Katafraktus VIII

[Daelin]

This map was done with Tear's excellent tutorial, with a couple of changes, some intentional, some just because I couldn't get it right.

The world of Katafraktus VIII is a colony in the galactic-spanning Empire of Man. About five centuries have past since three mammoth colony ships landed on the planet, carrying a total of close to 150 million people. The planet has seen a massive influx of immigrants in the last decade, and the world is quickly becoming an major power in the local galactic neighborhood. The world is known for its giant agricultural industry, an abundance of Deuterium in its oceans and the Orianox, a gigantic native animal the size of a small apartment block, which is fortunately herbivore.

The reason why I did the colony ships as (somewhat) realistic representations and the actual cities as symbols is because I wanted to convey the massive size of the ships. Even sprawling metropolises, with over ten million citizens aren't visible on the map, because of the scale, but the ships do, simply because they are so immense.

And as ever, I had the most fun just coming up with names for the different things, like "Intrinsic Morals" and "Downward Spiral Bay" and "Scholastic Katafrakt". It's probably too esoteric but I just think stuff like that is a right hoot!