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Where to begin with that one, well, roughly over two hundred years from the current date where Cali is from (2288), Earth’s billionaires with their lackeys were rounded up and banished from Earth by the general population in one of the bloodiest revolutions known to man at the time. They were forced to terraform a group of exoplanets called the Orion’s Belt solar system and were the founders of the Exile Colonies. Needless to say, given that billionaires are delusion bastards, they couldn’t terraform planets for their lives and did an absolutely piss poor job on it. They only lasted about a decade there before dying out completely. Because of the already set up structures, somewhat livable conditions (ahahahah that’s BS), and the ability to house, Earth had started using the Exile Colonies as places to banish criminals as a form of death penalty without having to say it. There are seven ‘habitable’ Exile Colonies (Would’ve been ten had the first two had a better survivability rate while Orion 23 killed off the first settled billionaires within the first week via its wildlife). Orion 34 is considered the most livable and better survivability out of the seven with radiation contamination in certain areas of the planet (The wildlife is horrifying to say the least in appearance) and the lethal corrosive fog, normally reserved for white collar criminals.
While yes, the Exile Colonies are considered criminal colonies, there are folks without criminal backgrounds that will lay low from mafias that haven’t been busted yet, often with the clothes on their backs. The magnetic fields over at the Exile Colonies are stronger than you’d expect from Earth, analog devices are commonly used on them given that they’re easier to start back up after entry as opposed to bringing something digital that would absolutely get destroyed by it. With the Earth, after the Billionaires banished from its surface, entered a highly progressive gilded renaissance leading to being able to colonize Venus, Mars, Europa and the moon within its solar system. There has been massive digital advancements with being able to reuse computers after terminating planned obsoletion along with criminalization of generative writing, voice and art AI. With societal art and culture on the rise, it's easy to believe that things are great, however, there is a reason it’s considered a gilded renaissance. While yes, there is an official earnings cap preventing billionaires or trillionaires from ever forming again, there are underground criminal groups that have laundering schemes to prevent ever being found. There is also the ongoing controversy of ‘Should we let people who were born on the Exile Colonies return to Earth?’
Yes, life finds a way to strive and the ones that survive long enough to reproduce have kept most of the Exile Colonies populated (population numbers are normally around 200-150 tops with Orion 34 leading that with 245). There are those who were born on an Exile Planet and managed to reach adulthood, are often wanting to live on Earth after hearing stories about it for most of their lifespan. However, the way things have been set up, if a ship without Earth identification arrives anywhere near the Earth Colonies or even Earth itself, they are normally shot down, no questions even asked. This has been the source of the controversy, should people who have criminal parentage or ancestry be allowed back on Earth? Most sane people would be on board allowing those born on an Exile Planet to resettle on Earth, however as most often is, there are political groups (along with the aforementioned criminal group that haven’t been caught) that view them as burdens on society and are better off being blasted into atoms than letting them back in. This controversy has been going on for a good five decades and there are still major political battles over it, often the opposing faction being illegally funded to prevent the readmission for those born in an Exile Colony.
Epsilon Incorporated: To the general public, Epsilon Incorporated is a trendy company that specializes in cosmetic genetic therapy, a form of permanent cosmetics altering the client’s appearance (say the client really wanted to be a rainbow wolf person, Epsilon Incorporated will do just that). In the shadowy horrible criminal underworld, however, Epsilon Incorporated is the largest distributor of trafficking illegally genetically engineered lifeforms (mainly bounty hunters called ‘Harvesters’) and often funds terrorist organizations. This is where Cali was ‘conceived’ and ‘born’ in as a specialized commission for a terrorist organization wanting a virus spreading bio weapon, the very first of the Pestilence line. You can tell the difference between a genetically engineered life form and a human that underwent Genetic cosmetics are the eyes. All of the organisms created by Epsilon Incorporated have colored pupils (Like Cali’s bright blue eyes with hot pink pupils) to avoid accidentally taking a civilian instead. Another one is all of their organisms are either Ice Age animals (a lot of their DNA are in take from the permafrost preserving the specimens, hence why there are Mammoth men running about) or resurrection animals, animals that were once extinct but were brought back through the miracle of science (like the Dodos and the Thylacines).
