Sazgoth
From FABT
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| Star, position: |
Dranek, III |
| Location: | |
| Satellite(s): |
None |
| Gravity: |
0.18 G |
| Diameter: |
3,349 km |
| Day length: |
27.1 Earth Hours |
| Year length: |
0.8 Earth Years |
| Atmosphere: |
0.19 atm |
| Temperature: |
- -99 °C |
| Adjective: |
Sazgothic |
| Population: |
Constantly shifting |
| Species: | |
| Societal approximation: |
Uninhabited |
| Affiliation: |
Prothean Empire |
| Capital: |
None |
Sazgoth is the third planet of the Dranek system in the Althak Vepar cluster. The planet, a gas giant, is a small ice dwarf with an eccentric orbit. During perigee, portions of its icy surface sublimate into a thin atmosphere of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, which quickly freeze again as it recedes into the outer reaches of the Dranek system. The planet was used by the Prothean Empire to conduct secret weapons research during the Prothean War with the Reapers, and was one of many planned construction sites for the Crucible before such plans were abandoned due to the deteriorating war situation. Fifty thousand years later, the planet lacks features suitable for colonization, and its rich deposits of palladium, platinum and iridium were mostly stripped dry by the Tuchankan Empire by the time of the Krogan Rebellions in 700 CE. Sazgoth remains an unremarkable planet as such, ignored by the Tuchankan Military Confederacy despite controlling it, although a small skirmish would be fought between a krogan picket and Dominion scouting forces during the Post-Apocalyptic War, marking the only event of note to occur in the vicinity of the gas giant.