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	\|systemoverlord= Lady Subsector Astrid Oskoldr		\|systemoverlord= Lady Subsector Astrid Oskoldr
	\|planets= 10, 1 inhabitable, 1 undergoing terraforming		\|planets= 10, 1 inhabitable, 1 undergoing terraforming

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1d4chan>Someone else. at 18:02, 15 September 2021

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	In reality, Oolan and Copperlain are in denial over the root of the problem. The fact is that Hapster’s culture and economy are intricate, nuanced, and fragile, despite or because of their age and power. The brutality and arbitrary judgments of the Arbites simply do not mesh well with Hapster’s complex lifestyles, climate, and culture. Unfortunately, despite the answer being so clear, Copperlain will almost certainly never see it. Copperlain, and most of her predecessors, sees the pressing need for the Arbites on Hapster as being the same as constant need for activity on Hapster, and behaves accordingly. Hapster does have a history of small-scale brush wars, Tithe tardiness, and occasional misbehavior by the Subsector Overlord and their family.		In reality, Oolan and Copperlain are in denial over the root of the problem. The fact is that Hapster’s culture and economy are intricate, nuanced, and fragile, despite or because of their age and power. The brutality and arbitrary judgments of the Arbites simply do not mesh well with Hapster’s complex lifestyles, climate, and culture. Unfortunately, despite the answer being so clear, Copperlain will almost certainly never see it. Copperlain, and most of her predecessors, sees the pressing need for the Arbites on Hapster as being the same as constant need for activity on Hapster, and behaves accordingly. Hapster does have a history of small-scale brush wars, Tithe tardiness, and occasional misbehavior by the Subsector Overlord and their family.

	Hapster’s culture orbits around a complex hierarchy of families, work, art, and piety, and the blanket approach of the Arbites to problem-solving produces great resentment among the people. Hapster Bronze Legions rarely experience these problems thanks to the grim reality and pragmatism of war, and so the image of their culture rarely travels off world. Arbites are expected to be as distant and unconcerned by the locales in which they ply the law as possible, to prevent playing favorites, or the worse crime of vigilantism. However, even if the Arbites were to finally learn of the true source of their common acrimony with the local population, little would change. The Lex ~~Imperia~~ is unflinching, and so are its wardens. If the Hapsterites have a culture that doesn’t mesh well with the Imperial Book of Judgment, then the fault lies with the Hapsterites, not the Book, after all.		Hapster’s culture orbits around a complex hierarchy of families, work, art, and piety, and the blanket approach of the Arbites to problem-solving produces great resentment among the people. Hapster Bronze Legions rarely experience these problems thanks to the grim reality and pragmatism of war, and so the image of their culture rarely travels off world. Arbites are expected to be as distant and unconcerned by the locales in which they ply the law as possible, to prevent playing favorites, or the worse crime of vigilantism. However, even if the Arbites were to finally learn of the true source of their common acrimony with the local population, little would change. The Lex Imperialis is unflinching, and so are its wardens. If the Hapsterites have a culture that doesn’t mesh well with the Imperial Book of Judgment, then the fault lies with the Hapsterites, not the Book, after all.

	Hapster’s unique social structure has allowed it to develop its own culture, distinct from both the Naxos and Cloudburst norm. The planet has rigid castes and no social movement to speak of, but because they are only peripherally tied to family and not at all to locale, racial or political lines do not fracture the populace. Instead, its residents compete vigorously in athletics, or more specifically, turn out by the hundreds of thousands to watch athletes picked by lottery compete in tournaments for their entertainment. Archery is the classic field, but scrumball and hockey are almost as popular. Fans of specific teams may drive for ten hours to watch the team drawn from their caste compete with the same caste from another city, or watch players from noble families clash in their state-of-the-art arenas. The worst sports riots in Cloudburst history have all happened on Hapster, sometimes with a violence and spread that would leave an Ork impressed.		Hapster’s unique social structure has allowed it to develop its own culture, distinct from both the Naxos and Cloudburst norm. The planet has rigid castes and no social movement to speak of, but because they are only peripherally tied to family and not at all to locale, racial or political lines do not fracture the populace. Instead, its residents compete vigorously in athletics, or more specifically, turn out by the hundreds of thousands to watch athletes picked by lottery compete in tournaments for their entertainment. Archery is the classic field, but scrumball and hockey are almost as popular. Fans of specific teams may drive for ten hours to watch the team drawn from their caste compete with the same caste from another city, or watch players from noble families clash in their state-of-the-art arenas. The worst sports riots in Cloudburst history have all happened on Hapster, sometimes with a violence and spread that would leave an Ork impressed.

