Conus

Conus, with many active volcanoes visible
Common Names:	Conus, Gonus
Body Class:	planet
Equatorial Diameter:	8941 km
Mass (Earths):	.671
Mean Surface Gravity:	.49 G
Rotation Period (Day):	51.3 hours
Orbital Period (Year):	683 days
Axial Tilt:	48.1°
Semi-major Axis:	4.38 AU
Surface:	rock ice
Atmosphere:	argon carbon monoxide oxygen
Atmos. Pressure:	.36
Surface Temperature:	mean -157° C mean -55° C max 2° C
Indigenous Life:	2 dominions, 2 domains
Natural Satellites:	0
Parent:	star Sigit Ux Artor (Arcturu)

CONUS (CO-nus) is one of the four so-called Core Worlds and has a surface covered by ice thousands of meters deep, broken up by many active volcanoes. Conus is the tenth planet in orbit around the star Sigit Ux Artor – more commonly called Arcturu.

Conus has been operated and represented by Coral Agency since the first landing there in 105 N.E. Coral Agency development rights were claimed and vigorously defended during the Conus Blockade in 108 N.E. There are a number of worlds in Sigit Ux Territory more suitable for habitation than the icy Conus. Three of the moons of the gas giant Sapin have bustling economies. But it is this world that has become, in effect, the “Capital Planet” of what has often been a highly centralized political system. One War Period Battlefield Politico (most likely Field Ombusdman Nash of Plummer) said of the harsh conditions on Conus – a place the officer had almost certainly never visited: “Conus is typical of the whole Coral Agency. They do everything the hard way. And if you try to offer them a better way of doing things, well, they try to kill you, don’t they.”

NATURAL HISTORY

Conus’s major predator is the spathuala. The spathuala is a hardy and aggressive Type 4 Animalia that lives near volcanic vents and feeds continuously.

Planet Conus crescent, with active volcanos visible.

Conus surface. Towers at left horizon belong to the offices
of the Coral Agency Administrator Of Currencies