Ferya
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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Name: | Ferya | 
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| Segmentum: | Tempestus | ||
| Sector: | Eternum | ||
| Subsector: | Gothar | ||
| System: | Vikin | ||
| Population: | ~2,500,000 | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperial | ||
| Class: | Death World | ||
| Tithe Grade: | Solutio Secundus | ||
Overview
A planet as ugly as it is deadly, Ferya is predominantly covered by swamps and marshes. Although most of the original records have been lost to time, Ferya was once a pleasant ocean covered world with a few archipelagos, though home to large quantities of edible algae and useful resources hidden under the sea. Millenia of mining, pollution, and uncontrolled farming slowly drained the bulk of the oceans, at the same time causing a runaway atmospheric breakdown that heated the planet more and more, eventually turning the world into a humid, swampy quagmire. The humidity and heat led to the breakdown of the forges and manufactorums, with the cost of repairs being more than simply moving production elsewhere, with the Mechanicus and skilled citizens abandoning the masses.
The native life also changed as the world turned into swamp, and the few leftover cities on higher ground found themselves under siege from voracious Megators (massive reptiles whose jaws can crush a tank), massive Mouthflies (parasitic flies that lay their egg in the mouths of unlucky victims), Scythquitos (large flying insects with a proboscis that can pierce ceramite) and countless others. Forced to flee to the swamps, the survivors formed isolated fortresses to weather the constant assault by native life. The remaining humans on Ferya are incredibly resilient and well suited for difficult terrain, as they must fight both native life and the environment to keep their ramshackle fortresses safe another day. Ferya has no significant tithe, merely being required to provide occasional Guard regiments drafted from the best of the PDF. Food is abundant on Ferya, but the reality of life on the waterlogged surface precludes any proper farming that could contribute to the tithe, and also prevents the Imperial Governor (who oversees the world from the comfort of his orbital station) from ensuring tithe compliance through food - instead Ferya receives weapons or metals used in fortifications, and in exchange they ensure the world's only spaceport (situated on the tallest point, formerly the largest archipelago) stays safe and that the manpower tithe is satiated.
