Jonava

Pict-file of the Imperial ocean world of Janava.

Deep in the Heksos Sub-Sector lies the world of **Jonava**, a complete Ocean World on which the inhabitants live in hive cities located underwater with the Upperhive barely reaching over the ocean surface. Operating from submarines, underwater stations and in shallow areas from mining platforms mine miners Jonava`s wealth of prometium and ores with the most prestigious miners mining after the rare gemstones of the ocean world.

## History

The settling of Jonava occoured on the late recovery phase of the War of the Beast in mid M32 during a time of economic recovery when the High Lords of Terra looked for a new way to prolong the economical growth coming from the late phase of the recovery. The decision fell on a new wave of colonisation backed by the new economical strenght targeting planets who were difficult to be settled, like Jonava and its lack of land.

Construction operations were in the early phase of the colonisation especially difficult and many of the new inhabitants lived on giant ships. While the majority of Jonavans already lived in the underwater Hives in M33 yet still sizable percentage of the population lived on the boads becoming known as the "Boad People" developing their own culture and political alliances.

For thousands of years remained both the Boat People and the Ocean People separated groups developing more and more distinctions in their cultures. While common ideas and ideals were shared developed each site different viewpoints, dialects and ways of life. Such differences and the conflict about the pollution of the Boat Peoples fishing grounds resulted several times in progroms and terror attacks.

The brewing social unrest was finally solved in 215.M41, saddly through a Dark Eldar raid. In early spring started the Kabal of the Enthroned Pain a major raid on the Jonavans, targeting the boat people in the first line who were an easy prey for the Xenos. Smaller attacks against mining platforms and the upper Hives were less bountiful but still swept through the planet. While the invaders pondered a further advance into the Hives who could have been easily destroyed, decided the Archeon in the end not to attack then since he feared costly street fights against the defenders and ordered an retreat to a more lucrative target.

## Culture

Jonavas`s population is similiar in manner to other Hive populations, being accustomed to the cramped life in the Hives, no problems with masses of people and having a phopia against open land. The natives differ however in that the lack the fear of water break-ins since their life-style dulled them to the danger of floodings.

People visiting a Jonavian Hive will soon notice a lack of noble estates in the upper Hive, the only location over the ocean. Will this could attract nobles in fact is impossible in fact, since the upper Hives are a centre of several industrial branches and are heavily fortified by the PDF. Jonava`s nobles life in fact in the mid-Hive secluded from the remaining population.

## Politics

Power on Jonava is highly decentralized on Jonava with large swats of the ocean bed being ruled by the underwater Hives who operate autonome, having each their own government structure similiar to a regular planetary government. The federal government, made of by representatives of the Hives. ensures the loyality of the Hives through occupying the key positions with loyalists recruited from the other Hives and the total ownership of military, police and militia assets giving them an effectiv emergency tool to end any attempts of secession.

## Geography

Jonava`s entire surface is covered with a sole ocean. The planetary ocean varries in deepth quite dramatically ranging from shallow 60 metres in some polar regions and the equador over 4 kilometres in average to 12 kilometres depth at the lowest point of the Abyss Canyon a channel tailrace going from north to south. All underwater Hives were built in the Arbol North and the Arbol South the region between the 17° and 55° latitude on both hemispheres. The reason is that the global currents produced there over millions of years ideal places for the Hives and food production is more bountiful thanks to algeas and fishes transported directly towards the Hives.

### Notable Locations

* **Hive Comba Kai:** Hive Comba Kai is the capital Hive of Jonava and was built near the equator and is surrounded by spaceports and anti-orbital weapons. Unlike all other Hives is Comba Kai structure to 60% looming over the ocean surface and not built underwater. During the Dark Eldar raid suffered the Hive extensive damage via air attacks.
* **Fort Torpoint:** Fort Torpoint is an underwater base capable to house an entire submarine squadron made up of 8 submarines with a lenght of 125 metres. Torpoint was constructed in the Abyss Canyons rock and can house a population of sixthousand souls in the case of a planetary invasion.
* **Abyss Canyon:** The Abyss Canyon is a channel tailrace on the northern hemisphere going from north to south.

## Nature

Jonava`s ocean is home to a stunning ammount of corral, molescuid and aquatic funguid species forming complex ecosystems, being also very resilient to the pollution resulting from the planetary mining operations. Large creatures living close to the surfaces have been recorded and fossiles date back to 3 million years but were hunted down by the Boat People, reducing the habitat of large creatured into retreats in the deepths.

## Economy

Jonava`s economy is orientated towards both mining for prometium and ores and maintaining or constructiong the underwater infrastructure. Mining is on the planet especially complicated since the miners need special equipment to operate in the ocean from mining bases located underwater or from gigantic submarines. While the ores and the rare gemstones are difficult to be mined is the prometium drilling more easier since it can be done from special platforms. While mining operation are countucted outside of the Hives are the industrial operations settled mostly deep down in the Hives except for some industries like ship construction who are done near the upper Hives.

The Tithe is paid mostly in copper, manganese, cobalt, nickel, prometium and submarines.

## Defence

The PDF of Jonava is called Jonavan Depth Guard and has a strenght of 180.000 soldiers and 150.000 auxiliary personal including the naval crews. With a strenght of 330.000 soldiers and auxiliars fights the PDF in a defensive maner using the ocean to force invaders into dangerous Hive battles in which they can only attack from the top down through sheer endless defensive lines and positions. To prevent the enemy from flooding the Hives, were they equipped with voidshields, stronger walls and a unique architecture containing floods. Speedboats, ships, submarines and high-altitute aircraft serve as the armoured elements and guarantee fast deployments of units.

The PDF has the following forces and ships:

* 18 Light Infantry Regiments (Dive Infantry)
* 10 Heavy Infantry Regiments (Hive City garrison)
* 6 Airmobile Regiments
* 6 Regiments on Speedboats
* 12 superheavy aquatic Battleships
* 30 aquatic ships
* 35 submarines