Belusha

The most famous of the Imperial prison planets, the last destination of many political prisoners. A dismal, cold world.
- Tor Paulos, Empire of Silence

Salvage/scrapping wrecked ships often done in orbit about Belusha by the Martians themselves. They stripped incoming vessels of weapons and more sensitive materials—electronics, fuel containment, and the like—before passing the hulks down to the surface. These were tendered down from a great height, carried by repulsor buoys the size of castles. Time and again, ships were dropped on the plains to smash and shatter. Then the vultures were sent out, crawling and combing over every deck, every inch of hull, every engine port for precious metals, circuit boards, and anything the space crews might have missed.

Primarachate: Unknown

Province: Unknown

Known Prefectures:

Unknown

Locations of Interest:

Alma: prison camp

Downwell: prison camp; home of the planet’s motor pools, used for the repair of crawlers and skiffs.

Farside: prison camp; home of “vulture” crews, the scavenge and salvage crews whose job it was to scour the fields and scrape the wrecks.

Perigree: prison camp; another camp filled with vulture crews for scavenging and reclamation

Snowhead: prison camp; location of the planet’s foundries, the great smelters where the bones of ruined ships are melted down for ingots.

Notable Prisoners:

—LORIAN ARISTEDES