Edward, Planet

Edward Planet

First planet in the Union Star System : Barnard's Star.

The planet is a typical hot surface planet, tidally locked without a significant atmosphere and temperatures on the day side reaching up to 800 degrees on the C sale and minus 300 on the night side. Desoite these adverse conditions,

Edward Planet was colonized early in United Earth colonization history, first as a mining colony.

Edward Planet was chosen to become the site for the 2nd Fleet headquaters. With fleet headquarters for an entire fleet came many thousand employees both fleet and civilian and their families.

Most of the facilities are subsurface, except for a massive Class A Spaceport. ( MIL)  but with civilian elements. Handling most of the systems civilian space ship traffic.

Mining operations have long ceased, and the main industry is geared towards fleet support services. The planet is represented by a cililian elected administrator.

There are about 8 million permanent residents and all the usual Union installations. Security is provided by Union Marines making crime a very rare occurance.[1]

Main settlement is Edward Base, which is a domed city on the day side of the planet.

[1] Marine Security tends to dispense law with a very heavy and swift response and hangings are actually quite rare...There usually isn't much left to bring to trial.But the locals have voted several times to keep Marine security instead of a local police force.