Enso

The Enso species was a near-Human offshoot race from the planet Ensolica. Over the generations, the Ensos became acclimated to the arctic conditions of their homeworld, a planet of ice sheets and frozen tundra, with a tiny strip of temperate land running along the equator.

Enso cities were carved into the ice. So drastic was the evolution of the Ensos that they dwelled in their ice-cities without any need for thermal heaters. Natural body temperature for an Enso was so low that their breath and body heat did not significantly affect the solid ice of their architecture. Ensos were nearly impervious to cold; it was only possible for one to freeze to death in extreme circumstances, such as immersion in sub-freezing ocean water for several minutes. Scientists suspected Ensos were capable of survival in vacuum longer than most typical humanoids as well. However, their resistance to cold was matched by an extreme vulnerability to high temperatures. In desert climes, such as on Tatooine or the Bright Lands of Ryloth, Ensos were forced to wear cumbersome coolth suits in order to avoid succumbing to instant heatstroke.

Because the open ground on Ensolica consisted entirely of tundra, an entirely unworkable soil, Ensos became experts at hydroponics, constructing vast greenhouses in the ice. Their breakthroughs in the field attracted the attention of such corporations as Alderaan Biotics and Tusus Comestibles, who hoped to apply Enso techniques to make even the harshest worlds capable of being self-sufficient food producers or even net exporters.

One notable Enso businesswoman was Captain Teyora Rekab, who made her living selling hydroponic equipment and seeds to various non-fertile worlds, ranging from mountainous and barren to frigid and icebound. Tatooine was a frequent stop for her and her Enso crew. The moisture farmers were always in need of their equipment and expertise.