Duchess Catherine Richmond

Duchess of the Mensah Cluster, she rules from Mensah. Her late father, the former Duke of the cluster, Cordell Richmond, was much more business orientated than the current ruler. Recently many prospectors and belters have been ousted from the cluster over rising operating costs due to changes in license issuance policy.

Essentially, her ladyship has changed the lifetime license of the past to a one-time license. This has led to the abandonment of Simmer Station in y294.

Duchess Richmond has continued her father's work in one area, The Timaeus Project. This project's goal is to form new land through the creation of an artificial volcano. This is especially important on Mensah, were this project is being carried out, due to scarcity of land on the mostly-ocean-covered world.