in the war, including Biko, Second Base, Eridanus II, and Green Hills found themselves in small settlements on Kadanga. By 2531, around 3.3 million refugees made up the population of Kadanga, along with the previous prison and corporate populations.
===Independence===
As the Covenant War continued, UNSC communications became stretched to their breaking point. By 2533, UNSC contact with Kadanga became sporadic. The local military government eventually broke apart by 2539, and a civilian government referred to as the Free State of Kadanga was established, with Biko refugee Francis Manelesi acting as president. The new government encouraged encouraged farming on the planet in order to increase food production due to the lack of UNSC shipments to the colony. In 2541, Manelesi made the decision to pardon and release the remaining non-violent criminals from the local penal colonies.
==Geography==
==Industry==
===Mining===
===Farming===
==Etymology and Name==
The colony was original referred to as PC-046 by the UNSC when the first penal facilities were established in 2495, with "PC" standing for "Penal Colony". The name "Kadanga" would only come about a couple of decades later. The second governor of the colony was Captain Raoul Kadanga of the UNSC Navy, who was in command of the prison facilities on the planet from 2500 to 2534. Many of the guards and prisoners on the planet would subsequently begin to refer to it as "Kadanga's Colony", which would later just be shortened to "Kadanga" by the time it became host to Covenant War refugees.
==Notable Locations==
*New Elysium 
*Ikhosombo
==Notable Kadangans==
*Alan Layton
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