Galactic Astrographic World Encyclopaedia: Cephei VI

 

    Cephei VI is an independent balkanised world in The Void subsector of the Auzhan Sector within known space. Cephei VI has a class A starport (surface installation only), with refined fuel available. Annual maintenance overhaul is available. A shipyard (Zhi-Sobcheva Yards) capable of constructing starships and non-starships up to 3000 tons is present. There are several small squadron sized Naval bases attached to the starport. The world has no native life. Population is approximately 500 thousand.

    Formerly a pirate haven, Cephei VI is still known as one of the Sword Worlds.

The captains of several pirate ships cooperated to build a haven, where their crews could rest and their ships could be refitted and repaired. This required infrastructure and support personnel, and these were imported, sometimes forcibly, but more often incentives were offered. Gradually the fledgling pirate society became a more ordered peaceful society. Today the society is divided into five major factions, which are still known as squadrons, each maintains a small fleet of military and civilian ships. There are currently five squadrons known as Rapier, Broadsword, Spear, Pike and Halberd, each maintains a single Type C Mercenary Cruiser and two Type T Patrol Cruisers; a new sixth squadron, Blade, operates a single Type T Patrol Cruiser and has contracts with the Zhi-Sobcheva shipyards to construct a Merc Cruiser (88% complete) and construction has just started on another Patrol Cruiser (6% complete). The squadron's supporting factions are known as Swashbucklers, Knights, Hoplites, Phalangites, Halberdiers, and Legionaries, respectively.

    Cepheian ships can be found patrolling the systems rimward of the Void; there are no squadron specific areas, and ships from different squadrons can be found in any of the systems patrolled. The factions and squadrons cooperate and support one another, despite there being a long history of rivalry (usually friendly) between them. 

    From Cephei VI there are five known jump routes within the subsector. These are Jump 1 to Queensland or Neith, Jump 2 to Telmun or Vr’Sari, and a rarely used Jump 4 to Horwan.

 

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