Grossermist, Colony

Grossermist, Colony

Grosser System, Upward Sector M-0

Officially a Union World but no one would really guess it to be. Once it had been anfringe colony close to Freespace, a dusty desert planet with very little water and a  wide variety of peticular nasty sand and dust crawlers, insect like life forms that are described to be somewhere between scorpions and centipedes. These crawlers represent the entire fauna of the planet and come n all sizes from a few milimetets to huge 4 meter long beasts. The flora consists of a variety of tumble weeds, cactus and thorn bushes.

Its vicinity to Freespace and uninviting nature enticed no regular colonists to take the world offered by BoCA. Eventually a group of  Galatic travellers and artists took the world and established the

Grossermist Colony. (The planet was named after the Squack words  for Dust "Grosser" and "Mist" for cloud or fog in the same language)

Initially the Colonists refused a Union School, and only received a Class G space port. With a local space bus company providing monthly service from Invardi (closest Union System 16 Ly away)

The regional Ranger was showing up once or twice a year.

The 500 colonists sustained themselves with selling dust crawlers on GalNet, making folk art and hand made crude jewelry. Even pirates who raided the place twice left the place alone because there wasn't anything worth looting.

A luckless pirate got stuck on the planet with damaged engines and no fuel and opened a Tavern and a Buy and Sell trade post. Freelancers and dubious characters from Freespace destinations frequented the planet to order ship parts over the planets only GalNet terminal (in the Tavrern) and sell things for a few credits.

Things that weren't illegal.

Grossermist became sort of a secret tip among Freelancers, Privateers, Junkers and Scavengers to sell something for real Union Credits and buy (legal) Union credits. The former pirate turned business  owner made sure illegal things were kept at a minimum so not to get Union authorities attention.

Terran All Terrains, H&K micro missiles, 3G Memory tape, Ultronit boarding sabers, were the most commonly sold goods

After the fall of the Kermac, Freespace remained Freespace but Pirates and similar entities had no longer the benefit of the Treaty protection, but Grossermist still caters to Scavengers, Freelancers and the like.

The G Class space port now stocks fuel bulbs, but often runs out before the monthly arrival of the freighter.

The Colony has grown to a 1000 colonists and has a small Tele presence Union School.