Background: Kymparch is a significant farming colony
within the Holy Church of the Instrumentality. The
world was annexed during the Instrumentality’s
expansion roughly 1500 years ago. The majority of its
denizens embraced the Church’s teachings
wholeheartedly, while most who did not were allowed
to peacefully relocate offworld and outside the Church’s
territory.
Kymparch is home to the renowned Kymparch
Farmer’s Market. A facility the size of a small town, the
Farmer’s Market has seen better days.
As with all Instrumentality worlds, Kymparch is
expected to tithe 25% of its output – in Kymparch’s
case, food production – to the Church, which then
redistributes that output to other worlds within the
Instrumentality. Over time, this has evolved to an
expectation of a certain minimum quantity of output
based upon historic measures.
In recent decades, environmental and climate
changes have caused the output of Kymparch’s crops
and livestock to wax and wane. After a period of direct
intervention and assistance by the Church, those
resources have been reallocated to other worlds in the
face of diminishing returns.
The farmers of Kymparch are determined in their
resolve to find solutions to these problems, not only to
provide for their Church, but for their very survival.