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	Another quirk of Hapster’s ancient military traditions is their love of long-range artillery. Although they make use of more or less any artillery they can get, Hapster regiments adore the super long ranges of Mechanicus siege guns. A Bronze Legion with a Leviathan or Deathstrike is a happy Legion.		Another quirk of Hapster’s ancient military traditions is their love of long-range artillery. Although they make use of more or less any artillery they can get, Hapster regiments adore the super long ranges of Mechanicus siege guns. A Bronze Legion with a Leviathan or Deathstrike is a happy Legion.

	Of course, those are rare and expensive, and so shell artillery rules the day in the Bronze Legion. The Earthshaker and Basilisk are timeless classics, but the Legion finds the limited range of the Basilisk irritating at times, and prefer the Hapster local product, the AM52 Projector cannon. The cannon comes in 165mm and 210mm variants. Although twice as costly as the Earthshaker and unable to mount on a mobile chassis smaller than a Stormblade, the Projector uses a rocket motor-assisted projectile to strike targets up to forty kilometers away with the 165, and seventy five-kilometers away with the 210mm cannon. There is a third variant used for airburst anti-infantry duty and smoke dispersal, but its unconventional barrel caliber of 181mm allows it to be used for nothing else and renders its parts incompatible. The Projector can carry a Hunter-Killer missile, but only supports a six millimeter machine gun for close-in defense.		Of course, those are rare and expensive, and so shell artillery rules the day in the Bronze Legion. The Earthshaker and Basilisk are timeless classics, but the Legion finds the limited range of the Basilisk irritating at times, and prefer the Hapster local product, the AM52 Projector cannon. The cannon comes in 165mm and 210mm variants. Although twice as costly as the Earthshaker and unable to mount on a mobile chassis smaller than a Stormblade, the Projector uses a rocket motor-assisted projectile to strike targets up to forty kilometers away with the 165, and seventy five-kilometers away with the 210mm cannon. There is a third variant used for airburst anti-infantry duty and smoke dispersal, but its unconventional barrel caliber of 181mm allows it to be used for nothing else and renders its parts incompatible. The Projector can carry a Hunter-Killer missile, but only supports a six-millimeter machine gun for close-in defense.

	However, there are problems with the gun that prevent it from travelling to other worlds. Hapster does not have Terran-standard gravity, and the targeting computer of the gun is primitive compared to the cogitators of STC cannons. Whenever the gun ships offworld to a battlefield with different gravity levels, the weapon has to have extensive recalibrations and retargeting that wastes time and ammunition. The Mechanicus could easily fix that, but they find it vaguely offensive that the Hapsterites would so eagerly deploy a non-hallowed weapon.		However, there are problems with the gun that prevent it from travelling to other worlds. Hapster does not have Terran-standard gravity, and the targeting computer of the gun is primitive compared to the cogitators of STC cannons. Whenever the gun ships offworld to a battlefield with different gravity levels, the weapon has to have extensive recalibrations and retargeting that wastes time and ammunition. The Mechanicus could easily fix that, but they find it vaguely offensive that the Hapsterites would so eagerly deploy a non-hallowed weapon.

	Hapster infantry prefer the use of autoguns to lasweapons, though they issue both when given them by the Mechanicus. The default Hapster infantry rifle is the Cognomen Razor, which was originally derived from the few surviving examples of Mars’s own Age of Strife-era hunting weapons. The Razor complements the Hapster infantry tactical mindset well. The typical Hapster infantry unit deploys in units of seven and platoons of fifty six plus an officer, and can thus spread through a battlefield of uneven terrain without worrying about formations breaking up. Hapster rifle teams often add light and medium machine guns to their units on a company basis, and make common use of combi-grenade attachments to augment their firepower. This is not to say that all Hapster infantry eschew energy weapons. Hapster Stormtrooper and Scion units use them exclusively, for their greater accuracy and stopping power, and some Bronze Legionnaires prefer them for their lightness and ease of reload.		Hapster infantry prefer the use of autoguns to lasweapons, though they issue both when given them by the Mechanicus. The default Hapster infantry rifle is the Cognomen Razor, which was originally derived from the few surviving examples of Mars’s own Age of Strife-era hunting weapons. The Razor complements the Hapster infantry tactical mindset well. The typical Hapster infantry unit deploys in units of seven and platoons of fifty-six plus an officer, and can thus spread through a battlefield of uneven terrain without worrying about formations breaking up. Hapster rifle teams often add light and medium machine guns to their units on a company basis, and make common use of combi-grenade attachments to augment their firepower. This is not to say that all Hapster infantry eschew energy weapons. Hapster Stormtrooper and Scion units use them exclusively, for their greater accuracy and stopping power, and some Bronze Legionnaires prefer them for their lightness and ease of reload.

