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Name: Islyyr II
Region: Outer
System: Islyyr
Suns: One sun, Islyyr, Blue Giant (7R☉)
Orbital Position: Close habitable zone -- extreme conditions on sunlight facing side.
Moons: Two natural sattelites: Veth (The smaller) and Zsii (The larger)
Coordinates: Link to Image Detailing Location
Rotational Period: 24,576 hours (Almost the same length as the orbital period)
Orbital Period: 1,024 standard days.
Additional Planetary Information:
The planet exists in a very precise part of the orbital spectrum in relation to its star. Enough to superheat the side facing the sun and keep the side of the world facing space cool, like most planets that maintain one side facing their star for prolonged periods of time. The night side is typically clear-skied and has gorgeous views of the rocky moons, and the day side is covered in constant clouds, a result of the evaporation and volcanic ash of the day side. Greenhouse gasses trap condensation to a location well past the meridian, where the cooler air allows the mixed water vapor, gasses, and ash to finally condense and form the oceans of highly acidic and toxic water that is black as the volcanic rock below. The slow rotation of the world allows this cycle of changing environment, and the local creatures have learned to migrate in tandem with the slowly rotating planet.
Class: Terrestrial
Diameter: 13,122km
Atmosphere: Type I, but the volcanic daytime climate makes Type II-atmosphere preparations advisable.
Climate: Night side: Oceanic, Day Side: Volcanic
Gravity: Night Side: 0.8x Standard, but the greenhouse effect of the volcanic side can add the illusion of higher gravity via pressure.
Primary Terrain: Two fold. A common denominator is mountainous terrain on both halves of the planet, however on the night side it would be oceanic and on the day side it would be volcanic and craggy, pockmarked with lethal hot springs of leftover water and sulfur.
Native species: Vek'thot (Flying carnivores that use echolocation to locate prey -- they prefer the night climate), Akk'thot (Worm-like creatures with thick hide and rock-like plating that eat the volcanic ash and earth -- they tend to stay in the daytime climate), Podin (Whale-like creatures that stay in the coolest parts of the Lyyrian night), Crykk (Dog-sized amphibians that have two distinct variations based on if they live in water or lava). Please notify if factory submissions are required for these creatures.
Immigrated species: Small populations of Trandoshan, Human, and Geonosians have tried colonising, but ultimately failed. Their remnants can be found sparsely on both sides of the planet.
Primary languages: Galactic Standard Basic (If I had to choose one)
Government: Anarchistic (There is no centralised government)
Population: No significant sentient population.
Demonym: Lyyrian
Major cities: N/A
Major imports: N/A
Major exports: N/A
Affiliation: Neutral.
Culture: N/A
Technology: Primitive/Obsolete. Ruins of abandoned outposts are highly outdated and would not have technology up-to-par with modern technology.
History: In the times of the Old Republic, the Islyyr system was discovered. There were a few planets in the system, all of which were inhabitable for one reason or other, but the second planet from the sun was deemed potentially habitable -- so Islyyr II was christened. The world was soon swarmed by colonists seeking to take purchase on this world, not realising the dangers. When they landed on the day side, intense heat robbed the more repiratorily sensitive species of oxygen and suffocated them, while the more adaptable creatures pressed on but lost to the volcanic terrain. When they attempted to colonise the more pleasant night side, they soon found out that there were lethal predators that easily picked off and devoured the poor inhabitants. They were unable to even develop a staging area to create a subaquatic colony, and when they realised that the planet's rotation made a lethal cycle, they abandoned the idea altogether. So the planet was labelede NE "No Exploration" 056. The label stuck through the databases even until modern times, chroniclers ensuring nobody dared to set foot on this wild and hostile world. This never stopped many people throughout the ages, however. There would always be a group from Jedi to Sith, Republic, mercenary groups, all manner of individuals have tried and either failed to achieve or eventually abandoned colonies and bases on the planet.
Notable PC's: None currently.
Lunar Information:
Veth is a small rock that orbits Islyyr II. It is thought to be a captured asteroid that was melted and beat into shape by asteroids and the hot star. Zsii is a larger moon that may have been a merger of asteroids and was also shaped by the heat and impacts -- it is also theorised that Zsii started out as a dwarf planet closer to Islyyr before moving outward and being captured by Islyyr II's gravity. The larger of the two moons orbits closer than the smaller, and they both travel the same speed around the world.
Intent: To provide an eventual base of operations and land of exploration, discovery, and challenge for Atretes Rhoujen in the future. It will span many threads, or one very long thread.
