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When it was first settled, Valhalla was a verdant world of forests and broad fertile plans, a paradise compared to the frozen ice world it would become.{{Fn|8a}} In legends - the only history of the early days of its colonization that survives - Valhalla was a world perfect for human settlement.{{cite this}}
Ten thousand years ago{{CME}}, however, the planet was struck by an immense rogue comet which forever destroyed the paradise of the world.{{Fn|8a}} The [[defence laser]]s surrounding the planet had blasted the comet with shot after shot, but only succeeded in breaking off fragments of the comet, which was found to consist of almost pure iron. A mile-wide fragment of the comet struck the northern continent, causing great earthquakes and destruction. The main comet hit the vast ocean which spanned most of the planet.{{cite this}}
The boiling seas and the pall of vapor vapour and dust blocked off the sunlight. The temperature of the planet fell to freezing levels.{{Fn|8a}} Most significantly the comet had knocked the planet from its orbit, and over a period of ten years the planet spun eccentrically, drifting fifteen million miles away from its sun.{{CME}} By this point the planet had entirely changed. The vast majority of life had been destroyed, and the whole planet was covered in glaciers and a frozen ocean.{{Fn|8a}}
===War of Survival===