Tuppi: A Space colonist and traveler’s best friend! It resembles a Nintendo Gameboy from the 90s to 2000s, a fully analog device that is electric in nature. The memory card is easy to remove and resembles a game cartridge. It’s done like that to keep information safe from the magnetic fields during travel or if the planet itself has too strong of a magnetic field inside of a specially lined case. While Earth Colonies and Earth tend to have the far more advanced Tuppis, Exile Colonies have older models that are often passed on through surviving generations. The Exile Tuppis are often modified to prolong its lifespan, often lasting through decades or even a century.
Harvesters: Harvesters are genetically engineered bounty hunters that were trained in the fine art of tracking, intimidation, interrogation, retrieval, and if the need calls for it, assassination. They are made with augmented features like a hollowed out spine that houses nanobots that follow the orders of its respective Harvester. Outfit wise, they resemble a cyberpunk version of the medieval beekeepers with their masks having sensors on them that help detect heat sources of hiding targets with an added bounce of controlled x-ray vision where it can see past face coverings to ID a person. The bigger Harvesters are normally more intimidating rather than lethal along with being more social due to their hybrid species normally coming from pack or herd animals (like Mammoths or Irish Elk) The more lethal, the more murder happy Harvesters are actually the shorter ones that are descended from solitary animals (Like Giant ground sloths, Thylacine or Short Faced Bears for example) and are often very anti-social.
Culture: Currently for the Earth colonies and Earth itself, there has been a major 80s revival in terms of music, fashion, and aesthetics. Musicals and recreated concerts from famous bands from that time frame are treated like how operas are in our time, a black tie affair and dressed to the nines. You also have 80s revivalist bands that are similar to what bardcore is to us, where they turn a modern song into an 80s version of it. The most popular one for it is the band, ‘The Lords of the MegaMart’. Then you have 80s inspired bands where they create their own original song with the stylings of 80s instruments. The most popular band for that category is ‘The All Divine Holy Megaplex’. With the Exile Colonies, their styles vary greatly, being some of the most individualistic styles you could imagine with whatever materials they can gather or if they get insanely lucky when clothing auctions start up during supply drop offs. Music wise it’s normally what’s been gathered from what was brought with them either from an ancestor, from being recently exiled there, or simply laying low. So you can easily have a mix of very old songs mixed with recent songs to even some incredibly obscure musical pieces like ‘Shockheaded Peter.’ Teeth dying is highly popular as well on the Exile Colonies where they can pick a flavored color tablet, a stencil, and simply chew to achieve the piano teeth look.
Space Travel: Technology has advanced greatly since the billionaires were banished and there were no longer any special interest groups to interfere. They have managed a way to ‘fold’ space and time to shorten the travel time towards other planets through controlled wormholes. Wormhole rings are a common sight out in space from the Earth Colonies to the Exile Colonies, though the Exile portals are guarded to a degree. If someone was fleeing from the Mafia, they would have to time when the breaks were to pass through the wormhole rings for the Exile Colonies. There are three types of vehicles for space travel: Communal, Leisure, and Export. Communal Vehicles are essentially space buses meant for vacationers visiting the Earth Colonies for holidays. Leisures Vehicles are privately owned space crafts that anyone could own like our current time’s cars that can be used to travel the Earth Colonies (or in some cases slip through certain wormhole rings undetected.) Exports Vehicles are massive truck like space crafts that are often used for supply deliveries for the colonies. Earth Colony Exports are normally done by volunteers while the Exile Colony Exports are done by law enforcement. All of these vehicles have two engines, one that functions and the other acting like a back up should the first one stop functioning. All colonies including the Exile Colonies, have rovers they can drive on the planets should the need calls for it. All Rovers look alike except for the Medical Rovers, those are marked with a red cross on the sides of the doors and a bigger back for loading patients or the deceased in. Magnetic fields have been an issue for digital lovers as they mess up things to permanent degrees. So a lot of the time off Earth Colonies will often use analog devices like vinyl records for example.
