Port Aquila - The Imperium within the Port: In most Imperial star systems, there is a centralised location for the functionaries of the Adeptus Terra to set their camp and branch outward. The inherent difficulty in finding a safe singular location to do that in Port Aquila limits the ability of the Imperium to do its work. As a result, the presence of Terra mirrors the reach of the Astronomican to Diomedea Stella: relatively weak and tenuous at best. Stationed in the Pride of Askellon, a Ramilies-class station outside the asteroid field on the edge of the system, the small Imperial Naval garrison and the other Adepta representatives sit and let the inhabitants live their lives, largely left alone.Unbeknownst to most, Port Aquila has an Imperial military governor who is, at least on paper, in charge of the system. The current one is Severine Cantrella, once a bold voidship commander, but now seldom ever seen outside her offices and living space on the station. Her arrival to the station brought with it a sense of hope and renewed purpose for those who yearned to take Aquila by the reins and tether it to Imperial law. The previous sixteen governors had lasted a total of only 28 standard years in service, the longest for 19 solar months, the shortest for five solar hours. All sixteen of them had died while in office and on active duty in the system.To a person, unexplained events were the cause of death. From a spontaneous explosion of an asteroid under one governor's landing party to having a malfunctioning thruster launch another governor toward Diomedea Stella, strange things have happened to those who tried to strictly enforce Imperial law. Severine apparently read the accounts, and made a different plan. She courted the Combine's favour and allowed them to act as the eyes, ears, and hands of the Imperium. The result has been a marked decrease in the amount of violent crime, and Governor Cantrella has been in office for more than eight standard years. She has had her share of close calls, however, likely a reason for her staying aboard the void station. She gives most of her orders through communiqués, and only emerges from her offices to walk among the troops once every standard year.Other branches of the Adeptus Terra are not represented equally on the station. The Imperial Navy has a patrolling force of a Battlecruiser, a Light Cruiser, and six squadrons of five Escorts -- nowhere near enough to patrol the system, and too much to just sit at a base. Governor Cantrella has them run training missions and provide support for the Combine when they engage any unruly traders. On board the Pride of Askellon, aside from the fifty-men strong Adeptus Arbites precinct, there are very few other branches of the Adeptus Terra. A small Adeptus Mechanicus contingent studies the unusual properties of Diomedea Stella, and chart the ebb and flow of the Pandaemonium across the area. The Astropathic choir consists of ten members who are rotated out yearly, rare for such posts. Residents on the Pride have noticed that many of the psykers seem worn and almost sapped of their vitality by the time they leave. Overall, though, the Imperium largely stays away from Port Aquila except for its regular tithes, allowing the Combine to maintain internal justice.