Zenith

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Zenith is a planet in the Alnilam system. It is controlled by Pirates.
== Description ==
Zenith is a cold and unpleasant world, where the fog seldom lifts and the sun is rarely seen, where much of the lowlands are flooded each day by the tide, and storms are unpredictable and fierce. It has, however, one major advantage as a place to settle: it is far enough away that the Republic makes no attempt to control it.
Several villages have been founded near the equator, and in addition there are an unknown number of private holdings, ranging from underground bunkers to enormous concrete fortresses. Because the land is owned by no government and anyone can build a dwelling without permission or paperwork as long as they are willing to fight off any other claimants, the total population of Zenith is unknown.
== Spaceport ==
To create a spaceport for Zenith, one enterprising privateer a few centuries ago used a mixture of explosives and heavy machinery to shift the top of one of the tallest mountains down into the neighboring valleys, creating a high plateau that is (usually) above the fog line. There are landing pads both for starships like yours and for airships that carry cargo to and from the settlements elsewhere on the planet. The port is nearly deserted, however; it is clear that they do not do much business here.
== Shipyard ==
None
== Outfitter ==
* Ammo North
* Pirate Basics
== Information ==
* Zenith has a tribute value of 400 and is defended by small Northern Pirate fleets.
== Story (SPOILERS) ==
During the mid-late Wanderer storyline, the player discovers an Alpha base on Zenith that acts as the control center for a massive, stolen Kor Sestor fleet. When this fleet begins an invasion of Republic space starting at Farpoint, Admiral Danforth tasks the player with delivering an experimental bomb to Zenith in hopes of destroying the base and sending the fleet into disarray. Though the choice of whether to bomb Zenith is left to the player, the size of the invading Kor Sestor fleet means that defeating them conventionally is almost impossible without cheats. When deployed, the bomb proves to be much more powerful than even nuclear weapons, cracking the planet's crust and sending shockwaves across the planet's surface, devastating what little human civilization exists there. The explosion's aftermath can be seen from space for several months afterward, and the last paragraph in the planet's description will be permanently replaced with the following:
The settlements here were never more than tenuous villages operating on the brink of starvation as they sought to make a living in this icy wilderness. Now, many of them have collapsed due to massive earthquakes that came after the Oathkeepers had the planet bombed to destroy an Alpha base.
File:Zenith hot.png|Zenith after being bombed
File:Zenith cold.png|Zenith 40 days after the bombing
Category:Pirate
Category:Planet