Dominique Vexx
Denon
- Intent: Submit an updated and expanded version of the Denon plant codex entry by carrying through the ideas and vision by the original author Daiya, but written in my own words so as not to take credit for the time and care put into the original submission. The largest changes include government and affiliation updates, new districts and locations, and the history section was updated to include Canon/Legends and recent Chaos events.
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- Canon: Yes, Wookiepedia
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- Links: Many are included throughout the write-up. They are sourced from Wookiepedia and Chaos itself. Two key entries include the original SWRP Chaos: Denon planetary codex entry, and the new affiliation with The High Republic. Lightyears between Coruscant and Tattooine.
- Planet Name: Denon
- Demonym: Denonite, Denonese
- Region: Inner Rim
- System Name: Denon
- System Features:
The Denon System is composed of six planets orbiting a B-type Star, Den. The planet Denon is the fourth in the solar system; with the shattered remains of an over mined asteroid belt floating between the orbits of the second and third planets.
Throughout the solar system are various waystations and waypoints to direct traffic through the hyperlanes or super-hyperroutes (Corellian Run, Hydian Way, Five Veils) that intersect in the sector. Hyperwave transceivers saturate the system to propagate HoloNet communications interacting with countless satellites to fulfill the insatiable demand of Denon's populace.
- Denon, the Fourth Planet
- Natural Satellites: 3 (Ebisu, Turms, Minerva)
- Rotational Period: 25 Standard Hours
- Orbital Period: 389 Standard Days
- Denon, the Fourth Planet
- Location: Roughly 20,000 lightyears from Coruscant.
- Major Imports: Credits (Tax haven), Black Market goods, Spice, common Metals & Ores (such as Durasteel), rare Metals & Ores (such as Phrik, Cortosis, Zersium, Lommite), Fuels, Foodstuff.
- Major Exports: Technology, Luxury goods, Heavy Machinery, Weapons, Ship Components, Capital Ships, various remote Service-Industries, Medical Supplies, Drugs, Chemicals.
- Unexploited Resources: None; even Denon's moons have been thoroughly mined.
- Gravity: Standard
- Climate: Temperate, Controlled
- Primary Terrain: Urban Hyperdensity & Verticalization
- Atmosphere: Type I, Breathable
- Capital City: District One (The Capital District)
- Planetary Features:
A number of lavish gravity-defying residences, factories, and shipyards are also found orbiting the planet. A Space Bazaar orbital platform facilitates financial and cargo transactions for those that can afford the docking fees and prefer to avoid landing on the planet below. Additionally, a maximum-security incarceration facility orbits Denon for the planet's most dangerous criminals.
Practically none of Denon's original, native habitat remains with the exception of the Mountain Range, Towering Trees, and a River that runs through District One. The rest of the planet is an Urban Sprawl with multiple Levels of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. Some Levels go so deep as to be considered little more than Myth, with precious few braving them returning to tell the tale.
Neon Heights & Depths of Denon
Weather control stations keep the skies clear, but occasionally cycle rain through the Districts. Rain is mostly for aesthetics or atmosphere; District One's natural habitats are hydrated by other means so as not to carry unwanted chemicals in from other Districts.
Food and water are scarce on Denon with all of the farmland, lakes, seas, and oceans long since filled in, excavated, or otherwise used in the construction of Denon's Depths. There is an overwhelming reliance on the import of such substances; however, substantial water/wastewater purification, treatment, and refinery facilities along with a number of hydroponics farms ensure the people can survive even a prolonged blockade.
Denon millennia ago began making use of the geothermal energy of the planet as well as the solar energy of their sun. Neither of which is enough to sustain a multi-level ecumenopolis such as Denon on their own. A variety of power generators and reactors can be found on Denon having been built over the planet's long history through numerous Districts. A massive energy complex resides in District Twenty-One to ensure generation and distribution of power across Denon, and avoid over-monopolization at local levels (excess draw fees are applied to Districts to curb their appetites and encourage local generator construction).
- Major Locations:
- Districts of Renown:
- District 1 - Capital: The Seat of Power of Denon at the Pentaplex is where the Executive Directorship Board (Direx Board, or Board of Directors) meets. Space is limited making it a choice location for Corporations to compete to claim a building bearing their logo. District One lacks the countless lower levels of other districts as it possesses the only remaining natural features of Denon; which include the peaks of a mountain range, a forest of kilometer-tall trees, and a river that flows through the district. Even the original Old Parliament Plaza, where the former Denon government once met, can be enjoyed for a peaceful afternoon stroll and a museum touting the pinnacle of Denon's achievements. Its cleanliness, order, and opulence is a shining role model for all other Districts to aspire toward.
Base of the Pentaplex- Coalition for Mutual Benefit of Trade Embassies (CMBTE) - The Coalition for Mutual Benefit of Trade (CMBT) is a gathering of like-minded corporate interests that seek to replace Denon's existing government.
