SECTION 7
Lochinvar is a flourishing colony world on the edge of League space, and one of the first planets in the sector to be explored and settled. The original expedition, out of Farhaven in neighboring Sector 8, was commanded by John Samdu, younger son of the great admiral-general of the early days of the Expansion.
Samdu’s colony was established as a haven for rugged individualists who resented the commercial exploitation of Farhaven (settled a few years earlier by Samdu to escape overcivilized Earth). For many years, the colony remained small, self-isolated, and fiercely independent. Even the discovery of luxenite crystals, the beautiful gemstones that subsequently became a major trade item, was at first suppressed in hopes of preserving the planet’s isolation from other worlds. It wasn’t until the Great Plague thirty-one years ago when the population declined by seventy percent in one year, that the old traditions of self-reliance broke down. Calls for medical aid, imported food, and other assistance attracted League attention to Lochinvar, and shortly thereafter word of the gems leaked out. Waves of fortune-hunting colonists quickly filled the void left by the Plague, although many of these succumbed to the lingering remnants of the disease themselves.
The colony has since diversified, although the luxenite crystals remain the major source of off-world wealth. A stable if still somewhat underpopulated planet, Lochinvar is important as the lateral communications link to Sector 8. Legion ships are stationed there, as well as a small ground force to protect the League communications station and the Medical Research center, one of the largest such facilities along the frontier.
If Admiral Ulnar orders the ships under his command to Lochinvar, go to section 25.
If he wishes to review his options further, turn to section 8.