Zaragoza
The planet Zaragoza sits on the edge of the great rift in the Vasar nebula. This Imperial world is a frontier world that specializes in mineral and ice exports with some limited agriculture. The planet is sparsely populated by Imperial standards with a total population of 750 million. Mining makes up 80 percent of the planetary economy and tithe requirements. It is ruled by the Imperial governor Rackmed Dowd. The planet has a limited planetary defense force consisting of a mere 450,000 permanent full-time soldiers. It does have an extensive network of militia forces and mining guild enforcers and paramilitary units that take up most of the planets security functions. Mining operations also discovered large deposits of noctolith buried beneath the surface. The availability of the noctolith, coupled with it's relatively small populace and proximity to the rift led to the planet being chosen as the test site of Archmagos Saronic's Blackstone...
