ETHGREETH: TRAVELLER'S INFORMATION

Ethgreeth
LOCATION -3, 5
POPULATION 217,500
POLICING Average. Piracy relatively common.
EQUIPMENT Basic equipment only.
JOINED Alliance founding member. Joined 3230

ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION

  Ethgreeth is a Type M, main sequence, red star. A relatively cool star, insufficient energy is radiated to allow any of the system's planets to be terraformed. The inner planets have relatively high levels of useful minerals.

HISTORY AND NOTABLE FEATURES

  Ethgreeth is a purely industrial system. The most notable corporation to have factories in this system is Lance and Ferman weapon systems. This company is famous for building quality equipment for military and civilian defence alike, from small hand held weapons to large plasma accelerators. The company has major factories on both Charlesworld and Dobson.

  Although the inner planets are fairly high in useful mineral content, mining is not a particularly large industry here. This is mainly due to the ease of obtaining mineral products from the nearby Holiacan system. The only mining performed is by companies who wish to obtain their own raw materials to build their end products.

  The policing levels are not particularly high, due to the low population. Bounty hunters are therefore encouraged to assist the police in keeping the space outside of the immediate planetary vicinities as pirate free as possible.

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.