![]() Devastating the ecosystem Ī low mass gas giant that features a breathable atmosphere at high altitudes. Heavy industry has resulted in severe pollution across the planet. Gravitational governors StantonĪ wealth of ore and other resources are mined here to manufacture Hurston Dynamics' line of munitions and weapons. microTech makes use of their planet's cold temperature for optimal running of data servers and Crusader has recently begun to face issues with Outlaw activity in the shipping lanes. Hurston has undergone such pollution that its dominant savanna biome has been devastated, with air quality now a concern for those who live on the planet. Due to opening their planets to other companies including competitors, ArcCorp is now so heavily urbanized that it is approaching the same planetary status as a Xi'an factory world. It also has a high demand for goods needed to keep working. Stanton offers materials produced by the four corporations. Leaders of the four mega-corporations meet annually in the Stanton System Conference to discuss system-wide issues. Only those working for the corporations (or anyone leasing their space) could come to live in the Stanton system, inhabiting corporate owned towns. The system became fully industrialized with the worlds now dotted with factories, corporate headquarters, testing ranges, mines and other company facilities. While the plan initially was for Stanton II(now Crusader) to be sold on a 'buy one, get one free' basis due to its lack of land, this was not a sticking point for Crusader Industries who adapted and expanded the existing Naval shipyards for the manufacture of their own spacecraft. The winners are believed to have flushed trillions into the UEE economy, with the four worlds now named after them: Hurston (Dynamics), Crusader (Industries), ArcCorp and microTech. A bidding process opened up, and Megacorporations were quietly contacted to bid for ownership of the planets. ArcCorp agreed to this proposition, and it was brought to the Senate floor for a wider vote, which passed - albeit after much contentious debate, because while the planets were to abide by UEE Common Laws, planetary level jurisdiction would fall to the corporations and their security forces. Some members of the UEE Senate pushed for continental sale within the Stanton system, until the idea arose to try and sell the entire planet for the biggest potential profit over a short period of time. The sale of Stanton I, II, III and IVĪrcCorp had been lobbying for this very opportunity, wishing to purchase a continent - more land usually sold in parcels. Without formal colonization papers on file, the existing inhabitants had little choice but to abandon their homesteads: prospectors, survivalists and other squatters had little means to protect themselves from the might of a Bengal-class carrier. They declared Stanton to be a case of 'eminent domain', citing a need to protect and extend nearby jump lanes. Navjumper Toshi Aaron discovered the system in 2851 after selling the jump data to the UEE. Instead, private planetary security teams enforce the local law. Though subject to the UEE's Common Law and standard penal code, the UEE does not fully police the region. These four planets are the only privately-owned worlds in the Empire. Shortly after the discovery of the System, all planets were sold by the government to corporations. For a full list of jurisdictional hierarchies, criminal offences and consequences in Stanton, see Jurisdictions.
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