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Bartyn's Landing

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this settlement was founded on the planet Lamaredd, ostensibly by the survivors of a starship crashlanding. In reality, the settlement was originally the base of operations of the Outer Rim Oreworks Corporation representative Hugo Bartyn. He used his LH-3010 freighter as the starting point for the settlement, taking it apart and centering the "town" around the ship's command module. The settlement was unknown to most beings because Bartyn worked to erase any knowledge of the system from the galaxy's star charts. Spreading outward from the remains of the freighter, Bartyn's Landing eventually prospered despite Lamaredd's remote location and the lack of supplies. Since it was the location of the planet's only real spaceport, Bartyn's Landing also became the de facto capital of Lamaredd. However, the settlers came to feel that the native Menahuun were more of a nuisance than the rightful inhabitants of Lamaredd, and they tried to hunt them into extinction. The Menahuun fled into the wilderness, biding their time and gathering their strength for an eventual attack on Bartyn's Landing. When Hugo Bartyn went on his last Menahuun hunt, his entire party disappeared, and was never seen again. Control of the settlement passed down through many generations of Bartyn's descendents, each of which continued to run the family businesses with Hugo's tenacity and boldness. Over time, though, the settlement became simply known as The Landing, and only Bartyn's direct descendants used the original name.