Kul

Kul is a terrestrial desert planet that orbits the red dwarf star Nax, in the Caldwell 84 globular cluster of the Sagittarius spiral arm. It is the homeworld of the intelligent Vrex species, and the only planet in its system. Kul is known to be a harsh, unforgiving landscape with harsh weather patterns and even harsher predators.

Geography

Kul's surface is predominantly dry land, encompassing 98% of its surface area. The landscape of Kul is extremely varied thanks to the planet's active interior; tall mountains and deep valleys cover the surface of the entire planet. The flat areas are covered in deserts of iron-rich orange sand, occasionally dotted with oases of fresh water.
Kul is very volcanically active, with more than 6,000 active volcanoes. This makes it more volcanically active than the most volcanically active body in the Solar System, Io. With a very active interior that fuels these volcanoes also comes intense seismic activity. In any given area, around two quakes are to be expected per Kullan day. The vast majority of these quakes have a magnitude around 5.0 on the Richter scale, but they are known to occasionally surpass a 10.0.
Kul's equator is borderline uninhabitable around the equator, with hotter temperatures and less humidity. Closer to the poles, the vegetation becomes more lush and varied, as do the animals. Most of Kul's vegetation is similar to that of Earth's deserts, on a much larger scale.
Chemically, Kul is composed mostly of iron (~46% by mass), followed by silicon, oxygen, magnesium, sulfur, nickel, calcium, aluminum, and trace amounts of other elements. This chemical composition is very similar to Earth, save for the higher iron and silicon amounts to which the planet owes its higher gravity despite lower surface area.

Climate

Kul has an atmosphere with a higher density than Earth, and with a much higher amount of oxygen. Due to this fact, Kullan flora and fauna are both much larger than those of Earth. Kullan bushes can be the size of buildings, as can their apex predators. Normally, this would also cause a much bluer sky, but Kul's red giant star largely emits light on the red side of the visible light spectrum, which makes the sky appear yellow-orange at full daylight hours and deep red at starrise and starset.
Kul's atmosphere has about the same water content as Earth, with rainfall occuring very rarely. The rainfall process is mostly expedited by volcanic eruptions which hurl enough ash into the atmosphere to cause temporary cooling. This process also created incredibly intense thunderstorms throughout the planet.
Kul possesses a negligible axial tilt at 1.1 degrees, meaning the planet has no seasons.

Designations

Classification	Planet
Type	Terrestrial, desert
Alternative names	Vax I
Adjective	Kullan

Location Data

Star	Vax
Moons	None
Star system	Kulnax System
Spiral arm	Sagittarius Arm
Galaxy	Milky Way

Orbit & Rotation

Rotation period	30.09 standard hours 1.25 standard days
Orbital period	2510 standard days 6.87 standard years

Surface Characteristics

Surface gravity	1.2 g
Surface temperature	92 °F 33 °C

Atmosphere

Surface pressure	1.9 atm
Composition by volume	68% oxygen 20% carbon dioxide 11% nitrogen <1% other gases