Class K Planets - Desert Wasteland Planet

Class K planets have a thin Oxygen/Nitrogen atmosphere. Specific gravity within 0.5 to 1.5 Earth normal. Weather patterns are mostly dry and hot with temperatures ranging from 40 to 140 degrees Celsius. Little areas of fertile soil, very bad for Organics. Very little precious metals making it bad for Equipment production. Common chemical traces making it great for Fuel Ore. Class K worlds are average for humanoid colonization but an arid and hot climate requires specialized colonists. Narrow habitability band but a generally stable political environment as the population must depend on each other to survive. Higher fatality rate than Class M worlds.

Pictures (C) 1995 by Eric Perlman, Sean McKnew and Simon Lake.