Moscow is also the current home to the Governors Council. A neverending stream of goods pulse through the ports of the city, giving it a perpetual energy and feeling of a town on the move. The inspiration behind the adage "you can find anything somewhere." Moscow is one of the largest trading hubs on Earth. New York is not only the political center of the Empire, but a highly influential beacon for culture, technology and commerce. Old world architecture stands beside modern design aesthetics along the labyrinthine streets of this historic city. Three of these have taken the throne as the significant import/export centers of the world: New York in North America, Moscow in Europe and Shanghai in Asia. The planet itself is pockmarked with starports, a natural evolution of nearly a millennium of Human space travel. The military dockyards in Earth orbit are home port to no less than five Bengal-class carriers and at least one is dry-docked at any given time. There is no faster way to get an extremely high bounty on your head than to commit a crime, even a minor infraction, in space near Earth. The UEE military, Advocacy and various police arms patrol the system ceaselessly and they are notoriously uncompromising when it comes to punishing wrongdoers in the system.
#World of sol registration#
As it is, a run to Earth can barely be guaranteed to provide more than a 5% profit … and that's before you get to the exorbitant docking and refueling fees for spacecraft carrying other systems' registration numbers.Įarth is also safe, to an extreme. If it were not for the so-called "balance tariffs" keeping prices uncompetitive, this would be an ideal situation for any erstwhile shipping magnate. Thousands of years of Human civilization have left many of the planet's natural resources exhausted and the system imports trillions upon trillions of tons of food, raw metals, manufactured goods and everything else imaginable. While other more strategically located star systems, like Terra, have begun to make claims for higher standing in the Empire, Earth is still the acknowledged center of the universe.Ĭontrarily, Earth wants for everything.
Home to the Imperator and the UEE Senate, Earth sets the standards for everything that happens in the Empire, from moderating economic models, to setting social trends, to organizing military campaigns.
Put simply, Earth is the capital and namesake of the United Empire of Earth and it is the seat of power that governs everything from rising systems like Terra to distant colony worlds that barely impact the homeworlds' economies. Tax policies support Earth-based corporations at the extreme disadvantage of those based on worlds like Terra, while representation in the UEE Senate continues to skew disproportionately in favor of Earth's populace. All roads lead to Earth and the system is designed to support native-born Humans above all others. It's no secret that Earth is set in its ways. Earth (Sol III): cradle of Humanity, heart of the Empire, birthplace of mankind … and a difficult place to turn a profit.
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