Akos Prime

[Overview]
Akos Prime is the second planet in the Aurkos system, and the second world in the sequence to support life in the local system. The planet's biodiversity and ability to accomodate life has been considered a prime example of the abilities of artificial engineering, chemistry, and biology, as they were increased by an ancient and powerful race's direct interaction.

The planet is similar to Earth's size, though slightly larger. It is located 1.02 astronomical units from the local star. Its orbit is non-eccentric, as its ellipse was artificially corrected with gravity wells almost 50,000 years ago. The gravity wells were installed amongst three orbital facilities called Constructs, in the Array system. Once mistaken for natural moons by the planet's early civilizations, these facilities were artificial observation platforms and research laboratories created to monitor the development of the Four Genuses. Two of the three original Constructs in the Array failed to sustain themselves and crashed onto the world's surface. The last remaining Construct is active, though sealed, and theorized to be running on emergency power.

Three fifths of the planet is covered in liquid water, present mostly in the ocean, the enclosed seas, bays, lakes, rivers, and ice caps. Most of the planet's water is artificially purified, as it contained a heavy waste content due its role as a former waste dump for toxic materials in past empires. Its atmosphere was also artificially bolstered by oxygen and nitrogen injections to boost the ability for Akos Prime to 'incubate' its future sentient residents.

The climate is temperate in basic nature, its peak temperature rarely reach 150F in Thesalonika's bare and inhospitable desert wasteland, and the lowest temperatures have reached -100F on the waters near the Isle of Yujik. Its inclement weather can be particularly vicious, typhoons frequently sweep towards Thesalonika and western Akosi during the monsoon seasons. Fortunately, droughts are not common, as rainfall is heavier than Earth's average even in desert regions.

The planet boasts a population of 11.8 billion permanent residents and a staggering number of 295 million temporary residents (typically members of client races, those whom work with local permanent residents, or traders, tourists, and pilgrims.)

The capital of the planet and the Akosian Empire itself is the stunning metropolis of Cyclidik, located in  the Akos Proper district on the Akosi continent.