Eletania

Description
WARNING: Level 1 Toxic Hazard

Eletania appears to be a world eminently suited for colonization. Sadly, appearances are deceiving. It is covered by a verdant carpet of mosses, algae, and lichen, and possesses a thick oxygenated atmosphere, but the animal kingdom is a web of microscopic symbiotic creatures. These are impossible to filter from the air and necessary for the native life to thrive. Unfortunately, they also cause anaphylactic shock when inhaled by non-native life.

In short, settlement requires either fully sealed environment suits, or replacement of the entire world’s ecosystem. Some have proposed limited colonization at altitudes above the symbiotes’ range, or in areas where favorable winds keep the air clear.

Points of Interest

 * For a Paragon points exploit using the space monkeys, see Morality: Infinite Points.

The Vision
If you possess the trinket from the Citadel: Asari Consort assignment, you can access the vision at the Prothean ruins. The vision is delivered entirely through text:

Lifeforms

 * Geth Sniper
 * Geth Trooper
 * Geth Shock Trooper
 * Space Monkeys

Properties
Clearly visible from planet-side is a large silicate moon (like Luna) and an equatorial ring system.

The moon, also like Luna, orbits at an angle from the ring system and therefore equator; unlike the Pluto-Charon and Altahe-Ontahe systems.

Trivia

 * The vision is similar to the 2001: A Space Odyssey opening, where a mysterious monolith both monitors and alters the behaviour of cavemen on Earth.