Ferrus IV

Ferrus IV

Independent mining colony - Freespace (under the auspice of the Trilateral agreement )

The planet once was a marginal garden world with little or no water.If it had any sort of native biosphere is not known.

Ferrus system is a Class K star with four rock core planets, one gas giant and an asteroid belt.

It also lies within equidistance of  Karthanian space, Jooltar space and the Togar Empire.

The system or more precisely, Ferrus IV was first discovered or occupied during the times of the Ongloran Federation. There isn't much reliable information

about the Ongloran Federation, but it is believed Ferrus IV was some sort of Ongloran military colony or fleet base. (there is an enormous complex of ruins and shipwrecks on the planet)

It is also a planet of rich resources in metals.

After the Ongloran Federation vanished, the planet eventually turned into a mining and heavy industry planet run by the Trilaterals. A strange mix of individuals of the Jooltar, Karthanians and Togar. While they are not biological compatible, they formed an independent community led by a tribunal of Section Masters.

When the three respective empires (Togar, Karthania and Jooltar) re discovered the system and planet. The Tribunal did not want to side with any, and the Trilateral agreement was  agreed upon and signed ( making it the only treaty that exist between all three).

When the Big Four (several hundred years later) agreed on theFreespace treaty, (pretty much ignoring Togar,Jooltar and Karthania) Ferrus IV was now in Freespace , just marginally.

Neither of the three societies wanted to anger any of the Big Four basically agreed to all of the Freespace conditions.

Ferrus IV became another hellhole, not like Sin 4 or Alvor's Cove, but considered the dirtiest , dustiest, smog filled planet in the known galaxy.

The old Trilateral agreement has long been forgotten. The mines, smelters, steel and metal mills are run by corporations and companies from all  over the galaxy.

Some are run by Freespace syndicates and are part of their criminal empires. Some are owned by Karthaninan guilds (namely the Hullmakers guild )  the Jooltar and the Togar also own and operate factories and mines. Several companies such as Ferrus Ore and Iron or Yankee Mines are believed to be fronts for Union Corporations.

Slave labor is used by almost all these companies, even the paid laborers toil and work in abhorrent conditions.

A Union Citizen Travel Warning exists for Ferrus IV

Travel Warning : 9-9-0