Ontarom

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.

Location: Milky Way / Kepler Verge / Newton System

Orbital Period: 1.2 Earth Years

Radius: 6443 km

Day Length: 39.1 Earth Hours

Atmospheric Pressure: 0.79 Earth Atmospheres

Surface Temperature: 58 Celsius

Surface Gravity: 0.82 G

=Initial Points of Interest=
 * Anomaly /
 * Located east by southeast of the drop point, at the northern tip of the large valley that runs to the southest.


 * Debris /
 * Underground Facility /
 * Located directly south of the Debris
 * Located directly south of the Debris

=Discovered Points of Interest=
 * Mineral Deposit / Gold
 * South of the drop point as far as the Underground Facility. You'll know your there when you see a small group of oddly shaped creatues (They look a cross between an anteater and a fox with an extra set of stubby tyrannosaur-like forearms. You have the Talk option with them but it appears to have no effect at the moment...)


 * Mineral Deposit / Palladium
 * Located on the western side of the valley just a little south from the Underground Facility