Hunan        
Star Type: F9VII
Position in System: 4 (of 4)
Number of Moons: 1 (Nefari)
Days to Jump Point: 11
Surface Water: 54%
Atm. Pressure: Standard (Tainted)
Surface Gravity: 1.1
Equatorial Temp: 45� C
Highest Native Life: Reptiles
Population: 754,465,000
Governor: Vimla Katara
Planetary Legate: Maria-Luisa Cavanna
Hunan has been described as the last place in the Inner Sphere you would want to go, let alone live. The planet�s atmosphere is tainted by tons of sulfur vapor produced by hundreds of volcanoes located on the main continent in the equatorial zone of the planet. �Hell,� as it has been named, is completely devoid of life. The population of the planet lives in Kamala, the only continent that can support life. And that�s not saying much. Even here the landscape is a frozen lava flow, reddish-brown in color, with half-melted purple hillsides. Pale yellow vapors twist from sulfurous, steam-belching geysers, rising through the thick brown soup. Outside the capital of Hunan City are the Hellfire Mountains, which are made up of volcanoes and hot springs that make the use of infrared scans nearly impossible. The sulfur vapors hamper radar and magscans, making most sensors useless.

The planet was colonized only for the massive deposits of ore and metals found on all five of the planet�s continents. Roc, Zeka, and Bandar are island continents. It was here that the planet�s native life was found. �Fire lizards,� as they were called, could spit a caustic liquid with deadly accuracy up to 10 meters, causing intense burns. Eventually the lizard population was brought under control and a few domed cities were built so that humans could mine the land.

Hunan is one of the few worlds in the first few waves of human expansion that did not see any military action until near the end of the Jihad. A retreating Blakist unit routed at the Battle of Sian grounded on Roc. With no knowledge of the planet, they were unprepared for its natural defenses. After a week, the Blakists captured one of the domed cities. A few days later, the Hunanites destroyed the dome, killing nearly all the invaders. The fire lizards took care of the rest.

3136, April 15
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