04-24-2007, 08:17 PM
The Dregs are an assemblage of asteroids witin the Sol system's asteroiid belt that have been hollowed out and connected together to form a rather unique population center. Each asteroid is its own, self-contained environment that is linked to those around it through a series of tunnels and tubs that allow easy movement from habitat to habitat. However, each of these habitats can be isolated from the others instantly if anything happens that would otherwise jeopardize the integrity of teh network.
The people that live in The Dregs do so because they choose to live 'off the grid' and away from the corporate landscape of the rest of humanity. The Dregs are nearly self sufficient, requiring only minimal food-stuffs to be imported. By mining the surrounding asteroids, the inhabitants of The Dregs are able to produce metals, machines and equipment, and even drinkable water, oxygen to breathe and hydrogen to fuel their ship's drive systems. They are even able to export certain products, such as drive systems and super-dense hull plating that can not be made as cheaply anywhere else in teh system due to labor laws and the constraints of forming the material's matricies in gravity fields.
One of the largest buyers for such components is the conglomerate, although they would never publicly admit to it. All transactions are handled by third parties and usually take the form of commodity exchanges since the people of The Dregs do not use standard credits, or give them any value at all.
The people that live in The Dregs do so by choice, and even though their lives are difficult, they earn their living through hard work and toil, but live happily and feel fullfillment at the end of the day.
The people that live in The Dregs do so because they choose to live 'off the grid' and away from the corporate landscape of the rest of humanity. The Dregs are nearly self sufficient, requiring only minimal food-stuffs to be imported. By mining the surrounding asteroids, the inhabitants of The Dregs are able to produce metals, machines and equipment, and even drinkable water, oxygen to breathe and hydrogen to fuel their ship's drive systems. They are even able to export certain products, such as drive systems and super-dense hull plating that can not be made as cheaply anywhere else in teh system due to labor laws and the constraints of forming the material's matricies in gravity fields.
One of the largest buyers for such components is the conglomerate, although they would never publicly admit to it. All transactions are handled by third parties and usually take the form of commodity exchanges since the people of The Dregs do not use standard credits, or give them any value at all.
The people that live in The Dregs do so by choice, and even though their lives are difficult, they earn their living through hard work and toil, but live happily and feel fullfillment at the end of the day.