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World Name: Errai
Affiliation: Federated Suns
Star Type: G3-IV
Position in System: 4
Time to Jump Point: 5 days
Recharging Station: none
Planetary Diem: Countess Eliza Bhromia
ComStar Facility Class: B
ComStar Representative: Adept Petra Rathborne
Population: 3,890,000 (est.)
Percentage and Level of Native Life: 68%, Mammal
Climate: High Steppe
Defending Units on Planet:
Draconis Militia (2 companies)
Errai Planetary Guard (mechanized-infantry)
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With large, high-altitude continents and few true mountain ranges,
Errai is known for its Siberian climate and surprisingly wide array of surviving
native species. The planet has few easily accessable sources of raw
materials needed for modern civilization, the mineral-encrusted Mantha
Desert being the sole exception. Colonized during the second wave
from Terra, the system was brought under Hegemony control by James McKenna
himself in the mid-23rd century. The colonists prospered with the assistance
of Terran technology, despite the harsh conditions and often hostile
native life. This continued nearly unchanged until 2766, when the
Hegemony fell to Lord Stefan Amaris. The on-planet SLDF units held out in
their underground Castle Brian for two years, until Amaris personally ordered
their destruction by use of nuclear weapons. Errai fell into the hands of the
Capellan Confederation after Kerensky's Exodus, changing hands to the Draconis
Combine and eventually to the Federated Suns. The 'mech production facility in
Mantha was destroyed early in the Succession Wars and the planet was spared the
wrath of the following centuries of conflict due to its lack of remaining heavy industry.
The most recent military action took place in mid 3027 when a company of the
34th Aragon Borderers engaged a superior force of Kuritan 'mechs from
the 5th Sword of Light regiment at the Battle of Kindmeare Pass. While
almost completely destroyed, the Borderers held off long
enough for reinforcements to arrive and push the Dracos back off-planet.
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Major Lifeform survey:
Warning: Most species on this planet are carniverous, approach with care or not at all.
Data compiled from local's reports during 3rd Succession War and may be innacurate or wrong.
Name: 'Pede
Type: Insectiod
Size: 3-30 meters in length
Habitat: Riverbeds and ocean shallows
Description: A massive centipede known to attack humans and 'mechs alike.
It has a fear of light, moving from deep mud or water only at night. It can be repelled
by use of searchlights or sufficient amounts of natural flame. Skin is ballisticly
resistant and self-repairing.
Name: Wolfin
Type: Mamillian
Size: Large dog to small horse
Habitat: Forests and grasslands
Description: A hunchbacked dog-like pack hunter common to the forested areas of Errai.
Poor eyesight, but excellent sense of hearing and smell. They will not pursue prey into
the territory of another group of Wolfin.
Name: Zebracorn or Stripony
Type: Mamillian
Size: Horse
Habitat: Steppes and grasslands
Description: A strong horse-varient used by the plains people of Errai's
open expances. It is unknown whether this was an imported Terran crossbreed or
a native to the planet. Currently used by the Steppe Raiders
as their dominant form of transportation.
Name: Flowering Pothole
Type: Fungal
Size: Netball sized hole
Habitat: Steppes and grasslands
Description: A smooth silvery hole in the ground like a buried pot. It collects
water during the short storms on Errai and promptly produce a meter tall yucca-like shaft
of flowers that evening. It is reported that the plains people dispose of waste materials by
tossing them into a Potholes to be "eaten". This has not been verified.
Name: Valley Lamprey
Type: Reptillian
Size: Under 1 meter
Habitat: Mountains
Description: A multi-legged snake with an adhesive mouth. Commonly scavangers,
they have been known to attack and kill wounded animals.
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