Editing New Cov

*[[File:250px-Ilic_(New_Cov).jpg|thumb]]New Cov<br />Type: Terrestrial<br />Temperature: Hot<br />Atmosphere: Type I (Breathable)<br />Hydrosphere: Moist<br />Gravity: Standard<br />Terrain: Jungle<br />Length of Day; 27 Standard Hours<br />Length of Year: 301 Local Days<br />Sapient Species: Humans, assorted aliens<br />Starport: Imperial Class<br />Population: 90 million<br />Planet Function: Natural resources, biomolecule harvesting<br />Government: Corporate Owned (New Republic allied)<br />Tech Level: Space<br />Major Exports: Biomolecules<br />Major Imports: High tech, workers

*The great walled city of Ilic is but one of eight that have been built in the jungles of New Cov. The tops of the cities poke through the clutching trees of the tightpressed jungle, looking like the silver-skinned domes of droids that have been dropped into green quicksand, Visiting ships must enter the cities through vents near the top, which are large enough to admit anything up to the size of a W-class space barge.<br />New Cov is a planet where the dangers of the environment are the source of its economic value. New Cov is home to numerous sentient exotic plants that produce biomolecules. However, the plants seem to take great exception to the harvesting of the molecules — they have been known to eat the occasional careless molecule harvester, and the reason the cities are armored and domed is to prevent the plants from infiltrating or casting spores into the cities. However, despite the danger, economics rule out, and the Covies are even building two more cities to increase living space and processing facilities.<br />Biomolecules cannot be synthesized, so sources of these important manufacturing components are highly sought after and jealously guarded; they are needed for synthesized medicines and some partially organic industrial processes. Harvested biomolecules are processed for their variety of uses (many of them military), and prepared for shipment to heavy-industry planets.<br />While the dangers of New Cov are numerous, the residents, all employees of the New Cov Biomolecule Company, earn high pay for their efforts. All manner of alien species can be found in the armored cities, though the majority of citizens are of human origin. The planet is allied with the New Republic, but the cities make periodic tributes to the Empire in the form of sanctioned Imperial raids. The Empire takes whatever refined biomolecules it needs, leaves, and New Cov remains in the good graces of both governments.<br />Ships enter the cities through the top vents, following the curved pipes down and inward to a bright1 landing area beneath a transparisteel dome. Inbound customs are a mere formality, for the inhabitants depend on these same ships to export their goods. Outbound scrutiny, of course, is much tighter.<br />Professional greeters welcome visitors, providing data card maps of the city and surrounding area. From there, visitors are free to go to the market, administrative, living and processing areas of the city.
Region of Space: Mid-Rim

Sector: Churba-sector

Star-system: Churba-system