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A '''δτ-class'''<sup>2</sup> or '''death world''' is a planet in which the native flora and fauna has evolved into naturally aggressive and dangerous forms. These eco-systems are finely balanced between continual destruction and lightning-fast reproduction. Death worlds take many forms, ranging from jungle-covered hell-holes with carnivorous plants and animals to barren, volcanic wastelands racked by [[wikipedia:ion stormCoronal mass ejection|ion storms]].
Humans can, and do, live on these worlds, but it is a never-ending struggle. On many death worlds it is as if the entire bio-mass of the planet were consciously motivated against human settlement - concentrating forces against intruders to destroy them.<sup>1</sup> Death worlds with human settlements or colonies can have populations of 1,000 to 15,000,000.<sup>2</sup>
