Araduuin

Araduuin is a planet in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy settled during the Age of Exploration.
== History ==
Araduuin was first settled by Icari'yon expatriates during Icarus. The settlement of the world was largely out of necessity, as their fleet was running out of fuel and had failed to establish even a single colony or send out a single expedition. This was the first inhabitable world found by the fleet.
== Culture ==
Araduuin is one of the few planets known to not have developed spirituality at any time. They do not have mythopoeic origin, and virtually their entire history is well recorded. This is probably due to the relative unbelief of the founding fleet.
The colonists largely live simple, agrarian lives.
== Facts ==
=== Climate ===
The planet is prohibitively hot at the equator. At the polar extremes, temperatures remain -1 degrees centigrade year round. This allows for the planet to be inhabitable by human beings; life on the surface would only require a breath mask. 
Several hundred kilometers toward the equator from either pole, a narrow band of temperate climate exists that houses most of the six million population. Virtually all of the world's food is grown here.
An ancient power system pumps water from the ice caps at the poles further south; this is evaporated on the hot surface and produces steam which turns turbines, producing power for the whole world.
The vast majority of the planet's surface is arid, sandy, and barren.
=== Orbit ===
Araduuin lies barely within the habitable zone around it's main sequence star. 
=== Resources ===
The soil is rich in calcates and silicates. Large deposits of raw metals exist across the planet and most are virtually untouched.
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