	The vehicle fleets of Hapster regiments tend towards artillery and heavy transports, usually those with integrated turrets like the Chimaera and Gorgon. While these units do tend to have large profiles and can be mistaken for tanks at a distance, the extra firepower helps to make up for the relative paucity of tanks in Hapster formations. The tanks they do have tend to be larger models, mostly Malcadors, both because of their age and because the delicate Hapster environment doesn’t allow for much room to train with large fleets of smaller vehicles, but can support small fleets of individually big vehicles. Hapster regiments stationed on other worlds with more robust vehicle manufacturing sometimes acquire Leman Russ and Salamander vehicles, which they eagerly add to their fleets.		The vehicle fleets of Hapster regiments tend towards artillery and heavy transports, usually those with integrated turrets like the Chimaera and Gorgon. While these units do tend to have large profiles and can be mistaken for tanks at a distance, the extra firepower helps to make up for the relative paucity of tanks in Hapster formations. The tanks they do have tend to be larger models, mostly Malcadors, both because of their age and because the delicate Hapster environment doesn’t allow for much room to train with large fleets of smaller vehicles, but can support small fleets of individually big vehicles. Hapster regiments stationed on other worlds with more robust vehicle manufacturing sometimes acquire Leman Russ and Salamander vehicles, which they eagerly add to their fleets.

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	==System Description==		==System Description==
	Hapster’s ancient wealth and stability render it a valuable hub of local trade and military staging. Although the lack of long-term ~~habilitability~~ of much of Hapster’s surface makes local expansion unlikely, the Imperial armed forces still draw heavily from its population. Sometimes, the local caste system renders this difficult.		Hapster’s ancient wealth and stability render it a valuable hub of local trade and military staging. Although the lack of long-term habitability of much of Hapster’s surface makes local expansion unlikely, the Imperial armed forces still draw heavily from its population. Sometimes, the local caste system renders this difficult.

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	A few millennia of peaceful inhabitation by Terran Federation citizens didn’t damage the world overmuch, but during its time of Old Night, Hapster went through rapid-fire cataclysms that destroyed whole ecosystems and depopulated the cities. First came the robots, then the onslaught of psykers, then a massive civil war that left the world vulnerable to alien enslavers. By the time the Emperor’s Legions – the 18th, specifically – finally found the world, its population was begging to integrate into a stable, safe government once more. A savage battle erupted between the Dragon Warriors and the unnamed aliens that had occupied Hapster. By the time the battle was over, five cities lay in ruins, beyond the ones that had already been unpeopled by the occupiers, but the aliens had been driven off, never to return.		A few millennia of peaceful inhabitation by Terran Federation citizens didn’t damage the world overmuch, but during its time of Old Night, Hapster went through rapid-fire cataclysms that destroyed whole ecosystems and depopulated the cities. First came the robots, then the onslaught of psykers, then a massive civil war that left the world vulnerable to alien enslavers. By the time the Emperor’s Legions – the 18th, specifically – finally found the world, its population was begging to integrate into a stable, safe government once more. A savage battle erupted between the Dragon Warriors and the unnamed aliens that had occupied Hapster. By the time the battle was over, five cities lay in ruins, beyond the ones that had already been unpeopled by the occupiers, but the aliens had been driven off, never to return.

