“Even amongst border worlds, Svelben is remarkable in its ability to repulse even the most iron-stomached governors, due to its ten year winters. Appointees typically last three years there, even those formerly assigned to rebellious provinces that have had to deal with insurgents, espionage and worse. It is a quiet, uneventful, and very, very cold world. The only thing it is well known for is losing military patrols in seven day snowstorms.” - Holm Vexatus, Imperial Surveyor