Venus

Venus is a terrestrial planet in the Sol system. Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, making it an effectively inhospitable planet to humans, although very small and specific Venus colonies and bases are not unheard of.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has the longest rotation period of any planet in the Solar System, 243 Earth days, and rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets. It does not have any natural satellites. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Venus is often considered a 'sister planet' to Earth due to its very similar size, gravity, and age. This has led many to speculate that it could be an ideal candidate for human terraforming, although this would be a mammoth undertaking that has largely been dismissed due to the immense logistical problems of removing almost all of Venus' greenhouse-heavy atmosphere.
ESRO has large intelligence bases set up here for monitoring activity in the Sol system.
== History ==
This planet was likely once similar to Earth, but due to its immense amount of volcanic activity, the planet is now blanketed by its thick and toxic atmosphere.
== Climate ==
Venus is by far the hottest planet in the Solar System, with a mean surface temperature of 462 °C (863 °F), even though Mercury is closer to the Sun. Venus is shrouded by an opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light. The pressure on Venus is incredibly high, being more than enough to crush most organisms if they hadn't already been burned up by the heat. It may have had water oceans in the past, but these would have vaporized as the temperature rose due to a runaway greenhouse effect. The water has probably photodissociated, and the free hydrogen has been swept into interplanetary space by the solar wind because of the lack of a planetary magnetic field.
== Colonies on Venus ==
Here is a list or all colonies that are on Venus:
* POEAIP research outpost at Phoebe Regio
*Starfleet Venus Training Center at Atlanta Planitia
*Galactic Empire space harbor and fortress over Ovda Regio
*ESRO Intelligence Base K-89.7, at Lavinia Planitia
*ESRO Intelligence Library 17, at Phoebe Regio
*ESRO Intelligence Base 97.6, at Zhibek Planitia
*ESRO Long Range ASB, at Ovda Regio
== Conflicts over Venus ==
The Venus Conflict
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