Marzion IX

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Illustration by Charley Hall.
Marzion IX's Crest

A union of unions, siphoning a gas giant one moonful at a time

Galactic Co-ordination System: Spur, MICHEL/SICULUS-1

Marzion IX is the ninth and largest planet overseen by the Marz Union - arguably the Alliance’s most vital industrial organization, and certainly the loudest. MU invests heavily in distant and dangerous planets, drawing the richest and rarest materials from environments that no-one else can handle. IX is their most precarious investment - a gas giant with no solid ground to stand on, save the gas mining rigs the colonists brought with them and the occasional moon for those rigs to cling to. The sense of danger here is all-encompassing, but so is the camaraderie between each and every worker; all divisions dissolve for the sake of the work.

The People of Marzion IX

Naming Conventions

Following planetary naming conventions is optional, but helps mark someone as being a citizen of a planet.

Traditional Marz Union names relate to alloys and elements, especially gasses and minerals, and alterations of those words. These are most commonly used as surnames, but can occasionally be taken as first names also.

The most common name structure is [Profession/Mastery] [given name] [surname/working group] [union], where the working group is your immediate fellows, and the union is the larger group that is a part of, such as an organisation, rig, fleet, or orbital structure. This union name can default to Marzion IX if three is no other more relevant union to name, so they will use one variation from: Nine, M9, MIX, IX, 9.

The Society of Marzion IX

The Planet