Arkan (Whorl Prime)

## General Overview

The capital world of the **Whorl Imperial State**, Arkan used to be a bustling **Ecumenopolis** in the **Whirlpool Galaxy**. Populated by the native **Talamh**, the planet was originally similar to many different **Class-M** planets encountered by the various species of the **Black Eye Galaxy**. Once the capital world of the **Talamh Commonwealth**, the city was developed over many thousands of years, resulting into impressive spiralling structures, filled with commerce, trade and recreation.

## History

During the **31st Century** of the **Whorl Interstellar State** (circa 1928), **Talamh** scientists were attempting to find solutions to increasing population concerns on the planet as a fair amount of the **Whirlpool Galaxy** had become uninhabitable due to **rising radiation levels** from an **unknown source**, struck upon several deposits of a new form of **Neutronium** deep beneath the crust of Arkan.

This led Whorl scientists to speculate that their planet may have originally been a **Stellar Core Fragment**, which had somehow cooled and gained extra layers over time into the world that the Talamh knew today. However scientists within the Federation were quick to dismiss these claims as impossible and proceeded with a theory that several asteroids containing neutronium had impacted the planet millions of years ago.

This resource was kept as a closely guarded secret by the Whorl Interstellar State for nearly one hundred years until the **Whorl Empire** was formed in the late 2020's, when migration and refugee issues on Arkan made the planet severely overcrowded and the standard of living dropped as a result. As the Whorl had been continually taking in refugees from worlds due to rising radiation levels, the **First Citizen** was able to convince the majority of Talamh society to abandon democracy and form the **Whorl Imperial State** in order to better control population numbers on Arkan.

The appointment of the **First Citizen** to chancellor in the early 2020's practically destroyed the **Whorl Interstellar State** and conditions for **Non-Talamh** (or **Xenk)** became increasingly harsh due to enabled racial hatred, resulting in the deaths of many refugees on the planet. During this period, which the Whorl Imperial State came to regard as the **"Time of Reclamation"**, the **First Citizen** was able to gain the backing of the Whorl Interstellar State's military and several **Megacorporations**, in order to reorganise the Whorl with a new philosophy.

Under the appointment of the **First Citizen**, voting was restricted for the Talamh but planets already inducted into the Whorl Empire were encouraged to continue their democracies, so long as those elected leaders supported the overreaching arm of the Whorl. All future immigration to Arkan was banned under normal circumstances, with some exceptions ranging from work visas to right to reside.

Today, extensive mining of Neutronium ore from Arkan has resulted in the once great city being reduces to a hollow shell of its former self, containing one of the largest mines of the Whorl Imperial State. Despite this, many people still live on Arkan, from all walks of life but the planet as usually reserved for Talamh only.