Dereth

**Dereth** was the uninhabited moon of Zulmitune, located in the Troisnom System. The moon was primarily featured in the film *Apocalypso Ascendant.*

**Dereth** was the uninhabited moon of Zulmitune, located in the Troisnom System. It was a small moon with a diameter slightly over 1700 km. Dereth was home to a wide variety of flora, while having very few fauna native to the planet.  No sentient species were native to Dereth.

Dereth was primarily featured in the film Apocalypso Ascendant.

## Description

The moon was covered in dense forests, tall mountains, plateaus, craters, marshes, and rivers. The world was home to a carnivorous plant species, as well as a variety of flora, primarily trees and shrubs. A deer species was known to inhabit the moon, as well as a wolf-like species. Massive thunderstorms circled the planet every three weeks, with nine storms in a month, and these made survival difficult. A light fog would roll in as the thunderstorms approached.  The moon contained a Type II Semi-Breathable atmosphere, which made most species that needed oxygen to breathe require an external breathing apparatus to survive for more than a few hours. The forests of Dereth had a blueish-purple tinge to them, due to the presence of anthocyanins in them and significant levels of lime in the soil.  The blueish-purple colour could be seen from space, as could the perpetual storm, giving the planet its distinctive look from space.

## History

### Early History

Throughout galactic history, offworld smugglers and bounty hunters used Dereth as a place to hide from the law. None made any permanent settlements as the moon's storms prevented any longterm settlement, and the wrecks of derelict ships could be found across the planet, hidden in the forests that slowly consumed them.

### Tomb of Starships

#### Crash of the CSS *Ilza*

In CY 1912, the CSS *Ilza* was attacked by an unknown enemy, and performed a quantum jump to Dereth. This jump damaged the *Ilza* further, and it quickly crashed on Dereth. Over the next few months, the majority of the survivors died. Those who remained, including Theodosia Ontilés, struggled to survive until only Theodosia remained.

Some point before Vrila CY 1913 the Valzovech Pact had established a radar station in order to monitor Hisperian activity in the system. The station was detected by Kiros Alliance Intelligence and sent forces to investigate.

#### Crash of the HRSS *Saunez*

In Vrila CY 1913, the Hisperian corvette HRSS *Saunez* was attacked by a Valzovech battlecruiser near Dereth. The ship broke up in atmosphere, with wreckage falling into the moon's mountain ranges. Very few managed to escape the crashing ship, though it is known that at least one escape pod managed to crash land in a crater. At least one of the survivors died on impact, and the rest perished during a thunderstorm and subsequent flooding. A month later, Hisperian Special Forces sent the new experimental ship HRSS *Calypso* to oversee the retrieval of a databox from the escape pod. Lieutenants Thalia Mazin and Zar Vox performed this mission.

## Points of Interest on Dereth

* Forested Crater
* Landing Craft Clearing
* Valzovech Radar Station

## Trivia

* Dereth’s diameter is exactly half of that of Earth’s moon
* Dereth’s diameter is roughly the distance from Boston, Massachusetts to St. Louis, Missouri
* Dereth was the first world seen in the *Apocalypso* franchise, making its first appearance in the 2021 film *Apocalypso Ascendant*

## Appearances

1. *Apocalypso Ascendant*
2. *Apocalypso!* (Novelization)