Huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Yā'mon (Yā'mon Belt Alpha)

The huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Yā'mon (Yā'mon belt alpha) is an asteroid belt in the [Yā'mon system](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VarxDJ5yLo-yaamon-system), [Xi'an Empire](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0n96JkwNo9-xian-empire). Used as a supplier of minerals for the [Xi'an](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/ReJwN9KJEj-xian) military, it was under heavy guard for the duration of the [Xi'an-Human Cold War](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlLjDewkZ-xian-human-cold-war) (SEY 2530 - 2793). [Human](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) scouts on observation missions were sometimes captured and held as political hostages until they could be exchanged for Xi'an prisoners kept in the [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth). After the end of the Cold War, the belt was opened to commercial mining, and is one of the main resources of materials for the ongoing terraforming projects on [Yethlūl y.ath'o (Yā'mon II)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bo1JQK12rr-yethluul-yatho-yaamon-ii) and [Yethlūl s.yen'o (Yā'mon III)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/V8WPNjrEjW-yethluul-seyeno-yaamon-iii).