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[[File:Dark-valley.jpg|thumb|380px|Terraforming Pines near the Dark Zone.]]The '''Proxima Centauri
==History==
Proxima Centauri was the largest and most important [[Arachnid]] system involved in the [[Bug War|First Bug War]], and it took several decades in the early 21st
Proxima managed to escape heavy fighting after that, however, except for occasional raids by the [[Christian Federation]] during the [[Third Civil War]]. It remained in [[Grand Council Loyalists|Grand Council Loyalist]] hands throughout that conflict, was not in the path of either the [[Vin Shriak]], [[Vulthra]], or [[Caal]] Invasions, and declared loyalty for the [[Holy Terran Empire]] early in the [[Ascension War]] and stayed that way from then on. Although this peace and quiet was mostly due to there not being much in the system worth fighting over, it did allow the system's population to be periodically swollen by refugees from systems not quite so lucky to be a peaceful backwater.
==Geography==
Not actually anywhere near the star once known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri Alpha Centauri C], also known as Proxima due to being the closest star to the [[Earth|Earth System]], the system currently known as Proxima Centauri was code-named that when it was still a Bug staging base during the Bug War. The code name stuck, thanks to the original star of that name having no planets worth settling, the complex gravity of a triary star system having long since ejected into the void any planets it might have once had
==Demography==
Proxima III's 150 million people mostly live in a series of small industrial cities and mining settlements ringing the equator, taking advantage of the planet's extensive network of Arachnid tunnels to mine its mineral resources. Food is grown hydroponically in large glassed-over domes and greenhouses that stretch for miles. One mining settlement of note is the so-called '''Dark Zone''', a deep valley sheltered from the winds by a thrust fault between two mountain ranges,
In addition to mining and hydroponic farming, the system was also once
At some point in the next thousand years, Proxima will become ruled by a religious oligarchy, most likely the [[Cult of the Emperor]].
==Behind the Scenes==
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