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'''Porphyry''' is a rocky, arid [[Mining World]] home to insects, numerous species of serpent and reptile, a handful of spindly, dangerous looking plants, and not much else. It is a dusty, sun-baked world of dark, purple-red stone and glittering, crystal deserts that shimmer under a perpetually cloudless, azure sky.{{Fn|1}}
==Geography==
The landscape of this harsh and unforgiving planet is dramatic and decidedly vertical, with huge, jagged mountain chains crisscrossing the stony continents and incredibly deep canyons sheltering abyssal lakes of brackish water. Strange stone formations litter the planet, formed by wind erosion and long dormant tectonic forces, each one disturbingly beautiful and covered in wicked, obsidian-like stone flakes that pierce even flak armour with ease.{{Fn|1}}
==History==
Evidence uncovered by [[Explorator]] missions shows that sometime in the distant past, a highly developed society of unknown provenance dominated Porphyry. The crumbled ruins of their great cities still stand on the wind-scoured plains in the northern and western hemispheres, showing evidence of a complex and highly technological culture. No record exists of [[human]]s ever having colonised Porphyry, and what remaining architecture, building materials, artefacts, and art that have been unearthed resemble nothing produced by any of the known extant [[xenos]] races.{{Fn|1}}
==See also==
