Kamult

## Planet Details

Kamult was originally founded by the ancient empire, and was once the most important manufacturing center. A massive network of factories that used solar panels to generate power and used ocean water to cool the giant furnaces used in the manufacturing process of carbon fiber panels. There is a vast array of roads, wires and pipes connecting factories and mass housing apartments all over the planet. All of the infrastructure that used to support billions has fallen into disrepair as it has been abandoned by the empire for thousands of years.

Everything has become overgrown with thick vines, tall trees and is rusting. The planet is dangerous to navigate due to the danger of falling objects from dilapidated buildings and solar panel arrays. Because the planet relied almost entirely on solar energy, massive battery plants were constructed from lithium ion batteries that can hold millions of megawatt hours.

The population is made up entirely of scrappers foraging in the abandoned factories for any hint of valuable goods, and criminal outposts hiding in bases in the north. Many of the scrappers are searching for any carbon fiber panels, lithium batteries, titanium ship parts, engines, computer parts, or even clocks.

Kamult is very close to its sun, and this factor makes the solar panels much more efficient. Most of the manufacturing occurs on or near the equator, where the sun is most powerful, and the jungle is most dense. Near the poles it is much more temperate and there are more hills. The north pole houses most of the outposts due to their much more remote location, cooler temperatures, mountainous terrain, and because there is no land on the south pole. Both the poles and the equator get lots of rain, as much as 450 inches a year

## Flora and Fauna

The jungle is primarily composed of very old, very tall, and very dense Conchwood trees. These trees can live up to 1.5k years old, grow up to 115 meters tall, and have a 3 meter trunk diameter. They have a smooth, hard, and brittle bark that is similar to a seashell. Inside, Conchwood trees have a dense white wood, and a runny red sap. The sap is often boiled down and fermented to make a hard alcohol. These trees are sometimes harvested to make expensive furniture that's often displayed in the homes of the wealthy.

The jungle is also composed of thick vines. These vines are fast growing and form large colonies. Single plants can be up to 3 miles long. These vines create thick mats on the forest roof, and collect water using long thin roots that hang to the forest floor. The vines have consumed and covered many of the abandoned structures left behind by the empire, and in many cases are the only thing holding structures together.

A species of small mammals lives in the jungle called a musse. These small furry creatures have four legs, have a bright green coat, and grow to be roughly 6 inches long. They have strong hind legs for jumping, and can jump up to 8 feet from tree to tree. They dwell in the thick viney canopy on top of the jungle, where they make nests in the vines, and use their teeth to gnaw at the bark of Conchwood trees and drink the sap. The coat of musses is bright green to camouflage with the leaves they live in, and they have a waterproof coat to repel the heavy rains.

There are few trees in the north because there is little sunlight for large portions of the year. Instead there are very fast growing grasses, shrubs, and flowering plants that cling to mountain sides. These plants grow 6-10 feet tall in only 6 months during the summer months before dying off in the winter. During the summer months, the landscape is dotted by large, vibrant flowers that attract small insects. During the winter the landscape is largely barren, and is mostly composed of stone, soil, and dormant seeds.