Planet Kurile

DIAMETER: 12,802 km.

MASS: 5.88 x 10e24 kg.

TERRAIN: Water

TEMPERATURE: 2°C to 38°C

ESCAPE VELOCITY: 11.83 km/sec

Initially discovered by the Gas Mining Guild (GMG) in 620 AS, the planet Kurile exists in the heart of an astronomical anomaly -- a gravitational tidal pool that creates a clear zone in the middle of an otherwise treacherous nebula. The planet itself is entirely covered in water with a saline content so high that it is toxic to almost all known aquatic life elsewhere in Sirius. Despite this, Kurile possesses a single native life form, a microorganism that manages to thrive in its otherwise poisonous oceans. Samura eventually managed to construct a research platform on Kurile as part of an effort to harvest the microorganisms for use as fish food on Junyo -- an incredibly success initiative.

## Bribes & Missions Offered

* Samura Industries
* Zoners
* Bounty Hunters Guild

## Commodities

* H-Fuel
* Construction Machinery
* Pharmaceuticals
* Consumer Goods
* Cardamine

* Water
* Alien Organisms

## Rumors

* The Outcasts frequently attack our base. It makes me angry that these people live here in relative peace, barring the occasional Corsair attack. I hate these simpletons here. There is something strange about them that I can't put my finger on.
* There is a connection between the Cardamine and the Alien Organisms used for fish farming and terraforming. If Cryer could figure out the link, then we could come closer to synthesizing our own Cardamine. So far we haven't had any luck, but Cryer is patient and persistent.

* The only way that Samura could compete with Synth Foods was to find a way to boost the amount of fish that our fish farms could produce. Alien Organisms were the answer. They are in demand at our facility in Junyo.
* If you have any interest in going to New York, you could purchase the Alien Organisms we cultivate here and ship them to Newark. Liberty uses them for terraforming and research purposes.
* The workers at this base want to be here. It is isolated, so we are left to our very simple way of life without much interruption. There is much peace in a simple life -- a peace that I could not find in New Tokyo or anywhere else.
* The average lifespan of the fish workers here in Kurile is higher than anywhere else in all of house space, perhaps even Sirius. The only other place that has an average lifespan this long is Junyo, although I've heard that Outcasts are known for their longevity. Interesting...
* Our shipments to and from this base often fall victim to Corsair attacks. This system is right along their Artifact route, or so I've heard. It is unfortunate because we wish them no harm here. We are simple farmers.
* Though we are Samura employees, this place is so isolated from the main body of Samura that we do not feel like we are connected. The farmers here are not company soldiers but family men. Harvesting the Organisms here is something that my family has been doing for generations.
* Samura has sent scientists to this base to study our Alien Organisms more closely. Concern has been raised about the fact that we are indirectly eating them, because the fish absorb some of the more unusual alien compounds into their flesh.
* My son has been eating the fish raised in Junyo all his life. We get excellent prices since we provide them with their Alien Organisms. When he went to New Tokyo he became very ill, but once he returned, he recovered very quickly.