User:Teugene/Sandbox/Illium

Description
Illium is a classic garden world developed to serve as entrepot between the Terminus Systems and the Asari Republics. To abet this trade the normally stringent customs laws of Council space on product-safety-proscribed materials and sapient trafficking are relaxed. Officially, Illium is not an asari world; it is colonized and operated by asari corporate interests. This gives it the same legal latitude enjoyed by the human corporate research enclaves of Noveria. Illium is one of the youngest asari colonies settled during the 7th Expansion Wave. The first child born on the world is only now reaching her middle age. The world is hot and massive; ground settlement is only possible at the higher polar latitudes. In more equatorial locations the population is housed in arcology skyscrapers to escape the heat of the surface.

Additional Description
Illium is a commerce planet, and sees a lot of new cultures and goods due to its proximity to the Terminus Systems. However, new visitors are advised to avoid signing anything due to the world's lax regulations, which stems from Illium being a free-trade world in order to stay competitive with the Terminus Systems. Drugs are legal as long as they are labeled properly. One can buy any weapon or technology, even indentured servants. At the same time, it is still an asari world and considered to be safe. Very few quarians visit Illium as it does not allow the Migrant Fleet to enter the star system. It is one of four known asari worlds, the other three being Thessia, their home planet, and the colonies of Lusia and Zesmeni.

Upon reaching Illium Shepard discovers that Liara T'Soni has taken up residence there, working as an information broker in direct opposition to the Shadow Broker. Liara can assign Shepard an optional quest in which the Commander assists her in taking out an agent of the Shadow Broker known as the Observer.

In Mass Effect 2 Shepard heads to Illium to recruit Thane, the notorious drell assassin, as he attempts to assassinate Nassana Dantius. Once on Illium, Shepard must battle against Eclipse mercenaries under the Dantius' employ in order to reach Nassana and encounter Thane.

While on Illium, Shepard also has the opportunity to recruit Samara, an asari justicar. She can be found at the end of an alley that has been roped off as a crime scene, interrogating a mercenary. After Samara has been taken into custody, Shepard must infiltrate an Eclipse base and recover the name of the ship that Samara's target escaped on. She will then be released from custody and join Shepard's team.

Mineral Deposits
Illium is a mission world and cannot be mined.

Trivia

 * Īlium is the Latin name of the legendary city of Troy.
 * Because it is an asari colony, designs for Ilium had to capture the beauty and serenity of the species.
 * The skald fish, which is available for purchase at Citadel Souvenirs, is native to this world.