Planet: Priyanka

Priyanka is the second out of three planets in the Veloka system. An earthlike world, the planet has seen one of the greatest settlement increases both before the Scream and afterwards. The metropolis of Gujarat is more often referred to as a Sprawl, as the city seems to stretch beyond the jurisdiction of a single provincial police force. A lot of residential areas are found in superstructures called spires, which involve both landing pads for incoming spaceships, shopping centres and restaurants.

The planet is currently under control by the Pan-Indian Trade Confederacy, a political union of the states of Priyanka historically responsible for the rebuilding of planetary infrastructure and system tradelanes. It has also been the sector-wide face of planetary operations and politics, and has their own parliament in the capital city.

The planet is also home to the ambitious Silverlight Zaibatsu, which uses their homeworld as as stepping stone to rebuild a sector-wide standardization of banking and currency. Their role is often as mediator between conflicting parties in the sector, and seeks to attain functional communications on par with pretech history so that connection with Earth can be reestablished.

Places of Interest

 * Little Latvia - City section of Gujarat containing extensive industrial complexes and working class homes with a singificant Eastern European ethnic majority.