- Moonveil Plaza - Owned by Moonveil Communications & Holdings, Inc., a front for The Family, this sparkling cloudcutter was built in an effort to keep them close with the Corporate Authorities of Denon as they expanded their influence in the Core. Moonveil also bolstered Denon's communication network.
- District 2 - Commerce: Also known as the Finance District, the City of Commerce is considered the economic hub with thousands of small and medium enterprises, and several large corporations, spread among the cloudcutters and shopping centers. One of the busiest and most modern spaceports can be found here ferrying countless souls to local businesses; consequently, the Denon Space Authority's premier control tower also resides in this District. Additionally, the Supercity Speedway allows planetary residents to quickly enter or leave the bustling district safely.
- Fiora Centre - Fiora Corporation's main Headquarters.
- Orchid Heights - Home of Marcella Fiora and Ivory Stroud.
- Corell Tower - Corellia Digital Corporation operated a store, banking branch, restaurant, and HoloNet relay from this location.
- The Oasis - The Boolon Foundation's Sanctuary where all are welcome.
- Hello Cathar - A single product company merchandising the imagery and lore behind Hello Cathar.
- District 3 - Moonfall: A largely defunct industrial wasteland, it was once a thriving industrial center for centuries. Over mining of Denon's last natural moon resulted in significant reduction in the flow of raw materials for processing, and the district's eventual economic collapse. It is one of the few districts that lacks high-rises or cloudcutters. Old, enormous gravity concentration stations are still standing to this day; and newer weather control stations and other maintenance facilities are constructed here for effective 'land' usage.
- Squib Reclamation - A landfill and waste management corporation.
- Rachne Industries - Dominique Vexx's personal corporation establishing her rise to power.
- District 4 - Corp Zone: CorpSec can refer to the Corporate Sector that the Authority governs, but often it is used to refer to the Security force that answers to the Board. This district contains equipment, vehicles, barracks, lockups, and other facilities used by CorpSec. As a massive military complex, it is the most heavily regulated District on the planet.
Fortified Complexes
- District 5 - The Spire: The Obsidian Star Mega-Complex (AKA The Spire) is a massive cloudcutter housing much of Obsidian Star Technologies/Aerospace's assets while remaining open to the public to reduce maintenance expenditures. The Eastern Half of the first twenty-five levels of The Spire has a massive, open shopping concourse and a luxury hotel.
- Obsidian Star Mega-Complex (AKA The Spire) - The cloudcutter for which the District is known.
- District 6 - Denon General: Numerous rehabilitation, treatment, and research organizations call District Six home. A massive Medical Plaza, it is widely known for the greatest and cutting-edge medical care on Denon and in the entire Corporate Sector. If something ails you, pray you can afford care here.
- ÆM Conglomerate - Aeronautical and Electronic Medicine - Medical services, pharmaceuticals, and paramedicine services. Also offers private health insurance.
- District 7 - Seven Corners: This district's Town Square is situated at the confluence of several major regional byways providing a thriving city life for residents to move through its commerce center and colorful neighborhoods freely. People of all classes and creeds can be observed interacting at the Seven Corners. The District is well known for Sakedo Tower, which remains a draw to large crowds to this day with its shopping and entertainment venues; and less well known as a major haven for Darkwire members and allies.
- Sakedo Tower - Public hotspot of arcades, shops, boutiques, showrooms, museums, and much more.
- Mirdirmorut Domum Fidelem - Storefront for those seeking to purchase Droids or Vehicles from Mirdirmorut.
- The Blue Flame - A Tavern owned by Shenn Rosham known for its food, and lengthy menu of beverages. Less well known as an Information Brokerage.Once raided by CorpSec.
- Daiya's Old Apartment - Daiya's original apartment.
Commerce & Communities - Daiya's & Hex's Apartment (2022) - Daiya's apartment with Hex.
- Aerial Arts - An Acrobatic Studio operated by Dagon Kaze as a service to the community.
- Skeevi's Nest - Skeevi Merrill's secret abode.
- Raven's Apartment - RAV's apartment.
- Club Iridium - Seemingly nondescript condemned warehouse houses packed, music-filled venue with slicing gear at the ready.
- Reveries Bar & Recall Lounge - Mairéad Solus's bar with discrete Recall booths.
- Goblintown (Tent City) - An infamous gateway to Porfirio's Lair.
- Sargon's Few - A Religious Cult of the Primeval Faith operating out of several warehouses in the Volgho Hollows & Suicide Slums.
- Seventh Corner Loans LLC - If you're hard for credits, call Seventh Corner Loans.
- Brick's Pizza - Vincenzo Valentine's pizzeria and The Family drop-point.
- Wraghl's Droids and Droid Repair - Jerec Asyr's and Wraghl's Droids and Droid Repair shop.
- Quekko's Choice Ship Emporium - The finest pre-owned startships can be found in the Lum Rouge district of Seven Corners since 864.
