Gorsh

Location
Gorsh is the third planet in the six planet Gorsh System. The Gorsh System is located in a terribly undeveloped section of the Outter Rim Territories.

History
Gorsh was discovered by explorers for the Genetech corperation. When Genetech discovered a habitiable planet, the Empire granted them all rights to the system. Genetech quickly built an orbital labratory above the planet, gaurded by moderate weapons systems, for defense. The scientists at work on the Genetech Orbital lab have been developed into important medicines.

Description
The surface of Gorsh is mostly wet. Nearly all of the surface is covered by massive oceans, and small groups of swampy achipelagoes. It is warm and muggy most of the year, with an average temperature of 25 to 40 degrees celcius. The atmospehere of Gorsh is mostly carbon dioxide, and as such humans, and most other species capable of breathing Type I atmospheres have a hard time, and often become ill or incapacitated, if not useing a breathmask.

What islands do exist on Gorsh are small, and swampy. The were formed millions of years BBY, by volcanic peaks, and animal life sediments. The tallest volcanic mountian on Gorsh is approxametly 260 meteres above sea level. The swamps wash over the islands and up the mountians tapering to their rocky, ashy peaks. Waterways and streams crisscross the small tidal planes on the base of the islands. Some of the swamps have drastically varrying water depths, and as such can be hazerdous to thoese not willing to probe the water before travelling across it.

Storms often ravage the swampy, humid coasts, blowing in from the ocean, and the active volcanoes temporarlly erupt, causing massive eco-systems reactions.

Flora, and Fauna
Many types of plants, and animals can be found all over Gorsh. Most have developed strong defnese mechanisims to survive the harsh jungle and swamp terrains, and most are poisonous. Plants and animals are usually very well camaflouged so as to blend in with their enviroment.

The Gorshian Hand of Death, is one plant of note. Its three meter wide leaves support a carnivorous flower that has eaten a human head on more than one occasion, and the Darkkoninns, which sport lucious looking black poisonous berries.

Inscets and amphibians are the most common animals. The insects on Gorsh often carry infections diseases, that can ravage a human being. Most creatures have some sort of defense, wheather venom, or spikes, or tails. The Thevaxan Marauder is easily the most formidible animal on Gorsh. Long black, brown or green, hunters, many times longer than a man, the Marauder is the top of the food-chain on Gorsh.

Genetech
The Genetech corperation discovered many lucretive options to exploit on Gorsh, mostly the mining, and refining of special gasses in the planets upper atmosphere produced by special animals on the surface. There are also many benefical plants, animals, and gasses on the surface to create new, and better medecines. The Orbital Lab, is an operational headquaters, and as a result has sparse space for comfort. But every needed peice of equipment is there, and the base is quite profitable for Genetech.