Pakahano
Hub of Illusion-Fueled Tourism
near-space SYSTEM
PHYSICAL DATA
IndependentCULTURAL DATA
OVERVIEW
MOONS (2)
Limnay
One of Pakahano's two small moons orbiting the volcanically active world.
Toquale
One of Pakahano's two small moons orbiting the volcanically active world.
MAJOR SETTLEMENTS (4)
City of Veils
One of Pakahano's main tourist attractions, this sprawling metropolis-resort is essentially a theme park for urban industrialists, offering layers of pokanates-fueled illusions where visitors build their own virtual cities exactly as their hearts desire. Managed by Urbomancy Inc., an AbadarCorp subsidiary, the park caters to ultrarich clientele with packages like Quaint Villa, Bustling Industrialist, and Urban Chic. Customers create temporary or permanent illusory cities complete with illusory staff and residents, and can charge other tourists for entry—with Urbomancy taking a healthy share. For 3 days each month, the entire city shuts down for maintenance, technician retuning of pokanates, and behind-the-scenes tours.
Deep Vents
Deep in the Tarpak ocean, hydrothermal vents discharge superheated water through fissures in the ocean floor. Incredibly diverse and full of ocean life, these vents birth enormous blind sharks that keenags consider wonderful delicacies, though the sharks find keenags equally delectable. Giant sponges and anemones—as lovely as they are poisonous—also thrive here. Near the vents are ruins of a strange underwater city predating the Gap, full of intact domes, tiled mosaics, and bizarre automatons that guard the grounds. Frescoes depict incredible technologies and a plantlike species unrelated to menei or tammans. Smaller planetside corporations seek adventurers to explore the depths for answers and potentially enormous profits.
Hano
The largest city in the Lavalands, Hano is a lush settlement filled with greenhouses and sparkling volcanic glass towers. This cosmopolitan city is full of menei and tammans who take pride in its diversity and welcome newcomers into Hano University—provided they pass strict entrance exams. Competition is fierce partly because it is the only university engaging in cutting-edge pokanates research. Hano also houses abundant geothermal energy and rich mineral deposits. Tammans have built factories manufacturing everything from UPBs to flame-resistant equipment to starship parts. Another major industry is lavaracer construction—vehicles designed to ride safely on the Lavalands' numerous active lava flows.
The Jungle of Elders
Nestled deep within the Lavalands interior, the Jungle of Elders is a primeval habitat where xenobiologists believe keenags originated. Pockets of these avian people still live in obscurity here alongside all manner of hot-blooded magical creatures and sentient plants. Pakahano legend tells of ancient times when the jungle's trees themselves were sentient, slumbering until intruders threatened native inhabitants, then awakening to slaughter explorers from on- and offworld alike. Some zealots believe the trees could be awakened again and set against industrialists who have settled on Pakahano. The most rabid of these cultists live here in cabals, performing strange rituals to bring their bloody visions to life.