Exile Colonies: As previously read, the Exile Colonies are highly hostile environments with a higher mortality rate than what you would find in the much nicer Earth Colonies. They are often called ‘The Orions’ due to when they were first found, their alignment at the time had resembled the Orion’s belt constellation. There are forty in total of the planets, but only ten of them were considered Earth-like from outside perspective, the most fought over by the Billionaires of the past was Orion 23 due to the lush and rich jungle (too bad things went Jurassic park on their sorry asses). The surviving seven Exile Colonies are often in communications with one another through HAM radio, often having to share what leftover resources or spare medical staff they have to one another to ensure they pull through till supply drop off day or if an emergency crops up. Supply drop offs are handled by Earth law enforcements and they are by far the most corrupt individuals to be encountered. They will start cutting off supplies to an Exile Colony if the population drops below Fifty and will let the colony die off from either thirst or hunger. They also hold illegal auctions of clothing items like fanny packs to whoever offers the highest price for it.
Orion 23: The one planet that is off limits for exiling inmates to as even the Earth Courts agreed it’d be too cruel and unusual. From first glances, it’d look like a tropical paradise with the lush jungles, rich sapphire blue seas, and clean breathing air. The Billionaires that had attempted to settle there had thought it a paradise after being banished from Earth, that was until the wild life showed up. Orion 23 is a relatively young planet compared to Earth at the time and was going through something very much like Earth’s Mesozoic era. In short, the original Billionaire settlers were hunted down as prey items for Birds the size of dire wolves or the horrifying mobile predatory plants that blended into the scenery all too well. It’s considered off limits to everyone due to just how gruesome the deaths were, though it doesn’t stop the occasional poacher or treasure hunters from entering it for the rare metal deposits there as well as some miracle plants that sell highly on the black markets.
Orion 15: On the verge of collapse due to getting close to the dread population number of fifty. It is an arctic exoplanet that snows metal from its massive volcano, the metal snow being able to lacerate anyone unfortunate enough to be outside during it. Homes are thick concrete looking blocks that are connected with one another in a circular style. Clothing wise, their outfits are bright colored like the Orion 34 colony, but puffier and thicker to protect their skin from the metal snow. They’re currently speaking with the Exile Colony of Orion 34 for possible resettlement of children should the worst come to happen.
Orion 29: Also known as the second floating colony. Instead of the air like it is on Venus, Orion 29’s colony is floating on a mercury ocean. The planet itself is entirely mercury and the gasses are lethal if you are not wearing protective gear like a gas mask. Clothing is all black to insulate heat due to the mercury sea reflecting off the local solar system’s sun and chilling the planet a bit. Common causes of death have been gradual mercury poisoning and has the highest child mortality rates in comparison to the other exile planets.
Orion 40: Oh boy, if you’re the person that loves volcanoes, especially blue lava volcanoes, then Orion 40 is the Exile Colony for you! It has its own body of water with scattered islands. The bad thing is the sand is insanely fine and can be breathed in, causing damage to respiratory tracks comparable to breathing in mustard gas. Respiratory masks are often worn when outside of the safety of the colony base. Leading causes of deaths on this colony is inhalation of either the sand or intense methane gases from the volcanic eruptions. On Orion 40, it is the second highest for children reaching adulthood by ten living to see graduation from high school.
Orion 34: Considered to be the better Exile Colony to live on with slightly higher survival rates for children seeing adulthood (Currently there are only fifty children at the moment, the numbers are likely to dwindle as time goes on). It is a very dark planet due to the thick cloud coverage from the malfunction of the first attempt at a Nuclear power plant and it sent up fallout into the atmosphere. This is also the reason why there are some pockets of highly concentrated radiation that are avoided as much as possible. This is also the source of the stronger mutations in local wildlife that are highly grotesque to gaze upon. The housing, schools, and medical buildings are iron cladded hideous things that were designed to protect inhabitants from the highly lethal corrosive fogs that happen regularly. Normally they’re the typical white fog when they come through, but will gradually turn pink after consuming living organisms that didn’t reach shelter on time or were already dead from the start. Yes, they use corrosive fogs as a body disposal method as cremations are too much of a hazard and the ground is too hard to dig into. The surface is highly reflective and has a habit of creating Fata Morgana like mirages if the conditions are just right. Because of how dark the planet is, clothing is typically super bright and easier to spot in the landscape should someone ends up lost out there or dies out in the wild. Ironically and after many hard fights to authorize having medical textbooks along with equipment, Orion 34 is considered one of the best medical systems of the Exile Colonies being very much like Earth’s medical system for the past ninety years.
