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{{cite}}'''Sepheris Secundus ''' is an [[Imperial]] [[Mining World|Mining]]{{Fn|1}} and [[Feudal World]].{{cite this}}

|Subsector=[[Golgenna Reach]]{{Fn|2}}

|Population=12,000,000,000{{Fn|2}}

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a world of immense mineral wealth, city-sized mines, billions-strong hordes of serfs and the sharpest divide between the elites and the masses in the [[Calixis Sector]]. It is a grim place of snow and twilight, feral [[mutant]]s, and lives spent in back-breaking labour deep beneath the ground. The Imperium's eagerness to exploit Sepheris Secundus's vast resources is such that the planet is, at the same time, the richest and poorest world in the sector. {{Fn|2}}

Sepheris Secundus's climate is cold and stormy, its surface obscured by a mantle of cloud. It has no oceans save for the small polar seas, so the moisture in its atmosphere comes from below the crust, spewed out from failed mine workings or natural geysers that pockmark the planet like pustules. Its surface is split between the vast open mines like deep scars in the crust and the dense, snow laden forests broken only by the ruins of failed kingdoms that tried to claim Sepheris Secundus in the past. With its endless blizzards, widespread ignorance and antiquated methods for doing everything, Sepheris Secundus would be a meaningless backwater were it not for the enormous mineral wealth beneath its surface.{{Fn|2}}

While the whole [[Imperium]] is a feudal empire, feudalism is an extreme on Sepheris Secundus. Everyone born on the planet must have a master to whom they pay nine-tenths of everything they produce, which for most citizens means the ore they hack from the rock faces of the planet's mines. [[Queen Lachryma III]], the planet's absolute monarch, sits at the top of this feudal system. The rights to the labour of these billions of serfs belong to the barons appointed by the queen or to noble families and business consortiums that purchase them from the crown. The queen's own master is the Imperium, to whom she hands over truly staggering amounts of ore, metals and raw fuel to fulfil the planet's [[tithe]]. Sepheris Secundus's tithe is the highest in the Calixis Sector, and without its immense output of raw materials, the economy of the whole province would be badly unsettled.{{cite this}}

Two principal forces maintain Sepheris Secundus's feudal system. The first is the weight of tradition: every serf labouring in the mines is doing what his father did and his grandfather before that, often at the same rock face. The second force is physical violence. One of the reasons that Sepheris Secundus's culture is so primitive by many standards is that weaponry and other technology is monopolised by the crown. The queen's '''Royal Scourges''' are equipped with [[lasgun]]s, [[grenade]]s and [[chainblade]]s, contrasting with their gaudy, stained-glass-like armour. Though few in number, the technological advantage that these troops possess has been enough to put down a great many uprisings in the mines of Sepheris Secundus, and the planet's history is littered with massacres where thousands of serfs fell to volleys of lasgun fire.{{cite this}}

*'''Galactic Position:''' 52/34/CS/NNE.{{Fn|2}}*'''Satellites:''' Three moons, none inhabited.{{Fn|2}}*'''Planetary Governor:''' [[Queen Lachryma III]]. {{Fn|2}} *'''Economy:''' Chips or Lumps - In the mines and villages of Sepheris Secundus life revolves around endless mining, to the point where chips and lumps of ore are sometimes used as a default currency. {{Fn|2}} *'''Principle Exports:''' Sepheris Secundus is the largest exporting planet in the [[Calixis Sector]]. Without its massive exports of ore, metals and fuel, the trade of the Calixis Sector could not function.{{Fn|2}}**[[Mirror Shield]]: Used by the Royal Scourges on Sepheris Secundus, the shield is a large rectangular shape that will cover about two thirds of a human sized body. The shield is made from layers of stained glass, a material used in large quantities by the barons of Sepheris Secundus, this gives the shield a mirrored effect that has been known to repel las-weapon shots of a low strength.{{Fn|2}}*'''Principle Imports:''' Sepheris Secundus relies on imports of food from the sector's [[Agri World]]s.{{Fn|2}}*'''Imperial Guard Recruitment:''' Sepheris Secundus's vast population makes it a potential supplier of [[Imperial Guard]] recruits, although a relatively small proportion of the population would be suitable because of universally poor health, along with the risk of exposing the subjugated masses to the possibility of life outside the mines.{{Fn|2}}

Stable warp routes link '''Sepheris Secundus''' to [[Scintilla]], [[Iocanthus]], [[Fedrid]] and [[Ganf Magna]]. Sephiris Secundus is also one of the planets on the path of [[The Misericord]].{{Fn|2}}