Veridian State

Flag of the Veridian State

Established in 2132, the Veridian State of the Blue Star Federation is a semi-autonomous region made up of 18 star systems, 4 of these star systems hosting habitable planets, with the capital system of Veridian being the Veridia System. Veridian State is the westernmost state in the Blue Star Federation’s territories, and is one of the most isolated nation-states. The state has crucial issues with piracy, which the state militia and the Federation Navy has been combating heavily since 2195. Veridian State is one of the least populated state nations of the Federation, with a total population of 502 million residents.

## History

With the establishment of the Veridian Territory in 2100, the first local colonization of Veridia began in 2113 with the earliest settlements on the planet Veridon. Colonization and terraforming was incredibly slow due to the conflict that was the First Solar War, and despite the best efforts to terraform Veridon, only the atmosphere and basic cycle of an ecosystem was accomplished in 2126. Terraforming effort would continue on Veridon until 2129, considered as “too costly to continue efforts on an already healthy planet. The first large scale station built at Meloni was a 25 thousand capacity station called the Traser in 2124. The Traser was online until 2145 when it was deconstructed and a newer, much larger 200 thousand capacity multipurpose industrial station called the Meloni Central Post (MCP) was built. The fall of the Federation from the DOOMSDAY Order turned the Veridian State into a staging ground for the Phoenix Empire for further exploration and absorption. Several small skirmishes and surgical attacks were conducted against the Phoenix Empire with devastating success throughout the imperial rule. The Veridian State was not critical to the war effort during the Orion Civil War, with the Federation only moving in to reestablish control over its territories after the fall of the Phoenix Empire in 2183. Piracy in this region has been a major struggle for the Veridian State, the problem only increasing after the Orion Civil War. Continued piracy led to federal aid and resources to the state since 2195 to create even more pressure and deterrence against piracy.

## Culture

Veridians are usually seen as rugged and tough individuals. With Veridia being one of the least developed states in the Federation, piracy and other forms of high scale crimes are an unfortunately often occurrence. Veridian architecture and design is seen as clean and well purposed shapes, with plant life in variety and skillfully placed for visual appeal. Veridian cities are often seen as clean and full of gardens, while many of the undeveloped areas are notably lacking, but attempts to keep with the style and architecture are done. Veridians advertise themselves as a frontier world just beginning its full scale development, and that of course they are. This appeal is more of an illusion, nevertheless Veridian State has a steadily growing population and a popular tourism to its center star system. An important and influential aspect of Veridian culture is dueling. Most duels (or rather, public and official duels) require the use of non-lethal, as death will cause repercussions, maiming and scarring was pressured by the Federation to be restricted as well, however, major pushback from Veridians as well as the fear that such duels that are already well managed and prepared would go underground without these important rules and resources, made the Federation stop such pressuring.

## Important Star Systems

### Veridia System

Veridia Stellar Information

The central star system of the Veridian State, Veridia is the homeplace of settlement and industrialization for the Veridian State, acting as a massive hub for resource and travel for the rest of the state. Veridia is comprised of a singular small M class main sequence star, with 3 planets orbiting the red star.

#### Veridon (Veridia A)

Veridon Stellar Information (1)

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A small desert planet, Veridon is extremely dry, with the only source of waters found through large underground aquifers and springs around the planet. The weather is relatively stable, with most large scale storms only occurring every few years. Storm weather on Veridon is a combination of rain and sand storm, with the sand particles thrown around in the vicinity of the storm. The planet’s surface is heavily concentrated with iron, and much of the surface contains iron oxide, giving the planet its reddish orange appearance. Its desert dunes and mountainous plateaus make up the general terrain. At the polar regions, where it is coldest, the temperatures reach as high as 21c (294K), with its lows almost 5c (278K) on average. The equator experiences the hottest temperatures, with the average temperatures at 40c (313K) and its lowest average temperatures at 21c (294K), these low temperatures only occur during night or storm activity. The planet is devoid of most life, the only exceptions being creatures that live underground permanently, or dwell the surface at night, and bioluminescent moss and vine plants only in moist caves. Life still, is incredibly rare to find.

