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The Illubris System

Illubris in the Askellon Sector

Map of the Illubris System

Illubris is a small, backwater system situated between Desoleum and Thaur in the Askellon Sector. The system is effectively a vassal to the hive world Desoleum - supplying prometheum and lesser support materials to assist in the upkeep of Desoleum's factories. In return, Desoleum provides a boot on the neck of the criminal elements of Illubris (as well as most of its political independence) in the form of a subchapter of the Desoleum Arbites - the Sanctionary Bondsmen of the Oaths Involute (or the Sanctionaries for short).

Desoleum itself is run by the Consortium - a trade organisation of hundreds of competing interests serving under Lady Desoleum - which has its fingers in many systems across the sector. It maintains a very contract-bound social order, every person's role and pretty much all social interaction is determined by their oaths (carried around in their oath-cogs) - which govern fealty and obligation in all things.

The ruling elite of Illubris are members of the Consortium. Three noble families - House Beon, House Cassus and House Rhell - vie for control of the system in an eternal political struggle.

The system itself is fairly small, with few truly habitable worlds:

Illubris I and II are dead worlds - barren deserts too close to the sun for anything to live there long. With the proper equipment expeditions have proven that humans can survive there for short periods, but most of these were either lost to the conditions or came back with little to show for their courage.

Between Illubris II and Illubris Prime is an asteroid belt separating the inner system from the rest of the planets of Illubris. Some mineral content has been dug out of there but overall it's believed that the deposits are too meagre for anyone to consider building an industry on it. Scavengers and pirates have been known to set up small bases here, making the asteroid belt (along with most of the inner system) not worth the majority of good Imperial citizens' time.

Illubris Prime is the main centre of the Illubris system. It has four - formerly five - orbiting hive spires (the alpha, gamma, delta and epsilon stations). When these were originally established they were standard Imperial void stations, but over the millenia they were built upon endlessly until they were as much hives as the cities on the planet's surface. The void hives are used as the primary residences for the nobility of the system, as well as the main seat of power for the Ecclesiarchy, while the majority of the system's population resides on the surface of Illubris Prime.

Illubris IV is a volcanic deathworld. The Mechanicus maintain a small city of sorts here for research purposes. IV does also have some small feral tribes of humans who eke out a very poor existence and maintain some trade relations with the Mechanicus, but are otherwise pretty insular.

Illubris V is the primary resource of the system - ships scoop raw prometheum from its atmosphere for refining on Illubris Prime. This world has seven moons (all of which are jungle death worlds) and an orbiting Mechanicus void station.

Illubris VI and VII are generously termed "agri-worlds" in that they are used for food production. Although too far out to be properly habitable, artificial habitats have been constructed on both for the sole purpose of farming, and their nutritiously balanced (but not very popular) produce is used (along with a lot of traded imports) to support most of the system.

Current Characters

Character	Home World	Background	Role	Occupation	Warband	Player
Leo Symbi	Void Born	Imperial Guard	Chirurgeon	TBA	TBA	Stefan Szubert
Gaston	Void Born	Adeptus Astra Telepathica	Mystic	Telepathica Choir	TBA	Stephen Justice
Severan	Shrine World (Thaur)	Imperial Guard	Warrior	TBA	TBA	Michael McDonald
TBA	Feral World (Illubris IV)	Adeptus Mechanicus	Warrior	Skitarii Tribune	TBA	Stuart McLaren
Character Name	Character Home World	Character Background	Character Role	Character's civilian cover	Character Warband	Player Name

Fallen Heroes of the Imperium

++ Death is the servant of the righteous. ++

Purged Heretics

++ The right thinking man dies once, for the Emperor. The heretic dies every day, and does so only for himself. ++

The Illubrian Dramatis Personae

House Beon

Descendants of Lady Illun de Beon, the Rogue Trader who first settled the Illubris system, House Beon holds the governorship of the system. Generally known for their noble traditionalism.

House Cassus

House Cassus is known for its lavish tastes and ostentatious displays of wealth. Although rumour has it that they are heavily invested in the Faceless Trade (Askellon's extremely illegal black market in xeno artifacts) nothing has ever been proven.

House Rhell

House Rhell has a reputation for scheming, underhanded politics and general ruthlessness. Common wisdom says that Rhell coinage almost always costs more than it pays for.