Gashmere

Gashmere is a somewhat mysterious planet that is home of the Kodians. It has been part of the Yamatai Star Empire since shortly after being discovered by the YSS Nozomi in YE 27 and is governed by the General Assembly of Gashmere. Gashmere has a population of over 2.507 billion.

In order from center to furthest from the sun, the Gashmere system consists of a F0 V Yellow-white Main Sequence star, a rock planet, Gashmere and its moon, a rock planet with a moon, an asteroid belt, and a Jovian planet with 8 large moons.

Gashmere has a mountainous terrain and cool weather. Temperatures range from -30 °C to 41 °C with an average temperature of 0 °C. Gashmere has standard gravity at about .9 G and a standard breathable Nitrogen atmosphere of about 20% Oxygen. On the surface, there are many hills snow-capped mountains. Gashmere has some forests but much of the planet is grassy tundra, divided by very common rivers from the mountain sources. Abundant sources of food include river fish, berry bushes, and insects (some of which can grow quite large, such as the mantis-like predatory Rulian).

The dwellings and cities of Gashmere are primarily underground in massive natural and artificial cave systems. It's easy for foreigners to get lost in these three-dimensional labyrinths. Some of the tunnel systems are thousands of years old and are full of elaborate carvings and statues.

Gashmere has a well-staffed and fully equipped starport built in YE 27 after the Kodians joined the Yamatai Star Empire.

Communications are provided by a network of Emrys Satellites put into orbit in YE 34.

In YE 37, the Star Army of Yamatai built Fort Nozomi.

The Kodian Civil War is a planet-wide armed conflict that broke out in YE 38 on planet Gashmere over integration in the Yamatai Star Empire. It began when, due an aggressive assassination campaign, the Anti-Xenoist League temporarily gained a majority in the General Assembly of Gashmere, and then attempted to order the Gashmere Planetary Guard to forcibly remove the Yamatai Star Empire's presence from the planet. The planet's military became divided over the issue, and war broke out between the pro-alien and isolationist factions. Each side claims to be the legitimate government.

The Star Army of Yamatai, based out of Fort Nozomi, has begun a (thus far unsuccessful) attempt to keep the peace.

In YE 45 as part of the Civil War, Taisho William Fletcher I allowed a small asteroid to impact Gashmere's surface in a remote location. No one died as a result of the impact. The crater came to be called “Fletcher's Lesson” however, what exactly that lesson means is subject to many wildly varying interpretations. The interpretations often come in flavors of pro and and anti Yamatai sentiment.

Gashmere is part of the PAINT mass transportation system and has a terminal operated by the Star Army of Yamatai. It has a flight to Amatsu-Yamatai, Yamatai (Planet) every two hours.

Civilian cargo shipping is primarily provided by Trinary Star Shipping, which has storefronts in many of the planet's major cities.