Originally colonised by Sothvec Industries, an extinct stellar nation, Vieron was occupied by the Thuldans for almost a century.
Stellar Bodies
- Vieron – a young, hot, yellow-white F9-class giant
- Infierno – this tidally-locked world, which Vieron has stripped of its atmosphere, has a single moon
- Corazón de Fuega – a terrestrial planet with ferocious windstorms, active volcanism, and crushing gravity, but the only habitable planet in the system
- Anselmo – the first of three small, airless worlds in the habitable band, with a trio of moons
- Ensueño – the second of three small, airless worlds in the habitable band, with a pair of moons
- Turcador – the third of three small, airless worlds in the habitable band
- Pimiento – the first of five distant gas giants, with a half dozen moons
- Salado – the second of five distant gas giants, with 21 moons
- Malvado – the third of five distant gas giants, with 19 moons
- Oyente – the fourth of five distant gas giants, with 11 moons
- Virrey – the fifth of five distant gas giants, with a half dozen moons
Corazón de Fuega
A large, dense, metal-rich world, with surface gravity nearly four and a half times standard. Most outposts have always-on gravity generators, set to a mere 2.8g. Vieronites consider this comfortable; most of the 2000 or so inhabitants have either genetic or cybernetic adaptations, which also allow them to move around (carefully) outside where off-worlders would be completely immobilised.
Day and night on this young world last only 2.9 hours each. The rapid rotation produces chaotic weather with winds regularly hitting 200kph; twice that in fierce storms. Atmospheric pressure is over 7 times standard, and the air itself is poisonous. There is also above-average background radiation. Visitors are advised to stick to the three main domed settlements, placed around the equator.
- Algeciras – the industrial powerhouse of Vieron’s economy, such that it is
- Jaén – the last of the three domes built, and the best constructed
- Tavira – home to the annually-elected council of ten, the planet’s only spaceport, and the system’s only zoo