Inokh (lit. "Not-Ice") is a planet and member world of the Pentarchy, named for its unusual, largely ice-free composition despite its outer system location (it is thought to have migrated outward from the inner system millions of years ago).

'''Inokh''' (lit. "Not-Ice") is a planet and member world of the Pentarchate, named for its unusual, largely ice-free composition despite its outer system location (it is thought to have migrated outward from the inner system millions of years ago).

= History =

== History ==

Inokh was originally colonized in ZY 2609 as a corporate mining colony of the [[Nolnek Imperium]]. A miners' revolt in ZY 2828 led to the end of corporate authority and the creation of a tight-knit confederation of autonomous communes. Fearing retribution by the Nolneks, Inokh welcomed the establishment of the Pentarchate at the [[Congress of Anjara]], and became one of its founding members. In recent years, however, with the decline and subsequent collapse of the Nolneks and the economic difficulties created by the Pentarchic government's imposition of certain elements of a market economy, many have come to question the supposed economic and security benefits offered by the Pentarchate as it currently exists, and it is this discontent which has thrown Premier Nokmal and their government into crisis.

Inokh was originally colonized in ZY 2609 as a corporate mining colony of the [[Nolnek Imperium]]. A miners' revolt in ZY 2828 led to the end of corporate authority and the creation of a tight-knit confederation of autonomous communes. Fearing retribution by the Nolneks, Inokh welcomed the establishment of the Pentarchate at the [[Congress of Anjara]], and became one of its founding members. In recent years, however, with the decline and subsequent collapse of the Nolneks and the economic difficulties created by the Pentarchic government's imposition of certain elements of a market economy, many have come to question the supposed economic and security benefits offered by the Pentarchate as it currently exists, and it is this discontent which has thrown Premier Nokmal and their government into crisis.

= People and Culture =

== People and Culture ==

The vast majority of the 72 million Inokhis reside in a mixture of naturally occurring caverns and lava tubes and centuries worth of mining tunnels beneath the surface of Inokh, as the planet's thin, unbreathable atmosphere and weak magnetic field are insufficient to protect its inhabitants from cosmic radiation on their own. Most of these tunnels are heated and pressurized, with the exception of those inhabited by the planet's original mining robots and their descendents.

The vast majority of the 72 million Inokhis reside in a mixture of naturally occurring caverns and lava tubes and centuries worth of mining tunnels beneath the surface of Inokh, as the planet's thin, unbreathable atmosphere and weak magnetic field are insufficient to protect its inhabitants from cosmic radiation on their own. Most of these tunnels are heated and pressurized, with the exception of those inhabited by the planet's original mining robots and their descendents.