Aite - Revision history

Tyranniac at 13:03, 21 March 2020

2020-03-21T13:03:26Z

Gisle: /* Transport */

2019-07-21T00:30:29Z

‎Transport

Gisle at 14:43, 20 July 2019

2019-07-20T14:43:17Z

Gisle: /* Settlements */

2019-07-20T14:17:14Z

‎Settlements

Gisle: /* Hiring Transport */

2019-07-20T14:13:56Z

‎Hiring Transport

Gisle: Added "Communication" section

2018-07-26T16:58:16Z

Added "Communication" section

Gisle: /* Settlements */

2018-07-15T11:17:28Z

‎Settlements

Gisle: /* Settlements */

2018-07-15T11:17:18Z

‎Settlements

Gisle at 10:09, 15 July 2018

2018-07-15T10:09:56Z

Gisle at 10:08, 15 July 2018

2018-07-15T10:08:15Z

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 [[Category:Planets]]
 [[Category:Aite]]
 == Known Settlements ==

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 == Transport ==
-Aite is a very sparsely populated colony, which incurs challenges when it comes to transport and travel for the average colonist.
+Aite is a very sparsely populated planet, which brings with it a lot of challenge when it comes to moving people and cargo around.
 === Hiring Transport ===

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 == Communication ==
-With a sparse population and a ring in synchronous orbit, Aite has everything working against it when it comes to facilitating communication both planet-side and off-world.
+With a sparse population and a ring blocking line of sight to anything in synchronous orbit (33,452km altitude), Aite has a lot working against it when it comes to facilitating communication both planet-side and off-world.
 Aite's ties to the wider galaxy consists of 20 satellites in polar and inclined orbits that are a remnant from when the world was still under council influence. Off-world corporations have taken ownership of these satellites post-independence and have taken to maintaining them to keep their orbits stable. Others depending on it, mostly colonies' central up-links and companies, end up paying for this maintenance in the end.

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 [[Category:Aite]]
-== Settlements ==
+== Known Settlements ==
 * [[Adrasteia]] (Capital - disputed)
 * [[Derrai]]

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 === Hiring Transport ===
-Those not sent to Aite on behalf of a large off-world corporation with a system set out beforehand is bound to discover the difficulties of traveling around the planet, let alone off world. It's rare to find any centralized infrastructure for customers to find transport companies and vice versa, let alone a timetable.
+Those that come to Aite without the resources of an off-world company at their command may find great difficulty travelling around the world, let alone leaving the world.
-Traveling between colonies would thus require contacts or knowledge of what channels they use to connect with customers. It's inherently risky to conduct business on Aite, which means that small transport companies rely on their network to connect with new customers are a slow and steady pace.
+It's rare to find any centralized infrastructure for customers to find transport companies and vice versa, and timetables are a rare sight for local transport. Traveling between colonies would thus require contacts or knowledge of what channels they use to connect with customers. It's inherently risky to conduct business on Aite, which means that most transport companies rely on a chain of trust to connect with reliable transports. However, struggling startups may take a deal with a riskier clients.
-For longer distances, airborne transports start to become less uncommon. However, the risk of operating makes the contacts harder to find and many refuse passengers outright due to the higher risk of hijacking.
+Trucks are the most common, and the low value of their transports means that it's paid off in short order. There is a barrier to entry, however, as the inconsistent state of roads – or the lack thereof in places – might prove challenging to an inexperienced driver. Then there is getting to their destination on time with the cargo and passengers intact.
-Waterborne vessels exist in coastal colonies, but durable transport vessels capable of traveling quickly or long distances are rare to find expect in colonies. Due to the distances between each colony, transports capable of safely reaching others are very infrequent. Even then, they are likely small crafts with limited capacity for passengers or freight.
+For longer distances, airborne transports start to make more sense. The high value of the vessels and the risk of operating makes the contacts harder to find, and many may outright refuse passengers. Those that don't hire security which adds significantly to the fare. A concerning amount of transporters tend to use old crafts that have long since lost their spaceworthiness, and the lack of anything resembling regulations means that passengers should be as careful about whose ship they step on as the ship captains.
 === Vehicle Ownership ===

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 ==Settlements==
 * [[Adrasteia]] (Capital - disputed)
 * [[Freedom Falls]]
 * [[Linissa]]
 ==Satellites==

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 == Travel ==
 === Hiring Transport ===
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 === Vehicle Ownership ===
 The planet's undeveloped nature is reflected in the vehicles available to the average person living on the planet, namely wheeled vehicles with capabilities to brave the regional terrain. Many of them contain modern technologies that are not difficult to manufacture for a well equipped frontier colony.
 Shuttles are much, much rarer. Even a large colony like Freedom Falls has very few of them due to their steep import price. Larger ones, let alone space worthy vehicles are mostly the property of off-world corporations exploiting the planet for its resources.