Black-Air Conflict

period of unrest in kota, 428-431. Kota feels shortchanged bc they’ve become a valuable producer of emerald air (only producer other than Qamar) but Pax refuses to pay them more for it (the initial payment schedule treats all regulated air as blue).

A refinery in Qime leaks dangerous gas and Pax mandates a shutdown while LCA engineers come and do safety inspections. This leads to mass unrest and militias blockading the procurate building in Kota City.

See also

• kota refinery disasters
• Emerald circuit

• pax tries to break the procurate building siege but when they regain sight into Kota it’s clear this isnt something that can be solved by force
• pax governance is renegotiated to form the modern oversight council
• constitution is amended to price air by density
• IPRO waives levies on relief ships (partially leading to lock 19 blockade)