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The system Risa is a resource poor system with only a single planet of note also called Risa.

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.

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.

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 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.