Orion 5: This colony died out fifty years ago after its massive supercell twister went through the colony base, either parishing from impact or explosive decompression. Orion 5 is comparable to Jupiter where it has a massive tornado on the surface that is permanently there. It has no oxygen and very limited resources. Originally it was a domed colony before the tornado struck it.
Orion 13: is considered to be the twin sister exoplanet for Orion 34 both in size and similar environment minus the horrific radioactive sites with horrible mutant critters. Oh no, instead it has killer worms the size of greyhound buses that hunt in packs. The hides of the worms are comparable to the hardness of diamonds (If not being able to shatter said diamonds). Ironically, the common cause of death there is not by getting eaten by the worms, rather, it’s the sinkholes that come shortly after.
Orion 27: Who likes bismuth? You do? Well Orion 27 is pretty much just that, it’s an exoplanet that is made entirely out of bismuth. The colony does in fact live inside of the bismuth after tunneling in there much like Coober Pedy in Australia. Bad news though, if you dig too deep like the billionaires did, you could end up landing in highly corrosive acids. Common causes of death are the acid pools beneath and the toxic fumes, oh toxic fumes do we not enjoy you too well. Clothing there is white in color to stand out against the bismuth better to make locating a person far easier.
Orion 8: What can we say about Orion 8, it’s literally a dump exoplanet. It originally was much like earth up until the billionaires arrived on its surface. They made a very quick mess of things with toxic seas and landfill hills all over the surface. It’s actually a wonder how they managed to do so in such a short time. This Exile Colony is often reserved for convicted serial killers, being made to clean up the waste sites on the planet so it could potentially become an Earth Colony for the law enforcement. Common causes of death are disease, toxic exposure, unsanitary conditions, and exhaustion. They are the only Exile Colony that have the prison orange jumpsuits and are often repopulated by convicted murderers.
Orion 1: Was starved after the colony hit below the population of fifty mark. This is the desert planet of highly toxic cacti, when rain fall happens, it often turns into massive floods. Originally it was at the ‘healthy’ population of one hundred and fifty before the freak surprise flood happened, wiping out a good chunk of the colony with others to follow afterwards.
Earth Colonies: Earth and her Colonies are considered one of the best living conditions where the majority lives to see old age and children most often live to see adulthood. There are absolutely no horrific deaths awaiting them in their environment (well except if they pissed off the wrong hidden mafia boss, then that’s a horse of a different color). Food and water are clean as well as safe to eat due to being close together unlike the Exile Colonies. Earth is the prime center of digital advancements along with the most ideal living environment after things were cleaned up after the violent revolution. There is both a monetary cap off to prevent billionaires or trillionaires from ever becoming a thing once again along with an age cap to prevent aging politicians from ever getting back into office (the mandatory retirement age is Sixty in this setting). The Geneva War Crimes list was updated to include environmental war crimes such as the banning of golf courses in areas that cannot support the sport along with the decades long sunflower cycling done to remove the toxins from the soil.
Lunar Colony: It’s considered the mother of the other Earth Colonies being the first created and the model many went by after. It is a domed colony with strengthened iron cladded surfaces to prevent severe damages from meteor strikes that happen every now and then. Insides have a computer generated scenery of Earth’s skyline that changes from country to country. The Lunar Colony is famous for its collection of lunar rocks with traces of microscopic dinosaur bone fragments. There’s a massive museum located in the Shoemaker district just for it along with having super cute moon themed dinosaur mascots.
Mars Colony: The second colony made by Earth and considered to be the second highest in advanced technology as well as the strong cultural center. Just like the Lunar Colony, the Mars Colony is a domed city, but with visuals to the outsides of Mars. There is a booming industry for touring the surfaces of Mars for vacationers wanting to see the environment itself. The capital in the colony is Sagan where they have a statue of Carl Sagan in the center of town with the title of ‘Space Pope’ and is also the HQ for Epsilon Incorporated.
