Kalais

Fourteenth moon of Halix, Kalais is a Stage 3-HR terraformed world that would likely be completely barren and uninhabited under normal circumstances.

An accident in the initial comet seeding in AC 93 caused a mining asteroid in orbit to break apart and decimate most of the surface. Though thousands were killed, it was discovered afterward that the core of the asteroid had been rich in phosphorous. This, combined with the original surface's nitrogen content made the world perfect for plant life. Core magnetization was attempted in AC 95 but only produced modest returns. Kalais's magnetic field is weak as a result and solar radiation is high. Geothermal cracking was started in AC 120, and was continued beyond the standard time frame to allow more greenhouse gases to develop.

The world was briefly colonized in AC 183 by the Out-World Security Authority, with research into UV and radiation-resistance crops yielding only partial success. This lead to famine and abandonment of several colonies. Almost 20 years later those colonies that did survive were marooned by Governor Ron Kimal when he commandeered all space faring vessels and left to participate in the raging Out-World Wars.

Agricultural improvements elsewhere brought fresh colonists back starting in AC 266, and a brief shooting war was fought between “originals” and “independents.” With better supplies, the new colonists either defeated or assimilated the natives and continued to flourish for two generations.

In AC 318 the fledgling Kalaisian nations appealed to the Belt Confederacy to take control of the world and negotiate an end to their various border conflicts. However, in AC 322 the confederacy could not stop the break out of the Kalaisian Troubles, a total war between the world's two largest nations. Both sides tried to draw confederate support, but with its aversion for local politics (and the fact that the war interrupted tithing) the confederacy released the world altogether.