Hoanghon

**Hoanghon** was a cold terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, covered in frozen wastelands where people lived safely within domed cities. The planet was a colony of the United Cassiopeian Republic and was home to a cultural group of predominantly Humans and Penumbrians called the Hoanghonese.

## Description

The planet Hoanghon was a rocky world located within the Lanh Sector, which itself was situated in the eastern reaches of the galactic Central Expanse region. The planet shared the sector with other UCR colonies, including Crosathas and Nolnimo. As the only planet in its planetary system, Hoanghon orbited far around its red dwarf star and had no moons.

Because of Hoanghon's faraway orbit from its red sun, the planet had a thin atmosphere, an extremely cold climate, and a seemingly eternal twilight that kept the planet in darkness. This made life unsustainable for most species through natural means. However, the UCR's experience with other colonies of a similar nature—like Uplarias—greatly helped in Hoanghon's colonization. Domed cities were constructed on the planet, containing artificial climates capable of sustaining life. These cities were connected via hyper-speed subway tunnels.

### Government

The **Hoanghonese Parliament** served as the planetary government for Hoanghon. This Parliament operated under the jurisdiction of the United Cassiopeian Republic.

## History

### Colonization

At some point during the 48th century ASA, the Cassiopeian Republic considered the uninhabited, icy planet of Hoanghon as a possible colony. Nhà Thám Hiểm, a human man from the planet Su Phon, led the first expedition to the planet and gave the planet its name. Hiểm and his team scouted areas on the planet suitable for the establishment of massive, domed cities.

Prior experience colonizing the barren planet of Uplarias gave the first Hoanghonese settlers the tools they needed to establish the first domed cities. After decades of fast-paced yet careful construction, the first city of Hoanghon—named Thudo—was built, creating a new home for countless settlers.

### Preventing the Destruction of Thudo

During the paramountcy of Mar Wagro in the late 50th century ASA, an accident occurred in the outer walls of the capital Hoanghonese city of Thudo, which risked the destruction of the city and the millions of live residing within it. Paramount Wagro acted quickly and coordinated efficiently with the Hoanghonese Parliament to save Thudo from complete destruction. Because of Wagro's leadership and with the cooperation and efforts of the planetary parliament, there were no casualties. Many citizens of the Republic from all around the galaxy praised Wagro and the Hoanghonese Parliament because of their diligence and successes.

### Post-War Penumbrian Immigration Wave

The Penumbrian Civil War of 5925-5928 ASA left many refugees from the planet Penumbria without a home. Government immigration programs set in place by Paramount Fosca Tearmann (and later backed by Paramount Sylf Syrik) allowed for many displaced Penumbrians to find homes elsewhere in the galaxy within the protective borders of the UCR. Hoanghon was a prime candidate for migration, as the planet had been seeing a demographic trend that required more people to contribute to the planet's workforce. Hoanghon was also valued for Penumbrian migration as the planet was already a home to a sizable population of Penumbrians.

Many Penumbrians who fled their homeworld and domain in space after war found themselves a new home on Hoanghon. One such Penumbrian was young war veteran Beobarado, who along with local Hoanghonese man Io Trotz would eventually become founders of the Berdema Nova.

## Inhabitants

The population of Hoanghon referred to themselves as Hoanghonese. Hoanghon had a predominantly Human and Penumbrian population, which meant citizens with mixed Human-Penumbrian ancestry were not uncommon. Only a very small minority of other sentient species existed on the planet.

### Notable Figures

* **Nhà Thám Hiểm** - the Thịnh Vượng explorer who led the first expedition to Hoanghon and gave the planet its name.
* **Io Trotz** - a close associate and friend of the Berdema Nova.

## Locations

### Thudo

**Thudo** was the capital city of Hoanghon and the first domed city ever created on the icy planet. The city was home to over a hundred million people and served as the main base of operations for the Hoanghonese Parliament.

### Cầu Vồng City

**Cầu Vồng City**, or simply **Cầu Vồng**, was a major city on Hoanghon and one of the closest cities to Thudo, connected to the city via a hyper-speed subway train system. Cầu Vồng City was named by explorer Nhà Thám Hiểm and was home to millions. The privateer Io Trotz was born and raised in Cầu Vồng.

## Trivia

* Hoanghon comes from the Vietnamese "hoàng hôn", meaning "twilight" or "sunset", in reference to the planet's natural darkness.