Hilarion
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Name: | Hilarion | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus[1] | ||
| Sector: | Calixis Sector[1] | ||
| Subsector: | Hazeroth Abyss[1] | ||
| System: | |||
| Population: | ~750,000,000[1] | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium[1] | ||
| Class: | Agri/Feudal World[1] | ||
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Hilarion is an Imperial Agri World in the Calixis Sector. One of its two moons is artificial, establishing a quarantine to ensure the continued use of the manual labor necessary in producing the fragrances and spices it exports.[1]
Overview
The Planet is ruled by the Council of Seven Colours. The majority of the population of Hilarion is composed of the peasant and serf classes (with little distinction between the two). They work in service to the Noble Houses and toil to produce spices and incense for their Lords, who then export them off world, although this is not known to the peasants – they simply believe that the Emperor requires their labour.[1]
Hilarion is populated by a majority of peasants. A smaller number of Nobles make up the ruling class while the balance of the populace is a very small percentage of Serfs, who have become indentured for failure to meet their contractual obligations of service and provide for their families. The technology level is mostly medieval, although the Noble Houses have a small number of devices that would be seen in the wider Imperium.[1]
The Ecclesiarchy has perhaps the highest level of technology on the planet, used for their religious requirements, and to provide a means to oversee the Noble Houses and the production of their important crops.[1]
The Serfs and Peasants use barter amongst themselves for the majority of transactions although occasionally they may come to possess some of the "Imperials" or "Eagles" (the local coins). The Noble Houses will deal with one another, using barter or coin: Imperials, Eagles or even "Throne Gelt," although this is less common.[1]
Seven Eagles constitute an Imperial, and three Imperials constitute a Throne Gelt. The economy is stable, feudal and balanced, with no House holding unfair advantage over another, as all the Houses are bound by blood, and ruled under the statute of the Council of Colours.[1]
Contact with other worlds
Hilarion is not well known outside the Hazeroth subsector; in fact the existence of the planet is not widely publicised so as to protect it from unsanctioned traffic. All planetary trade must be processed by the Quarantine station on the smaller "moon" and only selected Traders holding an Ecclesiarchal charter are permitted to send Landers down to collect trade and tithe goods – these vehicles must only land in designated zones, and are supervised during their entire planetfall by an observer from the Orders Famulous.[1]
Planetary Data[1]
- Equatorial Circumference: 59,757 Miles.
- Gravity: 0.95 G.
- Years and Days: Hilarion takes 590 Terran days to orbit its star and spins on its axis once every 28 Terran hours.
- Satellites: 2 'moons', one natural, the other an Administratum Satellite Spaceport.
- Mean Surface Temperature: 19°C.
- Tropospheric Composition: Nitrogen 75%, Oxygen 21.95%, Argon 0.93%, Carbon Dioxide 0.137%, trace amounts of other gases, and a variable amount (average around 2%) of Water Vapour.
See Also
Sources
- 1: Black Industries' Calixis Sector: Hilarion (saved archive page, dated 30 January 2008, last accessed 9 July 2024)
