Tuchanka

Description
Scarred by bombardment craters, radioactive rubble, choking ash, salt flats, and alkaline seas, Tuchanka, the krogan homeworld, can barely support life. Thousands of years ago life grew in fierce abundance under the F-class star Aralakh (a Raik clan word meaning "Eye of Wrath"). Tree analogs grew in thick jungles, their roots growing out of shallow silty seas. Life fed upon life in an evolutionary crucible. This world died in nuclear firestorms after the krogan split the atom. A "little ice age" of nuclear winter killed off of the remaining plant life. In recent centuries many krogan have returned to their homeworld. The reduced albedo has caused global temperatures to rise. In order to maintain livable temperatures, a vast shroud was assembled at the L1 Lagrange point. It is maintained by the Council Demilitarization Enforcement Mission (CDEM) which is based on orbiting battlestations.

CDEM ADVISORY: Visitors to Tuchanka land at their own risk. The CDEM will not attempt to extract citizens threatened by clan warfare.

TRAVEL ADVISORY: The ecology of Tuchanka is deadly. Nearly every native species engages in some predatory behavior; even the remaining vegetation is carnivorous. Travel beyond guarded areas is strongly discouraged.


 * CDEM Garrison: 2,400 (in orbital battlestations)

Trivia

 * The original cover for Mass Effect 2 depicted Tuchanka.


 * The planet is featured in the Mass Effect 2 Cinematic trailer, where Grunt is seen killing a Thresher Maw.
 * The word "Tuchanka" is very similar to "tachanka," or "chariot," a type of waggon equipped with machine guns. They were used heavily in the Russian Civil War after the Soviet regime took over.
 * While doing the loyality mission for Mordin, there is a building in the skyline that has a striking resemblance to the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea.
 * Tuchanka cannot be visited until Mordin or Grunt are asked about the planet.
 * If the Serrice Ice Brandy assignment has not yet been completed, then a bottle can be purchased from one of the shops.
 * Tuchanka is, until now, the only homeworld where the player can visit and land.