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'''Vistula''' is an agricultural planet in the [[Epsilon Ludi]] [[stellar system]], accessible via [[Stargate 5]].

Some time prior to [[2491]] CE, [[Human]]s settle on Vistula and a group become nomads living in the [[Sea of Stone]]; in the decade or so leading up to 2491, the nomads would begin organizing under [[Kaleel]], a charismatic cult leader who fooled a large majority of the Sea of Stone's people into believing that [[Earth]] was their enemy, including their appointed governor, [[Tabor Saroyan]].

Under Saroyan, appointed by the Earth [[Food Directorate]] for three successive terms over approximately two decades, the workers of Vistula cultivate vegetable and protein product to be constituted into [[food disc]]s to supply the nutritional requirements of Earth. Kaleel and his followers are able to introduce poison into the food shipments over a period of time, by integrating them into the packaging of the food itself from [[Processing Plant 347]]: food meant for the Earth [[Defense Directorate]]'s pilot corps in [[New Chicago]]. 

Following the launch of Kaleel's plan, as well as {{buck}} and [[Duke Danton]]'s discovery of Kaleel's massive holdings of [[Scorpion fighter]]s in the Sea of Stone, his military leader-for-hire [[Galen]] leads [[Battle of Vistula|a disastrous offensive against the weakened Defense Directorate]]. The inhabitants of the Sea of Stone are subsequently freed of Kaleel's influence, and Saroyan's son, [[Regis Saroyan]], and future daughter-in-law [[Ryma]] return to Vistula to undo the damage inflicted by Kaleel's machinations {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}}.

== Notes ==

* The planet looks remarkably like [[Earth]], even down to some of the hallmarks, such as the [[w:Great Lakes|Great Lakes]].
* {{w|Vistula}} is the name of the longest and largest river in {{w|Poland}}, and is often associated with Polish culture. 

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