Pallas

Pallas, minor-planet designation 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered (after Ceres), and one of the largest in the Solar System. Its diameter of 544 kilometres (338 mi) is slightly larger than that of 4 Vesta. It is however 10–30% less massive than Vesta, placing it third among the asteroids. It is the largest irregularly shaped body in the Solar System (that is, the largest body not rounded under its own gravity), and a remnant protoplanet.

When Pallas was discovered by astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on March 28, 1802, it was counted as a planet, as were other asteroids in the early 19th century. The discovery of many more asteroids after 1845 eventually led to their re-classification.

The Palladian surface contains many silicate compounds; The Palladian orbit, at 34.8°, is unusually highly inclined to the plane of the asteroid belt, and the orbital eccentricity is nearly as large as that of Pluto.

Pallas was first visited by a United Earth survey team in 2198 and the first permanent settlement was established in 2200. The Main Settlement is called Willhelm Stadt and was claimed by BASF and BAYER and later several other large Terran Chemical giants opened research and then production facilities at Pallas to research and produce Dioxins, Furans, Polychlorinated biphenyls and other highly toxic chemicals.

The early ISAH engines relied on PCB's as the most efficient way of cooling certain components and the demand for these coolants became immense. Due to the high health and environmental risks these chemicals are produced on Pallas for a large number of applications.

The infamous Agent Orange was also reinvented and improved on Pallas and used as a main chemical weapon and very successfully against the Piostla. ( Agent Orange II MOC was used in diffuser and atomizer sprayer bombs and delivered with Translocator cannons inside the living ships of the Piostla)

Pallas is still the prime Chemical Weapon research center of the Union Military. (Terrans are one of the few civilizations still heavily researching Chemical weapons.)

The United Stars Military Chemical Weapon Museum and Repository Archive is also on Pallas.

Pallas is home to 800,000 permanent residents who almost all work for the Chemical labs or factories. Pallas has a high level of Federal and Corporate security.

Pallas is not represented on its own but part of the TNO Association.

Civics : Chamber of Commerce – With representatives of all Companies electing a Foreman every 4 years.

Imports: Classified, toxic Waste, Chemicals, Raw materials

Exports: Classified, Chemical compounds, herbicides, fungicides.