Venus Colony: Venus is a weird one, because the surface of the planet is too extreme for any human life to survive on, Venus’s colony is in the livable atmosphere in a floating colony. It’s comparable to the system used for Venice’s layout where you can travel from the different Venus Colonies by a specialized aircraft. This one is considered to be the romantic getaway destination for Earth.
Europa Colony: Europa is the youngest of the Earth Colonies and is mainly for Scientists studying lifeforms inside of it. Not a lot is known about the Europa Colony other than being given the Area 51 treatment. Humans is always going to human when it comes to creating urban legends.
While yes, the Exile Colonies are considered criminal colonies, there are folks without criminal backgrounds that will lay low from mafias that haven’t been busted yet, often with the clothes on their backs. The magnetic fields over at the Exile Colonies are stronger than you’d expect from Earth, analog devices are commonly used on them given that they’re easier to start back up after entry as opposed to bringing something digital that would absolutely get destroyed by it. With the Earth, after the Billionaires banished from its surface, entered a highly progressive gilded renaissance leading to being able to colonize Venus, Mars, Europa and the moon within its solar system. There has been massive digital advancements with being able to reuse computers after terminating planned obsoletion along with criminalization of generative writing, voice and art AI. With societal art and culture on the rise, it's easy to believe that things are great, however, there is a reason it’s considered a gilded renaissance. While yes, there is an official earnings cap preventing billionaires or trillionaires from ever forming again, there are underground criminal groups that have laundering schemes to prevent ever being found. There is also the ongoing controversy of ‘Should we let people who were born on the Exile Colonies return to Earth?’
Yes, life finds a way to strive and the ones that survive long enough to reproduce have kept most of the Exile Colonies populated (population numbers are normally around 200-150 tops with Orion 34 leading that with 245). There are those who were born on an Exile Planet and managed to reach adulthood, are often wanting to live on Earth after hearing stories about it for most of their lifespan. However, the way things have been set up, if a ship without Earth identification arrives anywhere near the Earth Colonies or even Earth itself, they are normally shot down, no questions even asked. This has been the source of the controversy, should people who have criminal parentage or ancestry be allowed back on Earth? Most sane people would be on board allowing those born on an Exile Planet to resettle on Earth, however as most often is, there are political groups (along with the aforementioned criminal group that haven’t been caught) that view them as burdens on society and are better off being blasted into atoms than letting them back in. This controversy has been going on for a good five decades and there are still major political battles over it, often the opposing faction being illegally funded to prevent the readmission for those born in an Exile Colony.
Epsilon Incorporated: To the general public, Epsilon Incorporated is a trendy company that specializes in cosmetic genetic therapy, a form of permanent cosmetics altering the client’s appearance (say the client really wanted to be a rainbow wolf person, Epsilon Incorporated will do just that). In the shadowy horrible criminal underworld, however, Epsilon Incorporated is the largest distributor of trafficking illegally genetically engineered lifeforms (mainly bounty hunters called ‘Harvesters’) and often funds terrorist organizations. This is where Cali was ‘conceived’ and ‘born’ in as a specialized commission for a terrorist organization wanting a virus spreading bio weapon, the very first of the Pestilence line. You can tell the difference between a genetically engineered life form and a human that underwent Genetic cosmetics are the eyes. All of the organisms created by Epsilon Incorporated have colored pupils (Like Cali’s bright blue eyes with hot pink pupils) to avoid accidentally taking a civilian instead. Another one is all of their organisms are either Ice Age animals (a lot of their DNA are in take from the permafrost preserving the specimens, hence why there are Mammoth men running about) or resurrection animals, animals that were once extinct but were brought back through the miracle of science (like the Dodos and the Thylacines).
Tuppi: A Space colonist and traveler’s best friend! It resembles a Nintendo Gameboy from the 90s to 2000s, a fully analog device that is electric in nature. The memory card is easy to remove and resembles a game cartridge. It’s done like that to keep information safe from the magnetic fields during travel or if the planet itself has too strong of a magnetic field inside of a specially lined case. While Earth Colonies and Earth tend to have the far more advanced Tuppis, Exile Colonies have older models that are often passed on through surviving generations. The Exile Tuppis are often modified to prolong its lifespan, often lasting through decades or even a century.
