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{{Quote|no=two|q1=So this place is built on the arms trade, then.|[[Malcolm Geffen]]|q2=Hell no. Tantalum mining. What do you think we're here for?|[[Nairn]]|Mal and Nairn.}} | {{Quote|no=two|q1=So this place is built on the arms trade, then.|[[Malcolm Geffen]]|q2=Hell no. Tantalum mining. What do you think we're here for?|[[Nairn]]|Mal and Nairn.}} | ||
Venezia has evolved from an anarchic [[Outer Colony]] to a major center of interstellar trade and commerce. Its multi-species population has made it a hub for trade with former Covenant worlds. The [[Via Casilina Trade Route]] connects Venezia to other planets in the [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]]. The premier export on Venezia and the driver of its economic power is [[Wikipedia: | Venezia has evolved from an anarchic [[Outer Colony]] to a major center of interstellar trade and commerce. Its multi-species population has made it a hub for trade with former Covenant worlds. The [[Via Casilina Trade Route]] connects Venezia to other planets in the [[Cordoba system|Cordoba]], [[Shaps system|Shaps]], [[Elduros system|Elduros]], and [[Sverdlovsk system|Sverdlovsk systems]]. The premier export on Venezia and the driver of its economic power is [[Wikipedia: Tantalum|tantalum]].<ref>'''Halo: Mortal Dictata''', ''page 148''</ref> The mining of this metal was a significant factor for why many came to the colony in the first place and also serves as a rationale in the minds of some residents for why the UNSC is unlikely to ever leave them alone. Tantulum is primarily traded to [[Kig-Yar]] for arms and ships. The [[Grexco]] corporation operates a large [[Grexco tantalum extraction plant|plant]] for the extraction of the valuable mineral. Other mining operations on the planet are concerned with slate and sandstone, which was used to build New Tyne. | ||
[[File:H5G-FRG.png|thumb|200px|right|The Type-58 fuel rod cannon, a Venezian export.]] | [[File:H5G-FRG.png|thumb|200px|right|The Type-58 fuel rod cannon, a Venezian export.]] | ||
The [[black market]] on the planet is flooded with vessels and hardware of every sort. In the months immediately following the end of the Great War, Kig-Yar on Venezia in particular were exchanging arms to [[Jiralhanae]] in exchange for ships. Prior to his death on [[2553#December|December 12, 2553]] at the hands of [[Blue Team]], [[Georgi Baklanov]] controlled one half of all black market commerce on the planet between his restaurant, the [[Trattoria Georgi]], and an orbital warehouse complex named [[Uashon Station]]. Anyone that wanted to engage in unregulated business knew not to cross him, elsewise they would be looking for a new colony to work out of. His death left a vacuum that was filled by the [[T'vaoan]] [[Kig-Yar]], [[Nor Fel]], whose [[Nor Fel's clearing house|a clearing house]] became a preeminent symbol of power and wealth in New Tyne by [[2557]]. Nothing of the sort had existed in [[2553]]. Venezia had always been porous in terms of trade, but Fel's venture was the first time it had an ordnance supermarket. | The [[black market]] on the planet is flooded with vessels and hardware of every sort. In the months immediately following the end of the Great War, Kig-Yar on Venezia in particular were exchanging arms to [[Jiralhanae]] in exchange for ships. Prior to his death on [[2553#December|December 12, 2553]] at the hands of [[Blue Team]], [[Georgi Baklanov]] controlled one half of all black market commerce on the planet between his restaurant, the [[Trattoria Georgi]], and an orbital warehouse complex named [[Uashon Station]]. Anyone that wanted to engage in unregulated business knew not to cross him, elsewise they would be looking for a new colony to work out of. His death left a vacuum that was filled by the [[T'vaoan]] [[Kig-Yar]], [[Nor Fel]], whose [[Nor Fel's clearing house|a clearing house]] became a preeminent symbol of power and wealth in New Tyne by [[2557]]. Nothing of the sort had existed in [[2553]]. Venezia had always been porous in terms of trade, but Fel's venture was the first time it had an ordnance supermarket. | ||