Khaarkorin

Map	Basic Data		Planetary Image
	Name:	Khaarkorin
	Segmentum:	Tempestus
	Sector:	Eternum
	Subsector:	Kalibras
	System:	Otepic
	Population:	~50,000
	Affiliation:	Imperial
	Class:	Death World
	Tithe Grade:	Adeptus Non

Overview

Khaarkorin is a scorchingly hot world, dry and desiccated and scoured constantly by powerful storms of sand and grit. The atmosphere is poisonous and corrosive, and any man caught outside without proper protective gear will either have the flesh rasped from his bones by the wind or his lungs filled with toxic gases. Geologically unstable, Khaarkorin is beset by constant tremors and quakes, and volcanic eruptions are an almost daily event. Scattered across the surface of the planet are clusters of smoking vents and steaming fumaroles, usually surrounded by bubbling pools of magma or highly toxic lakes of super–hot water full of dissolved salts, heavy metals, and other chemicals. The only places man has a chance of dwelling for any length of time on this planet are the poles, which are cool enough, and stable enough, for permanent settlements assuming constant cleaning of seals around doors and windows (as sulphuric rains eat them away) and regeneration of air filters (easily clogged by thick masses of toxin–laden dust). Ork bands occasionally make planetfall to raid the meager Imperial Outposts on the world, though the environment normally ends these raids as fast as they start. The only Imperial settlement of note, AN6-005, possesses a shielded deep space augar array used to gather intelligence on Ork movements in Arkamedes. Constantly maintained by Techpriests and defended by Imperial Guard, AN6-005 serves a crucial role in strategy against the Orks that plague the region.