Rhommamool
An impoverished desert world originally settled by convicts from nearby Osarian, Rhommamool has since broken free of Osarian's yoke, but at a high cost. The planet is lacking in most resources, including water, and what little surplus its underdeveloped mines can produce is traded for basic supplies. To make matters worse, Rhommamool and Osarian are perpetually at war. Even the much more prosperous Osarian lack any fleet to speak of, but every few years, the two planets pass perilously close to each other. This is very dangerous when hostilities flare up, for both have vast batteries of gigantic turbolasers and missile turrets aimed into space, that then becomes capable of hitting the enemy world. Rhommamool's surface is littered with craters from Osarian bombardments, many of them lined with ruins of destroyed settlements, abandoned to the winds and the red sands. Most inhabited towns are built around muddy oases, and seem to exist solely to maintain a gargantuan cannon.
The capital of Rhommamool, Redhaven, is a wretched settlement of withering stone, with many arced doorways and domed buildings reminding spacers of old Corellian architecture. Crime is rampant, as some can't find any other way to get by, with theft, muggings and kidnappings in order to extort money or sell slaves being particularly common. Peace is maintained by an elected vigilante committee, among them the retired bounty hunter Barax Mosel, whose preferred mode of punishment seem to be to strap offenders to the muzzle of the city's largest cannon. The lack of drinking water makes the cantinas a very dissappointing experience, with only a limited selection of drinks available, and for very high prices. Despite this, the need for imports makes the spaceport relatively lively, with several mid-sized freighters arriving daily. Several missions and humanitarian organisations maintain a presence, as the sorry state of Rhommamool's inhabitants has become well-known on the prosperous core worlds. Ships such as the Freightful Fortune airdrops relief supplies in more remote areas of Rhommamool at an irregular schedule.
Hazards
Frequent cold temperatures and high winds, thin atmosphere, pickpockets, muggings, kidnappings, planetwide desert with very little liquid water (a mortal threat), occasional interplanetary barrages from Osarian (extremely mortal threat).
Rules
Rhommamool's atmosphere is breathable, but thin enough that most species get 1 setback dice to any physical skill checks that requires endurance.
When Osarian is close, its giant silhouette lights up Rhommamool's night sky so much that any setback dice one would normally get for darkness can be ignored.
Keywords
Desert worlds, Hellholes, Backwaters
The Freightful Fortune
An old yet trustworthy TL-1200 Transport, the Freightful Fortune nowadays mostly takes part in freelance relief efforts financed by various benefactors. Its crew are known for their jaded attitude and unfailing commitment to deliver supplies to where they are needed, even if they mostly do it by airdrop so they don't actually have to land amidst potentially aggressive, armed and desperate locals.
Except for two Gran, the six-person strong crew consists of members of more or less aquatic species, somehow making sure that the interior of the ship always has a humid feel and smells strongly of pickled fish and stir-fried kelp. Most of the crew are rugged old spacers, in particular the Herglic captain Kaulu and the Quarren astrogator Carinor, and have very relaxed routines - and fashion sense.
