Template:InfoboxPlanetTorlak is a warm temperate terra planet in Via Aylathiya. It orbits the Yuli-Tovam binary system. It is the the most likely candidate for the Un'oit home world and capital of the Un'oit Collective, a state within the Boreal Federacy.
Torlak has been ever since the center of the Un'oit might and is considered the center of Un'oit culture. The planet has been the center of Un'oit culture and most populous planet since time immemorial, lending credibility to the theory that this was the home world of the ancient Un'oit species, whose interstellar civilization is so old that their origin was lost to time. Almost every Un'oit planet, at some point, claimed to be the original home world, with only Torlak and the planets around it being likely candidates.
Geography
The Planet has 3 continents, Kloit, In'to and Pelanu
- Kloit
Kloit is the home continent of the Un'oit species and from their name is derived. It is a lush area, with tropical savannas and large grass plains of a brownish color, small forested terrain is also found. The Largest city and capital Ten'uin has around 7 billion inhabitants.
- In'to
A beautiful continent, it is mostly made of high peaks, with several valleys, lakes and plateaux. It has been populated since ancient times. The area is less lush than others but contains forests and drinkable water, which allowed the Un'oit to thrive.
- Pelanu
An area covered in forested jungles, and it's economy is mostly based on services. The region is covered in large fertile river bends that allow for mass production of food and the sustainability of large cities.
History
Torlak formed over six billion years ago around its parent stars, which the Un'oit named Yuli and Tovam. Due to a lack of a large outer gas giant which would have protected Torlak from orbital bombardment, the planet has experienced many mass extinctions over the course of its long history. This bombardment erased almost all early evidence of life, causing the fossil record to go back only one billion years. This planet did have an abiogenesis event, as did many other planets within the Un'oit sphere, so simply the ancientness of life does not prove that this planet is the home of Un'oit.
The Un'oit would have evolved sometime around two million years before the present day if they formed on Torlak. They slowly formed a civilization, with the oldest space colonies dating back to roughly one million years ago, three light years away from Torlak. Older scraps of advanced meta-materials are found throughout Torlak's home system. Additionally, patterns and what appear to be mines are found throughout the system that have no current natural explanation.
By one million years before the common era, records of Un'oit civilization begin a sort of renaissance as Torlak's government began a push to better record history. The first event in most Un'oit history books is that of the quasi-mythical "First Queen" declaring that all history was to be preserved for future generations for all time. With almost a religious fervor, the Un'oit began recording their history out of the blue. By 950,000 BCE, the Un'oit universally began holding onto their history, with every warlord and even minor organization keeping track of their historical records as a point of pride. This is the origin of the Un'oit practice of even keeping detailed personal and family records spanning thousands of years and taking up billions of gigabytes of information per family.
The Un'oit had no idea that there were other life forms in the universe for thousands of years. Both Sedrua and the Payotari Alliance both sent probes to Torlak, one even being captured by the natives who assumed it was from enemies, and both decided that it was not worth contacting the relatively primitive peoples.
The Un'oit were not contacted by an outside nation until 2,000 BCE as Ibaradist missionaries attempted to convert the populace. They told the Un'oit of all the nations across the galaxy, using it as a point to convert them. While some few did, the vast majority were hostile to the alien faith, ultimately exiling the missionaries later that year. The next contact was not one of peace but of war, when the Yohjan Confederacy attacked Un'oit space in 1,301 BCE. The Yohjans never managed to take Torlak, the capital of the newly formed Un'oit Collective created in response to the invasion.
To this day, Torlak remains the capital of the Un'oit Collective, making it one of the longest-serving capital planets of any extant nation.
Climate
Torlak’s average surface temperature being over 33°C with very little greenhouse gasses has led to the climate being nearly constantly a tropical one.
The temperature on Torlak hardly fluctuates due to the 15° axial tilt of the planet. Because of this, snow and ice are not present on the planet and it wasn’t until the Un’oit came into their technological age that they discovered ice.
Native Life
Torlakian lifeforms have evolved to become heat-resistant plants and animals as well as the majority of life on the planet having faster metabolisms. The forests on Torlak have taken on a dark brown or black hue due to darker colors being better able to absorb heat.