Venus

## Introduction

Venus is controlled by many different corporations and has an exceptionally low population overall. Most commonly, law enforcement is unnecessary as corporate security tends to respond faster and more efficiently. There are no official colonies on Venus but instead a number of small, isolated resorts and hunting lodges. Venus, terraformed after Mars, was genetically seeded and the growth of life on it very carefully monitored and guided until the corporations that hold ownership over the world eventually transformed it into a veritable paradise. Primarily the Boston Corporation operates on Venus and maintains its hunting grounds.

On this world, few people actually live permanently on its surface. Most are employees from various corporate entities that spend a year or two working before being transferred elsewhere. Often times it is as much a vacation for the workers, whose workload is relatively low, as it is for tourists. When surrounded by pleasant scenery and the serenity of life away from cities and starships and stations, most employees return to their usual duties refreshed and relaxed in a normally high speed and high stress industry. The few employees that actually live on Venus are typically upper management nearing retirement or middle management that are about to move into upper management.

When tourists come to Venus it is easy to categorize them into a few distinct groups. Most come to enjoy the beaches or to enjoy walking through nature that is specifically gene-tailored to be pleasant to all forms of life as well as safe. Some come to hunt creatures for sport, though many hunters also consume their prey, or to fish in the lakes and rivers. Most other individuals coming here are doing so for a business meeting between their own or sometimes even other businesses.

Towns built here are under strict regulation both by businesses and the Sol Republic senate. Any structure built on Venus must have net zero emissions and must have an ecological footprint that can be readily reclaimed if the structures are abandoned. Mining operations are completely and wholly banned while power generation mostly comes in the form of batteries imported from Earth and Mars. Research facilities must be undetectable by any animal life or tourists and must also be inaccessible to the same. The small scale of manufacturing, which is primarily to introduce new flora and fauna into the world, has made Venus completely free of all pollutants from its inception.

Businesses here carefully monitor animal species and regulate hunting experiences. Massive fines are placed on hunters that shoot an animal they are not supposed to be hunting which can sometimes range into hundreds of thousands of credits for tourists and millions to billions for upper class executives which is usually billed to their company. When an animal's population is lower than desired, new animals are cloned in laboratories and released into the wild. Should their population get too high, some hunting restrictions are temporarily lifted to cull the population and in extreme cases new predators are introduced.

Few areas are restricted on Venus save for the laboratories. Certain heavily monitored and restricted areas include the Death Zones where hunters can go to hunt beasts that are legitimately dangerous to them. These areas have attracted mercenaries looking to make names for themselves, extremely high-level executives that are bored with the usual entertainment and sometimes tourists that are looking to improve their lot in life by interacting with these individuals.