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The settled planet of the Risa system Risa has 4 moons - causing the planet to be effected by significant tidal movements of water. It was heavily terraformed at some point during the age of Technology to be vacation planet.

The entire planet is covered in small islands each one a perfect little world for a small group of people to relax on. These islands are surrounded by breaks which means the shallows are calm while the spaces between the islands are rough and filled with harsh currents and swells.

It is this that saved the civilisation from utter indolence and wasteful decadence. When the Age of Strike began it was obvious those trapped on the planet that each island was to small to sustain any sort of fixed population without inbreeding rapidly becoming a problem.

This required the creation of rafts to cross the gaps between islands -a difficult task requiring skill and bravery. and soon this activity was elevated to a cultural idea. Before long the entire culture was driven by wanderlust - a nomadic culture undertaking long journeys simply primarily just for the joy of it. Before settling on an almost perfect island just as lovely as the one they left behind.

Contact with the Imperium was counted as a successful compliance since there was nothing to resist them and the natives seemed to accept it. But it some became clear that the inhabitants were dealing with the Imperium by ignoring it and just living there lives as before. Administrators laid plans to do something more useful with the world but then Alighieri and the XVIII legion arrived and claimed it as their home world.

Now the natives live much as before but now the very best of them join the legion - to begin the furthest journey. Which is not to say that members of the legion don't travel down to join them when an opportunity present itself.

The Legion itself is based out on the 4 moons that surrounded the main planet.

What industry there is came with the Legion. When it was clear that Alighieri had no claim to the world he grew up on the Adeptus Mechanicus gifted him and his legion a small number of mobile refineries and factories which are currently exploiting the somewhat thin asteroid belts of the system.

It is not a planet know for it's resources or strategic location.

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 The system Risa is a resource poor system with only a single planet of note also called Risa.
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 The Legion established itself in the facilties on the moon meaning there there chapterhouse is a stunning and soaring architercial wonder - but has no practical value.  They have deployed a small number of mobile refineries and factories to the somewhat thin asteroid belt in the system - a gift from the Adeptus Mechanicus when it was clear that Alighieri had no claim on his 'homeworld'.
 At first the Legion ignored the natives but before long they found themselves travelling down to the Islands for 'Shore leave'.  A concept which appears to be unique to the XVIII legion.   This resulted in a number of contact with the natives - which in turn lead to some ritual fights.  Which the marines could easily win without harming the natives.  This resulted in a high status for the Marines which they have been quiet happy to accept.  The Astarte in turn have developed an interest in some of the natives more daring water based activities.  Once the natives realised that it was possible for them to become Marines - and travel the stars they leapt at the chance to begin "the furthest journey".

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	The Legion established itself in the facilties on the moon meaning there there chapterhouse is a stunning and soaring architercial wonder - but has no practical value. They have deployed a small number of mobile refineries and factories to the somewhat thin asteroid belt in the system - a gift from the Adeptus Mechanicus when it was clear that Alighieri had no claim on his 'homeworld'.		The Legion established itself in the facilties on the moon meaning there there chapterhouse is a stunning and soaring architercial wonder - but has no practical value. They have deployed a small number of mobile refineries and factories to the somewhat thin asteroid belt in the system - a gift from the Adeptus Mechanicus when it was clear that Alighieri had no claim on his 'homeworld'.

−	At first the Legion ignored the natives but before long they found themselves travelling down to the Islands for 'Shore leave'. A concept which appears to be unique to the XVIII legion. This ~~lead to~~ a number of ~~contacts~~ with the natives, which in turn lead to ~~a number of conflicts~~. ~~The Marines~~ could win ~~this easily -and~~ without harming ~~there opponents which~~ resulted in a high status for ~~them~~. ~~This relationship become further enhanced when~~ some ~~adventerous souls~~ realised ~~they could~~ become Marines and begin "the furthest journey".	+	At first the Legion ignored the natives but before long they found themselves travelling down to the Islands for 'Shore leave'. A concept which appears to be unique to the XVIII legion. This resulted in a number of contact with the natives - which in turn lead to some ritual fights. Which the marines could easily win without harming the natives. This resulted in a high status for the Marines which they have been quiet happy to accept. The Astarte in turn have developed an interest in some of the natives more daring water based activities. Once the natives realised that it was possible for them to become Marines - and travel the stars they leapt at the chance to begin "the furthest journey".

