Nefer

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Nefer
System Info
System Name: Helios
Map ID:
Surface Gravity: 1.0 G
Climate: Artificial
Atmosphere: Nitrogen-Oxygen Mix
Population: 39,000,000
Population Breakdown: 98% Baseline
Capital: Heliopolis
Type of Power: Independent
Infrastructure

History

The Helios Event

The colony world of Helios saw its earliest beginnings as an outpost from which to launch exploration missions into the deep rim. Situated on the world of Helios 3, nicknamed Neferti, a low gravity world lush with a complex biosphere and extensive precursor dust deposits, the colony would harvest resources to build and maintain an expansive exploration fleet, and bring the wealth of discoveries back to the Core where they could be studied and profited from.

It was, on paper, an ideal setup- and it saw significant investment by several major corporations and research institutes over the first three years of its operation.

Then the Helios Incident occurred. Helios entered a period of heightened stellar activity- and approximately six months into this period released a massive plume of stellar ejecta. A plume headed straight for Helios 3.

Of course, the plume would take several months to reach the planet, but there was still considerable panic before martial law was established and an evacuation was set in motion. Of course the colonists couldn't take everything with them- most machinery was too bulky to be moved in the time allotted. Instead they loaded up on valuable supplies- be it processed ore or extracted delta dust. Moreover, an initiative was fast tracked to save samples of Helios 3's biosphere.

Even so, the escape from the doomed world was extremely close- the last of the colonists didn't leave until roughly ten hours after the impact of the ejecta plume on the opposite face of the planet- by then the air was nearly molten and a massive firestorm was consuming the planet.

Nevertheless, the colonists had survived. Packed onto every ship available- loaded into pressurized shipyards and half-finished exploration vessels, even the orbital ore processing stations had been tasked to provide temporary habitation for the colonists.

But these measures were merely temporary- a more permanent solution had to be found.


The Never Object

Military

Military Command students


Uniforms: The uniforms employed by the Nefertan military are an adaption of those used by Pyramid's exclusive military training institute, which serves as a prerequisite to actual military service. The uniforms are a blend of military service finery, as well as the more business oriented garb of Pyramid's civilian employees.

In order to allow for quick identification of roles and specialties, Pyramid assigns each department a specific colour. Those departments utilize that colour on the ties of their uniforms, indicating their specialty.

The most recent up to date Department to Colour information is as follows:

Command - Red
Science - Green
Tactical - Yellow
Medical - Blue
Civilian Authority - White/Other colours (See appendix III for details)
Unassigned - Black

Weapons of Pyramid Nefertan Slang