Abessios

Abessios is the name of the volcanic prison world located in the Galactic Rim, second planet in the Gedrin System, used by the Galactic Consilium as its absolute maximum security detention facility for the most dangerous and most infamous criminals. The detention facility was established some four thousand years ago and has been modified and expanded at various times since.

The planet remains shrouded year-round with ash and sulfur gases from the near-constant volcanic activity that rocks the planet. There are no native species of sentient or non-sentient creature or plant life. While the detention center is a sealed environment, those few instances where sentients must go outdoors must be done with the assistance of breathing equipment and a light environment suit.

Background
The planet Abessios was devastated some 30,000 years ago by a natural cataclysm brought about by the impact of a massive asteroid. The deep impact made by the crater exacerbated the pronounced volcanic activities the planet had endured.

The planet was chosen for a new maximum security detention facility by the Galactic Council after a very nasty uprising at the maximum security Tevlin Detention Complex on Galarendra VII in the year 3,717 G.C.S. that had to be put down by the Galactic Marines. Galarendra III, being a populated and successful industrial world, made clear to the Galactic Council its terror of what may have happened had any of the inmates managed to reach the main world of the system. It was thus decided that those who fit the worst classifications of the criminal justice system would be consolidated in a new facility, termed absolute maximum security, which would be built at a site which re-defined "out of the way".

After a two-year survey of nearly two dozen candidate systems, the Galactic Armada submitted three sites to the Galactic Council for consideration. In a near-absolute majority vote, the Council chose Abessios after only two days of debate. Construction on the complex commenced three months later and was complete one year after that.

The Complex
The Abessios Detention Complex is situated in the planet's northwestern octant, which is the least seismically active area of the planet. It is built atop a long-dead volcano, within the crater formed by the collapse of its summit. A powerful array of specially-modulated transmitters keep seismic activity in the area at a minimum to ensure the stability of the complex, and heavily reinforced energy shields provide additional protection. The facility has space for approximately 2,000 prisoners, each held in a three meter by three meter cell sealed by a particle shield. These inmates and the facility are maintained by a force of 250 guards, 1,000 detention droids and another 200 maintenance droids.

The planet is not listed on any star chart accessible by the galaxy at large, and remains listed only on the Secure Charts of the Galactic Consilium. It is visited only three times a year by a supply ship escorted by two Armada warships. The supply ship has a superluminal drive equipped with navigational computer known as a Base Two System, meaning it can only store two sets of jump coordinates stored within it. Supply ships are dispatched from one of three military instillations to Abessios and have only the jump coordinates for those two locations.