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Founded by salarian marine biologists in 2132, Derrai is a city on the coast quite far north on Aite. It was in an effort to map out the various marine species in the region and their value for food export to other Terminus worlds. While it has little mineral resources of value, it's been the center of some conflicts due to the discovery that some common marine species in the area were proven safely edible for asari, salarians, and batarians – and humans.
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{{Location
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|Name=Derrai
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|Type=City
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|Founded=21322
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|Population=5,000 (Union: 10,200)
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|Planet=Aite
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It has no central government, but the corporations having stakes in the area and surrounding areas are the closest thing to one. The private army shared between the major corporations does keep the peace and are ready for an attack from the nearby states, but they are not a full police force. They do chase off or kill criminals who do not contribute to the society there, and people know it. That keeps the unemployment rates at 2.3% (figure excludes people supported by another's income and non-permanent residents)
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Derrai is a city on the east coast of the continent where [[Freedom Falls]] and [[Adrasteia]] is. It's part of a union with the nearby inland state of Raelos and the island of Aroste off its coast. For a place that's been around for over fifty years, its permanent population is low due to the difficulties of sustaining oneself without a job — farming is not really viable this close to the coast.
  
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For a place that's been around for over fifty years, its permanent population is only 5,000 due to few staying there long without a job. Salarians and asari make make up 80% of the population, while humans are only at 5%. Turians are a rare sight, and thus, any dextro food has to be bought from other states. The weather for most of the year is rather cold, and storm-level winds are common during the late autumn and winter, which doesn’t serve the place's popularity well. While residents have come to deal with it, most of the few tourists that visit stick to the better half of the year.
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It has no central government, but the corporations having stakes in the area and surrounding areas are the closest thing to one. These are lesser known companies, and most are shell companies set up for exploiting Aite's resources before the extinction.
  
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In 2173, they merged with two other nearby salarian states, the island of Aroste (formed in 2152, population: 900) and the state of Raelos (formed in 2159, population: 4,600) inland to the southwest; making the Derrai Union. The private security organizations saw a merge soon after, making the Derrai Security Group. Smaller actors in that field tend to be affiliated with the group and take missions for them, but they are not protected by DSG in matters that only concern them.
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The local security in Derrai, as well as the other parts of the union, is provided by the Derrai Security Group. It is a private army owned jointly by multiple corporations that operate relatively independently. The Group may enlist the services of freelancers and smaller groups, but while that fact is known, these jobs are not very public or official.
  
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Tourists seeking to go there may schedule a landing ahead of time, with the fee being 500 credits. If they decide to do so as they approach Derraian airspace, the fee is tenfold. Public shuttles handle that. There are ports for shuttles on all three states in the Union, but only the two on the mainland has ports with higher capacity for larger ships. Landing anything larger than a sky-car truck outside these ports is illegal (except for DSG) without the right paperwork.
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== Hsitory ==
  
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Fishing is a large industry there, and they have a firm control over large parts of the waters off the coast, and they're willing to show their teeth should an unauthorized fishing vessel ever find itself within the vague sea borders. Before the merge with Aroste, their sea borders were a cause of much dispute as well. Now in 2185, they account for 38% of all seafood exported to the rest of Aite along with a considerable off-world export to harsh Elcor colony of Ekuna.
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=== Initial Research ===
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The colony was founded by salarian marine biologists in 2132, It was in an effort to map out the various marine species in the region and their value for food export to other Terminus worlds. While it has little mineral resources of value, it's been the center of some conflicts due to the discovery that some common marine species in the area were proven safely edible for asari, salarians, and batarians – and humans. The relatively harsh climate served the colony well in the beginning, making them an unpopular target until corporations with the means to defend their operation settled in.
  
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The colony has been free of conflicts due to their extensive trade agreements and lack of a strategic resource. There's a lot of water with marine life in it, after all.
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The biggest challenge to their growth has been protecting its claimed ocean territories from other states' vessels. It seems as no matter how far the corporations' vessels travel outside, any other vessels are seen as intruders, making said territories difficult to understand for outsiders.
  
