Orion II

Orion II is a large colony on the edge of the Inner Colonies which was founded by settlers in 2393. The colony was notorious for having a slow and rough start. After much debate the first group of colonist decided to focus Agriculture and building support systems for farms. This may have been a mistake as the founding group of colonist nearly died due to what is still the planet's worst recorded blizzard. After losing half their crops food shortages were abundant and occasional failures of heating units meant that the cold too became a danger. As a method to deal with the food shortage colonist suggested taking advantage of a local fruit that grew in abundance outside the settlement after examination and a week of studying the fruit there was still debate over whether it was safe for consumption until a young man named James Frost famously took the fruit off the lab table and started eating it he is then recorded telling the team "It's just a fruit, if you guys aren't gonna eat it then I am". The fruit was quickly named after James and is known as a "Frostapple". After studying James for a whole day it was determined the fruit was safe for consumption leading it to become one of Orion II's main agricultural exports. By 2403 the colony was self-sufficient and exporting goods at a decent rate taking lessons learnt from the winter of '93 it is said Orion II has never had a bad crop since. 
The second wave of colonist settled in the Southern Region of Pishat. With them they brought Investors brought a mix of Food and Invest in growing plants for Pharmaceutical companies. Researching flora for medicinal properties. 
In Further exploration of the Northern Regions of Thalassa mountains Cold find abundance of precious metals not focus so not touched until needed allows small domestic contract. Tight restrictions used as a fallback plan. 
Investors saw their position as great for Outer Colony support and Trade post as well and started constructing stations in orbit.
By 2546 GDP peak reached 28.2 Trillion Credits
Category:UEG Inner Colonies
Category:UEG Colonies