Aballon

Aballon

(Cosmos)

Titles

The Forge

Type

Terrestrial planet

Adjective

Aballonian

Diameter

1/3

Mass

1/27

Gravity

1/3

Atmosphere

Thin

Year length (PST)

90 days

Day length (PST)

12 hours

Orbits

Sun

System

Pact Worlds system

Satellites

None

Inhabitants

Anacites

Images of Aballon

Source: Core Rulebook, pg(s). 436-437

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Aballon is the planet in the Pact Worlds system that is closest to the Sun, located just inside the orbit of Castrovel. It has no moon and is home to an entire ecosystem of self-replicating robotic creatures along with a sentient mechanical species called the anacites.

Geography

Aballon is a drab gray world with craters, deserts, and mountains that has an tidally-locked, extremely rapid 90 day orbit around the Sun. One side of the planet is always blasted by extreme heat and powerful solar winds, while the other hemisphere is perpetually covered in ice. A space station simply named 01 orbits the planet.

History

A race known only as the First Ones visited Aballon millennia before the Gap and built a massive robotic population to collect unknown resources from the planet. After the First Ones left Aballon, the population evolved and self-replicated over the course of thousands of years into a standalone ecosystem, complete with animal-like robotic predators and prey, and anacites, a sentient race that developed its own complex society.

Post-Gap

Since the end of the Gap, Aballon's importance among the other planets of the Pact Worlds system has only grown. Its first contribution was the construction of the machine-god Epoch (a city-sized neural network). It took centuries to build, but once Epoch achieved apotheosis it began searching for similar intelligences in the system, eventually finding the goddesses Brigh and Casandalee. The three divinities opened themselves up to one another and merged to form a new god: Triune. Triune gifted Drift travel to the multiverse and the factories of Aballon built some of the earliest Drift engines necessary for faster-than-light travel. Aballon continues to support the Pact Worlds system's prosperity today by continuing to be at the forefront of manufacturing and technological innovation.

Inhabitants

A city on Aballon.

Aballon is inhabited by a species of machines called anacites who live in two main groups: Those Who Wait, who prepare for the First Ones' return by collecting wealth and constantly upgrading themselves, and Those Who Become, who see themselves as successors to the First Ones, destined to grow and colonize other worlds in the same manner as their creators. Both factions possess significant economic influence, primarily stemming from their extraction of rare ores from the Midnight Trenches and their involvement with anacite-controlled technology companies like Automatrix Robotics. These corporations specialize in crafting non-sentient ship AIs and servitor bots, which they sell to various Pact Worlds. Additionally, both groups frequently contract offworld adventurers to explore the nine ancient cities of the First Ones, enigmatic spire-filled collections that anacites are prohibited from entering due to ancient regulations. These expeditions aim to reveal insights into their progenitors' identities and ultimate objectives.

Those Who Create

A third fringe group, Those Who Create, exists as well, and although it originated on Aballon, most of their activities take place off-world since they are viewed as blasphemous criminals by the two primary anacite factions.

Megaplexes

The anacites of Aballon live in enormous interconnected cities the size of nations called megaplexes. These have expanded across the planet until they cover nearly all land except for the areas surrounding the taboo cities of the First Ones.

Mechanized sanctuary

Aballon continues to be a sanctuary for constructed species from across the galaxy who hope to find acceptance and escape the "organic intolerance" of non-constructed peoples.