Discovery
Discovered by the Greater Terran Union in 2222, the planet is covered in oceans that make up 91% of the planet, with small islands dotting around the Northern Hemisphere. The worlds most striking feature is its constant orange sky as a result of the red dwarf sun, only becoming blue for a few hours each day around midday. This in turn courses the planetary oceans to adopt an orange hew. Plant life on land mostly consists of large, tree like, ferns and fruit bearing bushes, and under the oceans there exist many species of kelp and other sea plants. Animal life mostly consists of small, silver, insect like crustaceans, most of which can swim or fly between the islands. Human colonists have taken to calling these creatures 'Silver Swimmers'. Scientists describe Silver Swimmers as 'Like Plankton, but bigger.' Large corals have been discovered both on land and in the ocean, making large coral reefs. Mammal like species are rare and mostly confined to small isolated islands.
Inhabitants
This is the homeworld of the Wessari, a pig like species that were annexed into the GTU in the year 2222. After that human setters arrived on mass on the world, at first as a occupying army and soon thereafter as fellow citizens.
History
Little is known about the world prior to the invasion by the GTU, as the Wessari seemingly kept most of their historical records on large stone tablets located around the planet, most of which were destroyed (both accidentally and purposefully) by human invaders. The surviving tablets tell of a sea faring people, similar to that of ancient Polynesian culture.
When Artemis was discovered in 2222, the Wessari had already started sending up satellites and were close uniting as a planetary government. Unfortunately, GTU decided to preemptively invade to crush a possible rival and collect the strategic resources located within the system. The planet-wide invasion order was given to the Terran Fleet orbiting the Wessari homeworld, with the ground troops landing at key strategical locations throughout the planet. The invasion was short, the Wessari unable to compete with the large technological gap, had no hope in turning back the forces of the GTU. The invasion only lasted 3 hours, the Wessari surrendering unconditionally. The short-lived war would forever be called the Wessari Annexation, with the Wessari homeworld occupied by the Union.