- Speak Soft Speakeasy - Popular locale for underworld rats following the Blue Flame raid. Its location is only shared with those "in the know."
- The Tombs - Originally founded by The Amavikkan, it is a maze of underground caverns and tunnels that Darkwire uses to evade capture.
- Suicide Slums - A shanty town associated with the District's Midnight Zone.
- Volgho Hollows
- District 8 - NeoBovo: Other districts have casinos, but none have resorts as far as the eye can see with neon signs everywhere not merely of advertisements, but of sights and splendors hidden within the many structures. Water features, street-side entertainment, and endless gambling or sport-betting opportunities can be found around every corner. What happens in NeoBovo, stays in NeoBovo.
The Aurodium Satori Casino- The Nexus - A classy (but not overly ritzy) multilevel club for those that value privacy, secrecy, music, and liquor.
- District 9 - Khrushchyovka: Once a gargantuan prison (relocated in orbit), it was renovated into a residential area and shopping center, the Eden Megamall. While not as luxurious as other district commercial centers, the mall provides more affordable product offerings for lower class residents. Meanwhile, the Underground provides exceptionally cheap shacks and makeshift homes for those short of funds; which CorpSec happily deters guests headed for Liberty Stadium for the day's game from visiting by mistake or otherwise.
- District 10 - Gemini Strand: Formerly a Corporate Authorities of Denon project to eliminate 'excessive and dangerous' augmentations, the District is now home to numerous cyber-parlors and a thriving cybernetics scene. Residents are often low-income and living in tenements; with a variety of dive bars, spice dens, and fight clubs for those that know where to look.
- District 11 - The Double Down: A shining example of Darkwire's vision, the Double Down's abandoned corporate facilities were converted into local draws including cyber-parlors, bars, nightclubs, casinos, high fashion, and classy restaurants. While signs of class-divide remain, it only shows that corporate ownership is not the only way and that the people of Denon can build something for themselves.
- Better Future Society Cloudcutter - The cloudcutter for which the District is known.
- Dark Water Sushi Bar - Watch as your food is prepared by an Artisan chef, listen to the GONK droid delivering noodles, and enjoy the privacy of the secret backrooms.
- District 12 - Better Future Society: Its namesake's Cloudcutter publicly serves as a non-profit to help rebuild after the Yuuzhan Vong and One Sith, but the truth, as is often the case on Denon, is far more sinister. Unbeknownst to the public, a criminal syndicate uses the tower as a place to spread drugs, weapons, and other contraband throughout the planet.
A Transit Metroplex Terminal
- District 13 - The Fractal
- District 14 - The Wall: A single, megalithic structure that stretches into the sky owned by the Globex Corporation. Without a doubt it stands opposed to everything Darkwire believes. It is a Company Town where every facet of life is owned, operated, and controlled by Globex. Those given leave to enter and leave as they will, however, can find countless products and merchandise for purchase within The Wall.
- 'Second Chance' Criminal Reform Centres - Brutalist architectural structures with labyrinthine spaces providing incarceration and rehabilitation services by Globex.
- District 15 - Grammill: Also known as the MetroPlex, this District is well known for its massive transit station. A ride can be found to every corner of Denon and beyond. Freight and distribution channels also make use of the numerous ports located here on a bustling world.
- District 16 - Lodos: Easily lost under the harsh glow of neon lights that never fade, Lodos houses an enormous diversity of non-Human lifeforms trying to find a place where they can belong. Alien cultures from all over the galaxy congregate here with food venues and entertainment to ensnare the senses.
- Sakhet's Noodles - Noodle vendor. Do they still offer intelligence services? Ask discreetly.
- District 19 - Upcity: Once an ailing center of entertainment, it was turned into upper-class living through countless reforms and construction projects to improve everything from sanitation and air purification to revitalized living spaces. A few unique attractions include the Waterway complete with waterfalls, its Temple, and Opera House.
Revitalization Efforts of the Wealthy- Upcity Entertainment District - Anything can be found here including both food and intoxicants. Visitors can find stores offering clothing, holofilms, dancers, maid chefs, and more.
- Upcity Temple - A Jedi Academy formerly affiliated with the Silver Jedi.
- Ayumi's Tower - Ayumi Pallopides's main office in the Upcity.
- Hutt Consulate - A Hutt Palace on Denon allowing resident Hutts all the decadence of home.
- District 20 - Dali: Art Connoisseurs know this as The Art District. Even the building architecture has adopted non-confirming geometries, spirals, jutting sub-buildings, and other decorative additions.
- Kaloran Art Museum - Attractive pieces of art can be found in the sphere located at the top of the building.
- District 21 - The Conduit: The Central Power Distribution Grid has numerous generator towers and reactor cores utilizing multiple forms of fuel or physical processes to generate untold amounts of power for all Districts of Denon. Local District power is strongly encouraged, but this centralized source makes sure the lights never go out.
