Jack of Harts

The reason people live on a miserable little rock like Scorchdale is simple. It is rich in the rare earth minerals that all modern construction techniques rely upon. It may not be as rich as some other planets in the Sunnydale system, but it is easily ranked in the top thirty percent of all known worlds. It is far richer than Earth, and that makes it a valuable little rock in the heavens. There are riches to be found on Scorchdale, fortunes to be made, and industries to be built. It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t have a planetary ecosystem to worry about. That is why Scorchdale is home to more planet-based industries than any other rock in the Sunnydale system. And its ranking on the galactic charts is impressive to say the least. It’s one of the reasons that Sunnydale was the only non-Core World member system represented in the Group of Ten when The War began. I think they were actually the fifteenth member. Yeah. I know. They don’t like to change the name.