Places of the Tars Tavik Nebula
While this list is by no means exhaustive; these planets represent the most notorious areas of the Tars Tavik Nebula.
Death of Darvin- Founded shortly after the 2200s, when Darvin Mulroney, a notorious Human pirate, died at the hands of Klingon Security forces, Death of Darvin boasts the largest human population of any Tars Tavik settlement. During the Maqui movement, it was a key recruiting post for new members and a hideout far from the eyes of Cardassia. It’s fallen into some disrepair since the Dominion War and the end of the Maqui but “Mulroney’s”, the best bar in the sector, continues to operate within the moon’s capital “city”. Need a mercenary or bounty hunter? They’re at “Mulroney’s”.
Smuggler’s Rest- Shady deals? Check. Illegal trading? Double check. Smuggler’s Rest is exactly what it’s name implies: a bad place for bad people to take a moment before shuttling bad things across the borders. Smugglers Rest has become a stopping point for black market trading since 2133, when the Romulans first expanded to this part of the galaxy. If you need something, you can probably buy it here.
Bouli (Bool-le)- The planet itself is an unlivable gas giant but there’s an ancient space station still in orbit .around it’s central ring. Originally, the sector’s finest market place, it’s become co-opted by the Orion slave trade and now operates strictly as a pleasure palace, a twisted mirror version of Risa where any perversion or desire can be sated if you pay the right people.
Magan (May-gan)- During times of stress or political upheaval, Romulan and Klingon dissidents usually make their way to the Tars Tavik to escape oppression. Magan is directly between Romulan and Klingon space, it’s a natural haven for the huddled masses of two separate and very different Empires. But the bad blood between Romulans and Klingons still exists in the Tars Tavik, as racial differences inside the massive refugee camps on Magan create what the locals call “Dirt Wars”, fierce battles between the poverty stricken occupants that can spill out across the nebula.
Feron Prime (Fair-ron)- The sector’s only legal settlement, Feron Prime’s life began as a simple galactic truck stop and now has a population of 10 million across the planet in large, semi-modern cities. Owned and operated by the Orion Government (or more likely, the Orion Syndicate) Feron Prime is the closest thing to civilization in Tars Tavik.
Nag Toth - Not truly a planet, Nag Toth is really a Black Dwarf star, a dead and cold stellar body that has almost completely burned out. Deadly radiation and thousand year old nuclear fires make Nag Toth far from habitable but the dead solar system around Nag Toth has a history of mysterious disappearances: ships, shuttles, anything that flies inside the Nag Toth system will disappear without a trace inside, what humans refer to as, the Nag Toth Triangle.
Mool- A giant, polluted ball of hot magma and volcanic eruptions, Mool is now the galaxy’s largest junk yard, a floating garbage heap populated with trashed star ships and broken machines. Scrap dealers and traders makes this planet home, as well has space-jackers that sell the parts from their latest captures for big profits.
Essen 4- The forth planet in the Essen star system, it’s a strangely peaceful world that’s completely uninhabited by sentient life, just animals and beautiful vegetation. Ancient Orion traders called the planet “haunted”.
Onra (On-rah)- An archeological treasure trove, Onra is a jungle covered world that’s home to one of the finest specimens of Orion and Nausicann ruins in the galaxy. Ancient stone cities rise up beneath the jungle canopies. The planet is largely uninhabited but Federation Archeologists and adventure seekers have been dying to get their hands on the thousands of undocumented treasures somewhere on this planet.
Kral- Named after the Klingon captain who discovered it, regular visits to Kral have become a Klingon naval tradition. Young captains who wish to prove their worth fly across the border without being detected and fire three shots into the planet’s surface. After hundreds of years, the planet bears the unusual scars of such a violent tradition.