Oxium Prime

*"As I plunge into the planet's atmosphere, I find my skin crawling with a sense of foreboding, as if its deadness were contagious. Looking down over the barren surface of the dead world, I couldn't help but think that I finally knew what Hell would feel like." - Eobard Greyborn, Journey of a Thousand Stars, volume 2*

### Inhabitants

Trilli

Oxium Prime is a barren planet in the center of the Oxium System. The planet is home to no known intelligent life, though it does cater to a small insectoid population known as the Trilli. The planet, once the location of a Votruli fortress, was the location of the Battle of Oxium Prime, the final battle in the Thousand Years' War.

## History

Oxium Prime has little known history prior to the Battle of Oxium Prime. Its lack of resources and intelligent life made it of little use to most major campaigns throughout the galaxy's history.

The planet was discovered by Eobard Greyborn, the great explorer of the galaxy, during his second voyage. Upon discovering the barren wasteland, he recorded in his journal that he "finally knew what Hell would feel like."

### Historical Theories

Many planetary historians have found themselves fascinated with Oxium Prime, convinced that there was more to the planet's history than meets the eye. After the discovery of the Crater, a theory was proposed that the planet once had seven moons, not six, in its orbit, and that the last of these moons crashed into the planet's surface, rendering the terrain desolate and lifeless.

After the Crater Theory was first introduced, historians flooded to Oxium Prime in attempts to uncover proof of long lost civilizations beneath the planet's crust, but found that they were unable to pierce the hard terrain. After many attempts, these historians abandoned their projects on Oxium Prime, leaving the planet's history a mystery.

### The Battle of Oxium Prime

At the end of the Thousand Years' War, Elect forces attacked what was believed to be the final Votruli fortress, which was hidden on the interior of the planet, just below the surface. The battle ended in an overwhelming victory for the Elect after a strike team lead by Elmond Raynor found and eliminated the Votruli Queen hidden in the annals of the fortress.

Shortly after the battle, the Election Council deemed the site an historical landmark and declared the Thousand Years' War to finally be won.

## Terrain

Oxium Prime is known for being a barren wasteland. The planet's crust is comprised of layers of hard, grey stone that proves very difficult for tools to pierce.

The planet has very few resources to be spoken of, with not a single water source to be found on the entirety of the planet. An interminable breeze slowly erodes at the planet's surface, creating dust clouds, which the Trilli, the only known life on Oxium Prime, feed on.

### Landmarks

On the eastern hemisphere of Oxium Prime is a large Crater, believed to have been left by the impact of the planet's seventh moon, which crashed into the planet's surface long before its discovery.

There are no other landmarks to be spoken of on the entire planet, save for the artificially constructed tunnels that comprised the Votruli fortress that housed the alien species' queen. The uniformity of the terrain is known to be capable of driving one mad if left to wander for too long.

## Geographical Location

### Planetary System

Oxium Prime is located at the center of the Oxium system, which is comprised of six planets, each named with the successive number of their discovery (i.e. Oxium Two, Oxium Three, etc.). Prime is the largest of these six planets, and the only planet in the system where all five sister planets are visible from the ground.

### Moons

Oxium Prime is believed to have once had seven moons in its orbit, the last of which crashed into the planet's surface centuries before the planet's discovery. It is thought by many planetary historians that the moon's collision with the planet may have been what caused the terrain to become so barren.

## Lifeforms

The only known alien life upon Oxium Prime is an insectoid race known as the Trilli. The Trilli are small flying insects that feed upon the dust clouds generated by the ongoing wind storms beating against the rocky surface of the planet.