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Fifty billion people live on the densely urban planet of [[Glisal II]], the capital of the '''Celestine Ascendancy'''. Massive cities sprawl across most of the planet's continents and pollution clouds the atmosphere. Towering skyscrapers, the homes of the social and political elite, soar high above smog-choked urban valleys. Crime, as well as both power and economic inequality run rampant, with the top 0.1% of the population having more of both than the rest of the planet combined. | Fifty billion people live on the densely urban planet of [[Glisal II]], the capital of the '''Celestine Ascendancy'''. Massive cities sprawl across most of the planet's continents and pollution clouds the atmosphere. Towering skyscrapers, the homes of the social and political elite, soar high above smog-choked urban valleys. Crime, as well as both power and economic inequality run rampant, with the top 0.1% of the population having more of both than the rest of the planet combined. | ||
The planet itself is of Earth-standard gravity and | The planet itself is of Earth-standard gravity and maintains the [[Glisal Orbital Synergy Halo]] satellite superstructure in orbit, which visibly takes up half the sky, even during the day. Two platinum-rich moons also orbit the planet, which are a major source of wealth for the Ascendancy. | ||
Racially, the dominant races on [[Glisal II]] are the [[W'hoorn]], the [[Nath-el]], the [[Shen]], and the [[Tukkav]], with, as on most cosmopolitan worlds, smatterings of most of the other races of Starmourn Sector. | Racially, the dominant races on [[Glisal II]] are the [[W'hoorn]], the [[Nath-el]], the [[Shen]], and the [[Tukkav]], with, as on most cosmopolitan worlds, smatterings of most of the other races of Starmourn Sector. | ||