On 16 June 2765, the world of Oltania was formally founded and designated as a Macro Fabricator. Its purpose was to serve as the industrial heart of Sector 36, a monumental geo-engineered world. From orbit, its massive geometric canyons were not natural formations but the empty molds and cooling channels of a planetary-scale foundry. This colossal facility once cast the skeletal frames of capital ships and defensive megastructures, including the formidable Iron Halo grid that currently imprisons the neighboring Pamita Chha system.
This era of unparalleled industrial might tragically ended with a cataclysmic event known as the Sundering. When it struck, Oltania's crucial atmospheric regulators failed completely. The planetary cooling systems vented catastrophically in the ensuing chaos, boiling away the world's oceans in a mere matter of days. What remained was a rusted, desolated husk, a stark monument to lost power and environmental devastation.
For a thousand years following the Sundering, the scattered survivors clung to life within the planet's vast, geometric canyons, now known as the Trenches. The deep shadows cast by these immense structures provided a desperate respite from the scorching sun above. These resilient communities sustained themselves by mining the canyon walls, which were not made of stone but of high-grade pre-Sundering composite alloys, remnants of the planet's former glory.
More recently, Oltania has garnered the unwelcome attention of the Red Sun Dominion, who believe the planet holds the blueprints to ancient fleets. Yet, a more ominous phenomenon has captivated the local inhabitants: the Deep Thrum. This rhythmic vibration, rising inexplicably from the planet's core, is publicly dismissed as mere tectonic settling. However, local folklore tells a chilling tale, claiming the planetary kiln was in the middle of a "Final Firing" when the Sundering hit, and that Oltania is not truly dead but merely holding its breath, waiting to finish forging a weapon of terrible, unfathomable magnitude.
Currently, Oltania finds itself occupied by the forces of the Red Sun Dominion. The planet remains an unstable environment, constantly grappling with a severe and persistent resource crisis. The future of Oltania, now a battleground of ambition and ancient mystery, hangs precariously in the balance.