- District 24 - The Vault: Secure Vaults, Art Exhibits, and an artificial Port with a synthetic lake call District Twenty-Four home. Secure-Set Vault Corporate provides many secure storage facilities as the chief draw for customers, while the district houses numerous shopping and nightlife businesses for residents.
An Artificial Lake
- District 28 - The Blade
- District 35 - Cobalt
- Blackline Dynamics - For your cybernetics, slicing tools, neural implants, AI development, black-market droid mods, Undernet nodes and infrastructure needs.
- District 74 - The Glitch: Guests are recommended to avoid District Seventy-Four due to on-going conflict with a rogue military outfit known as SecNet over control of the district.
- HoloNet
- ICEWALL, Eternal Prison of the HoloNet - A logical construct on the HoloNet designed to snare malicious code. Runners beware.
- District 1 - Capital: The Seat of Power of Denon at the Pentaplex is where the Executive Directorship Board (Direx Board, or Board of Directors) meets. Space is limited making it a choice location for Corporations to compete to claim a building bearing their logo. District One lacks the countless lower levels of other districts as it possesses the only remaining natural features of Denon; which include the peaks of a mountain range, a forest of kilometer-tall trees, and a river that flows through the district. Even the original Old Parliament Plaza, where the former Denon government once met, can be enjoyed for a peaceful afternoon stroll and a museum touting the pinnacle of Denon's achievements. Its cleanliness, order, and opulence is a shining role model for all other Districts to aspire toward.
- Zones & Levels of Renown:
- In Orbit / Satellites
- Space Bazaar: A marketplace that remains open in orbit from the time of the Metal Lords.
- Incarceration Facility: Maximum security prison in orbit of Denon.
- Sky / Cloud Estates
- Residences that defy gravity and cloudcutters alike, whether free-floating or tethered, are owned by the wealthiest on Denon. Few are permitted to visit. Residents are known as 'Cloud Flyers.'
- Zero-G Swimming: Nothing says wealth like swimming through the open skies.
- Upper Levels / Sunlight Lofts
- These are the 'surface' Levels where direct sunlight can be felt or seen in large areas. Cloudcutters and surface buildings are indisputable residents, but even those a few levels down may still be Upper Level due to cutouts in higher levels allowing large swathes of light to shine below. Typically only the wealthy and influential can find opportunity or affordability to reside here. Many businesses can be found here with competition fierce for permits as many residents prefer the lack of countless Levels over their heads. Residents are known as 'Sunnies.'
- Art & Theater: Denon is more than just a Commercial Paradise; art and theatrical displays are enjoyed by its people.
- Multiple Luxurious Spaceports: There are countless spaceports and with so many VIPs transiting through them they are luxurious more often than not.
- Shockboxing: A violent and dangerous melee sport that gets the adrenaline pumping even for the audience.
- Null Hockey: Now with a third dimension and no gravity, and more walls to ricochet pucks and opponents alike.
- Grav Ball & Anti-Grav Ball: Get the ball in the hoop. A fan favorite especially with the bookies.
- Rianza Parlors: Tile game involving betting, bluffing, and a sharp intellect.
- Mid Levels / Twilight Belt
- Capable of receiving only a few hours of indirect sunlight at best, the Twilight Levels are more affordable. With hundreds of Levels found here, it is Denon's most populous region with the majority of employment opportunities. While rain is common even this far down, in some Districts it can turn toxic due to runoff from the higher Levels; with the effect growing worse the deeper one goes. These Levels are often considered the lowest where respectable residents might be found. Their residents are known as 'Duskers.'
- Battlebots: Assemble your warrior, and test their mettle against their rivals.
- Street Racing: Big world, endless streets, why not give it your best shot?
- Brothels: He's out of line, but he isn't wrong. The class divide exists even here.
- Cyber Parlors: Clean, direct, accredited, or disgraced you can find a cyberdoc ready to install the latest or cheapest gear imaginable.
- Street Vendors: Countless vendors offering food, drink, trinkets, art, counterfeits, and everything else for the right price.
- Gambling Houses: Dens of depravity and wonder with lights to blind and debts to bind. Pick your poison, or your place your wagers.
- Lower Levels / Midnight Zone
- There is not a shred of natural light to be found this deep in Denon; it is where only the lowest of the low care to go. Residents are considered to be destitute or in hiding, and employers are no better than predators. There is no natural rain, with only drainage pipes and channels from higher levels providing water to these denizens; the toxicity of which can be well beyond the pale. Even the atmosphere of certain, deeper levels strain being considered Type I and may be better classified as Type II (hazardous). While arguably the largest of all zones in sheer size, living conditions are often too poor to even consider housing the poor and wretched of the galaxy here. Residents are known as 'Shadows.'
- Lights in the Deep: Even in lower levels the neon glow is always there.
- Secret Laboratories: The perfect spot on Denon for your nefarious needs. Don't mind the decor.
