Harper's Junction

Harper's Junction

Union World – First Planet in the Maxwell System.

Harper's Junction is a typical “Close to Sun” planet.

Type: I1 (Inferno 1) Surface temperatures reach 700 degrees C. There is no significant atmosphere and there is no native life of any kind.

In 3002, former United Stars Army Colonel Helen Harper set up a mining camp on this world and simply called it Harper's. The planet, rich in heavy elements and valuable minerals supported a steadily growing Mining community. Smelters and processing plants came next, and when the third planet in the system, called Desolate was also mined, the materials were shipped to Harper's for refining and processing, making the community at Harper's grow even faster. The most famous planet in the system, Green Hell also contributed to the growth of Harper's. Before a permanent camp could be built on Green Hell, scientists and Expeditionary Marines used Harper's as a base. Several Biological, pharmaceutical research labs and companies remained on Harper's and are there still today. Most notably the only Federal licensed companies allowed to process and deal with Califerm. ( SII Pharma, Bayer and Sares-Psics) The local space port grew to a Class C Port and Harper's became the Systems main planet and a traffic junction for this region of space. This fact changed the name to Harper's Junction.

Today there are five major cities on the planet with a combined population of 3.5 million. Harper's is still a very industrialized world with a rugged frontier character, generally associated with communities of this kind, but it is slowly changing. Crime, especially the violent type is on a steep decline. Arts and culture are more prevalent as the local government is trying to improve the image and the general quality of life. Several festivals celebrating arts and life becoming more popular. The local government developed out of the Mining Office of Helen Harper Mining and the local Chamber of Commerce. The government is called “Chambers” and the local business owners elect a Chamber president every 5 years.

Main Import: Liquor, Beer, Entertainment, Food, Water, General groceries, High Tech Main Exports: Plutonium, Polonium, Uranium and other heavy elements (refined). Boron and other valuable minerals, Mining equipment, Steel, UltronitP