Ontarom

Description
Though Ontarom's surface is uncomfortably hot, its nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere and abundant, shallow seas make it an ideal candidate for habitation by most known species.

Unfortunately, the orbit of the moon of Thonal has been slowly decaying since the system coalesced. Its proximity is beginning to have tidal effects, and its dynamo-like revolution through Ontarom's magnetic field is generating increasingly powerful electric storms.

While some have suggested emplacement of mass effect drives in an attempt to lighten the moon and correct its orbit, the scale of such a project – tens of thousands of drives, costing enough to bankrupt the governments of all the Citadel races – make it a pipe dream. A multi-racial effort is underway to catalogue and preserve the unique genetic diversity of Ontarom's vibrant young biosphere. ExoGeni Corp. and Heyuan Genomics represent the Alliance's share of the effort.

Lifeforms

 * Mercenaries
 * Mercenary Snipers
 * Shifty Looking Cow
 * Space Beetles
 * Space Cows

Trivia

 * Ontarom is the only uncharted (non-plot) planet where the party will not wear their helmets while outside, besides Chasca.
 * Heyuan is a city in China's Guangdong Province, notable for a small asteroid strike in 1964.