Penningar

Planet AG

Government	None
System	System XVI
Tech Level	TL 3
Population	Hundreds of Millions
Atmosphere	Corrosive and Invasive
Biosphere	No Native
Temperature	Temperate
Planet Tag 1	Cheap Life
Planet Tag 2	Outpost World
Mechanical Tag	Facility Assets built on this world Cost 1 less to the Governor
Ruin	No

SWN Worldtags

Cheap Life

Human life is near-worthless on this world. Ubiquitous cloning, local conditions that ensure early death, a culture that reveres murder, or a social structure that utterly discounts the value of most human lives ensures that death is the likely outcome for any action that irritates someone consequential.

Enemies:

• Master assassin
• Bloody-handed judge
• Overseer of disposable clones

Friends:

• Endearing local whose life the PCs accidentally bought
• Escapee from death seeking outside help
• Reformer trying to change local mores

Complications:

• Radiation or local diseases ensure all locals die before twenty-five years of age
• Tech ensures that death is just an annoyance
• Locals are totally convinced of a blissful afterlife

Things:

• Device that revives or re-embodies the dead
• Maltech engine fueled by human life
• Priceless treasure held by a now-dead owner

Places:

• Thronging execution ground
• Extremely cursory cemetery
• Factory full of lethal dangers that could be corrected easily

Outpost World

The world is only a tiny outpost of human habitation planted by an offworld corporation or government. Perhaps the staff is there to serve as a refueling and repair stop for passing ships, or to oversee an automated mining and refinery complex. They might be there to study ancient ruins, or simply serve as a listening and monitoring post for traffic through the system. The outpost is likely well-equipped with defenses against casual piracy.

Enemies:

• Space-mad outpost staffer
• Outpost commander who wants it to stay undiscovered
• Undercover saboteur

Friends:

• Lonely staffer
• Fixated researcher
• Overtaxed maintenance chief

Complications:

• The alien ruin defense systems are waking up
• Atmospheric disturbances trap the group inside the outpost for a month
• Pirates raid the outpost
• The crew have become converts to a strange set of beliefs

Things:

• Alien relics
• Vital scientific data
• Secret corporate exploitation plans

Places:

• Grimy recreation room
• Refueling station
• The only building on the planet
• A “starport” of swept bare rock