Hercynia

Hercynia is a planet recently re-established into Union. After a TBK (Total Biome Kill) that appears to have happened a couple hundred years ago, the Smith-Shimano Corpro ran organization Landmark Colonial set up a settlement on Hercynia to try and re-settle the planet. Evergreen is the official settlement and is on track for growth under Landmark's 100 year plan. Hercynia was the victim of a SecComm military campain that left the planet devistated. There is an immense amout of "noise" coming from the planet, from extended distress calls, to decaying military infrastucture, nuclear radiation and more. The planet also has a volitile weather system, and has a planet wide monsoon season that blankets the skys in clouds and the ground in water. A fast spinning world, Hercynia enjoys a 20-hour day and a 305-day year, with long daylight hours (16-18) in the summer and shorter days in the winter. The rain on Hercynia is slightly acidic due to leftover atmospheric refuse from the war. Because of this, gear left outside for long periods tends to degrade faster and covering are recommended for both buildings and people during the wet season. Life on Hercynia is carbon-based and most of it is sutable for human consumption. The biosphere is in complete remission after was was effectrively a mass extinction event 500 years ago. As a result, there are very few large animals and those that do exist are almost exclusively semi-amphibious or marine. Hercynia's plant life is earthlike: vibrant or dark green, broad-leafed, and overgrown. During the rainy season, much of the flora expresses a think, waxy polymer that can be scraped off and is highly flammable. Most Hercynian animals are equipped with some sort of exoskeleton and can broadly be classified as arthropods. There are a wide variety of insect feeding flying animals in Hercynia that resemble the manta rays and skates of cradle, though few grow very large. THe world also has a small and developing population of imported birds, such as cranes, storks, starling, and pigeons. The planet is home to a large population of invasive species that humans brought to the planet as food or stowaways- mostly rodents such as rats, rabbits, or ferrets, but also a few species of bird and the space-dwelling krait.

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