Scintilla - Hive World

**Game Master** on Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:32 am

+++PLANETARY DATA+++
Galactic Position: 88/23/CS/SW
Type: Hive World
Gravity: 1.41G
Temperature: 22°C
Population: 25 billion
System: Scintilla System
Sector: Calixis Sector
Sub Sector: Golgenna Reach
Segmentum: Segmentum Obscurus
Planetary Governor: Sector Governor Marius Hax
Religion: The Cult of the Redemption
Principle Exports: Scintilla is a major exporter of manufactured goods to the Imperium,s including ship-drive components and weaponry. It is also an important source of manpower, with a large Planetary Defence Force (PDF) and huge underhive populations, both of which make for excellent Imperial Guard recruit sources.
Principle Imports: Scintilla cannot support itself and requires massive imports of food from the Calixis Sector’s many agri-worlds.
Defences: Army of the Scintillan Protectorate (medium/high quality planetary defense force, based at Hive Tarsus).
Countries and Continents: Scintilla has three main continents - a southern polar cap mountainous/volcanic, an equatorial crescent deserts/jungle (Hive Tarsus, Hive Tenebra [extinct]), and a northern temperate landmass (Hive Sibellus, Ambulon, Gunmetal City). Remainder of the planetary surface is covered in ocean (heavily polluted, severely depleted fish stocks).
Climate: Climate is temperate with extensive equatorial deserts.
Contact with Other Worlds: As the sector capital, Scintilla has a great deal of contact with other worlds in the Calixis Sector, as well as worlds in other secotrs and segmentums. Stable Warp routes link Scintilla to Tranch, Settlement 228, Iocanthus, Luggnum, Sephiris Secundus, Malfi, Orbel Quill and Baraspine.

Scintilla is the capital world of the Calixis Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus, and is a thriving Imperial hub that supports the largest planetary population in the sector. It is dominated (some observers say “shared") by two vast hive cities, Hive Sibellus and Hive Tarsus, into which the vast majority of the planet’s groaning population are crammed. Despite the dominance of the two great hives, the “offspring” communities of Ambulon and Gunmetal City contribute significantly to the planet’s economic function.

The very top of the Scintilla's Hive Sibellus

Hive Sibellus drawn by the Sector Governor Marius Hax himself