Wal-Targ 3 is a commerce planet bought, terraformed and governed by the Wal-Targ Corporation during the 4th Galactic Expansion Wars. Like other Wal-Targ planets, the local merchant guilds and nearby planets battled bitterly to keep Wal-Targ out of their system but they ultiumately failed. Now 98% of legal commerce in the surrounding six sectors go through Wal-Targ 3.
Wal-Targ 3 is the distribution center for this corner of the galaxy. All raw goods, manufactured items and luxury goods pass through Wal-Targ 3 for processing before entering the wider market. Every merchant ship in the system is either en route to Wal-Targ 3 or leaving it. This makes Wal-Targ 3 a target rich environment for piracy.
The actual planet is a dreary place. Every inhabitant is a Wal-Targ employee working poverty wages to maintain their existence. This makes the area ripe for bribery by enterprising pirates as well as a good location to recruit desperate cutthroats who will gladly slash a throat instead of slashing prices.
The current governor is Sam Targ v24. Like all Wal-Targ planets, the governor is a clone of the Wal-Targ founder. When he dies, another version is decanted and put into service. This allows Wal-Targ 3 to benefit from Sam Targ’s legendary financial ruthlessness and hatred of organized labor. However, some genetic drift has been introduced into the clone line and Sam Targ v24 has been showing signs of an irrational obsession with keeping trench coats in stock at all times at all outlets which has greatly altered fashion choices in the surrounding systems. Genetiscts hope to correct this when Sam Targ v25 is decanted.
Be sure to avoid FoodCourtia, the Food Court city. It is common place to send problem Wal-Targ employees who will serve a lifetime of providing food to others. The murder rate is insanely high and the food is worse than on a Hishen slave ship.
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