Planet Vorsid III Imperial mining world Imperial Tithe grade: second class, upper tier
As a mining world, Vorsid III had to provide sufficient recruits every year in addition to vast quantities of Minerals.
Development of this planet had only been completed in recent decades, and its Minerals reserves were abundant.
Those plentiful Minerals had made the local Planetary Governor a fortune.
Apart from the Minerals set aside each year for the tithe, large quantities were sold to other planets in exchange for food and funds.
The food was used to attract more people and increase mining efficiency.
The funds were used to expand the Hive Cities and build more factories.
The arrival and settlement of large numbers of people had also given the planet ample manpower.
Although the upper-tier, second-class tithe took twenty percent of the planet's Minerals output and one-eighth of its able-bodied miners every year, its abundant Minerals production more than compensated for those losses.
This was especially true of certain rare promethium-bearing metallic ores. These materials commanded extremely high market prices and were in great demand among the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Imperium's Industrial Worlds.
All this information had been included in the supplementary information list provided to Iax.
At the thought of the stipulation in the authorization record to maintain and safeguard local tithe payments, Iax's electronic brain almost wanted to go on strike.
Producing Minerals was not difficult for the Men of Iron.
But handing over one-eighth of the population to fill the ranks of the Imperium's Astra Militarum?
Having just finished circling and scanning the planet, Iax felt rather helpless.
There were still large numbers of life signs on the planet.
But clearly, no matter how Iax looked at them, these life-forms were all Tyranid bio-war beasts.
The shattered Hive Cities were