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==Topography== | ==Topography== | ||
The Reynolds Group asteroids that make up Scatterhome are not planets, and the cold, dying star they orbit is too far away to offer the chaotic belt of space rock any warmth. However, they still contain a sizeable combined population distributed across hundreds of celestial bodies. Scientists believe that the asteroids contained in the Scatterhome Group were once two or possibly even three separate planets that collided and were destroyed in the chaos of the [[Worldbreaking]] (which would account for the wildly different mineral and geological makeup of the asteroids). | |||
Cartographers should note that the scientific classification system used to label the asteroids begin with the prefix SGA, followed by either a P, an M, or an X. Initial surveyors sorted asteroids by geological similarity to each other, with P and M asteroids having been determined to have once belonged to the same or similar planetary bodies. X-labeled asteroids are considered to be of an unknown origin. | |||
Only a fraction of asteroids in the field are inhabited to any extent, and most of the population is concentrated to half a dozen of the largest rocks fitted with powerful engines and set spinning to provide artificial gravity to the inhabitants. The population lives in tunnels, artificial caverns, deep canyons, and surface biodomes equipped with [[rad-shielding]]. The asteroids themselves are rich with minerals and chunks of ice, providing a near limitless supply of both water and metal to the inhabitants. The remains of the [[Departed|Departed’s]] [[Worldship]], the [[Blood Ark]], are the living quarters for the Jin who came to the Starmourn Sector in the year 212 AE during the [[Second War of the Ishvana]]. Residents of Scatterhome benefit from the close proximity of a [[Voidgate]]. | Only a fraction of asteroids in the field are inhabited to any extent, and most of the population is concentrated to half a dozen of the largest rocks fitted with powerful engines and set spinning to provide artificial gravity to the inhabitants. The population lives in tunnels, artificial caverns, deep canyons, and surface biodomes equipped with [[rad-shielding]]. The asteroids themselves are rich with minerals and chunks of ice, providing a near limitless supply of both water and metal to the inhabitants. The remains of the [[Departed|Departed’s]] [[Worldship]], the [[Blood Ark]], are the living quarters for the Jin who came to the Starmourn Sector in the year 212 AE during the [[Second War of the Ishvana]]. Residents of Scatterhome benefit from the close proximity of a [[Voidgate]]. | ||