- Deep Levels / Abyss
- Certain regions of Denon were ripe for building some of the deepest Levels on the planet, but not without cost. These Levels are considered mere rumor or the subject of ghost stories; most don't believe they exist, or if they do they're merely too hazardous to venture into with hallucinations a result of exposure to untold gas mixtures. It is said, however, there are countless Levels beneath the habitable ones that comprise the original Levels of Denon; some say hundreds, others say thousands of forgotten, uninhabitable Levels for Type I lifeforms. Many, deeper Levels are swamped in chemical clouds expected from a Type III atmosphere not from a world like Denon. Within this forbidden zone, new life and a foreign ecosystem has developed capable of surviving in this hostile environment; which only adds to the dangers of anyone exploring their depths even wearing appropriate protection. Anyone brave or foolish enough to reside in these depths are known as 'Ghosts' -- a quality they may engender literally and in short order.
- In Orbit / Satellites
- Districts of Renown:
- Native Species: Human
- Immigrated Species: Near-Humans, Twi'leks, Sullustans, Trandoshans, Ilthorians, Devaronians, Defel, Kel Dor, and many more.
- Population: Crowded, over 500 Billion
- Demographics: Over 60% are Human or Human-like, with the remaining 40% in constant flux among the many other species inhabiting Denon at any given time. Creatures of all walks of life are welcome (though being financially independent is strongly recommended).
- Primary Languages: Galactic Basic, Huttese
- Culture:
Denon is a capitalist's paradise; a world whose law bends in the corporations' favor, but whose market manages to function with relatively little regulatory oversight.
Despite having long since run out of land with which to fit any further corporate or industrial footprint, Denon countless years ago took to building Level upon Level making ever more room for endless growth. So much mass has been added to the planet that its rotational period has literally slowed by an entire minute -- the planet's rotation speed has slowed from its sheer weight. And the expansion continues to this day. There are very few 'new' Districts added, only existing ones revitalized, overhauled, or repurposed; the entirety of the planet has been covered by the urban sprawl.
Towering, Endless Growth
Corporations are offered extremely generous offers and tax breaks to coax ever more market and creative geniuses to Denon to benefit from a galaxy's worth of profit. They're allowed to police their own grounds as they see fit, often with their word taken for gospel if accusations arise against the corporation or their internal security. Spaceports and transportation systems cover the surface of the planet ensuring product is delivered to and from all Levels of Denon, and that any merchandise destined off-world arrives on-time and in-tact according to contractual obligations.
Meanwhile, the wealthy owners of successful businesses can enjoy some of the most luxurious, envious residences ever seen; a sliver of a sliver can even enjoy residences that float high above the 'surface' of Denon. Art, theater, and entertainment venues of all nature and style can be found on Denon even for the most esoteric of tastes. Those with enough money can buy their way out of almost any criminal activity, depending on who is slighted, in which District, and how influential the criminal is in higher society.
All of this comes at a cost, however, which the wealthy and successful are prepared for the masses to pay.
Some are able to afford the education or training necessary, attend the affluent academies, or get invited to high society gatherings needed to land a lucrative job in order to live comfortably on Denon. Most are not. While many can find 'gainful' employment enough to afford a roof over their head and enough nutrition to stay on their feet during the day, the conditions in which they may be forced to work can be deleterious to most lifeforms; even if the stressors are unreasonable work hours or unpredictable schedules, many workers are subjected to enduring physical and mental hardships with lackluster healthcare. Numerous invisible barriers -- often the demands of their employment necessary just to afford food to eat -- hold the majority of residents back from scaling the social ladder and affording a residence on a higher Level.
A Productive Member of Society, A Corpo
Those fortunate enough to fall somewhere between the Haves and the Have-Nots -- those that can almost taste success -- give the appearance of upward mobility to many. Those fortunate few often have to make life-long decisions between a life of luxury, advancement, and enabling the elevation of their children, however. Some would call this the 'Middle Class' of Denon. A rare gem that shines all the brighter, and like so many other shiny jewels leads others to disaster.
Individuals inclined to favor, support, or show sympathy for the needs or vision of the Upper Class are referred to as 'Corpos.' Meanwhile, those that are just struggling to survive are known as 'Discretes' -- but often only in certain Corporate social circles or documents. Among the Common Person, most simply view the world in terms of Employer and Employee, with the latter controlling the means of survival and the latter simply grateful for finding stable employment.
Citizens striving for success are expected to be ambitious but loyal, cunning but not disruptive, and analytical but social. Meanwhile, workers that demonstrate unquestioning loyalty, profit-driven mindset, and efficiency-driven are rewarded. Anyone participating in 'extremist' discussions or activities -- including protests, HoloNet posting, unauthorized slicing -- can become blacklisted within a District and sometimes throughout all of Corporate Sector Authority space, which may leave them incarcerated at best or cast into the Lower Levels or Abyss at worst.
