Ikaros

Ikaros is the homeworld of Ascent in the Gograpatk

Ikaros

Government	Ascent
System	Gograpatk
Tech Level	4
Population	Tens of Millions
Atmosphere	Thick
Biosphere	No Native
Temperature	Warm
Planet Tag 1	Rigid Culture
Planet Tag 2	Xenophobes

Basic description of the planet and any notable features.

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SWN World Tags

Rigid Culture

The local culture is extremely rigid. Certain forms of behavior and belief are absolutely mandated, and any deviation from these principles is punished, or else society may be strongly stratified by birth with limited prospects for change. Anything which threatens the existing social order is feared and shunned.

Enemies:

• Rigid reactionary
• Wary ruler
• Regime ideologue
• Offended potentate

Friends:

• Revolutionary agitator
• Ambitious peasant
• Frustrated merchant

Complications:

• The cultural patterns are enforced by technological aids
• The culture is run by a secret cabal of manipulators
• The culture has explicit religious sanction
• The culture evolved due to important necessities that have since been forgotten

Things:

• Precious traditional regalia
• Peasant tribute
• Opulent treasures of the ruling class

Places:

• Time-worn palace
• Low-caste slums
• Bandit den
• Reformist temple

Xenophobes

The natives are intensely averse to dealings with outworlders. Whether through cultural revulsion, fear of tech contamination, or a genuine immunodeficiency, the locals shun foreigners from offworld and refuse to have anything to do with them beyond the bare necessities of contact. Trade may or may not exist on this world, but if it does, it is almost certainly conducted by a caste of untouchables and outcasts.

Enemies:

• Revulsed local ruler
• Native convinced some wrong was done to him
• Cynical demagogue

Friends:

• Curious native
• Exiled former ruler
• Local desperately seeking outworlder help

Complications:

• The natives are symptomless carriers of a contagious and dangerous disease
• The natives are exceptionally vulnerable to offworld diseases
• The natives require elaborate purification rituals after speaking to an offworlder or touching them
• The local ruler has forbidden any mercantile dealings with outworlders

Things:

• Jealously-guarded precious relic
• Local product under export ban
• Esoteric local technology

Places:

• Sealed treaty port
• Public ritual not open to outsiders
• Outcaste slum home

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