B000538-5 "Bist"
ENG@MANTIS:~$ cmd-libA
ACCESSING RECORDS...
WHICH RECORD?
ENG@MANTIS:~libA$ sys/subA
ACCESSING RECORDS...
WHICH SYSTEM RECORD?
ENG@MANTIS:~..subA$ 0107
ACCESSING RECORDS...
SYSTEM REPORT GENERATED
ENG@MANTIS:~libA/sys/subA$ cd /rpt/sys/subA/0107
ENG@MANTIS:~..subA/0107$ cat SYS_REPORT
Subsector Name: Heidius Cluster
DoP: 292.1154
Name: "Bist"
Loc: 0107
UPP: B000538-5
Remarks: Ni Va As
The old world was blown apart during the star wars of antiquity. What remains is an assortment of asteroids bound loosely by the fingers of gravity. Veins of precious metals run like rivers through the asteroids.
The people of Bist are divided into two major groups. "Native" Bistians descend from the families who settled the asteroids after the wars. They are deeply mistrusting of outsiders, and extremely devoted to their ancient religion. Everyone else primarily works for one of the small mining outfits commissioned to extract resources from the belt, and are considered outsiders.
The Starport of Nova Atlantis is built into the largest asteroid (PT-757//D'ivi) and is where the majority of the outsider population lives. Small apartments built into the tunnels beneath the surface are available for contractors and their support staff with rents deducted from their salaries, of course. The port also provides facilities for processing the extracted resources. There was once a naval base here, but it has been decommissioned for some years now and the access tunnels have been collapsed.
Mining contracts are issued by the native ruling oligarchical families through a lottery system. Shares of the lottery are purchased at rates which fluctuate mercurially. Despite this, contractors scramble and fight, often violently, for the shares as the asteroid's veins are extraordinarily rich. The asteroids are mined with low-powered hand tools and small sonic charges (TL5). The extracted resources are transported back to Nova Atlantis for processing via small autonomous skiffs.
Certain asteroids in the belt are considered holy sites and are off-limits to all outsiders. The penalty for trespassing is death. [ERROR REPORT CORRUPTED] f̴o̴r̴b̵i̸d̵d̷e̵n̴̸t̵e̵m̵p̶l̸e̴s̶a̸w̴a̸k̵e̵n̶l̶a̵t̷e̴n̵t̵p̶o̶w̴e̴r̶̶t̷r̶u̴e̶b̸l̵o̷o̸d̴̷p̵r̸o̴g̵e̸n̶i̷t̶o̵r̶̸r̷i̸t̸u̶a̷lr̴i̸t̶e̸d̴e̵a̷t̶h̵g̶u̵a̸r̶d̵i̷a̵n̴s̶s̴e̸c̸r̴e̸t̴w̷i̶t̶h̶i̶n̷ ̴