Desert World

From Lexicanum

Desert Worlds are completely desert, and usually fall into another class, such as civilized world, feral world or death world. Inhabited desert worlds often produce tough people who know how to survive in the most barren of environments.

Generally, the planets are desert worlds when they are colonised, but in some extreme cases, virus bombing can lead to planetwide desertification. This was the case on Tallarn when it was bombarded by the Iron Warriors.

Notable Desert Worlds

• Masali
• Quintarn
• Tallarn (Classed as a Civilised World, homeworld of the famous Tallarn Desert Raiders)
• Tarentus
• Thoth

Tarentus, Masali and Quintarn are each part of the Ultramarines empire of Ultramar and are each used as food producing worlds. They have vast bio-domes covering much of the surface along with several water traps, catching and storing as much water as the barren land can give them.