Malakar

Malakar

(HD 8326)

Asgardian Alliance

Distance from Sol 100.2 ly

System civilian population 116,983,468

Ascension 01 22 08 Declination -26 53 35

Stars in system (single-star system)

HD 8326, 0.8 solar masses, unknown solar radii, metallicity unknown, spectral class K2 V

Non-CHZ planets (none)

Non-CHZ moons (none)

CHZ planets

Casvar (Malakar 1), 67 Earth masses, unknown Earth radii, orbital period 159 days, semi-major axis 0.53 AU, orbital eccentricity 0.2, equilibrium temperature unknown, uninhabited

CHZ moons

Opytne (Malakar 1 b), 0.56 Earth masses, 0.35 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 298 K, population 58,945,022

Soledar (Malakar 1 c), 0.44 Earth masses, 0.29 Earth radii, equilibrium temperature 295 K, population 56,753,119

## History

### Colonization Period

Malakar was originally colonized by the Galactic Empire in 2563.

### Imperial Period

From 2563 to 3506 the Malakar system was under Imperial rule. It was a fairly high conflict system, with a major battle occurring here during the Perth War and a series of major battles during the Empire-Union War that ultimately ended in the loss of the system to Union forces. In addition, skirmishes with Bodrov's Legion, a force of Imperial deserters who had taken up residence on Soledar, caused an interplanetary conflict lasting 17 years (3427-3444).

### Asgardian Period

The Union took over Malakar in 3506, but the Asgardian Alliance gained control of its local government and retained control of the system after the dissolution of the Union in 3542 (at the end of the Twenty Years' War). The first 50 years of Asgardian control of the system consisted of brutal repression of the system's original Imperial population, as well as alleged "mysterious mass disappearances" of thousands of citizens at a time. These events were later blamed on the Kroll despite a total lack of evidence for that accusation. From a peak population of roughly 150 million citizens in 3506, Malakar's population had declined to just over 80 million citizens in 3556. While both sides, Asgardian government and former Imperial citizens turned rebels, committed many arguably unjustified acts of violence, the government gained the upper hand by "disappearing" massive numbers of citizens considered to be dangerous or even suspicious. By the fifty-year mark, the conflict had mostly simmered down, largely due to casualties and forced emigration or "disappearances" among the rebels.

### 4025 Guide to the Universe

Malakar is a system with a fairly large population for its infrastructure. The system used to be an Imperial colony, and after it was taken over by the Asgardians, the new local government decided to build completely new cities and infrastructure for the incoming Asgardian settlers, while the former Imperial citizens were left in older cities which were no longer supported in the system's budget. This was partially done to "encourage" the Imperials to leave the system, as there were many incidents of terrorist attacks by disaffected former Imperial citizens. This strategy worked quite well; by 3556, 50 years after the Asgardians took control of the system, the population had declined to 80.8 million citizens, of which 25.7 million were either former Imperial citizens or descended from them; at its peak, the population of Malakar under Imperial rule was 150.6 million citizens. The exact number is unclear, but estimates suggest that as many as 140 million former Imperial citizens were either disappeared, killed in conflicts, killed in secret executions (which were all labeled as deaths due to accidents, overdoses and so on due to the Asgardian Alliance's official policy of not using the death penalty), or managed to emigrate from the system. Based on reports from Bandorian immigration authorities, it is estimated that 90 million former Imperial citizens from Malakar managed to emigrate from Malakar to various systems under the control of the Protectorate. Immigration to Malakar from Sol and other Union systems was quite high, especially at first, which caused an extremely awkward situation, since the new cities that the Asgardian local government had ordered to be built on the two inhabited moons were still in the very early stages of construction. Crime has flourished in Malakar since the Asgardian takeover. In the early days there was a massive black market for essential items such as food, water, clothes, medical supplies, and building supplies, especially in the areas of the moons that were former Imperial cities or general inhabited areas. In space in modern times the UEO have largely taken over the system, while on the surfaces of Opytne and Soledar rampant gang warfare rages throughout most of the inhabited areas, with the exception of the highest-income areas, usually controlled by the private armies of the billionaires, who often made their money in the UEO. Overall, this is a highly dangerous system. If you plan to come here for trading, make sure to bring a powerful, well-armed ship, preferrably in a convoy with good escorts.