West 831,264

in The Long War, 831,264 (Earth West) is an example of a Joker World. It is a barren, rust-red Mars-like landscape which is bereft of life apart from primitive autotrophic purple slime. It was apparently scythed clean of all life by gamma rays, either from a very big solar flare or else a nearby supernova. Incessant windstorms stain the sky orangey-red and the only clouds to be seen are apparently carbon dioxide-based..