Elmirri

Ikan III, “Elmirri”:

Moons: Nulandum

Day Length: 31 hours, 9 minutes.

Year Length: 407.0 ED.

Description
 If Biashur is Earth, then Elmirri is Mars. With a thin atmosphere and a cold, windswept surface, Elmirri is the home to a number of important colonies, including the current capital of Natisi Qari, Hasima. While the planet is virtually devoid of water at first glance, a massive series of aquifers has been found just below the surface at the poles. This, combined with imports early during its colonization has given the world a large enough supply to be largely self-sufficient. Large deposits of silicon and several different heavy metals have also made this world a popular mining hub. The world itself produces little food, and while the atmosphere is as of yet too thin to be breathable, vast fields of lichens and nashi grasses can be found near urban centers.

Nulandum is a massive moon, slightly larger than Giboz, and covered in a thin pearly dust. While mineral poor and lacking an atmosphere, the world has seen extensive use as a space port and houses many refineries to turn the raw hydrogen-3 taken from Lupata into high-quality fuel.

Elmirri can be translated from High Qariti to mean “For Mirri.” Mirri is in legend the sister of the first empress, tragically killed by the ignorance of her sibling.