Kunhri III

Kunhri III
Information
Star system	Kunhri
Sector	Velorum Sector
Quadrant	Beta Quadrant
Class	M
Climate	M
Affiliation	Reman (current); Romulan (former)
Natives	None
Population	1.8 million
Capital	Refinery 01R
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Kunhri III is the third planet in the Kunhri star system, located on the outer rim of the Velorum Sector, in the Beta Quadrant. The Romulan Star Empire first established a colony on the otherwise uninhabited planet to lay claim to its mineral riches. The Romulans constructed mining facilities deep into Kunhri III and they operated through the forced labour of subjugated client species, such as the Remans. After a century of mining every valuable ore out of the planet, the Romulans converted the mining facilities into refineries that processed ores from neighboring planets in the Velorum Sector.

In mid-2400, the workers of Kunhri III rebelled against the local Romulans in the government and refinery overseers at the same time similar rebellions occurred across the Velorum Sector. The cabal of Remans who replaced the government of Kunhri III pledged loyalty to the Reman, now-Govenor Resak, who assumed control of the Velorum Sector's capital world, Psi Velorum III. In unison, the Reman government of Kunhri III declared independence from the Romulan Star Empire.

Geography & Climate

Near the equator, the land masses are primarily desert climate and dry terrain. All of the mining facilities located on these land masses have been converted into refineries. North and south of the equator, the land masses are primarily tropical-wet climate zones, with expansive swamp lands that vary between fresh water and salt water.

Since the late 2200s, all of the precious ores and minerals within Kunhri III have been mined and removed from the planet.

History

Kunhri III is one of the older Romulan colonies in the Velorum Sector. It was claimed in an early thrust of the Star Empire's era of expansion to claim it's mineral riches. The meager mining facilities that are visible on the surface belie the depths of further industrial architecture --designed like vast cylinders-- that has been burrowed deep beneath the crust of the planet. The Star Empire resettled Remans onto Kunhri III to serve as a forced workforce in the mines. There are no apparent cities on the planet, aside from the original underground mining structures. Those great pits are ringed only by small security towers, administrative buildings, and lush private quarters for the small population of the ruling Romulans. As far as the Remans are concerned, the industrial facilities are self-contained cities in themselves, containing everything the Romulans were prepared to provide the Reman workers for their entire life cycle.

By the late 2200s, all resources of value had been mined out of the planet. The Romulans converted the mines into refineries, producing metals for starship hulls and shuttlecraft fuels. At the time, the conversion of equipment was a lash-up, and the refineries have received few technological upgrades since the 2200s, aside from necessary repairs.

Generations of Remans have been born, and worked, and died in the mines and then the refineries of Kunhri III. Only during the Dominion War did some of them receive a reprieve to serve aboard Romulan warbirds, rather than perform hard labour in the refineries.

Population

The majority of the population on Kunhri III is Reman, making up 92% of the populace. A further 8% of the population are Romulan or other Romulan vassal species. Aside from the new Reman government, established in mid-2400, the entire population works in the refineries in one manner or another.

Notable Government Figures

• J'mek (First Consul of Kunhri). After killing his Romulan predecessor, the Reman J'mek has taken the most senior governmental posting in the Kunhri star system.
• Kecene (Consul of Vitality). After killing her Romulan predecessor in a position that had been titled Consul of Reman Affairs, the Reman Kecene has shifted the focus of her position to care for the health and wellbeing of the planet's population.