	Joining the Imperium was an afterthought for the ~~Hapsterians~~ after that. The world sided resolutely with the Imperium during the Heresy and Scouring, but contributed little to the war effort thanks to its crippled and rebuilding infrastructure. By the time that Hapster was up to a mere shade of its former power, the Heresy and Scouring were over, and the Reconstruction had begun. Hapster became the capital world of its own Subsector of nearby Agri-worlds and outposts, and the leaders of the planet’s Administratum knew they could hope for little more. There was no way past the radioactive clouds of gas that separated the Naxos Sector from the Oldlight Proximate Circuit.		Joining the Imperium was an afterthought for the Hapsterites after that. The world sided resolutely with the Imperium during the Heresy and Scouring, but contributed little to the war effort thanks to its crippled and rebuilding infrastructure. By the time that Hapster was up to a mere shade of its former power, the Heresy and Scouring were over, and the Reconstruction had begun. Hapster became the capital world of its own Subsector of nearby Agri-worlds and outposts, and the leaders of the planet’s Administratum knew they could hope for little more. There was no way past the radioactive clouds of gas that separated the Naxos Sector from the Oldlight Proximate Circuit.

	No way, of course, until the arrival of Magos Explorator Justin MacDonald. His legendary excursions into the Oldlight Proximate Circuit produced safe Warp routes to worlds that Hapster and Cognomen had never known about, and brought two enormous gold rushes of exploration and colonization to the region. Hapster’s Imperial Governor petitioned for his world to become the seat of government in the new Sector-to-be, but the Segmentum Command office overruled him, and Cloudburst was chosen instead. Ultimately, Hapster was not as affected by the creation of a new Sector as they had hoped. It retained control of its own Subsector, but aside from a slight uptick in sales of its goods to its new neighbors and a more powerful fleet to defend it, Hapster continued to exist as it always had.		No way, of course, until the arrival of Magos Explorator Justin MacDonald. His legendary excursions into the Oldlight Proximate Circuit produced safe Warp routes to worlds that Hapster and Cognomen had never known about, and brought two enormous gold rushes of exploration and colonization to the region. Hapster’s Imperial Governor petitioned for his world to become the seat of government in the new Sector-to-be, but the Segmentum Command office overruled him, and Cloudburst was chosen instead. Ultimately, Hapster was not as affected by the creation of a new Sector as they had hoped. It retained control of its own Subsector, but aside from a slight uptick in sales of its goods to its new neighbors and a more powerful fleet to defend it, Hapster continued to exist as it always had.
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	Another quirk of Hapster’s ancient military traditions is their love of long-range artillery. Although they make use of more or less any artillery they can get, Hapster regiments adore the super long ranges of Mechanicus siege guns. A Bronze Legion with a Leviathan or Deathstrike is a happy Legion.		Another quirk of Hapster’s ancient military traditions is their love of long-range artillery. Although they make use of more or less any artillery they can get, Hapster regiments adore the super long ranges of Mechanicus siege guns. A Bronze Legion with a Leviathan or Deathstrike is a happy Legion.

	Of course, those are rare and expensive, and so shell artillery rules the day in the Bronze Legion. The Earthshaker and Basilisk are timeless classics, but the Legion finds the limited range of the Basilisk irritating at times, and prefer the Hapster local product, the AM52 Projector cannon. The cannon comes in 165mm and 210mm variants. Although twice as costly as the Earthshaker and unable to mount on a mobile chassis smaller than a Stormblade, the Projector uses a rocket motor-assisted projectile to strike targets up to forty kilometers away with the 165, and seventy five kilometers away with the ~~210~~ cannon. There is a third variant used for airburst anti-infantry duty and smoke dispersal, but its unconventional barrel caliber of 181mm allows it to be used for nothing else and renders its parts incompatible. The Projector can carry a Hunter-Killer missile, but only supports a six millimeter machine gun for close-in defense.		Of course, those are rare and expensive, and so shell artillery rules the day in the Bronze Legion. The Earthshaker and Basilisk are timeless classics, but the Legion finds the limited range of the Basilisk irritating at times, and prefer the Hapster local product, the AM52 Projector cannon. The cannon comes in 165mm and 210mm variants. Although twice as costly as the Earthshaker and unable to mount on a mobile chassis smaller than a Stormblade, the Projector uses a rocket motor-assisted projectile to strike targets up to forty kilometers away with the 165, and seventy five-kilometers away with the 210mm cannon. There is a third variant used for airburst anti-infantry duty and smoke dispersal, but its unconventional barrel caliber of 181mm allows it to be used for nothing else and renders its parts incompatible. The Projector can carry a Hunter-Killer missile, but only supports a six millimeter machine gun for close-in defense.

