Tartarus

Affiliation: UNSC Remnant Fate: Glassed Tartarus, a small human colony of about one hundred thousand humans, was a very unique world with in the UNSC. Its name itself, Tartarus, is the greek word refurring to a place of suffering greater than hell itself. This can be used to describe the planet's hellish landscapes. The planet itself rotates in a way that one side always faces the Entraadi Star, and the other side is always plunged into darkness. The majority of the population live in cities with in a small area called "The Shadow Zone," which was a belt of perpetual twilight. Captain Edward Banks refurred to the Shadow Zone as, "A place where time sits still, and the world is trapped with in that one eternal sunset." There are also some scattered settlements on the hot and cold sides of the planet.

The Shadow Zone is a 800Km wide belt that raps around the entire planet, separating the Hot Side and the Cold Side. The average temperature is between 65 and 87, depending on weather conditions. Because of this moderate temperature, the Shadow Zone is home to 98% of the Tartarians and the planetary capital of New Venice.

The Hot Side, the name in itself describes this barren desolate waisteland populated by nothing but lizards and those crazy enough to try and live there. The only signs of civiliazation are the scattered settlements, habitat domes usde from growing crops, and military bases. The average temperature is between 180 and 270 degrees, and anyone going to the hotzone must wear some kind of heat resistant suit or combat armor.

As the name suggests, the Cold Side is the side of the planet not facing the sun, thus it is in a state of prepetual night. The landscape is dominated by snow covered mountains and valleys, barely illuminated by the stars and the six moons. On this side of Tartarus, there is a greater number of settlements, than on the Hot Side. These include, scattered towns, the Isodesium mines, scattered military outposts, and the Glacier Peak Research Center. The average temperature is between -85 and 47 degrees.

The planet was founded in 2497 by UNSC colonists, and it was very rich in Isodesium. In 2557, it was destroyed by New Covenant forces.

For more information, see the Battle of Tartarus.