Lupata

Ikan IV, “Lupata”:

Moons: Gorrath, Zamor, Saradin.

Day Length: 340 hours, 58 minutes.

Year Length: 1823.7 ED.

Description
A huge, green-hued gas giant, Lupata is the heart that makes life possible in the Ikan system. Extremely rich in hydrogen-3, thousands of scoop platforms have been built by each and every major faction in the system, all scattered in low orbit. In recent years many platforms are starting to be decommissioned. While most governments and corporations require decommissioned platforms to be pushed into the atmosphere once stripped clean, such a process is difficult and expensive, leading many workers to simply abandon them and falsify the paperwork. Thus, a web of empty hulks has come to dot the Lupatan sky, perfect targets for criminal activity, secret projects, or hideaways for refugees.

Lupata’s three moons, Zamor, Gorrath, and Saradin, have each found their place in the grand Ikan machine. Zamor is volcanic and violent. Making colonies on it are difficult, but not impossible, and the Penelat Confederacy in particular has made Zamor home to a number of factories, refineries, and weapon testing grounds. Gorrath is an unremarkable, rocky moon, but such simplicity appeals to any number of corporations looking to make bases out of the way of bigger and more powerful factions. The Abiya Corporation has set up a number of popular tourist attractions on Gorrath, stately pleasure domes that give fantastic views of Lupata and her other two moons. Gorrath is also home to a great many Labokil hives, as the relative safety of the moon’s structure allows them to dig out their hives without much fear of harsh conditions, while the proximity to trading hubs and merchants ensures they will never be far from supplies. Saradin is an icy moon, and great numbers of water mines have been built there to supply the rest of the system.

Lupata can be translated from High Qariti, meaning "glutton."