FIORINA 161 "FURY"

Nicknamed “Fury” by the YY chromosome inmates of the prison that was located there, Fiorina 161 is an unforgiving place. Temperatures vary widely as the world makes its orbit around the binary stars of Fiori 16a and b. Fury is home to a large variety of fish, as well as at least one group of primitive land animals. Unfortunately, the most prolific species on the planet is a small arthropod that is similar to lice, making it mandatory that all visitors shave their body hair. Fury 161’s year is only ten days long—and half of that year is in darkness.
Determined to be rich in platinum, the planet was extensively mined for decades. Estimates proved to be optimistic, however, and Fury 161’s resources tapped out quickly. Never one to miss a beat, Weyland-Yutani converted the worksite to a Class C Work Correctional Unit and lead works for radioactive and toxic waste disposal, leasing it to the Three World Empire. While at its height the facility housed thousands of prisoners, it was closed in the 2170s—leaving only a custodial staff and less than two dozen inmates to keep the facility running.
In 2179, an EEV pod from the errant starship Sulaco crash-landed on the planet, bringing some kind of contagion. Rumors suggest it was a rare strain of Cholera. Whatever it was, the convicts stationed there made unauthorized use of the facility’s stores of quinitricetyline in an attempt to burn away the infectious agent, accidentally killing several of their own in the process. Weyland-Yutani dispatched the Medical frigate Patna to Fury 161 but were too late to save all but one inmate—Robert Morse.
The story has been sensationalized by Morse’s banned book Space Beast, in which he claims that it wasn’t a contagion but a hostile organism that was on board the EEV, and that it slew nearly everyone before it was finally put down. Morse also claims the company was at fault for the massacre. Weyland-Yutani has recently put the facility on the market to be sold as scrap, but so far there has been no takers.

Type

World

Location under

FIORI 16 SYSTEM

Included Locations

• FIORINA 161 CLASS C WORK CORRECTIONAL UNIT

Owning Organization

WEYLAND-YUTANI

Related Myths

• FURY 161: RUMOR CONTROL

Other Affiliation
THE THREE WORLD EMPIRE