Campaign:NHNE/Places/Big Rock
Summary[edit]
Big Rock BZ00402-A N Va Lo Fr
Planetology[edit]
Big Rock is one of the minor settlements in the Belt, based on a small body and being little more than a village and stores station.
The body is too small to have spin-gravity without having very high torque and so the early settlers installed a pair of high-gravity (0.5G) drums. The planetoid now has some areas with grav-plates.
Some buildings on New Earth are bigger than Big Rock. Few are as culturally interesting.
Government[edit]
Big Rock is effectively an archology sealed against vacuum and self contained regarding the majority of its needs on a short term basis. The administration is by the residents - but there is no formal governance. Belt Government has occasionally stationed representatives on this rock for security purposes. It is considered a lonely and hostile posting.
Economy[edit]
Big Rock has a lively economy and hosts a monthly market
The interior of the body has been extensively tunnelled and a there are some electric carts available to move goods in the areas with gravity. Otherwise, transport is on foot.
Big Rock is one of the favoured staging posts for independent prospectors, primarily because of the quantities of ice found on nearby planetoids.