O'ian

Basic Info
O'ian (pronounced 'oh-eye-an') is a temperate desert class planet with life. Similar to Earth in many things, the planet is one of few excellent planets to build from. The planet is the home the O'ians and is the only place to find 'pig' ore.

Details
The planet has an atmosphere just a bit stronger than Earths, and is, frankly, a better planet than Earth. The planet however is mostly sand with few grassy areas. The planet is vulnerable to tropical cyclones, with windspeeds as strong as a hypercane (500 mph tropical cyclone). The planet is also vulnerable to massive volcanic eruptions, sometimes ejecting materials into space. But theres a good reason for all this: the gravity is only 0.5 times that of Earth, but twice as large as Earth! This makes it great for building and launching things into space.

Pros, Cons, Armorment
PROS CONS ARMORMENT
 * Large
 * Low Mass
 * Plentiful water
 * large atmosphere
 * good magnetic field
 * Habitable!
 * stable climate
 * not many fault lines, so O'ianquakes are rare
 * 2 ozone layers
 * the planet is owned by Vortexians
 * the only planet to find O'ian ore
 * a day lasts 20 hours, but is that a pro or a con?
 * a lot of weapons
 * Low mass, so can easily lose material
 * HUGE, and i mean HUGE volcanic eruptions pummel the planet, sometimes even hyper eruptions occur.
 * hypercanes occur on the planet as often as category 5 hurricanes do on Earth
 * huge dust storms
 * very warm, warmer than Earth
 * no ice so you can't easily beat the heat on this planet.
 * only some fault lines, so the planet overheats a little (why do you think its warm?)
 * the planet is one of few planets with Tundrola (a deadly virus)
 * the magnetic field shifts often, sometimes leaving the planet vulnerable to deadly radiation
 * sand...
 * ...a lot of sand.
 * 82x Medium Lasers

Formation
The planet formed eerily similar to Earth. The planet started as a grain of sand orbiting a star just a few light years from Forty. The planet was hit by comets. The planet actually never got a moon, but the ores around it - basically giant asteroids - stabilize the planet enough to prevent from huge climate swings.

The planet also was hit by asteroids that contained organics, allowing life to later develop.

Today
The planet is not the most important planet, but is still important. O'ians live here so uh.. yeah. It also hoards o'ian ore, which consequently cannot be found anywhere else in the universe.