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 To understand Risa you need to understand what the intent of the changes was.  As this occured at the height of Dark Age Decadence the word 'purpose' is not an approprite word.  Risa was to be the 'perfect primative island adventure'.  The entire planet is covered in innumerable small islands each one unique.  Surrounded by an apparently natural breakwater the shallows around each island are an oasis of calm in the otherwise turbulant water.
-The 'vactionrs' would be 'cast ashore' on the island with 'minimal supplies' and told that the goal was to see how long they could 'hold out' before pressing there emergency becon.  In truth the islands flora and fauna  was enginered to make survival trivally easy.  Such was the genius of the bio-enginers that the conditons on each island were subtly different so two people comparing stories did not realise that there victories were simply mirror images of each other.  In doing so Risa presented the illusion of ingeniously overcoming risk and challange without any of those things being involved.  Furthermore each island had some unique feature hiden away for people to find by exploring - a mysterious ruined temple, a natural hot pool, a secret cave behind a majectic waterfall.
+The 'vactioners' would be 'cast ashore' on the island with 'minimal supplies' and told that the goal was to see how long they could 'hold out' before pressing there emergency becon.  In truth the islands flora and fauna  was enginered to make survival trivally easy.  Such was the genius of the bio-enginers that the conditons on each island were subtly different so two people comparing stories did not realise that there victories were handed to them.  In doing so Risa presented the illusion of ingeniously overcoming risk and challange without any of those things being involved. The full extent of this is hard to understand but best appreciated by the fact that the "coconuts" on each island are filled with a delightful fruity nutricious drink that was naturally slighly alcholic.  Furthermore each island had some unique feature hiden away for people to find by exploring - a mysterious ruined temple, a natural hot pool, a secret cave behind a majectic waterfall.
+At first the Legion ignored the natives but before long they found themselves travelling down to the Islands for 'Shore leave'.  A concept which appears to be unique to the XVIII legion.   This lead to a number of contacts with the natives, which in turn lead to a number of conflicts.  The Marines could win this easily -and without harming there opponents which resulted in a high status for them. This relationship become further enhanced when some adventerous souls realised they could become Marines and begin "the furthest journey".

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−	The ~~settled~~ planet of ~~the~~ Risa ~~system~~ Risa has 4 moons ~~- causing~~ the ~~planet to be effected by significant~~ tidal ~~movements~~ of ~~water. It~~ was heavily terraformed ~~at some point~~ during the age of ~~Technology~~ to be ~~vacation~~ planet.	+	The system Risa is a resource poor system with only a single planet of note also called Risa.
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		+	The planet of Risa has 4 moons (of various sizes) locked in complicated and highly eccentric orbits. This means that the waters of Risa experience signififanct and very variable tidal influence.
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		+	The native state of the planet is unknown as it was heavily terraformed during the age of technology - it's planetry surface and bio-sphere undergoing complete revision to produce a 'vacation' planet.
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		+	To understand Risa you need to understand what the intent of the changes was. As this occured at the height of Dark Age Decadence the word 'purpose' is not an approprite word. Risa was to be the 'perfect primative island adventure'. The entire planet is covered in innumerable small islands each one unique. Surrounded by an apparently natural breakwater the shallows around each island are an oasis of calm in the otherwise turbulant water.
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		+	The 'vactionrs' would be 'cast ashore' on the island with 'minimal supplies' and told that the goal was to see how long they could 'hold out' before pressing there emergency becon. In truth the islands flora and fauna was enginered to make survival trivally easy. Such was the genius of the bio-enginers that the conditons on each island were subtly different so two people comparing stories did not realise that there victories were simply mirror images of each other. In doing so Risa presented the illusion of ingeniously overcoming risk and challange without any of those things being involved. Furthermore each island had some unique feature hiden away for people to find by exploring - a mysterious ruined temple, a natural hot pool, a secret cave behind a majectic waterfall.
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	The entire planet is covered in small islands each one a perfect little world for a small group of people to relax on. These islands are surrounded by breaks which means the shallows are calm while the spaces between the islands are rough and filled with harsh currents and swells.		The entire planet is covered in small islands each one a perfect little world for a small group of people to relax on. These islands are surrounded by breaks which means the shallows are calm while the spaces between the islands are rough and filled with harsh currents and swells.