Cybria

"A big, icy, ball of death. Why we're still living on it is beyond me."

- Malakai Madora

Cybria is the capital world of the Unified Nyr Federation, and homeworld of the Nyr civilization. Once a hostile ice world with countless predators, the Cybrians tamed the planet to a degree where the once nightmarish storms are no longer as deadly as they once were. However, the population must still reside within the famed dome-cities that Cybria is renown for throughout known space. Not far from the border with the massive and hostile Xanian Empire, Cybria is a major fortress world that stands guard against in potential Xanian invasions, having turned by six in the past. The planet is currently the focal point of the on-going Hyperion Cold War, which has been reaching fever pitches since the Xanian incursion on Valkyrie II in 755 ATE.

Colonized in 252 ATE, Cybria was one of the first worlds colonized by the early Xanian Empire, in an attempt to build up its burgeoning imperial power in space. Cybria broke away from Xania in 514 ATE during the First Hyperion Conflict, in which, after nearly three centuries of Xanian oppression and inescapable poverty gripped the planet, the Nyr opted to break free of the Xanian emperor. Today, Cybria is the most heavily-fortified planet in known space, and maintains a large and powerful citizen-soldier population, who have held onto their planet and fellow colonies for 242 years. As of 756 ATE, the Nyr have developed the planet into a major economic and industrial center, which provides for most of the goods consumed by their colonies.

Description
Cybria is a tundra planet wracked by massive icestorms that make travel in the open environment extremely dangerous. All of the planet's oceans froze over many ages ago, leaving the planet as a dark ball of ice to observers in space. Mountains near the equatorial regions, the bulk of Cybria's population is divided into the northern and southern hemispheres, each of which are governed by the military of the Nyr. Most of population reside within massive domed cities, each of which are connected to one another by way of massive causeways, which are built into large tunnel-like structures partially submerged beneath the ground.