Erata Prime

Erata Prime is one of the four planets that reside within the Umlaut Sector. Its general landscape consists of barren deserts and exhausting heat.
==Topography==
Erata Prime is the hottest survivable planet in the Umlaut Sector. The terrain alternates between vast stretches of sand and rocks. Most local flora comes in the form of dry grasses and prickly, unpleasant bushes. Frequent sandstorms decrease visibility to unacceptable levels. Citizens are advised to stay wary of occasional seismic activity, which may slow movement or cause injuries.
== History ==
=== Special Military Operations ===
Erata Prime was overrun by the Terminids at the start of the engagements that preceded the Second Galactic War. Thankfully for democracy, the liberation of Veld in March 2184 gave the Helldivers access to the FTL lines past Heeth, allowing them to begin liberating Erata from the tyrannical bugs.
==== Deployment of the Terminid Control System ====
Erata Prime, alongside the rest of the planets in the Umlaut Sector, was selected for deployment a new type of containment measure against the bugs: the Terminid Control System (TCS). The TCS was a complex of chemical dispersion towers that were designed to spread the newly-made Termicide, an anti-fascist neurotoxin that could kill off the invading insects without damaging the rest of the planet's biomass.
After the planet was liberated and the deployment of the TCS System was completed, Erata Prime would remain firmly under Super Earth's stewardship with little incident, allowing the Helldivers to refocus their efforts on the Automaton Front.
==== Failure of the Terminid Control System ====
Unfortunately, the Terminids didn't allow that peace to last. Shortly after the start of the Automaton Reclamation of Cyberstan, the TCS failed. Not only had the Termicide become ineffective against the bugs, it was also causing them to mutate, allowing the Terminids on the Barrier Planets to reproduce up to 20 times faster than usual. Before the SEAF could react, the neighboring planet Meridia was overrun and turned into a Terminid Supercolony. Luckily, the Helldivers' swift deactivation of the TCS prevented Erata Prime, and the other planets in the Umlaut System, from a similar fate.
=== Second Galactic War ===
From the moment the TCS failed, all planets close to Meridia began to face ceaseless assaults by the alien menace throughout the months of April and May 2184. For several weeks, Erata Prime endured the horrors of the tragedy brought on by the insectoid scourge, while Super Earth High Command valiantly scrambled for a solution to its quarrels.
Finally, after the declaration of the Galactic War on Tyranny, Super Earth's leaders began to commission the Ministry of Science to manufacture a new type of super-weapon in order to destroy Meridia. After some weeks of research, scientists at Moradesh managed to produce vast quantities of Dark Fluid, a weapon of planetary destruction seized from the Illuminate at the end of the First Galactic War.
==== Operation Enduring Peace ====
On May 28, 2184, Super Earth High Command gave the order to destroy Meridia, first by liberating all planets that could connect Moradesh to Meridia and then, from May 29 to May 30, deploying the Dark Fluid directly onto Meridia's surface. By the afternoon of May 30, enough Dark Fluid had accumulated in Meridia to reach critical mass and, subsequently, collapse the Supercolony into a black hole. This heroic act siphoned away all of the mutated spores that the Supercolony was emitting, effectively crippling the Terminid advance to a halt.
==== Operation Destiny Manifested ====
Immediately after Operation Enduring Peace, orders were given out for the SEAF to retake all of the planets that had been initially assaulted by the Terminids due to the Supercolony's augmentative effect. These planets included Acamar IV, Turing, Phact Bay and Erata Prime. Judicious deployment of the Helldivers was instrumental in the operation's success, which allowed Super Earth citizens to finally reclaim the homes they had been forced to abandon.
==FTL Lines==
*Fenrir III
*Hellmire - Mirin Sector
*Heeth - Orion Sector
Category:Umlaut Sector
Category:Operation Destiny Manifested