Garrett

Garrett is a marginal world colonized by the US in 2227. the area around the equator is extremely hot desert virtually uninhabitable, but rich in minerals. What human settlements there are are nearer the poles, which while still hot are more bare-able. Fauna is so far unknown, flora is succulent and palm like, sparse and tough. The geology suggest a different past, for as well as minerals there are size-able deposits of coal. Some miners from scattered outposts have also reported ruins in the sifting sands, but these are dismissed as fanciful dreams or mirages.

The workforce on Garrett, seeing their resources and work being shipped off world to profit politicians and business leaders elsewhere became increasingly militant. Agitators from the NSF stoked their anger and discontent until they declared a workers state in 2300. Whilst not officially aligned with either the NSF or PRC both are suspected of supporting the colonists, their people's defence militia are definately provided with uniforms that suggest off world manufacture.

Wishing to remain the appearance of neutrality the US have handed over the military operations to private security firms, refering to the rebellion as an industrial dispute.