Xarnas V
A relatively small, cold planet in the Xarnas System, the legendary home system of the Xadia Ancients.
Due to the sheer distance form the star, Xarnas V is one of the coldest worlds. It is also, famously, the planet where the initial team of scientists have discovered the star system's past. Xarnas V has an average quantity of archaeotech in comparison to the rest of the system. The Hyperion Federation has extracted several pieces of archaeotech for study, obviously making this planet extremely valuable. They attempt to study the rest with archaeological sonic wave scanning machines, but not every piece of archaeotech has been found yet; the HF has only claimed and started using this system very recently. After they find all the archaeotech on the planet, they are likely to extract the archaeotech.
There is one major issue. Despite its very cold nature, it is still geologically active. The mantle is comprised mostly of a very heat resistant rock, so continental shifts can happen. This often makes the world quite dangerous, but it is important to obtain as much archaeotech as possible. They have yet to find any technology ressembling the sheer power of a Scattershape or Rikavi Ancients revival machine. The geological activity can cause large cracks to form on the surface with virtually no warning. Falling into these as they expand in size is likely to kill, even with very strong HF power armour. This has caused more than several teams to split up as neither side could find a way over the large valleys. This has caused a number of deaths of scientists and unplanned mission reschedules.
The planet has a relatively low gravity due to its size. Objects are accelerated at about 7m/s^2 under this planets gravity. Cybernetic enhancements are used to prevent people from becomming weak from exploring the low gravity environment.
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