Pululahua

The planet Pululahua presents extremely hostile conditions for most populations. Due to their genetic make-up, the Puri are immune to the toxic fumes produced by the planet's volcanic activity. Yet Pululahua was a planet particularly rich in biodiversity just a few hundred years ago. For reasons unknown, while most living planets move across the galaxy, Pululahua had established its location in a peripheral sector of the galaxy without changing. Pululahua's stable, albeit remote, location had attracted the interest of ECOS researchers who had fled the MUD-dominated zone.

One of them, a druid by the name of Naal Rendrak, had become a specialist in the life essence found on Pululahua. She quickly became known throughout the galaxy and her work was taken up again. This research led to the development of the first bio-seeding bombs, still in use today. In love with Pululahua, Naal refused the practical development of planet-wide seeding. However, an ECOS extremist leader by the name of Mordeka Korrinth ordered the rapid development of technology based on this work. The decision to use Pululahua as a test area for Mordeka Korrinth followed Naal's sudden disappearance. Without taking time to analyze the impact of microseeding, a planet-wide bombardment was ordered. In response to these aggressions, Pululahua developed extreme volcanic activity, releasing toxic gases and drastically reducing life on its soil. Massive quantities of genesium were released from Pululahua's bowels, preventing further intrusions by maintaining air toxic to most species on its surface. ECOS losses numbered in the hundreds, for most scientists, but sensors placed all over the surface provided essential data for the development of seeding technology. The planet then set off to flee this sector. Since then, a wild fauna adapted to the planet's toxic conditions has survived on Pululahua, a planet dotted with volcanic zones. Deposits of genesium have multiplied on its surface, creating orbs of energy that are stable enough to be moved. These orbs are one of the eight elements the Puri need to recover in order to re-form an interdimensional portal.