Cyaxis VI

Orbiting a pair of relatively young and hot main sequence stars, Cyaxis VI was the sixth planet in the Cyaxis binary star system, and an of the . First discovered in 2471 by the resource extraction conglomerate Rashkov Interstellar and colonized in 2477 by colony ships belonging to the company, the colony was only ever under UEG or governance by the barest of definitions, appearing on very few starmaps outside of those utilized exclusively by Rashkov Interstellar, who wished to maintain an iron grip upon the resource-rich world. As a result, Cyaxis VI was a backwater even by the standards of the Outer Colonies, with its relatively meager populace of mostly Slavic-speaking peoples developing an insular and conservative culture that was highly suspicious of -based government interference.
Once part of the , Cyaxis VI was awash with all manner of long-buried Forerunner ruins and artifacts, which Rashkov went to great lengths to hide from the UEG, hoping to extract the secrets of this alien technology for themselves. Despite this abundance of Forerunner relics, the colony managed to avoid detection by the during their with humanity, and was thus spared destruction. Later during the , Cyaxis VI would also be spared the worst of that tragedy thanks to having only a small number of and a lack of heavily interconnected systems on the planet.
Following the end of the , the would take interest in the colony as an outpost for military assets, finding its obscurity to be a useful form of protection. As such, the UNSC constructed a handful of small bases on the planet, as well as a listening and refueling station in orbit, much to the chagrin of the local populace. During the Created crisis, the orbital station became a critical asset, with important ships such as the UNSC Infinity and the UNSC Vegas making use of the station on several occasions. On one such occasion in December 2559, the UNSC Vegas would be ambushed by forces under the command of the Sevatar, badly damaging both the ship and the station in the process and preventing the Vegas from linking up with the UNSC Infinity at . This ambush would be the beginning of a months-long campaign on the planet as the Vegas and her complement of fought to defend the refueling station while also attempting to repair the ship's Forerunner using the Forerunner tech found on the colony below.
Category:Demons of Hope