St. Albans

An icy world, it is one of the coldest in the 'verse. It consists almost entirely of mountains and it snows almost continually. The entire terrain is covered in ice floes and drifts, even during high summer, and it is extraordinarily hazardous to travel.

The people here, of a necessity, or extremely hardy. The principal work is mining the rich mineral deposits deep inside the mountains. The Consortium has declared the effort of taking the ore as considerably less that cost-efficient. Thus, independent groups work together in their claims and prospect what they can. Each community is isolated and self-sufficient and as a result, they've built strong ties amongst themselves. If you offend one, you offend them all. Fortunately, the reverse is true; if you make a friend of one, you've made a friend of all. This is Tracey’s home planet, and it islocated about 2 days from the Space Bazaar Sky Plex. A federal station is located nearby.

IMC: The orbit of St. Albans is such that every five years it moves a bit closer to the sun. Not much, but enough to cause major temperature changes resulting in flash flooding and massive ice movement and avalanches.