Harvesters: Harvesters are genetically engineered bounty hunters that were trained in the fine art of tracking, intimidation, interrogation, retrieval, and if the need calls for it, assassination. They are made with augmented features like a hollowed out spine that houses nanobots that follow the orders of its respective Harvester. Outfit wise, they resemble a cyberpunk version of the medieval beekeepers with their masks having sensors on them that help detect heat sources of hiding targets with an added bounce of controlled x-ray vision where it can see past face coverings to ID a person. The bigger Harvesters are normally more intimidating rather than lethal along with being more social due to their hybrid species normally coming from pack or herd animals (like Mammoths or Irish Elk) The more lethal, the more murder happy Harvesters are actually the shorter ones that are descended from solitary animals (Like Giant ground sloths, Thylacine or Short Faced Bears for example) and are often very anti-social.
Culture: Currently for the Earth colonies and Earth itself, there has been a major 80s revival in terms of music, fashion, and aesthetics. Musicals and recreated concerts from famous bands from that time frame are treated like how operas are in our time, a black tie affair and dressed to the nines. You also have 80s revivalist bands that are similar to what bardcore is to us, where they turn a modern song into an 80s version of it. The most popular one for it is the band, ‘The Lords of the MegaMart’. Then you have 80s inspired bands where they create their own original song with the stylings of 80s instruments. The most popular band for that category is ‘The All Divine Holy Megaplex’. With the Exile Colonies, their styles vary greatly, being some of the most individualistic styles you could imagine with whatever materials they can gather or if they get insanely lucky when clothing auctions start up during supply drop offs. Music wise it’s normally what’s been gathered from what was brought with them either from an ancestor, from being recently exiled there, or simply laying low. So you can easily have a mix of very old songs mixed with recent songs to even some incredibly obscure musical pieces like ‘Shockheaded Peter.’ Teeth dying is highly popular as well on the Exile Colonies where they can pick a flavored color tablet, a stencil, and simply chew to achieve the piano teeth look.
Space Travel: Technology has advanced greatly since the billionaires were banished and there were no longer any special interest groups to interfere. They have managed a way to ‘fold’ space and time to shorten the travel time towards other planets through controlled wormholes. Wormhole rings are a common sight out in space from the Earth Colonies to the Exile Colonies, though the Exile portals are guarded to a degree. If someone was fleeing from the Mafia, they would have to time when the breaks were to pass through the wormhole rings for the Exile Colonies. There are three types of vehicles for space travel: Communal, Leisure, and Export. Communal Vehicles are essentially space buses meant for vacationers visiting the Earth Colonies for holidays. Leisures Vehicles are privately owned space crafts that anyone could own like our current time’s cars that can be used to travel the Earth Colonies (or in some cases slip through certain wormhole rings undetected.) Exports Vehicles are massive truck like space crafts that are often used for supply deliveries for the colonies. Earth Colony Exports are normally done by volunteers while the Exile Colony Exports are done by law enforcement. All of these vehicles have two engines, one that functions and the other acting like a back up should the first one stop functioning. All colonies including the Exile Colonies, have rovers they can drive on the planets should the need calls for it. All Rovers look alike except for the Medical Rovers, those are marked with a red cross on the sides of the doors and a bigger back for loading patients or the deceased in. Magnetic fields have been an issue for digital lovers as they mess up things to permanent degrees. So a lot of the time off Earth Colonies will often use analog devices like vinyl records for example.
Exile Colonies: As previously read, the Exile Colonies are highly hostile environments with a higher mortality rate than what you would find in the much nicer Earth Colonies. They are often called ‘The Orions’ due to when they were first found, their alignment at the time had resembled the Orion’s belt constellation. There are forty in total of the planets, but only ten of them were considered Earth-like from outside perspective, the most fought over by the Billionaires of the past was Orion 23 due to the lush and rich jungle (too bad things went Jurassic park on their sorry asses). The surviving seven Exile Colonies are often in communications with one another through HAM radio, often having to share what leftover resources or spare medical staff they have to one another to ensure they pull through till supply drop off day or if an emergency crops up. Supply drop offs are handled by Earth law enforcements and they are by far the most corrupt individuals to be encountered. They will start cutting off supplies to an Exile Colony if the population drops below Fifty and will let the colony die off from either thirst or hunger. They also hold illegal auctions of clothing items like fanny packs to whoever offers the highest price for it.
