Verdigris
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Verdigris
Third planet of Delta Pavonis system (Delta Pavonis III). Planet has a distinctive greenish hue from space, for which it is named. This is due to extensive jungle coverage, high ocean plankton level, and aerophytoplankton also known as skyweed, an airborne algae.
Notes
- Verdigris City -- capital, to the extent it has one. biopharmaceutical industry and artifact black market
- Extinct native culture -- neolithic tombs remain (see Stone Age), although a related sub-species still survives at paleolithic level
- New Toronto -- the other major city (see Reticuli Deception)
- Spacefarer pyramid, partially buried in old desert dunes and overgrown by jungle, stripped (probably by Velkaryans)
- Skyweed -- is flammable, especially when dried to a powder