Brand loyalty to one's place of employment extends to almost every facet of life. Denonites are not only expected to have brand loyalty for every type of product or service, but are even proud of supporting the wildly successful ones as others crash into bankruptcy. Picking the right product to support demonstrates a person's good decision making (or blind luck), which can spell the difference between ascending the ladder of success or ending up in free-fall.
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Because of the challenges inherent in the system were half of success is luck, some among the masses have taken to gambling on get-rich-quick schemes to make money fast or participate in criminal activity (evidence of which is often held by the syndicate to hang over such a person's head to extort them later should they manage to become successful). As a result, gangs and criminal syndicates can be found in almost any District of Denon, granting untold numbers of illicit employment opportunities and means to acquire wealth. Crime and insurgency have a tendency to coexist in certain groups, such as Darkwire, that focus on undercutting the corporations and their sympathizers; and whose Shadowrunners might often hold alternative identities to pass as everyday citizens. Other insurgent groups, such as The Amavikkan, may engage in benign resistance by establishing 'underground railroads' or 'freedom trails' to enable the liberation of indentured or enslaved workers from their owners.
It is far from unusual for a Denonite of any Class to engage in risk-seeking or adrenaline-junkie behavior. There are as many stadiums and race tracks as there are shopping malls on Denon. Risk of life or limb is common among every sport such as speeder races, shockboxing, and null-G hockey with regulations or referees often as trustworthy and unbiased as an officer of CorpSec. Bragging about participating in illicit activity is also not unheard of to give the appearance of higher social standing than a person's bank account would reflect; confidence scams sometimes open up doors where fake-it-until-you-make-it can literally come true.
One trend that has yet to fall out of favor with the masses are cybernetics (AKA implants or mods). Certain modifications can improve performance, which increases the likelihood of promotion. Others view it as simply a way of taking back control of their life and having something tangible to hold on to that can't be taken back. Some companies may even sponsor an individual receiving a single implant, or numerous implants and becoming full-on cyborgs. Many whisper warnings to each other about stories of such corporate provided benefits being repossessed should someone leave their employment or become incapacitated. Fashion trends involving the latest in cybernetics spread throughout the HoloNet frequently.
A Cyberneticly Enhanced Denonite
Few citizens believe in higher powers with a system stack against them and no invisible hand lifting them out of poverty. This lack has resulted in a number of spiritualists or religious orders setting up Temples or enclaves on Denon in an effort to garner new followers with promises of a brighter future. Because such groups use similar recruiting or promoting methods as the Corporations, however, many are skeptical of the motives of such well-meaning organizations; some believe them little more than another con-artist trying to take what little finances or possessions a hard worker has managed to acquire.
Likewise, standing out among the crowded Levels of Denon is extremely difficult. With so many clamoring to ascend the ladder of success, Corporations have as hard a time finding genuine talent as that talent has developed in the first place. Scams work both ways, and consequences for hiring a con-artist can be extreme among Corpos -- loss of face is a serious issue that can cut a promising career short.
Among the Corpo Elite, membership within the Executive Directorship Board as a permanent voting Director is highly sought after. Anyone on the Board is afforded considerable respect and leverage in dealing with other corporations in the Corporate Sector Authority. Directors over other Districts are often beholden to the permanent Board members, while periodically non-voting Director members of the Board are cycled to give visibility and allow participation in budgetary approvals. The difference in voting privilege, and even role as part of the Corporate Sector Authority entity with broader authority than a lone District Director may hold, provides its own stratification among the wealthy. Furthermore, should a permanent member abruptly retire or die without a successor there is often a period of turmoil as Directors vie against one another to fill the seat.
The Executive Directorship Board
Great efforts are made to avoid the masses recognizing their ability to unit for collective bargaining against the Upper Class. As a result, inter-class violence is rare and often painted in a heinous light with severe consequences. Meanwhile, intra-class violence is met with a laissez faire dispassion as common occurrence. Despite all of this, however, the last few decades have had an increase in class-warfare recognition led by efforts by groups such as Darkwire, which has required the Board to redouble efforts to placate the masses. The struggle for Denon's -- and the Corporate Sector Authority's -- soul continues to this day.
- Government: Corporatocracy
Corporate Sector Authority- Executive Directorship Board
- Territorial Administrator - Sector/Planetary Governor
- Regional Directors - District/City Mayor
- Executive Viceprexes - Secretary/Minister Level
- Viceprexes - Department Level
- Assistant-Viceprexes - Branch Level
- Affiliation: The Corporate Sector Authorities are a member of The High Republic
The Heights of Wealth & Taste//Corpos - Currency: Authority Cash Vouchers, Credits (e.g. Republic Credits, Galactic Alliance Credits)
- Wealth: Wealthy, Denon is a major industrial and trade hub in the galaxy. Countless corporations call it home or have their headquarters hosted on the planet. Fees and taxes ensure the world authorities have enough to keep its infrastructure functional, while eager capitalism ensures the profits of resident partners. Denon's corporation-friendly policies and well-established corporate legal precedents make it an attractive locale for businesses across the galaxy.
