Ekuna Region Milky Way / The Phoenix Massing / Salahiel Planet View Orbital Distance 1.6 AU Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years Keplerian Ratio 0.774 Radius 10,206 km Day Length 36.4 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 1.4 atm Surface Temp −37 °C (equator mean temperature 15 °C) Surface Gravity 4.1 g Mass 10.42 Earth Masses

Location: Milky Way / The Phoenix Massing / Salahiel System / First planet

Colony Species Elcor Capital Bel Shadii (elcor: Durawunafon) Colony Founded 2103 Population 221,256,200

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Description Edit

First discovered by the quarians at the turn of the century, Ekuna is habitable, but a second-tier choice for most species. Circling an orange sun, Ekuna averages below freezing temperatures. This led development firms to colonize at the planet's equator, where the climate is tolerable for agriculture.

The quarians, seeking a homeworld of their own, petitioned the Citadel Council for the right to take over Ekuna, but they had already settled a few hundred thousand quarians on the planet before approaching the Council. Seeing this occupation as an illegal act, the Council turned a deaf ear to quarian pleas and gave the world to the elcor, who could withstand the high gravity of the world far better. The quarians squatting on the planet were given one galactic standard month to leave, at which point their colonies would be bombarded. The junk left behind by the fleeing quarians clogs up portions of the landscape to this day.

Non-elcor visitors to Ekuna are advised to use personal or vehicular mass effect fields to lighten the pressure, as the surface gravity will otherwise cause health and mechanical problems.

Additional Information Edit

Ekuna is also home to the city of New Elfaas. Aside from pubs and a working-class district, the city has a river in the area near Dekaano Street and its inhabitants are called New Elfassians.

Early in Ekuna's history criminals and undesirable elements from the Migrant Fleet were dumped on New Elfaas in an event the locals called the Little Invasion. The city was under siege for weeks as the gangs overran city defenses and power arrays.

Mineral Deposits Edit

Initial Scanner Result: Rich

Mineral Amount Approximate Value Palladium Low 4,400 Platinum Medium 6,700 Iridium High 13,000 Element Zero Low 4,200

Trivia Edit