From Plutonic Power:
Pellennian society remains highly stratified, with little interaction between social classes. The planet’s rulers, a class of interrelated (and often inbred) noble families known as the “Dynants” live in heavily shielded towers on the surface, protected by dozens of regiments of ferocious Enforcer-soldiers—the Deep Guard. The Dynants are aggressive exploiters of the poor of the Stygies Cluster, enticing them to the planet with promises of honest paid work, only to then tie them in to contracts containing unachievable mining targets.