[CatKnight]

On the outer rim, perhaps 150 light years from the seat of the Terran Star League, lay a small planet orbiting a pale yellow star on the outer fringes of its biozone.

It's hard to be certain when this planet, named Whitehorse by Canadian explorers after the city in Yukon, was settled. The League can't involve itself in the details of every petty little world. Certainly not the poor, barely subsistent ones with no exports worth talking about and little or no tourism.

Some time around 2180 a colonial transport suffered severe damage during a botched hyperjump. They were fortunate to have exited in a star system at all, albeit not the one they hoped for. With the jump drive crippled and supplies running out, that single, cold, relatively arid planet would just have to do. They settled, and even somewhat prospered.

That was one hundred eight years ago. Crises have rocked the League, and Whitehorse found itself devastated by the League's own military. The governor-general, fearing both retribution on his person and the bloody vengeance the Terrans would exact on his world, seeks a way to distract his people - something to unify them and fill their idle thoughts with something besides desperation and anger.

He thinks he's found his answer.
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As you may have noted, my Indians dynasty ran into trouble when I entered the offseason. Repair attempts would have been far...uglier...than I'd have liked.

I enjoyed that league though, so I'm anxious to get back in the saddle. I'm going to borrow (or at least try out) a trick I read about by Eugene Church: Play out every game from the seventh inning on so I can learn more about the teams I'm dealing with.

I won't get involved in roster movements and the like, except for possible storyline purposes.

While we're waiting for the first post, here's a map of the Whitehorse colony to get you started.