Alphus

Alphus is a Castaways Treaty System.

Statistics

Faction	Castaways Treaty Systems
Primary Industries	Commando training Small arms manufacturing
Regular Anomalies	None

Planet(moon)	Alphus IV
Diameter	9200 mi
Topography	Rough, jagged
Climate	Polar and equatorial extremes
Population	8 Billion Demi-Human 6 Billion Redeemed 2 Billion Mecha 5 Billion Other
Day Length	24.5 Hours
Year Length	518 Days

Overview

Alphus is home to the CTS Commando Academy, where hopeful recruits are sent from across CTS space to train for various skilled positions with the military. The vast majority, approximately 98%, of reclaimer teams spend at least some of their time training on this planet. The academy itself is a series of large cities that dot the jagged northern coast of Alphus's largest continent, with each one training cadets for different roles such as mech pilot, mahoutech dragoon, or generalized commando mage. It is exceedingly rare that someone born on Alphus is admitted into the academy, as a means of preventing nepotism from ruining the programs. Alphus's other cities all have areas set aside to serve as mock battlefields for those in training, with many of those in harsher climates staying where they are simply to keep these training facilities in good condition.