Omega Colonies

The Omega Colonies were a top-secret research area, heavily restricted to all traffic, which housed many labs researching diverse subjects such as artificial intelligence, advanced weaponry, starship defence, and genetic resequencing.
== Description ==
Originally developed as independently-run bread-basket planets for the growing Human population in the area, the colonies took on more scientific and industrial roles in 2312 when several rare materials with interesting properties were discovered on two of the planets in the system, including Awsomium and Insanium alloys. In 2316, Trident Foundries appropriated the previously independent colonies and they became Trident's main Research and Development powerhouse.
The Omega system comprises seven planets; four of these planets fall within the habitable zone, and house permanent Human habitation. The uninhabitable planets are typically used as weapon test targets.
Omega II, the closest habitable planet to the star, has been built up with mining equipment over the years until fully 80% of it's landmass was covered in mineshafts and equipment to transport the mined materials.
Omega III is the main population centre of the system, with 283 million people as of October 2317.
Omega IV has a permanent population of just 24,000, and houses many of the research facilities that experiment on the rare materials in the system. Omega IV's research labs are responsible for many developments regarding ship armour and weapons technologies.
Omega V houses the artificial intelligence labs. In the early 2200s, these labs conducted research into applying Precursor-derived technologies into a basic humanoid robotic shell. The result was an extremely advanced, sentient, yet flawed, artificial lifeform known as Plaz.
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