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->[[PlanetTerra Terra]] itself is a sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone that have built up over the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball of rock.
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->''Our planet is an interminable metropolis that twinkles with power systems, city lights, traffic landing beacons. Seen from orbit, [[AirstripOne Imperial Center]] is a blaze of light and sparking colors, reminding some spacers of gemlike corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago.''

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->[[PlanetTerra Terra]] itself is !!Fan Works
->''Dramatically fitting for
a world whose entire culture was built around slave trading, Fornax was a bleak planet. Its red supergiant of a sun took up most of the sky, looming like a bloodshot eye glaring down at the bleak surface, most of which was covered in mega-cities of sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile needle-shaped towers and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone blocky buildings that have built up over gave off feelings of oppression. The shadowy artificial canyons of the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball lower levels created by these super skyscrapers were wretched hives of rock.
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->''Our
lawless near-anarchy where everything went, as the planet's ruling plutocratic oligarchy kept their focus solely on the upper levels where they ran their businesses.''
-->--''Fanfic/TheVioletDemon''

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->''"Our
planet is an interminable metropolis that twinkles with power systems, city lights, traffic landing beacons. Seen from orbit, [[AirstripOne Imperial Center]] is a blaze of light and sparking colors, reminding some spacers of gemlike corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago.''"''



->''The surface of [[WretchedHive Nar Shaddaa]] was an interlocking grid of miles-high cities and docking stations, built up over thousands of years. Level upon level of freight depots and warehouses and repair facilities ere linked by gaudy old thoroughfares that spanned the globe, bridging canyons that reached from the upper strata, swarming with life, to the [[UnderCity glowing depths]] where several forms of subspecies thrived on the refuse that fell continuously from the towering heights.''
-->--''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale''

!!Tabletop Games
->''[[PlanetTerra Terra]] itself is a sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone that have built up over the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball of rock.''
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

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->The surface of [[WretchedHive Nar Shaddaa]] was an interlocking grid of miles-high cities and docking stations, built up over thousands of years. Level upon level of freight depots and warehouses and repair facilities ere linked by gaudy old thoroughfares that spanned the globe, bridging canyons that reached from the upper strata, swarming with life, to the [[UnderCity glowing depths]] where several forms of subspecies thrived on the refuse that fell continuously from the towering heights.
-->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''

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\n->The surface of [[WretchedHive Nar Shaddaa]] was an interlocking grid of miles-high cities and docking stations, built up over thousands of years. Level upon level of freight depots and warehouses and repair facilities ere linked by gaudy old thoroughfares that spanned the globe, bridging canyons that reached from the upper strata, swarming with life, to the [[UnderCity glowing depths]] where several forms of subspecies thrived on the refuse that fell continuously from the towering heights.\n-->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''----
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->The {{terraform}}ing of UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} had begun in the earliest days of the golden age of man's expansion to the stars, bringing new life and hope, but in the end, this was a remission, not a cure. Within the span of a few centuries, the planet had died its [[OnceGreenMars second]] death, choking on the fumes of volcanic forge complexes, continent-sized refineries and the effluent of a million weapons shops.
-->--''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Mechanicum]]''
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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''

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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''
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->Our planet is an interminable metropolis that twinkles with power systems, city lights, traffic landing beacons. Seen from orbit, [[AirstripOne Imperial Center]] is a blaze of light and sparking colors, reminding some spacers of gemlike corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago.

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->Our ->''Our planet is an interminable metropolis that twinkles with power systems, city lights, traffic landing beacons. Seen from orbit, [[AirstripOne Imperial Center]] is a blaze of light and sparking colors, reminding some spacers of gemlike corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago.''
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-->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''

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-->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: -->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''
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-->--''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: Hunter's Fate''

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-->--''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: -->--''[[Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: Hunter's Fate''Fate: Greedo's Tale]]''
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-->--''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}''

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-->--''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}''-->--''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}''

->The surface of [[WretchedHive Nar Shaddaa]] was an interlocking grid of miles-high cities and docking stations, built up over thousands of years. Level upon level of freight depots and warehouses and repair facilities ere linked by gaudy old thoroughfares that spanned the globe, bridging canyons that reached from the upper strata, swarming with life, to the [[UnderCity glowing depths]] where several forms of subspecies thrived on the refuse that fell continuously from the towering heights.
-->--''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina: Hunter's Fate''

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->Terra itself is a sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone that have built up over the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball of rock.

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->Terra ->[[PlanetTerra Terra]] itself is a sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone that have built up over the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball of rock.


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->The {{terraform}}ing of UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} had begun in the earliest days of the golden age of man's expansion to the stars, bringing new life and hope, but in the end, this was a remission, not a cure. Within the span of a few centuries, the planet had died its [[OnceGreenMars second]] death, choking on the fumes of volcanic forge complexes, continent-sized refineries and the effluent of a million weapons shops.
-->--''[[Literature/HorusHeresy Mechanicum]]''
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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''

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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''Universe]]''

->Layers upon layers of urban sprawl eclipse the globe's crust, and it is done.

->Scant few years have passed since the start of this grand project, but it is already difficult to recall what the surface of <planet> was like. Verdant? Rugged? It is all steel now, miles in every direction.

->A place once molded by chance and the unthinking laws of nature, now a design wrought from indomitable purpose.
-->--''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}''
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-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

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-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->Our planet is an interminable metropolis that twinkles with power systems, city lights, traffic landing beacons. Seen from orbit, [[AirstripOne Imperial Center]] is a blaze of light and sparking colors, reminding some spacers of gemlike corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago.
-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''
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->Terra itself is a sprawling hive world, its surface utterly infertile and covered with dark, towering spires of iron, colossal gothic cathedrals, ancient ruins, and masses of pilgrims come to the cradle of Mankind to pay homage to the GodEmperor. Its oceans have long since boiled away, and beneath the countless layers of metal and stone that have built up over the eons, Terra is a lifeless ball of rock.
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

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