Vernalis
Vernalis is a mining world in the Segmentum Obscurus. The planet was the site of the battle known as the Scouring of Vernalis.
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Name: | Vernalis | 
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| Segmentum: | Segmentum Obscurus | ||
| Sector: | Unknown | ||
| Subsector: | Unknown | ||
| System: | Unknown | ||
| Population: | Unknown | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium | ||
| Class: | Mining World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Unknown | ||
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Geography
Vernalis is a barren, lifeless world. The landscape is composed of jagged flint and crumbling shale the hue of corpse flesh, and presided over by a lifeless gray sky. The planet features vast oceans of oil, which imbue the air with fumes and a permanent petrochemical odour.[1]
Etymology
The planet's name means "springtide" in an ancient and forgotten Terran language. It is unknown if the reference to spring in the planet's name signified a collective dream for a bright, habitable future on behalf of the original colonists, a reminder of better worlds, or if, in fact, the planet had once been lush with life as the name implies. The possibility that the name was chosen out of a sense of pure, dark irony has also been suggested.[1]
Society
Millennia after being terraformed, Vernalis is only sparsely populated. The small society that exists on the planet is entirely dependent on other worlds in the Imperium for food, water and raw materials. The single significance of the world is its notable petrochemical industry which exploits the abundant oil resources by collecting, refining, and ultimately transporting the crude to geosynchronous orbit by way of orbital elevators.[1]
Sources
- 1: Sons of Dorn (Novel) by Chris Roberson: Chapter Eight, pgs. 203–209
