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{{otheruses|the system containing the planet ''Garrote''|the ''Garotte'' system|Garotte}}
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== System Information ==
Also known as '''Garrote''' after its only planet, '''KA-418''' is a [[Deep Periphery]] system and the only stable star within five [[w:Parsec|parsec]] (approximately 16.3 lightyears) in its stretch of the [[Draconis Combine]] border, which makes it a natural chokepoint for [[JumpShip]] travel in the area.<ref name=TStDpp3-4> ''To Serve the Dragon'', pp. 3-4 </ref>

KA-418 "Garrote" should not be confused with the periphery system in the Finmark Province of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] that was formerly known as Seven Lands and called [[Garotte]] as of [[3130]].

== Political Affiliation ==
none

== KA-418 (Garrote) ==
=== Planetary Info ===
Garotte has an 18-hour rotation period. The planet is extremely barren. Gray, brackish seas wash up against shores. Dead-brown swaths of permafrost fight white patches of ice and snow. The permafrost is cracked and creviced from the planet's severe tectonic activity. Pools of standing water spread across the plains, scummed over with brackish algae and ringed by low-laying scrub brush and isolated patches of dead or dying forests.  Hard winds carve at the northern plain, piling frost covered drifts of tan earth.  

Hotspots created by geothermal venting pock the landscape with gray-green splotches like a disease. What little life the world supports grows around these warm pockets, twisted and stunted by the world's poisoned biosphere.<ref name=TStDpp3-4/>

=== Planetary History ===
The [[Star League]] established an outpost including a storage depot for chemical, biological, and radiological weapons outlawed by the [[Ares Conventions]], called [[The Cemetery]] on Garotte.<ref name=TStDpp3-4/>

=== Planetary Locations ===
The Cemetery is located somewhere on Garrote's northern polar basin. Forces from [[Santander's World]] and [[Port Krin]] clashed here near one of the hotspots.<ref name=TStDpp3-4/>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[To Serve the Dragon]]'' (short story)

[[Category:Systems|KA-418]]
[[Category:Systems with Undetermined Coordinates|KA-418]]
[[Category: Deep Periphery Systems|KA-418]]