Gothic Sci-Fi

The War for Somnius

Somnius, long ago known by it's first occupants as Menphekh is a dark and cold world annexed few centuries ago by the Imperium of Man, until then this was a primitive world, with hardly developed technology, not having been able to develope Fossil Fuels. The World: Somnius sun is a red one, making the world extremely cold, its great size and slow night/day cycles (32 h/day) only aggravate the harsh conditions. The feble radiation of its sun, Mantis, lowly penetrates the atmosphere, making the sky range from a pale pink to a grey orange during the day hours. Somnius has three natural satellites, two of them are amorphous rocks, not greater than 1km each, it's theorized that originate from a meteorite that impacted with Hadina, it's third and greatest satellite, a moon with a satellite/planet size ratio almost 50% greater than that of Lua and holy Terra. This means that Hadina can be usually seen even in cloudy nights as a big orange orb in the sky. Meanwhile the visibility of the other satellites is scarcer through the year and usually can be appreciated as big pale stars in the sky when the conditions allow it. Due to its size Hadina causes great tidal forces in the Somnius seas, making them dangerous to those who adventures to travel through them. Unfortunately, due to the low radiation the vegetation of the planet is small, brown and with low energetic value. The bas of the ecological chain are microorganism that inhabit the waters of Somnius which oxygenate it's world and serve as food to greater organisms, because of this difference between the ecological diversity on ground and sea, Somnius population have developed a society centered in the sea as it's where most of its resources come from. Such as those is the great reserves of oil or Somnius Blood as it's called by the locals. For some unknown reason for the Imperium, the world is very rich in oil reservoirs, one of the more accepted theories is that even before mankind had even left Holy Terra, a meteor impacted with Hadina, from this impact fragments of rock could have decimated a rich and alien ecosystem, as the dust settled and the matter of the organisms decomposed it ended up forming this reservoirs. This theory is sustained by the great amount and diversity of fossils found through all the planet. For that reason The Imperium of Man has declared this world as a point of interest and great asset to claim. It's original human population has inhabited the world since the Dark Ages of Technology, and since its fall, the planet and it's inhabitants remained as a feudal world for most of its existence until the discovery of oil, which promoted an industrial revolution allowing it's inhabitants and technology to progress. In the recent centuries the Imperium took notice of such unadvertised world and the rich goods it harbours and decided to incorporate into it's ever expanding territory, such intervention is yet received by it's locals with diferent levels of acceptance, ranging from those who greatly accept the Imperial Cult, and those revolutionaries who oppose to such occupation, able to make deals with enemies of the Imperium in order to secure it's independence and autonomy.