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'''Population:''' 33,400
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=== Formation of Derrai Union ===
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An island quite far off the coast was also a nuisance in the beginning. It served as a base of operations for corporations profiting off of the mapped out local fauna without having paid for this research in the first place. After repeated warnings and one short armed conflict on the island, the companies of Aroste were subject to the same rule as those on the mainland. The island's climate, as well as poisonous wild plants, make it challenging (though not unfeasable) for farmers. The companies that didn't withdraw from the area does still harbor some resentment for Derrai, but there is not much they can do about it.
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Raelos' partnership with Derrai was one on much better terms. As Derrai grew, it needed goods and services it could not obtain itself. At the time, Raelos was merely a struggling farming community, but Derraian support enabled it to grow into a stable food source to cut down on immense import costs from more distant colonies.
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=== Travel ===
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Travel to Derrai is a daunting task without owning a personal ship. Freight transports to distant colonies are rare, and the companies doing so are careful not to attract pirates. The roads and terrain is also diverse, it would take weeks in ideal condition to travel from [[Freedom Falls]].
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Traveling between colonies in the union is easier if one is reasonably connected. Regular freight trucks go between Raelos and Derrai, and there are ships going between Derrai and the island of Aroste.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:16, 15 July 2018

Derrai
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City
Founded 21322
Population 5,000 (Union: 10,200)
Leadership ???
Owner ???
Affiliation ???
City ???
Planet Aite

Derrai is a city on the east coast of the continent where Freedom Falls and Adrasteia is. It's part of a union with the nearby inland state of Raelos and the island of Aroste off its coast. For a place that's been around for over fifty years, its permanent population is low due to the difficulties of sustaining oneself without a job — farming is not really viable this close to the coast.

It has no central government, but the corporations having stakes in the area and surrounding areas are the closest thing to one. These are lesser known companies, and most are shell companies set up for exploiting Aite's resources before the extinction.

The local security in Derrai, as well as the other parts of the union, is provided by the Derrai Security Group. It is a private army owned jointly by multiple corporations that operate relatively independently. The Group may enlist the services of freelancers and smaller groups, but while that fact is known, these jobs are not very public or official.

Hsitory

Initial Research

The colony was founded by salarian marine biologists in 2132, It was in an effort to map out the various marine species in the region and their value for food export to other Terminus worlds. While it has little mineral resources of value, it's been the center of some conflicts due to the discovery that some common marine species in the area were proven safely edible for asari, salarians, and batarians – and humans. The relatively harsh climate served the colony well in the beginning, making them an unpopular target until corporations with the means to defend their operation settled in.

The biggest challenge to their growth has been protecting its claimed ocean territories from other states' vessels. It seems as no matter how far the corporations' vessels travel outside, any other vessels are seen as intruders, making said territories difficult to understand for outsiders.

Formation of Derrai Union

An island quite far off the coast was also a nuisance in the beginning. It served as a base of operations for corporations profiting off of the mapped out local fauna without having paid for this research in the first place. After repeated warnings and one short armed conflict on the island, the companies of Aroste were subject to the same rule as those on the mainland. The island's climate, as well as poisonous wild plants, make it challenging (though not unfeasable) for farmers. The companies that didn't withdraw from the area does still harbor some resentment for Derrai, but there is not much they can do about it.

Raelos' partnership with Derrai was one on much better terms. As Derrai grew, it needed goods and services it could not obtain itself. At the time, Raelos was merely a struggling farming community, but Derraian support enabled it to grow into a stable food source to cut down on immense import costs from more distant colonies.

Travel

Travel to Derrai is a daunting task without owning a personal ship. Freight transports to distant colonies are rare, and the companies doing so are careful not to attract pirates. The roads and terrain is also diverse, it would take weeks in ideal condition to travel from Freedom Falls.

Traveling between colonies in the union is easier if one is reasonably connected. Regular freight trucks go between Raelos and Derrai, and there are ships going between Derrai and the island of Aroste.

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