Sagallo

## City of Sagallo

Coat of Arms of the City of Sagallo, with a latin motto meaning "Life in Heaven"

The site of Sagallo prior to construction

### Location

Republic of Alfjari-Vet, Lindiwe, Antares System

### Inhabitants

UNKNOWN

**Sagallo** is the capital city of the Antares Confederacy. Located in the Republic of Alfjari-Vet, on the moon Lindiwe, Sagallo was a small, coastal city prior to becoming the capital city of the Confederacy. The city's coat of arms represent the three suns of Antares, the genetically modified plant that saved the city, and the Ursus (bear) and Aquila (Eagle) mountains on the island.

The city of Sagallo is subject of Skylines Invicta, a Youtube series by CityWokCityWall and Skitbitth in which the development of the city is followed.

## History

When the Earhart Flotilla arrived in a completely different star system from their destination, a plan was hastily set in motion to establish multiple colonies on as many habitable worlds. From the initial scans of the Antares system, Lindiwe, a moon of the gas giant Bao, was found to be suitable for colonization and was immediately chosen as the destination of three colony ships. One of these ships, the Sagallo, established a colony on a mountainous island which would become the City of Sagallo.

Lindiwe was thought to be easily habitable from the initial scans due to it's apparent likeness to Earth; however, it was discovered shortly after landing that the crops the colony attempted to grow were asphyxiating themselves due to unforeseen differences in the soil composition. The colony struggled to survive as the resources they had were slowly being spent with the very real possibility of running out of both food and energy. 7 years after landing, a breakthrough in genetic engineering by a scientist named Rho Phan, with the support of a sympathetic council member named Banza, had solved both their food and energy problems with the planting of genetically modified pine trees. In the following years, other genetically modified plant life was seeded around the aging colony ship and the rest of the island, which had completely transformed the landscape from a bleak mountain into a lush green forest.

Decades later, the colonial council contended with a desperate move made during the crisis that had given the center of the island to the Albeni Mining Conglomerate, and the planning of their growing city. Illegal construction was often the only practical method for expanding the city, which came into conflict with the Albeni land rights. The corporation's economic power nearly resulted in the privatization of much of Sagallo's government, but a deal reached by the psychologist and council member Idil Batin ensured the city developed further. More land was given to the corporation under the condition it be developed to expand the city through apartment and commercial construction with multiple transit requirements, in return for providing a police force accountable to the city government. The lease at the center of the colony, once owned by the mining corporation, became the site of the federal capitol complex. It would house the legislature, courts, and intelligence services of the Confederacy.

The Republic of Alfjari-Vet claims Sagallo as their capital, as does the Confederacy's capital at Sagallo.

## Culture

One of the most influential media companies in Antares, Templin-Keppe, operates the Sagallo Courier from the city of Sagallo.

## Environment

The island of Sagallo was reshaped by its settlers. Genetically engineered trees created by Rho Phan and others provided electricity up to the 3rd century AC. But wildlife on Lindiwe remained a danger. A swimmer killed off Tadjoura island sparked a debate over how to deal with majestic but deadly native creatures.

Image of the Sagallo arriving on LindiweImage of the Sagallo arriving on LindiweImage of the Sagallo arriving on LindiweImage of the Sagallo arriving on Lindiwe
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KXbHbXH0Wk
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/TemplinInstitute/comments/izorf6/the\_arrival\_of\_the\_sagallo\_on\_lindiwe/
3. ↑ https://www.templin.institute/news/2020/11/13/front-page-of-the-sagallo-courier-november-13th-210al