Rukha

ARHS 152 IV, better known as Rukha, is the fourth planet in the Apsic Resourse Harvesting System No. 152. It is between the sizes of Earth and Mars, and is a target for terraformation and colonization by the Apsic Empire. Currently, it is used for mining heavy metals and ethylene and acetylene harvesting. Its name translates to Prosperity.
== Description ==
Rukha is a dry planet with just over 5% surface water coverage and very low cloud cover. Its incredibly dense atmosphere is primarily composed of carbon dioxide and methane, with sulfur dioxide, ethylene and acetylene each making up greater than 1% of the remainder. Its blue coloration comes from methane absorbing what little red light comes from its blue-white A-type sun. 
Its moons are tiny, ranging from 0.5% and 0.7% of Rukha's mass, with each getting more massive as they get further from their host. They are composed of very similar materials to Rukha, and Nemesis features a tenuous atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.
Its extreme axial tilt of over 65 degrees leads to vast differences in temperature from season to season, with the polar extremes either receiving no sunlight or constant sunlight for over eight Earth months at a time in their respective winters and summers. 
A permanent settlements exist on the surface that serves to extract and purify the useful gasses in the planet's atmosphere for export, and to serve as hubs for various smaller temporary settlements that search for mineral markers left behind by survey drones. When the planet's surface has been relieved of its easily accessible resources, the planet will be terraformed. 
== Terraformation ==
The terraformation of Rukha will require many things, including the siphoning or transformation of its atmosphere and lowering of its surface temperature, the addition of liquid water, and the seeding of planet and animal life. The end result would be a planet more Earth-like than any the Apsic Empire currently has any access to, leading to a likely population boom as individuals move families to start families on Rukha.