Port of Call: Rock Dread
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Rock Dread was considered so minor that in its initial survey¸ it wasn't even given a name¸ but an alphanumeric designation. By the time the designator had been bastardized into the world's name¸ it was on the front lines of an interstellar war¸ transformed into a strategic flashpoint bristling with weapons emplacements. After the war¸ the interstellar government reformed the installations as prisons housing some of the worst offenders in known space. Guarded by uncaring authorities and the planet's hostile environment¸ the prisons have become crucibles where only the strong survive and the few who eventually leave - legally or otherwise - take their hard-bitten attitudes with them.
Port of Call: Rock Dread introduces Cepheus Engine and Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG) players to this danger-ridden duality of a planet. Inside is an overview of how the information would appear in the PCs' library database¸ physical planetary and system information¸ a brief history¸ a look at its administration¸ technology¸ and society¸ a quick guide to crafting characters that would hail from such a place and a diagram of one of the prison facililties.
Port of Call: Rock Dread. Dropping the soap is the least of your worries.