Eavesdown Docks

Welcome to Persephone!

Orbiting the Protostar Lux in the White Sun System.  Closer to the border worlds  than Shinon or Londonium, Persephone, while considered a civilized planet by Alliance standards, was still home to a large slum population. Therefore, one could find both the pinnacle of high society and the depths of the criminal underworld amidst the planet's famously tiered societal structure.

Persephone is an interesting mix of people and cultures.  While not as heavily populated as the worlds of the Core, Persephone still seems a very big place to those from the Rim. Persephone has a tradition-oriented aristocracy, a small but thriving middle class, a fair share of the poor and desperate, and a shadowy underworld.

Eavesdown Docks is the largest spaceport on Persephone. Even folk who think themselves hotshot pilots can be confused now and again by its chaotic layout. (And woe to the new pilot trying to make their way to a dock for the first time!) Ships often touch down only a few yards from street vendors selling cheap goods to the crews and potential passengers. The docks are situated in the poor section of town (the nobles and other rich folk have their own private dockyards), but it’s just a short journey to the business district—in which just about anything in the ‘Verse can be bought for the right price.

The docks are home to several criminal “Bosses” and syndicates,  who collect illegal salvage, move contraband offworld and have hundreds of other ways to make quick, if not Alliance-approved, easy cash. A good crew with a flyable ship could make good coin here, so long as their morals aren’t overly high and they don’t mind avoiding the Feds.

 Like thoroughbred horses, the aristocracy of Persephone all lay claim to a pedigree. Then again, anyone with the right stack of coin can purchase his own lordship, what with its fancy sash and all. Noble families live on large estates, attending to business, dancing at opulent balls, and settling matters of honor in formal duels. Persephone is an impressive cross-section of humanity, which is just another way to say that it’s a world with an over abundance of opportunity and danger.