AREXEX: TRAVELLER'S INFORMATION

Arexex
LOCATION -1,6
POPULATION 235,000
POLICING Average. Piracy relatively common.
EQUIPMENT Basic equipment only.
JOINED Alliance founding member. Joined 3230

ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION

  Arexex is a fairly active, type M, flare star. The star is on its main sequence, fusing hydrogen to helium in its core. No planets in this system are suitable for terraformation.

HISTORY AND NOTABLE FEATURES

  Arexex has a moderate industrial output, but that isn't why it receives the number of visitors as it does. Only about 50,000 of the population are employed by industry.

  The system is instead notable for its gambling. It is a major casino centre, most of the space in Glasgow, on Kohl's Wreck, being casinos and entertainment. The services there employ the majority of the system's population and make vast quantities of money. The casinos were originally started in 3205 by some entrepeneurial miners. Their venture was so successful that within a year they could give up their jobs as miners, to concentrate on the casino business full time. Initially, the casinos were laregly used by the industrial workers who lived in the system, but word soon spread, and the system was a major gambling capital of the region by 3212.

  Police activity near the gambling centres is very strict, and there is absolute enforcement of the no weapons rule in the starport area. You are advised to leave any weapons safely locked away in your ship.

CUSTOMS INFORMATION

  The Ethgreeth Customs and Excise department take their jobs quite seriously. There are several types of products that are illegal to trade in the system:

  Traders are strongly advised to avoid trading in these items. Customs do not routinely search ships, but often make random stop-checks, and the fines for carrying contraband are severe.