TERRA [EARTH]

DESCRIPTION
TERRA, THOUGH COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE MORE ANTIQUATED AND COMPASSIONATE NAME OF "EARTH", IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HUMAN RACE. WITH HISTORY DATING FAR BACK BEYOND NAUTICON ARCHIVES, NOT MUCH WAS REMEMBERED BEFORE THE GREAT WAR.

AS THE CAPITAL PLANET OF THE NAUTICON FEDERATION, TERRA IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT, MOST DEVELOPED PLANET FOR HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. IT HOUSES MOST OF THE MIDDLE TO UPPER CLASS OF NAUTICON CITIZENS AND IS THE CENTER OF THE EVER-TURNING MACHINE OF NAUTICON BUREAUCRACY.  HOLDING THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF EVERY MAJOR NAUTICON GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, NO SMALL DECISIONS SLIP BY WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE POLITICIANS ON TERRA.

DESPITE GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY RAMPANT INDUSTRIALISM AND THE NUCLEAR WINTER BEFORE THE 2400S, THE PLANET NOW REACHED A POLLUTION-NEUTRAL, EQUILIBRIUM STATE WHERE HUMAN HABITATION IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE. STILL, SOME CONSIDER IT UNHEALTHY TO LIVE ON SOME UNLIQUIDATED REGIONS OF TERRA FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. SOME TOXIC WASTELANDS STILL SPEAK OF TRAGEDIES FROM THE PAST.