Gralia

The Gralia system is a binary star system home to the Neo-Imperial capital planet of Gralia Prime and three other planets, gas giant Falium, the mining world of Kalia, and the dead world of Val. The binary star system is surrounded by dozens of solar power and fusion generators, funneling power through them to the hungry planets of Gralia.

The lagrange orbit of Gralia Prime and its moons are defended by space fortress  “Gralia’s Shield.” The Station is a smaller version of the cylinder space colony at roughly 20 kilometers in length and 6.5 kilometers in width. Its massive cylinder body is surrounded by smaller refueling stations and smaller defense stations for mobile suits and fighter/bomber craft. The entire area of space is known as “ Sector-Point Gralius” It is the linchpin of Gralia’s orbital defense grid. Gralia’s two moons are also militarized but restricted to military access and contractors only, with more secretive research and development done on their installations. With the entire sector defended by the fearsome Gralia Sector defense fleet, held at high anchor around its planets and at crucial points around the star system.

Gralia Prime or Gralia, the crowned jewel of the New Empire. One of the oldest inhabited planets of the human race coveted and old even by Old Empire standards that once stood. It's a temperate planet covered in lust forests and sparkling lakes. The northern continent a harsh tundra of ice and water, with its southern pole being even harsher then some ice planets in the system due to the planetary tilt of the world. Word of mouth and old wives tales debate if it a natural tilt or caused by some old empire catastrophe.

The surface of Gralia is dotted with smaller towns, cities, with its three main cities Gralia Alpha, Beta, and The Depot. Gralia Alpha the current capital of Gralia Prime established on the water’s edge of the planets hugely expensive freshwater lake Grasus, and the fertile mountain of “Oma” Once a small port, fishing, and farming city grew to huge proportions during a city wide industrial age upon the discovery of a relic by its shore. The city quickly grew to have some of the wealthiest individuals on the planet. Its skyline is quickly being dotted by skyscrapers, and vast industry. Though Gralia Alpha was not always the capital of Gralia Prime, as the city expanded in size and power it began to clash with the planets former capital city of Gralia Beta, after a short and fierce civil war over fifteen hundred years ago. Alpha took victory claiming its spot as the capital of Gralia Prime where it has since stayed.

Now Gralia Alpha is home to the planets greatest and most prestigious military academies, largest space ports, military bases to include the location of the Neo-Imperial Special Forces school to the far north of the city.

Gralia Alpha’s rapid expansion brought along its own set of troubles, the city rapidly out growing its original boundaries expanding up and around great mountain Oma, and even out into the Lake Grasus.  The outer slums around the cities edge being some of the most dangerous places to live on the planet, some debating it more dangerous than the wilderness surrounding the city or the desolate tundra of its southern pole.

The next major city of Gralia Prime is Gralia Beta the oldest city on the planet and one of the oldest in the Empire itself. The founding city of human occupation on Gralia Prime during the days of the Old Empire.

Tucked into a valley that leads to a small Lake Grasus shoreline. The cities largest building is an ancient lighthouse that guides ships into its small rocky bay. It's a city that seeps an almost oppressive weight in a history of extremes. Being one of the brightest stars of the Old Empire, and witnessing the darkness of its fall and end. The original city haven fallen and rebuilt countless times, many artifacts of the old empire are buried beneath its old and rebuilt structures. Since the transition of capitals to Gralia Alpha the city has seen a very slow, but sustained diminishment of its population. People emigrating from the old city to capital, new lands, and planets.  It is a stark contrast to Gralia Alpha, lacking the massive skyscrapers and limited industry of the larger capital.

Deep and labyrinthian catacombs known as “The Under-City” by the Beta’s residence reach into the earth far beneath the city, with thousands upon thousands of different stories of haunts, ghouls, and monsters lurking within. Many willingly push into their dark depths, finding that no matter what route they take into the catacombs the routes always end with huge locked doors and no ways to open them. Eventually the city has built over these pathways, sealing many off. The Under-City gradually fading from the general populaces memory to become nothing, but frightening bedtime stories for children.

During the night, the valley Gralia Beta has a thick mist that tends to settle over the city. Tourists have noted that when the city is draped in the light of Gralia Prime’s twin moons, a heavy feeling of eeriness covers the city, almost as if someone is watching them from around the corner. It seems the residents of the city have grown used to it, or simply ignore it.

The next biggest city on Gralia Prime is not actually a city at all, but a Neo-Imperial military base known as “The Depot” rumored to have the Imperial militaries cache of Old Empire hidden within it. It is the primary area of research and development for the military. The base is massive easily rivaling the population of Gralia Beta. As with many large bases, the base came first than the city appeared around it. All of the Neo-Imperial forces coming from the Gralia sector as well as many sectors around it pass through this city sized military base.