Makurdi (Planet 0203)

Makurdi (TL 3)
This Nigerian station is built from a pretech colony ship dating back before the Scream, which was intended to be used in a unified recolonization effort. The ship was part of the Neo Nigerian expansion, which ultimately led to the colonization of Kwande, although without the use of the Makurdi colony ship. Naval Commander, Adeyemi Eze, didn’t approve of the liberal intentions of the Kwande colony, so he broke rank and found a place barricade the colony ship in, hoping to preserve traditional Nigerian culture. He found a particularly large star that would irradiate all but the most advanced ships if approached too close. He approached the star in the eclipse of the planetary bodies orbiting it, and settled in synchronous orbit behind the nearest planet, inside it’s shadow. After the Scream, the station has all but lost its’ mobility, and great pains are taken to keep the station in proper orbit. The population of 140,000 here is participating in a mandatory “genetic improvement” policy and is unfriendly towards non-Nigerian peoples. Not surprisingly, the Republic of Neo-Nigeria regards the Makurdi colony as nothing more than a colony of deserters, with no claims of sovereignty.