##### Industry and Economy

With the massive abundance of iron found all over the planet, mining and refining has been a stable and important section of the economy for Veridon. Manufacturing facilities are also common on Veridon. Mining near or into the aquifers are completely banned on Veridon, as the already scarce water cannot be disturbed without disrupting the planet’s natural cycle

Veridon often receives shipments of water and food for its cities, as large scale agriculture is impossible. Water is often recycled by the cities, or placed into the soil to naturally filter into the aquifers for natural recycling.

Tourism to Veridon is surprisingly popular, and is the stable of successful marketing and shaping Veridon as a beautiful planet of oasis cities. True to that, Veridon’s cities are one of the most beautiful and green cities, despite it being on a hot planet with little water. Veridon is extremely popular for tourism as well as it is cheaper than similar worlds.

##### Population

Veridon has a total population of 78 million, with the 3 major cities of the capital Antasall, Orepolis, and Anceford holding a population of 32 million, 17 million, and 15 million respectively. The remaining 14 million are found in smaller towns and establishments, mostly as mining settlements.

Antasall is the largest city on Veridon and the capital city of the Veridian State, sitting on the Antasall plateaus, which runs perpendicular to the equator. Antasall is known as the central area for Veridon, with a large spaceport center and the hub for communications. Antasall is popular for its appeal to tourism, with the massive city built as a giant closed ecosystem to maintain a variety of large gardens and green spaces.

Orepolis is a large industrial city. The large majority of large scale exporting and importing occurs in this city. While not as beautiful and luxurious as Antasall, the city still has many terraced gardens for its population. Orepolis is nearly 2 times bigger than Antasall, due to the massive amount of industrial production and transportation system to bring materials through the complexes. The city is located at the center of the Elisuna plains, a massive desert north of the equator.

Anceford is another major commerce center, the city is located in the northern polar region, and is the only major city located in the vicinity of a polar region. Because of the location in the polar region, the city does not have to close off the city as a separate ecosystem, and most of the city is exposed to the Veridon weather.

### Meloni (Veridia B)

Meloni Stellar Information (1)

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The only gas giant of Veridia, Meloni has notable blue, purple-pink, and white clouds. These colorations are due to its composition of gaseous elements and compounds. Nitrogen and Hydrogen make up the whitish colors; Oxygen, Methane, and Water make up the bluish colorations, and argon mixed with a combination of the other composites create the purplish coloration of the gas giant's clouds.

Other than small moonlets that orbit along the rings, the planet has only one moon named Mani, a 1076 km diameter methane/water ice moon which divides the rings into two. Meloni has 13 rings in total, separated into two major rings, Meloni α (6 rings) and Meloni β (7 rings). The rings are made of mostly frozen methane and water ice, as well as rock debris.

The lack of moons or large asteroids gives a clear advantage for building orbital stations. Most of Veridia’s zero gravity dockyards are stationed at Meloni.

#### Industry and Economy

The two largest economies around Meloni are mining and manufacturing. Mining is relatively small, and focuses on the mining of methane and water from the moon and rings. The overwhelmingly dominating manufacturing is mainly large scale construction in zero-g environment, such as shipbuilding and bulk objects. The majority of large scale shipments from Veridon arrive at Meloni to be shipped off the system.

#### Population

A total of 500 thousand permanent residents reside in stations in Meloni, with the largest station being Meloni Central Post (MCP) holding around 200 thousand residents. MCP is also vital as it connects the Veridia System with the rest of the Blue Star Federation.

#### Shynn (Veridia C)

Shynn Stellar Information (1)

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Shynn is a small planet made up of volcanic rock and frozen water. The rough silt is made up of silicates and magnesium, as well as multiple complex compounds. The nature of the geology makes ice mining too costly to filter and clean off the silt particles. Temperatures average at -100c (173K), and with almost no atmosphere, habitation on this planet is constrained to reinforced and pressurized contaminants for life. A total of 21 thousand residents live on Shynn, located around small settlements around the planet. All travel and economic connections are connected to Meloni, and the population on Shynn are considered part of Meloni.

The geology and presence of frozen water, as well as other data speculates that Shynn could have become a planet with life. However it is presumed that when the planet's volcanic activists died down, and the core of the planet cooled, the solar winds destroyed the atmosphere until only trace amounts of the atmosphere remains now. drilling into the planet has revealed complicated geological patterns and one layer that suggest small scale life. However, this is still in research by the Veridian State.