Mercury

Referred to as the dustbowl of the Sol System, Mercury is a sprawling desert planet home to the less fortunate. This was a result of an initiative pushed forth by UECF executives to try and combat the overpopulation on Earth, offering solar unit bonuses to those willing to move to the infinite desert.   Mercury mostly contains villages scattered about the scorched surface, with a few megacities present the closer to the poles one gets. Canyons and rivers sprinkle about the empty spaces between, but Mercurians rarely stray from populated areas. One motivation to avoid wandering is the ever growing threat of caelus aberrations spawned by anomalous dust storms plaguing the planet. One such Caelus Aberration is referred to by the Cosmic Enterprise as Leviathan-class Subject K888.   With the general lack of human life and UEC presence, crime is rampant in the underground scene of Mercury. The illegal manufacturing of antimatter takes place in remote outposts scattered about the planet, near invisible to most surveillance equipment due to the constantly shifting dunes.