Not everyone reaps the rewards of Denon being such a well-off world, however. The majority of business owners and entrepreneurs are exceptionally well-off, but not nearly as wealthy as the 0.01% that own the loftiest of residences and yield the greatest influence on Denon. While some seek to hoard all the credits, others strive to maintain a balance allowing their lesser peers to strive and earn as they would to perpetuate the delicate balance of their industrious world. As a result tax revenue for the ultra wealthy is exceptionally low, and burdensome but not all-consuming on the lower classes.
The Humility of the Commons//Discretes
The largest class of resident, the Common Person, likewise, may not end up in the career of their choice; those with too exacting a standard for a job may find their social standing quickly slipping and at risk of becoming destitute. Spacers, Traders, Bounty Hunters, Thugs, Shop Owners, Street Vendors, and more share in the everyday worries of holding on to what they have. Meanwhile, the more artistic souls struggle to make ends meet, or find supplemental jobs that don't place them in harm's way; they possess the same problems as others made all the more stressful in balancing acquiring funds with their passions. While there are a number of Districts with affordable services and products for those found at this more middling financial state, few could say they're satisfied with just enough while lavish displays of wealth are commonplace on Denon. Some have even resorted to illicit activity just to survive, or for a chance at basking in the glow of their own sun.
Truly destitute souls don't even warrant consideration by those in power. Even elected officials would be more inclined to saddle those without as being an anchor weighing society down rather than reallocate funds. Services are few and far between, often provided by well-being third parties that only have so many credits themselves for so many people. Those straddling this realm, fearful of being thrown into the depths never able to escape, often resort to or are enveloped in criminal activity.Predatory practices often exploit people desperate to claw their way to success, but not all offers are what they seem and CorpSec won't waste time looking for 'someone that doesn't contribute to society.' Most in this category simply cease to exist on record, and their children may not even be properly registered at birth styming their efforts to rise above their parents' social stature.
The Abyss of Criminals & Gangs
- Stability: Medium, Presently Denon has a modicum of stability, which is built on a combination of heavy-handedness of CorpSec, a reduction in activity (but not the cessation) of Darkwire, riots or protests of the discontent masses regarding the wealth distribution, and the constant fluctuation of territorial disputes among differing species and criminal organizations that all seek to carve out their own enclaves of influence on Denon.
Visitors can be relatively assured of their safety, provided they avoid specific Districts known for open criminal activity, especially the closer to District One they get. They should be aware that CorpSec makes great effort to enforce the Law, but Denon is a massive city-planet with countless people of all kinds and cultures; be mindful of cultural norms, be respectful, keep your belongings on your person, and make sure to check the HoloNet for local CorpSec offices or safety corridors.
CorpSec Keeps YOUR Family Safe!
Meanwhile, Corporations should be mindful of the corruption and espionage that is prevalent on Denon. The larger a company gets, the more they should invest in security to keep competitors from a hostile takeover or disrupting their distribution channels. Likewise, it wouldn't hurt to be aware of any financial compensation expected by your local enforcement or judicial representative. And find a good arbiter you can trust not to work for your rivals for the inevitable contractual dispute.
Denon's government is, however, exceptionally stable. The corporations that aspire to join the Executive Directorship Board understand a stable government in a turbulent world is for their own benefit; though that doesn't rule out subtle means of undermining an existing Director in order to free up a seat.
- Freedom & Oppression: Under the Corporate Authorities of Denon in the Galactic Alliance, CorpSec earned a ruthless reputation. Riots were put down violently, and in the wake of the assassination attempt on Valery Noble CorpSec locked down an entire District with accompanying dangerous consequences as they hunted for the Darkwire terrorists. The Board at the time had no regard for the people caught in the crossfire, nor the political fallout with the Galactic Alliance's Senate. As a result, Denon was often subjected to numerous investigations and even a Vote calling to curtail the corporate ownership of planets.
When both Darkwire's activities decreased in frequency and the Planeshift happened, the then Corporate Authorities of Denon (CAD) believed it an opportune time to cast off the Galactic Republic, and restore their ironclad control of their world. This occurred over an extended duration of time; a turbulent time with both the markets and planetary security. A former Alliance Senator cast aside as no longer necessary for CAD's purposes rebuilt their power and sought to sway the opinion of the Board in a new direction for Denon. Later this resulted in negotiating a deal with the then-named Royal Naboo Republic, which was later known as The High Republic.
Do Not Fall for Insurrectionist Propaganda
Since that pact, Denon's incident rate with excessive force has been reportedly reduced, and the democratic functions of governments have received renewed focus to tout their alignment with the Republic's democratic ideals. To stabilize local affairs, and to demonstrate their "commitment to the Republic's principles," the Board was reorganized and renamed back into the Corporate Sector Authority. It wouldn't slough off Denon's reputation, but it was marketed as a new day for Denon, its people, and other worlds that were members of the Authority.
