Paz

Climate and Topography
Planet has consistent northern tilt in axis towards sun, at least 45 degrees, more in some seasons? North hemisphere is lush and warm, with all day sunlight at the north pole. Southern hemisphere is dark and cold(?), with large pockets of gases. Planet is pretty far out in the outer rim. No endemic sentient species known.

History
Colonial efforts are recent, most development being during the Empire. Under the Old Republic, it was a smuggler's stopover, and has housed at least one pirate gang. At the end of the Old Republic, a small colony was established but generally unsupported. During the Empire, mining in nearby systems led to the charting of a new hyperspace route and the planet became a hub for local traffic to nearby gas giants and other resource rich but uninhabitable planets. The Empire maintained a small garrison there with the illusion of control over the rundown prospectors and farming community, but they kept their hands mostly out of the more illicit goings-on in the sector. Smuggling continued with small bribes set aside for the local officers, and if you knew the right people they wouldn't question why you shared a face with a wanted poster. When the Empire fell, the local garrison fled before the New Republic could pay a visit, and life went on pretty much as it was. The New Republic has very little presence on the planet, preferring to liaise with the local “government”.

A large “boon” to the local economy was the arrival of three battered star destroyers. The Luminant, Ascendant, and Enduring had last been seen fleeing a battle far away along the outer rim, over 6 months previous to them arriving at the planet. They all had heavy battle damage, but also other marks from unexplained energy and impacts. They did not respond to any attempts at communication, and all systems seemed non-functional. The Ascendant crashed in the southern hemisphere, and has so far proven unrecoverable. The Enduring crashed in the northern hemisphere, and is a scavenger's haven. The Luminant was on a course to slingshot the planet and head into deep space before an enterprising team of tow-ships were able to wrestle it into a stable orbit. All hands aboard(skeleton crew) were found dead, with the ships logs scrambled. The accepted explanation is that they hit an energy field mid-jump that scrambled the ships electronics and blew the life support.

Current Events
Lately, a local named Gunther Madoc has turned the Luminant into a floating shipyard. Former smuggler who turned legitimate prospector and struck it rich planting tibanna gas harvesters on a nearby gas giant. Bought the defunct star destroyer from the local mining/shipping magnate and began using it to collect scrap from the many imperial wrecks laying around. After a bit, he'd set up a tidy little custom shipyard, mainly reconditioning old imperial ships into civilian vehicles. Even set up a system with the local New Republic representative to be able to register the ships with them. Converting TIE's to short-range cargo haulers or gunships to light freighters turned out pretty profitable, along with being the only legit registration facility for ten systems. They've even got engineers starting to prototype entirely new ship designs to produce and sell.

The Luminant
A big floating shipyard, market, and casino, built from the hulk of a battered Imperial Star Destroyer. The entrepreneur Gunther Madoc uses it as a base of operations to control shipping in and out of the system, and by extension the cluster of systems that exist in this pocket of space. Goods are often brought here in bulk before being shipped out to individual colonies on smaller vessels.

Others(randomly determined)

 * Artificial
 * Rings
 * 2 asteroid belts?


 * Navigating from between the hemispheres of Paz requires either some fancy flying, or a long detour, as there are many other objects in orbit. The first obstacle is a ice field forming a broad ring around the planet, which makes for spectacular sunsets and auroras if you live nearer to the equator of Paz. Secondly, there is a broad asteroid field orbiting the southern hemisphere and making any landings tricky. Still, there are a lot of fun minerals to be found in these asteroids, which has led a few prospectors to riches and many others to destitution or an early grave. Lastly, there is another asteroid field circling the edges of the ring. The asteroids are less dense here, but have some pretty wide orbits. They also aren't as densely packed with interesting things to mine as the southern hemisphere, but are a grab-bag amalgamation of many elements, so still bear scrutiny from the prospecting community.