Planet Kurile

DIAMETER: 12,802 km.

MASS: 5.88 x 10e24 kg.

TERRAIN: Water

TEMPERATURE: 2°C to 38°C

ESCAPE VELOCITY: 11.83 km/sec

Initially discovered by the Gas Miners Guild (GMG) in 620 AS, the planet Kurile exists at the heart of an anomaly, a gravitational tidal pool that creates a clear zone in the middle of the otherwise treacherous nebula. The planet itself is entirely covered in water with a saline content so high that it is toxic to almost all known aquatic life elsewhere in Sirius. Despite this, Kurile possesses a single native life form, a microorganism that manages to thrive in its otherwise poisonous oceans. Samura eventually managed to construct a collection platform on Kurile to harvest the microorganisms for use at the fisheries on Planet Junyo. The planet harbors some 2500 workers, all of whom live on the floating platform.

Taking advantage of Samura's divided attention, the Gas Miner's Guild launched a successful attack upon planet Kurile in 824 AS removing Samura Heavy Industries presence in its entirety. However, the GMG now face the daunting task of securing the planet against raids by Outcast and Corsair forces while simultaneously attempting to halt the rampant smuggling made profitable by the lack of a functional docking facilities. Repairs are currently underway yet recent aggression from Rheinland may place considerable strain on all of the Gas Miner's plans.

## News

However, with the recent Farmers Alliance bombing on Roppongi seemingly linked to the sudden increase in Cardamine use among Kusari's businessmen, New Tokyo's residents have expressed sympathy towards the perpetrators, speculating that the Alliance's blatant admission to such a vicious act is not to be taken as a boast or a threat, but as a sign that they will not allow their friends and families to be preyed upon by the greed of corporations that, "do not belong anywhere near our home", said Katsuyori Ichihara, Samura Industries financial consultant, and survivor of the Roppongi attack. "I don't blame them", Mr. Ichihara continued, "that vile drug destroys families."
Due to recent events, Samura Industries has taken it upon itself to act as a substitute for Interspace Commerce within the insurance market and many citizens have already expressed gratitude to Samura and their willingness to provide more financially preferable contracts than what the old management offered.

Ageira disputed this finding in their own press release, calling EFL 'fantasists' and countering that their own scientists had narrowed the cause to a rare 'hypernova' stellar event that originated outside the Sirius sector. Both corporations claim that network-wide hardware safeguards have been implemented that would prevent a similar occurrence in the future. Independent researchers have sharply criticized the corporate announcements, accusing both of self-interested misdirection.
Professor Sophia Nagel from Heisenberg Research Station called EFL's accusation 'incoherent' and the hypernova explanation 'nonsense' that did not explain the characteristics of the 'Blackout Pulse'. Despite multiple different Pulse recordings being widely disseminated across the neural net, public efforts have so far failed to triangulate its source.

## Rumors

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