In Denon's New Day, as part of re-branding back to the history Corporate Sector Authority, the elected officials -- including the President -- touted the needs of the masses. While work schedules, cost of living, and the ease of firing and hiring workers are often used to control the populace's focus and participation in electoral matters, extending an olive branch of worker-focused initiatives was intended to help mend the shattered spirit of the People. Where the previous Board was utterly dismissive of the Common Folk, certain elements of the new one sought to better utilize optics in their favor. As a result, the complete collapse of societal order seems to have been at least pushed off for a time, and travel advisories could be lifted on the most prosperous Districts.
Should these programs not be received well by the people, however, and the riots persist, CorpSec remains poised and capable of enforcing peace and order on Denon. Officially, efforts have been made to hold their officers to account for excessive force; but at the same time Denon has broached a desire for those with 'concerns' to coordinate efforts to restore the peace -- with outsiders often directed to the extremely hostile zones to in an effort to lessen their fervor of Denon being too heavy handed.
Political and social strife aside, the people of Denon are free and encouraged to enjoy the countless luxuries and products their home has to offer, though not all of them might be entirely legal elsewhere in the galaxy. The more people spend, the more profit the corporations make; a little investment to encourage more visitors goes a long way.
Indisputably, corporations continue to have the lionshare of freedom on Denon. With Denon's focus on commerce and trade, the commodities available to be bought or sold are limitless. Yet local Law governing the quality or safety of said products is not always enforced as intended. Contract Law, however, is extremely strong, but so are the capabilities of the Lawyers on both sides that drafted them. Meanwhile, renewed efforts are being made regarding the toxic water conditions on the planet, and ensuring the stability of power delivery, but calls to increase taxation on the wealthy or delving too deeply into the larger corporations' books have gone largely ignored or otherwise placated. Directors are given considerable leeway in how to manage their own Districts, with corporations their primary customer rather than hostile mobs; if only the Directors of the People knew perhaps things might be different.
- Military:
The primary armed forces of Denon, which defends against threats both internal and abroad, is colloquially known as CorpSec, or Corporate Security. CorpSec officially reports directly to the Executive Directorship Board though certain high ranking officers within the organization may ultimately be loyal to particular Directors; however, any Director found overriding the Board would be held to account, so judicious or clandestine use of such loyalty is exercised. The organization is directed to ensure the safety of the Board, the Corporations, and the People -- largely in that order. Uniforms are black and red, and officers carry both lethal and non-lethal weaponry to subdue subjects.
Only The Best for CorpSec
Personnel are often sporting the latest in enforcement protective equipment, armament, and vehicles to ensure a rapid and effective response to any situation. In the event a novel technological marvel is necessary to track, incapacitate, listen in, or otherwise deal with one or more subjects, ample budget is often available -- though Directors may squabble over whose version of competing product is used, and where the money goes.
Emplacements or vehicles and ships are likewise well-furnished and maintained. Corruption has been known to happen, but with so many Directors competing with one another one of them inevitably launches an audit for gross misconduct and improper allocation of resources; this helps avoid the Corporate Sector Authority's forces from being left without proper response capabilities when bad things happen. The fact the officers' lives are literally on the line, and irate lower-ranked officers could easily turn on corrupt higher-ranked officers, also helps misappropriation of funds.
Corporate Security Divisions- Sector Defense - Responsible for monitoring and coordinating security activity across the sectors and worlds where CorpSec provides security and defense response measures.
- Sector Auditors - Tasked with investigating security breaches and corporate overstep throughout Corporate Sector Authority controlled territories.
- Sector Patrol - Patrol craft and officers that routinely check for enforcement breaches, unlawful activity, and threats to the free-transit of merchandise.
- Sector Intelligence - Clandestine operatives tasked with rooting out threats against the Authority and its assets. At times engage in activities outside of Authority space.
- Orbital Defense - Orbital defense platforms and strategy command against extra-planetary threats or hazards.
- Planetary Defense - Response coordination and strategy command for threats or hazards occurring within planetary atmosphere.
- District Auditors - Local Investigators often tasked with finding culprits of crimes as determined by those closest to the District Director.
- District Patrol - Local Patrol Officers that monitor those disturbing the peace, threatening to organize unruly protests, and engaging in violent crimes.
- Private Security - Guards whose loyalty is to a particular Corporation or Enterprise whose authority is officially limited to their territory.
- Technology: Galactic Standard+. Denon is a world known for trade, but also for research and development for its relatively low corporate tax rates, and lax environmental regulations as there is practically no environment left to regulate. As a result, the corporations often have cutting-edge technology; but this doesn't always translate into its residents having that technology in their hands (unless they're independently wealthy). Situated on the border between the Core worlds and the industrial Southern Reaches of the galaxy, Denon has easy access to resources and off-world advancements, which it takes advantage of routinely.
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