Apophis

Description
A rocky planet that suffered a cataclysmic collision with an unnamed planetoid fairly recently, Apophis is well known for its harsh living conditions and underground bunker-like habitats. The collision left a large amount of debris in its orbit, which block the sun countless times a day. Due to the innumerable amount of debris inside of the planet's orbit, the number of moons the planet truly has is currently known and efforts are being made to count the planet's current number of moons.

Impact
Apophis was impacted by a planetoid about the size of Pluto in approximately the year 2145. The impact shattered the planet to its mantle, sending pieces of rock and debris all across its orbit and scarring half the planet with a chasm now known as "The Scar", a continent-scale crater from which much of the now cooling mantle is exposed. The impact also created a large debris field of high-speed rocky and metallic rocks known as "Kessler's Cointoss" that pose an incredible danger to vessels attempting to orbit the planet, early survival predictions being under 50%.

The debris often makes planetfall, falling at speeds comparable to an old earth ordinance drop on the smaller bits of rock and as strong as the biggest kinetic impactors or a nuclear blast o the biggest of them.

It is then surprising that even in these hostile lands, human settlers have not only lived but thrived...

Discovery and Political Strife
Apophis was first discovered and seen in 2139, and officially reached in 2143 at which point several smaller scout craft and larger arks largely ignored the planetoid, focusing instead in the habitable planets closer to the star while leaving multiple pieces of equipment and a couple of bases near the less crowded parts of the Coin toss. Apophis would officially be recognized as a "Scientific Shared Colony of all Mankind" by the nations that would later become the Centralis Empire and the Opus Kingdom in 2167, allowing them to officially annex part of the territory.

This changed, however, in 2224, when the Treaty of Reunion was signed between the Republic of Almeria and the Syniu Divine triumvirate, where both minor nations unified their military, political and economic power to form the Independent Celestial Confederation. The ICC would later formally annex Apophis in 2243, after perceiving the declining power of the crowns of the inner system and as a part of a political attempt to further unify the very differing cultures from within.

It was only through clever diplomacy and possessing the single largest fleet in the system that the ICC managed to keep its claim over the planet in the Treaty of Kustraia, however, it still had to allow Centralite, Opus and other system powers to conduct planetfall for scientific and mining operations, however, interest in the planet was still largely limited

In recent years, however, interest has resurfaced in Apophis after advances in sensor technology allow for the Cointoss to be crossed safely and large metal deposits were located both in the planet's surface and on its various orbiting moons. Every day, more and more people join the ranks of companies such as Step Forward Inc. to potentially earn a large sum of the valuables discovered in Apophis, or daring Turani men and women of science venture into the deep caverns and treacherous depths of the Scar. With little ICC presence other than in name on the planet, these private wars are allowed to continue.

Cultures
The main form of living in Apophis is within deep underground city-sized bunker networks, where settlers, mercenaries, miners, and scientist of all races and species cohabit and live in relative harmony under the watchful eye of the Hydra Guard, a heavily armed and armored militia of mysterious origin; half machine and half man, these guardians uphold confederate law in a deadly manner.

The biggest of these underground settlements is a bustling and complex bunker network known as Ra's Dream, which houses over 45% of the planet's populations within its many buildings and houses, which are oftentimes built into the very metallic rock of the planet. Ra's Dream is lively and very well known for its many bars and establishments where private soldiers and mercenaries of opposing sides might come to drink and eat together.