Heva

Heva (Iquis: Hēwa), designated as Shwen AB III, is a planet in the Shwen system. Its administrative capital planet of the Coalition of Allied Star Systems.

Its 26 billion inhabitants live in its two thousand-year old urban sprawl which covers ninety-nine percent of its landmasses. The only area where the original surface is still visible and exposed is the Government Quarter.

History

Years after Icnosis

Archaeological and secondary documentation confirms that Heva was settled by initial human pioneers in 166 AAI, one of the first worlds that the civilizations in Incognita discovered and subsequently chosen as a new home.

The world was originally a habitable earth-like world with luscious alien fauna and flora, which were later domesticated by the settlers as farm animals and sources of food. The native fauna lacked a prey instinct for the new humans that now shared their world, and most displayed curiosity and friendliness when approached. Predators mostly kept to themselves.

By the 3rd centruy AAI, civilization on Heva returned to a more primitive form compared to the ancestors of the settlers that had originally arrived from Incognita, as pastoral and agricultural lifestyles were far more productive for community growth. Old Iquis began to appear as a distinct language separate from Proto-Icnotic A.

The first resemblance to a nation-state was the Republic of Ikarun.

First Ecumenopolis

By 1662 AAI, the urban sprawl of Heva grew to cover most of the existing landmasses.

Great Devastation (2021 AAI)

In 2021 AAI, several nation states unleashed nuclear attacks on each other, devastating much of the important urban centers. The nuclear detonations were powerful enough to collapse many levels of the urban structures, significantly damaging global infrastructure and waste management. The event wiped out more than 78% of the global population, which numbered around 19 billion at the time.

Artashian Subjugation (2256)

In 2254, the Star Republic of Artashia launched a planetary invasion of Heva in an attempt to use the still-recovering Hevan population as slave labour to harvest metals and other materials from the ruins of the First Ecumenopolis. By 2356, most of Heva has been secured by the Artashian Starcorps.

Artashian rule lasted almost a century before damages incurred from attacks by Hevan resistance became too costly for Artashian operations to continue on Heva. The Artashian government announced a full-scale withdrawl from Heva in 2448.

Second Ecumenopolis

Under Artashian rule, newer stabilization technologies allowed the occupational government to begin construction of a new layer of urban growth on top of the ruins of the First Ecumenopolis, intended to be settled by Artashian elites. The Second Ecumenopolis officially begins on the 35th level of the Hevan Ecumenopolis.

Heva-Artashian War (2510-2514)

The Hevan military junta launched devasting planetary attacks on Artashian settlements across the Settled Systems, which led to a full out war between the two polities. By the end of the conflict, both sides collectively incurred casualties of up to five billion.

Formation of the Coalition (2525)

The anti-war Vermillion Revolution broke out in 2514 across worlds controlled by the militant Star Republic of Artashia and the Hevan Planetary Government, including the Artashian-occupied Bzhao homeworld of Rwoth.

The resulting civilian-led governments sued for peace, and entered negotiations the same year.

The Star System Economic Forum was established in 2516 as an economic platform to promote cooperation between star systems in the region.

Closer economic ties and co-reliance among the star systems culminated in the ratification of the Incognita V Accords, resulting in the formation of the Coalition of Allied Star Systems in 2525 with the founding worlds of Heva, Artashia, Carthage, Rwoth, and Rongue.

Geography

Heva is traditional divided into 4 major continents.

The First Ecumenopolis describes the levels of uninhabited urban growth that had been built prior to 2021 AAI. It is generally inaccessible by members of the public, but government technicians, scholars, and other related personnel are granted supervized access to these levels. These levels are under atmospheric control and constant surveillance to prevent structural decay to support the Second Ecumenopolis directly above it.

The Second Ecumenopolis describes the levels of inhabited urban growth build after 2021 AAI. The 35th to 42th levels were built between 2256 and 2525, and the rest (43rd-102nd) were built after 2525.