Serpent's Reach (world)

Serpent’s Reach/Mimu (Dagudashaag 0402)
Classic Era (1116)	A66975A-E Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 6 Medium (9,600 km, 0.60g - 0.81g) Atmosphere 6 Standard Hydrographics 9 Wet World 90% Population 7 Moderate (50 million) Government 5 Feudal Technocracy Law A Extreme Law (no weapons) Tech Level E High Stellar (anti-grav cities)
See also	UWP
System Details
Primary	K1 V M0 D
Planetoid Belts	1
Gas Giants	4

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An idyllic, earth-like world, Serpent’s Reach is an important joint Human-S'mrii colony. When the system was undergoing heavy expansion under the auspices of the Imperial Ministry of Colonization in the early 300’s, it was found that the population growth rates were falling well below their targets. An IISS investigation discovered that a trace organic compound, Retroviral HCG, present in the local flora, was suppressing Human fertility. When it transpired that the search for an antidote would take too long to meet the Ministry’s needs, they authorized the use of a wide-scale cloning program to boost the population. That program continues to the present day: gleaming high-tech metroplexes stand empty, waiting the day when they will be populated. Present Ministry targets call for a population of 270 million by the year 1190.

The primary provider of clones on Serpent’s Reach is the S’mrii biomedical services phylum Zia'zak. Their contract is directly with the Imperial government, and they are forbidden by law to sell clones or cloning services to individuals or independent organizations. However, although nothing has ever been proved, rumours persist that clones and ‘nonstandard genoproducts’ (i.e. androids) are available 'for the right price'.

Zia’zak SIA and LaForge BioTechnology of Medurma (Dagudashaag 2124) harvest the flora of Serpent’s Reach to extract the RHCG. This is processed to form Ovonil, a widely-used long-duration Human contraceptive.

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• Jae Campbell - Signal-GK Issue #5 - HIWG