Ujuma

Ujuma is the sister planet of Veris inhabiting the first orbit of Veris' star. While hospitable to human and synthetic life, Ujuma is a dry, hot desert world, mainly covered by a large equatorial desert.

Discovery and Settlement
Originally the primary destination of the Veris colonial wave, Ujuma was confirmed to have a hospitable environment through ground based and space based telescopes. While these initial observations confirmed the planet was hospitable to the incoming travelers, exoplanetary scientists were divided on the explaination on why Ujuma's albedo was so bright compared to other hospitable worlds.

When humans actually colonized Ujuma, they were struck at the planet's vast blue deserts that covered most of the surface. The sand was rich in boron and cobalt making the planet an extremely valuable node of rare earth metals needed in everything from electronics to metal alloy manufacturing. The planet's colonists became instant rich men since they had first laid claim to the virgin world. With the discovery or abundant rare earth metals on the new world, a mass rush of fortune finders made their way to the new colony hoping to strike it rich developing the newly discovered resources. What once started as mining towns, soon sprang up cities that became the finanical centers of the sector.

The Ujuman government strictly regulates how much rare earth metals are exported off world. Offically, the government claims that such regulation protects the world's resources and environment harboring unique species, most notably the first confirmed biological silicon based life form the glass crab. Unoffically, the government stems the flow of resources to keep the precious metals scarce on the colonial market and therefore more valuable when traded on planetary stock exchanges.

Post Singulus Invasion
After the Singulus invasion, Ujuma's human population was destroyed by a massive landing of Singulus forces. The Singulus hierarchy did not elect to bombard the world with nuclear weapons, choosing to use the planet's abundant resources for its own war effort. The Singulus have erected massive refineries to process substantial quanities of cobalt needed to craft new ship components and new soliders for the Singulus army.