Palaven
From FABT
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| Star, position: |
Trebia, III |
| Location: | |
| Satellite(s): | |
| Gravity: |
1.14 G |
| Diameter: |
8,990 km |
| Day length: |
28.3 Earth hours |
| Year length: |
400 Earth days |
| Atmosphere: |
1.1 atm |
| Temperature: |
31 °C |
| Adjective: |
Palvanese |
| Population: |
6.1 billion |
| Species: |
Turian (homeworld) |
| Societal approximation: |
Mixed government, conformist military monarchy |
| Affiliation: |
Turian Empire |
| Technological tier: | |
| Capital: | |
- "The only thing on this planet that isn't silver are the turians. It's all too clear they're made of steel."
- — Jon Grissom.
Palaven is the third planet in the Trebia system of the Apien Crest cluster, and is the homeworld of the turian species. As the capital of the Turian Hierarchy, Palaven was heralded as a fortress world in its own right, with at least two fleets always being in orbit around the planet, and over 800 planetary defense platforms. Because of the militaristic culture possessed by the turians, Palaven had never once, until the Reaper War, been occupied or touched by an invading force. Before the Reapers, Palaven had been thought to be impregnable. Located at the core of Council space, Palaven served as a stark reminder of the Council's stance as a superpower, and just how it manages to keep that fact upheld.
Palaven's mantra of "always turian" remains true, even in the aftermath of the Dominion Civil War. Despite falling to the Galactic Dominion during the Post-Apocalyptic War, and subsequently going through decades of occupation as a result, Palaven would see itself with renewed sovereignty following the Dominion's collapse, with the founding of the Neo-Turian Empire.