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On the vaguely Earth-like Planet Gemini in the Mattachinium Constellation, a robust and highly advanced hominoid civilization goes about their daily lives blithely unknowing that life as they know it may soon be a thing of the past!
The Geminian’s are bipedal slightly taller and broader than the average Terran. There are slight physical differences in Geminian’s from the poles and equatorial regions. Unlike Terrans however, there are only slight differences in Skin colouring among Geminian’s.
The major cities of Gemini are scattered across the five continents and are of medium size compared to Terran Cities. The continents are: Primo, Secundo, Tertio, Cuattro and Quinto with most cities on Primo, Secundo and Tertio. The major spaceports are on Primo, Tertio and the Moon Lysander. The Primary Civilian/Military Spaceport located on Primo is Aero Postale/Aero Milita with its sister port on Lysander, Aero Postales/Aero Militas. The Civilian Port of Aero Postale handles mostly civilian traffic with slight merchant freight traffic. The primary Freight Port is Aero Mercanto on Tertio which handles over 80% of all inter and intra-system freight shipments. Mercanto also handles all the supply and personnel replenishments to the orbiting farms and factories as well as the mining platforms and Aero Militas.
The city of Postale/Milita located 20 milums SW of AP/AM (Aero Postale/Aero Milita) is the largest city of Primo and Provincial Government Headquarters. P/M is also the location of the Archonate. The Postale section of the townhouses the civilians as well as the civilian employees of the Archonate and the military. Postale is also home to the major mercantile families and their corresponding organizations located on Primo. The mercantile organizations want to representatives located near the major military and civilian government headquarters. Postale is also a bustling interstellar metropolis as the majority of the Outworlder Embassies are located there (No Terran Embassy)
Xenophobia which runs rampant in some of Gemini’s neighbours in space is virtually non-existent no one knows whether the reason is cultural or religious or really cares. S'ean keeps saying he will delve into the archives in Postale/Milita but never seems to have the time.
The Geminian Confederation consists of the Geminian Planets, The Sphynxian Federation, The Fortian Patriarchy, The Lynxian Monarchy and The Centaurian Plutarchy. (The Centaurians are not full members of the Confederation they are non-voting members who have agreed to abide by most of the confederations rules but not all of them. They have signed several military treaties including a Mutual Defense Pact)