	However, there are problems with the gun that prevent it from travelling to other worlds. Hapster does not have Terran-standard gravity, and the targeting computer of the gun is primitive compared to the cogitators of STC cannons. Whenever the gun ships offworld to a battlefield with different gravity levels, the weapon has to have extensive recalibrations and retargeting that wastes time and ammunition. The Mechanicus could easily fix that, but they find it vaguely offensive that the Hapsterites would so eagerly deploy a non-hallowed weapon.		However, there are problems with the gun that prevent it from travelling to other worlds. Hapster does not have Terran-standard gravity, and the targeting computer of the gun is primitive compared to the cogitators of STC cannons. Whenever the gun ships offworld to a battlefield with different gravity levels, the weapon has to have extensive recalibrations and retargeting that wastes time and ammunition. The Mechanicus could easily fix that, but they find it vaguely offensive that the Hapsterites would so eagerly deploy a non-hallowed weapon.

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	==Description==		==System Description==
	Hapster’s ancient wealth and stability render it a valuable hub of local trade and military staging. Although the lack of long-term habilitability of much of Hapster’s surface makes local expansion unlikely, the Imperial armed forces still draw heavily from its population. Sometimes, the local caste system renders this difficult.		Hapster’s ancient wealth and stability render it a valuable hub of local trade and military staging. Although the lack of long-term habilitability of much of Hapster’s surface makes local expansion unlikely, the Imperial armed forces still draw heavily from its population. Sometimes, the local caste system renders this difficult.

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	===Description===		===Hapster Description===
	Hapster holds the distinction of being the oldest continually Imperial world in the entire Cloudburst Sector, by virtue of having not started in the Cloudburst Sector. This is an ancient world, one of the very first settled in the Long March Colony Fleet’s efforts in the region over twenty thousand years before. Once, it was a coniferous forest world of evergreen trees and abundant, house-sized fern clusters. Vast herbivores slowly trawled the planet’s endless tropical forests, while darting lizards chased each other around its few open clearings. The great volcano chains in the seas produced new, barren islands, fresh for vegetation to sprout up and take root on its black soil, while the frigid polar ice caps sheltered huge predatory shark analogues that hunted pseudo-cetaceans the size of aircraft carriers.		Hapster holds the distinction of being the oldest continually Imperial world in the entire Cloudburst Sector, by virtue of having not started in the Cloudburst Sector. This is an ancient world, one of the very first settled in the Long March Colony Fleet’s efforts in the region over twenty thousand years before. Once, it was a coniferous forest world of evergreen trees and abundant, house-sized fern clusters. Vast herbivores slowly trawled the planet’s endless tropical forests, while darting lizards chased each other around its few open clearings. The great volcano chains in the seas produced new, barren islands, fresh for vegetation to sprout up and take root on its black soil, while the frigid polar ice caps sheltered huge predatory shark analogues that hunted pseudo-cetaceans the size of aircraft carriers.

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	===Description===		===Cloithe Description===
	Cloithe is an experiment. Prior to the arrival of the Glasians, plans to terraform Cloithe and Hapster 4 to a level of habitability similar to Hapster 3 were well underway. The arrival of the Glasians canceled plans to terraform Hapster 4 at any fast pace, but Cloithe’s atmospheric and gravitic terraforming had already begun. The Cloithe project is less logistically demanding and some habitation domes are already in place.		Cloithe is an experiment. Prior to the arrival of the Glasians, plans to terraform Cloithe and Hapster 4 to a level of habitability similar to Hapster 3 were well underway. The arrival of the Glasians canceled plans to terraform Hapster 4 at any fast pace, but Cloithe’s atmospheric and gravitic terraforming had already begun. The Cloithe project is less logistically demanding and some habitation domes are already in place.

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	\|systemoverlord= Lady Subsector Astrid Oskoldr		\|systemoverlord= Lady Subsector Astrid Oskoldr
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Description: Hapster’s ancient wealth and stability render it a valuable hub of local trade and military staging. Although the lack of long-term habilitability of much of Hapster’s surface makes local expansion unlikely, the Imperial armed forces still draw heavily from its population. Sometimes, the local caste system renders this difficult.