Prison Planet

Prison Planets are planets that were "cracked" and repurposed by the Five Houses of Star Supremacy to become an incarceration facility. HOSS military act as faculty and there is a large base on each planet made up of many levels.

History
It is unknown exactly when HOSS decided to embark into the prison-industrial complex, but we know it happened after the Great Crash and doesn't seem to have taken long for them to enact after becoming established.

Security
All prison planets are staffed by HOSS personnel, though theoretically, inmates who have earned privileges may start their own businesses and thus secure them how they see fit. As inmates are assigned to a whole planet, HOSS utilizes devices called Gutters which also have tracking devices in them to insure inmates are where they are suppose to be and keep them in check. If a HOSS member believes that an inmate is not complying with an order or otherwise being dangerous, they have the ability to enter a code, click a button and activate the Gutter which, as it's name suggests, guts the inmate with a series of serrated blades and drills.

Like most large, money-based organizations, HOSS also utilizes spies. On prison planets, these spies are sometimes inmates given special privileges in exchange for conveying information. Once on planet, an inmate is required, but not coerced, into checking in with their supervising officer and getting their Gutter installed. Inmates that do not are left to the mercy of other forces; they could live on the planet freely, but if caught would be given over to a special HOSS appointed overseer. For example, one called "The Glass Widow" was in charge of the Dark Sentencer's Zero Level—the lowest level of the planet where the core energy was harvested. Those "rogue" inmates caught would be given over to her to mine energy core until they physically couldn't anymore.

A prison planet is also overseen by a high ranking officer referred to as a Otherwise, HOSS specific facilities are especially well guarded as they are upkept and often lead to the only ways off planet. Of course, all members wear a HOSS-issued uniform, weapon, and carry an ID. Each officer's biometrics are registered and may be requested to access certain areas.

Housing
HOSS provides only the most basic of basic necessities. Each registered inmate is assigned a room in their official dormitory. These rooms are often likened to "human-sized lockers" as they are only as wide as is necessary for a mattress—the only object in the "room." The mattress is thin and unadorned or supported. The only other feature in the space is a receptacle that could be drawn from the wall and was used to remove waste, if needed. These spaces are also made nearly entirely of glass allowing for no privacy and are not lockable so an officer may come and go if needed.

Sustenance
Inmates are issued Pabulum which is a palm-sized green tablet that is to be rubbed between the palms. After a short amount of warmth/friction the tablet will "bloom" to produce a food-like sustenance that provides a day's worth of nutrition in a single serving. Inmates are not required to eat their tablet each day and many do not find the taste appetizing, likening it to dried seaweed with a texture like chewed gum, but it is very fulfilling. They may eat wherever they wish, provided they are not required to be at work.

Medical
Inmates are not provided with medical assistance and there are no HOSS issued doctors anywhere on the planet. As a result, disease and infection are often prevalent on prison planets. Inmates may barter for medical care from fellow inmates who may have some prior knowledge; HOSS does not restrict this.

Recreation
Though HOSS does not provide any government funded recreational activities for inmates to partake in, inmates, as previously mentioned, who have earned privileges may start their own businesses though they still must comply with HOSS directives, including any assigned labor. Some known industries to thrive on the prison planets include bars and brothels, and a black market of sorts where contraband might be obtained. This includes aforementioned medical supplies, real drugs or alcohol, and other, more mundane objects or information.

Types
All detention on a prison planet is labor-based. On the Dark Sentencer, for example, inmates were used to extract and process planet-core energy. This included not only harvesting, but also refining, packaging, and loading the energy for export.

There is no separation or otherwise special treatment of inmates who are female, youths, or have special needs; all inmates are expected to work until they can't.

Economics
Prison planets are meant to produce something and HOSS does sell the product to make a profit. The Dark Sentencer, as an example produces core-energy used throughout the system.

The Dark Sentencer
Exporting planet-core energy, The Dark Sentencer, is where the Unheavenly Creatures were all, ultimately sentenced to in some fashion. Cruger checked in with his supervisor, was issued a Gutter, and worked by processing and loading energy. Crane evaded check-in and eventually ended up in Zero Level where he harvested core energy. Zero Level was overseen by Worn who was working under HOSS as The Glass Widow.