Holte

Holte was once an extremely prosperous planet, though its wealth and history was lost to time. Due to an overproduction of greenhouse and toxic gases along with several nuclear leaks, the planet heated up and all natural life was killed, leaving the planet barren and uninhabitable. However, some residents still remained in hopes of carrying the planet’s old legacy.

Originally, Holte was one of the first planets to reach space exploration, and so they were far advanced compared to all other planets. Their wide reach over the entire galaxy made them one of the most powerful groups in existence, as their firepower and production quality were unparallelled. Their superiority led them to believe that they were meant to be the chosen people of the universe, which led them to centralize their wealth and production upon their original planet, Holte.

Holte was so successful that it eventually cut off ties to all colonies after a many incompetent leaders simply because it didn’t need them. This decision was spurred by many other planetary leaders who wished to take up Holte’s place in space trade and power. The high reputation of the planet brought millions of foreign traders in, which was the main source of income for the planet- all people needed to come to them for their products, not Holte traders to them. The technology of the planet actually degraded during this time period due to the lack of demand and time, though it was still able to prosper in these conditions for a couple centuries.

However, the planet eventually began to lose importance in trade as others became more productive through colonies and advancement. This was not realized immediately, so when the planet made steps to restore its significance, it was already in a position where it was too difficult to regain independent space travel. However, Holte began making progress back, heavily increasing production in hopes of becoming noticed again by the galaxy. They were so desperate that they worked even though it began killing the natural life around them- the idea that they would eventually find a new planet to start over became widespread.

This worked for only about half a century- soon the planet became much warmer and more natural impacts began to show. This only made Holte work harder in desperate hopes of achieving an escape from their own planet, but their efforts were halted by the second Big Bang, a local nickname for the planet's final downfall.

The second Big Bang was the day that almost all of the nuclear power plants on the planet exploded at the same time. The current residents of the planet insist that it was a plot from another planet to hold Holte down, but they have no definitive evidence to prove it. The explosions created a worldwide nuclear fallout, turning the planet into a massive wasteland. Only a tiny percentage of the population was able to find shelter and survive, and even fewer survived the entire ordeal. It took another few centuries for the surviving people to create a small society relying on air purifiers, airtight suits, and plans created by the original witnesses of the second Big Bang.

The planet’s leaders during their time of prosperity believed that they were at the eternal peak of their planet, so they pushed to have works of literature and art to symbolize the success held by their rule. Only some of these were rediscovered by the people, which only provided enough knowledge of the planet’s golden age but not much else. The locals were able to figure out what exactly happened to get them to this point- but by then, all other planets had nearly completely forgotten Holte, and all records of its sales were seemingly missing. Someone had managed to completely erase it from history.

Eventually, Holte had its lifeforms detected from a passing planet’s ships, which finally led to the reconnection of the planet to the rest of the galaxy… at least, a small part. The people were offered to be taken back, but only some of them obliged- the rest were curious to find out the truth behind their planet’s downfall. As a way to support them, the planet who had discovered them provided supplies as long as they were able to use the surface to create factories to create materials that were too taxing on atmospheres, since Holte’s was already ruined. Additionally, all historical artifacts found along the expansion of factories were contracted to return to the original residents. However- time was ticking- soon the heat would be too much for even the surviving remnants of Holte’s history.