Orion 23: The one planet that is off limits for exiling inmates to as even the Earth Courts agreed it’d be too cruel and unusual. From first glances, it’d look like a tropical paradise with the lush jungles, rich sapphire blue seas, and clean breathing air. The Billionaires that had attempted to settle there had thought it a paradise after being banished from Earth, that was until the wild life showed up. Orion 23 is a relatively young planet compared to Earth at the time and was going through something very much like Earth’s Mesozoic era. In short, the original Billionaire settlers were hunted down as prey items for Birds the size of dire wolves or the horrifying mobile predatory plants that blended into the scenery all too well. It’s considered off limits to everyone due to just how gruesome the deaths were, though it doesn’t stop the occasional poacher or treasure hunters from entering it for the rare metal deposits there as well as some miracle plants that sell highly on the black markets.
Orion 15: On the verge of collapse due to getting close to the dread population number of fifty. It is an arctic exoplanet that snows metal from its massive volcano, the metal snow being able to lacerate anyone unfortunate enough to be outside during it. Homes are thick concrete looking blocks that are connected with one another in a circular style. Clothing wise, their outfits are bright colored like the Orion 34 colony, but puffier and thicker to protect their skin from the metal snow. They’re currently speaking with the Exile Colony of Orion 34 for possible resettlement of children should the worst come to happen.
Orion 29: Also known as the second floating colony. Instead of the air like it is on Venus, Orion 29’s colony is floating on a mercury ocean. The planet itself is entirely mercury and the gasses are lethal if you are not wearing protective gear like a gas mask. Clothing is all black to insulate heat due to the mercury sea reflecting off the local solar system’s sun and chilling the planet a bit. Common causes of death have been gradual mercury poisoning and has the highest child mortality rates in comparison to the other exile planets.
Orion 40: Oh boy, if you’re the person that loves volcanoes, especially blue lava volcanoes, then Orion 40 is the Exile Colony for you! It has its own body of water with scattered islands. The bad thing is the sand is insanely fine and can be breathed in, causing damage to respiratory tracks comparable to breathing in mustard gas. Respiratory masks are often worn when outside of the safety of the colony base. Leading causes of deaths on this colony is inhalation of either the sand or intense methane gases from the volcanic eruptions. On Orion 40, it is the second highest for children reaching adulthood by ten living to see graduation from high school.
Orion 34: Considered to be the better Exile Colony to live on with slightly higher survival rates for children seeing adulthood (Currently there are only fifty children at the moment, the numbers are likely to dwindle as time goes on). It is a very dark planet due to the thick cloud coverage from the malfunction of the first attempt at a Nuclear power plant and it sent up fallout into the atmosphere. This is also the reason why there are some pockets of highly concentrated radiation that are avoided as much as possible. This is also the source of the stronger mutations in local wildlife that are highly grotesque to gaze upon. The housing, schools, and medical buildings are iron cladded hideous things that were designed to protect inhabitants from the highly lethal corrosive fogs that happen regularly. Normally they’re the typical white fog when they come through, but will gradually turn pink after consuming living organisms that didn’t reach shelter on time or were already dead from the start. Yes, they use corrosive fogs as a body disposal method as cremations are too much of a hazard and the ground is too hard to dig into. The surface is highly reflective and has a habit of creating Fata Morgana like mirages if the conditions are just right. Because of how dark the planet is, clothing is typically super bright and easier to spot in the landscape should someone ends up lost out there or dies out in the wild. Ironically and after many hard fights to authorize having medical textbooks along with equipment, Orion 34 is considered one of the best medical systems of the Exile Colonies being very much like Earth’s medical system for the past ninety years.
Orion 5: This colony died out fifty years ago after its massive supercell twister went through the colony base, either parishing from impact or explosive decompression. Orion 5 is comparable to Jupiter where it has a massive tornado on the surface that is permanently there. It has no oxygen and very limited resources. Originally it was a domed colony before the tornado struck it.
