Kiltorna
A mostly barren desert wasteland, Kiltorna is one of the least inhabited worlds in the GSU. It is the second planet from its system’s sun. What little civilian life that does exist on its surface consists of small cities and towns or farms dotted across the planet’s sandy landscape. The planet is also treated as a foundry world by many enterprises from where precious materials and resources are mined. Despite its status as a GSU planet, its defenses are few and military presence on the planet is also quite small. Because of this, criminals roam freer - the few that would actually bother to come here.
Technology
Due to the planet having been independent for many years, there is no universal tech level that can be said to exist across the world. The quality of life, resources and wealth available just depends upon what each individual has procured through whatever means, though consistency is more likely in towns and cities where said resources have been pooled together to form societies. With the planet’s integration into the GSU, this has not changed much, and the tech disparity between GSU personnel and their military settlements and the planet’s residents is glaring. A small handful of orbital defense platforms exist in geosynchronous orbit with the planet’s largest cities - of which there are very few.Society and Culture
As is the case with technology, societies and culture can vary greatly from settlement to settlement and from person to person. The planet enjoyed freedom for almost 200 years within which the existing cultures evolved and new ones developed further, with the amount of them unquantifiable. With the planet’s integration into another interstellar polity in the form of the GSU, the lifestyles of those on the planet still have not changed much.Flora and Fauna
Scattered about the surface are several plant-like lifeforms that are strikingly similar to the cactaceae family of plants on Terra. These cacti are commonly consumed by a species of large, furry, cow-like species which travel about in herds. The cows themselves are often domesticated by farmers for their meat and nutrient-rich milk. Other species analogous to Terra’s animals also exist on the planet, forming a simple ecosystem.Lanac
Of the most terrifying creatures living on the planet however, are the Lanac. These are gigantic worms which burrow underneath the planet’s surface and tunnel through its soil as its primary method of traversal. While they are blind, they use vibrations detected from below the surface to locate their prey and consume it using their circular jaws lined with sharp teeth. Lanac vary greatly in size and range from a couple meters long to the size of a small building. While they are resilient against gunfire, repeated punishment, especially from shell-calibre rounds can effectively tear through their thick flesh. They notably smell horrible.Driniol
The appearance of a gigantic humanoid creature composed entirely of rock can be a frightening sight to many. However the Driniol are in fact, very passive creatures. They can most often be found or be mistaken for piles or formations of rocks and boulders scattered about the desert sand, and they are known to remain in such hibernation states for anywhere from a few hours to months. They have been witnessed consuming rocks for nutrition. They will most often ignore human beings and simply walk by them, or at most, stop and observe out of curiousity., and then move on without any further interest. It is extremely difficult to anger a Driniol and those who succeed have never lived to tell the story. Upon being provoked, they charge at their targets and batter them into paste with their enormous boulder-like fists. Due to their immense size, standing at three-to-five times the height of the average human, their hides are also quite thick and able to even withstand shell-calibre weapons to a limited degree.History
Aside from being discovered during the Convergence, and being colonised shortly thereafter by a small number of civilians, there is not much history on this planet. The area in which the battle for the Starforger’s gate took place remains untouched, with the damage and casualties from the battle having been long buried under sand. Yet a curiousity about the ancient gate continues to intrigue many scientists and archeologists. The planet became integrated into the First Galactic Systems Union and consequently, into the Terran Empire afterwards. After the Empire’s disbanding, Kiltorna was rendered independent. It was through the governors of the planet’s handful of largest cities that acted as representatives of Kiltorna and agreed to join the GSU for the purposes of protection.Key Locations in the Solar System
Meridian: Earth-like backwater colony which has a civilian population in the millions. It is the third planet from the system’s sun. Sygnus: An ocean world and the fourth planet from the sun. Underwater habitats are either owned by corporations conducting operations or rich people who had the capital to construct their very own homes.
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