Taranis

Taranis is a rogue nation located with the Condemned Zone. Ruled by Phyliss Taranis, they are hostile towards any diplomatic efforts on behalf of the Federation of Stellar Systems of Yeddo.

As a narco state, Taranis makes most of its money on poaching virtual life forms and selling their cybernephrine. They conduct these operations through paid mercenaries and gangs such as the Cult of Kronos.

Government

Taranis is under the totalitarian rule of Phyliss Taranis, a woman with powerful technokinetic abilities who rose to the throne after claiming to be a direct descendant of Empress Minerva. Her three daughters are the chief enforcers to keep the citizens in line. Political dissidents as well as anyone who speaks out against the government are usually intimidated using weaponized Rampants or in the case of greater threats, directly assassinated with the aid of bounty hunters.

Economy

Despite Taranis' small size, it wields powerful leverage by being Yeddo's largest supplier of cybernephrine. This is largely in part due to the braindead machine god Kronos being a major supply for their cybernephrine harvesting. All throughout Yeddo's underground are various poaching stations, though most of these are located within the Condemend Zone.

Virtuoso is one of Taranis' largest customers, supplying them with cybernephrine in exchange for weapons and various hi-tech gadgets. It is rumored that Phyliss Taranis is blackmailing Lucian Virtuoso which may explain how both entities are able to operate on equal terms.

Points of interest

Goddess Tower

Once an ancient historical landmark, the Goddess Tower became dilapidated over many centuries. It is the personal residence of the Taranis family and a place where research into the occult is conducted.

Tartarus Complex

Directly below Goddess Tower is an old datacenter containing a virtual reality world that hosts the remains of the braindead machine god Kronos. Though Kronos is inactive, within his systems are vast repositories of ancient knowledge although much of it remains encrypted. Despite this, there's just enough activity to extract samples of cybernephrine which is the crux of Taranis' economy.