Orion 13: is considered to be the twin sister exoplanet for Orion 34 both in size and similar environment minus the horrific radioactive sites with horrible mutant critters. Oh no, instead it has killer worms the size of greyhound buses that hunt in packs. The hides of the worms are comparable to the hardness of diamonds (If not being able to shatter said diamonds). Ironically, the common cause of death there is not by getting eaten by the worms, rather, it’s the sinkholes that come shortly after.
Orion 27: Who likes bismuth? You do? Well Orion 27 is pretty much just that, it’s an exoplanet that is made entirely out of bismuth. The colony does in fact live inside of the bismuth after tunneling in there much like Coober Pedy in Australia. Bad news though, if you dig too deep like the billionaires did, you could end up landing in highly corrosive acids. Common causes of death are the acid pools beneath and the toxic fumes, oh toxic fumes do we not enjoy you too well. Clothing there is white in color to stand out against the bismuth better to make locating a person far easier.
Orion 8: What can we say about Orion 8, it’s literally a dump exoplanet. It originally was much like earth up until the billionaires arrived on its surface. They made a very quick mess of things with toxic seas and landfill hills all over the surface. It’s actually a wonder how they managed to do so in such a short time. This Exile Colony is often reserved for convicted serial killers, being made to clean up the waste sites on the planet so it could potentially become an Earth Colony for the law enforcement. Common causes of death are disease, toxic exposure, unsanitary conditions, and exhaustion. They are the only Exile Colony that have the prison orange jumpsuits and are often repopulated by convicted murderers.
Orion 1: Was starved after the colony hit below the population of fifty mark. This is the desert planet of highly toxic cacti, when rain fall happens, it often turns into massive floods. Originally it was at the ‘healthy’ population of one hundred and fifty before the freak surprise flood happened, wiping out a good chunk of the colony with others to follow afterwards.
Earth Colonies: Earth and her Colonies are considered one of the best living conditions where the majority lives to see old age and children most often live to see adulthood. There are absolutely no horrific deaths awaiting them in their environment (well except if they pissed off the wrong hidden mafia boss, then that’s a horse of a different color). Food and water are clean as well as safe to eat due to being close together unlike the Exile Colonies. Earth is the prime center of digital advancements along with the most ideal living environment after things were cleaned up after the violent revolution. There is both a monetary cap off to prevent billionaires or trillionaires from ever becoming a thing once again along with an age cap to prevent aging politicians from ever getting back into office (the mandatory retirement age is Sixty in this setting). The Geneva War Crimes list was updated to include environmental war crimes such as the banning of golf courses in areas that cannot support the sport along with the decades long sunflower cycling done to remove the toxins from the soil.
Lunar Colony: It’s considered the mother of the other Earth Colonies being the first created and the model many went by after. It is a domed colony with strengthened iron cladded surfaces to prevent severe damages from meteor strikes that happen every now and then. Insides have a computer generated scenery of Earth’s skyline that changes from country to country. The Lunar Colony is famous for its collection of lunar rocks with traces of microscopic dinosaur bone fragments. There’s a massive museum located in the Shoemaker district just for it along with having super cute moon themed dinosaur mascots.
Mars Colony: The second colony made by Earth and considered to be the second highest in advanced technology as well as the strong cultural center. Just like the Lunar Colony, the Mars Colony is a domed city, but with visuals to the outsides of Mars. There is a booming industry for touring the surfaces of Mars for vacationers wanting to see the environment itself. The capital in the colony is Sagan where they have a statue of Carl Sagan in the center of town with the title of ‘Space Pope’ and is also the HQ for Epsilon Incorporated.
Venus Colony: Venus is a weird one, because the surface of the planet is too extreme for any human life to survive on, Venus’s colony is in the livable atmosphere in a floating colony. It’s comparable to the system used for Venice’s layout where you can travel from the different Venus Colonies by a specialized aircraft. This one is considered to be the romantic getaway destination for Earth.
Europa Colony: Europa is the youngest of the Earth Colonies and is mainly for Scientists studying lifeforms inside of it. Not a lot is known about the Europa Colony other than being given the Area 51 treatment. Humans is always going to human when it comes to creating urban legends.
