Rill A879778 C

0234 Crucis Margin

An independent planet, Rill is the fourth in a system of eight.  Three minor rocks orbit closer to the sun.  An asteroid belt, a gas giant, and two more minor rocks complete the system.  Settled several centuries by refugees from a system taken over by the Rm Nai, the populace is not wanting to be absorbed by that state again.  Unfortunately the Mandanin are not popular either and non consensus has been achieved.  Each of the major islands is a political entity unto itself and tends to bicker continuously with its neighbors.  No one ever actually fights each other but a lot of continuous argument goes on.  Sea products provide most of the food.  Some mining goes on and a modest industrial base exists.  A small Starship Yard subsists mainly on overhaul and repair contracts for the ships of surrounding independent systems.

A small tourist industry is supported by "Big Game Fishermen."  Some of the predator species in the Rill oceans are truly formidable.  Some are even rumored to have glands whose secretion can be processed into an anagathic drug.

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