Hephaeustus Customs

The only way you're ever likely to see more of Hephaestus than immigration halls and cramped slums is if you're a pirate, a trader or a miner, and the only other people who make enough credits to pay the exorbitant prices Hephaestus demands a recent documentary by a Hermes Vidflix team revealed that the price of a glass of Opi-Ola on Hephaestus could keep a Hermes family of four fed for a week. Providing, that is, that the family were prepared to eat straw a goodly proportion of the time. (Oh well, that's investigative journalism for you). If you're a trader, you'll no doubt become extremely familiar with the Hephaestan Commodities Exchange all too quickly; it is the chief source of many of the more refined goods, as well as being one of the best-paying importers in the Tri-System.

Planet: Hephaestus
System: Irrulan
Atmosphere: Highly Toxic
Diameter: 4,543 Miles
Population: 5,536,761,248