Fort Kerium is the primary settlement on the planet of New Texas, and the base of operations for Marshal BraveStarr and his allies. Much of the BraveStarr franchise takes place here.

Description

Fort Kerium is the original and largest mining town on New Texas. It houses human settlers from Earth but also robots, mutants and various other alien races from other worlds of the Planetary Union and outside of it, mostly living in peace together.

The town lies at the foot of and in the shadow of a huge butte or mesa, most of which has already been hollowed out for the kerium inside. Atop this formation is the space port where spaceships such as the Thistledown 123 can dock. The command centre for the town and also the office of Mayor Derringer is located in the same facility.

There are a hundred or so buildings inside the town, with a street plan that is roughly laid out in the shape of a star. The outer lying buildings are mostly residential. Most of the amenities and services are located in the town square. These include Handlebar's Trading Post which serves the function of a general store, hotel and bar/saloon. The most popular drink on New Texas, sweetwater, is sold here.

There are also the headquarters of the only printed newspaper on New Texas, New Texas Star. Judge J.B. McBride lives above the newspaper building and her own legal office is also the same square.

The square include the Marshal's Office where Marshal BraveStarr, Thirty/Thirty and Deputy Fuzz live, and which is adjacent to the jail cells. Other public services incudes the Fort Kerium Bank, hospital, schoolhouse and others.

Within the town boundaries are an Aqua-Pod farm which provides much of the water for the town.

Buildings

Marshal's Office

Handlebar's Trading Post

Fort Kerium bank

J.B.'s Office

New Texas Star

Hospital

Schoolhouse

Children's Clubhouse

Fort Kerium Spaceport

Defences

When under attack or facing a large sandstorm, Fort Kerium could go into a mechanised defensive mode. Onset by sounding a siren giving residents time to get indoors, this would be followed by metal barricades soon enveloping each building. A large armoured wall rises up around the town, and the wall also has laser turrets for counter-offensive measures against attackers.

It is the local pace to get together and to go shopping, and for holiday cerebration It on the square of Fort Kerium .

The Marshall's Office is in the town. This where Bravestarr and Thirty Thirty are found. The Office also contains the jail cells to get prisoners.

The Judges Office was where Judge J.B. McBride held court in Fort Kerium. Its the location of the court.

The New Texas Star is the only newspaper published on New Texas. It is based out of a small, red-fronted building in the town square at Fort Kerium.

It is owned by the wheelchair-bound Angus McBride, one of the first human settlers on New Texas, a kerium prospector and who was left crippled by his partner Tex Hex.

Angus' daughter J.B., who is also the town Judge, lives with her father above the printing presses.

In Fort Kerium, its the main medical facility, on the planet of New Texas, run by Doc Clayton. a settler by the name of Charlie (New Texas), was treated there for Strain 25 Space Virus watch over by his wife Stella (New Texas) and Doc Clayton.

Its is near to one of the Prairie People Settlements. Close to New Texas, and Miss Jenny is the teacher.

The Clubhouse was built on the outskirts of Fort Kerium by schoolchildren Brad, Jay and Daisy. It was Brad's idea to built in a 'Fort Mode' inspired by Fort Kerium itself.

Dealer, a Dingo drugpusher confronted the three children in the Clubhouse and tried to interested them in trying out a drug called Spin. Brad and Daisy refused, but Jay took a hit of Spin and soon became addicted. Jay overdosed inside The Clubhouse and died.

Fort Kerium Spaceport is a facility where spacecraft can dock on the surface on the planet of New Texas. It is located along a mooring arm atop the mesa or butte which towers over Fort Kerium, the largest settlement on New Texas.

The office of Mayor Derringer is located here instead of in the town proper, and where he receives visiting officials as seen in episodes such as "The Taking of Thistledown 123" where the mayor greets the Cygnian ambassador.

The Hexagon is a fortress composed of crashed starships in a volcanic region in the middle of the Badlands on New Texas.

The Hexagon is the dwelling place of the demonic entity Stampede and the base of operations for his agent Tex Hex and followers the Carrion Bunch.

The original home of the Equestroids, a now a giant stone ruin adorned with statues of robo-horses.

A place known to both the Thirty/Thirty and the Shaman, along with Marshal BraveStarr, this is were Sara Jane, was stored, and how Thirty/Thirty and Marshall BraveStarr met.

Starr Peak is a location on New Texas where Shaman made his home and where BraveStarr was raised.

It is a large stone tower made of totem animals, and a hawk at the top where Shaman's chamber is located and from where he can look over New Texas. BraveStarr would often come here for guidance from his mentor.

Starr Peak is seen being formed in the movie It was originally a spaceship of The Tribe, which Shaman used in his quest of hunting down and destroying Stampede after the demon had destroyed their people.

Knowing how dangerous his mission was, Shaman ejected a young, sleeping BraveStarr in a cyropod where he knew BraveStarr would be found by Galactic Marshals. However when the spacecraft came to New Texas, Stampede caused it crash. Shaman used his powers to encase the craft in rocks from the surface, preventing a devastating explosion. The craft landed safely in a vertical, upright position where it still remains to this day.

The Badlands are a large, lawless region of New Texas where human settlers rarely tread.

The Badlands has rocky areas such as the Iron Mountains, but also inhospitable volcanic regions such as around the Hexagon.

The Badlands were a region of New Texas inhabited by raiders such as dingoes. Few of the Human settlers dared to venture far into the Badlands for they were afraid they'd never make it back out. Even Shaman's Spirit Vision could not reach into the Badlands.

Apart from Dingoes, other dangers included the ominous Sand Vulture and the mechanical Pom-Pom Spider. The Dingo mystic known as the Dingo Llama lived in seclusion in a cave in the Iron Mountains. Because he liked his privacy, Dingo Llama boobytrapped the entire surroundings of his cave.

The Iron Mountains were located in a non-volcanic part of the Badlands of New Texas. Dingo Llama lived there in a secluded cave surrounded by booby traps.

There are rumoured to be great treasures in the Iron Mountains, which is possibly why they are riddled with Pom-Pom Spiders, to ward off treasure hunters.

A group of human settlers set up a mining colony on the other side of the Iron Mountains, but were taken as slaves by Sand Storm as a gift for Tex Hex. BraveStarr managed to rescue them.

Altrian's Village was a mining settlement on the other side of the Iron Mountains from Fort Kerium.

It was destroyed in a mysterious sandstorm in which the villagers disappeared. The only one who didn't was Altrian, who went looking for help from Marshal BraveStarr.

Bottleneck pass was a location on New Texas not far from Fort Kerium. Molly's Stratocoach, carrying Mayor Derringer and newcomer Long Arm John was attacked by Ryder and his Dune Buggy Gang at Bottleneck Pass.

The Prairie People Settlement was the dwelling in Prairie People Country where the largest group of Prairie People made their underground homes.

Ambush Canyon was situated in the Far Desert and was part of Prairie People Land. But Dingo Outlaw Howler had taken over the canyon with his Leaper Riders and made anyone who attempted to pass pay a toll. Its the location of Forgotten Tribe of Prairie People. Where Wimble & Mayor Gup are from.