Fortuna III



"Welcome to Fortuna III. Far as we can tell, this rock was terraformed by aliens a long time ago. The Federation tried colonizing it, but the Cycle put an end to that. We’re talking world-spanning storms that kill anything dumb enough to set foot planetside and these storms are happening more often than not."

Fortuna III is the setting of The Cycle, a backwater planet on the frontier of galactic civilization. This hunk of rock would normally be ignored, were it not for the incredibly riches that dot its surface. Riches that every faction in the galaxy would pay top credit for, if it could reach it reliably. As it's so far away, everyone has to rely on whatever freelancer, mercenary, or fool is willing to risk the storms and brave the wildlife for a paycheck at the end of the day.

To make things worse/better, the law is an abstract concept outside of Prospect Station, meaning it's do-as-you-please (or rather, shoot-as-you-please) once you're planetside. Just don't get distracted by the megastructures left by the other aliens that landed on the planet and tried to make it theirs, before the Federation tried it and got whipped again. =Lore=


 * Before the Storm

=Regions= The storm makes it unpredictable which part of Fortuna III you land on. There are 2 regions on Fortuna III that is sometimes free of the storm and clear to prospect when the storm allows it. The 2 regions are called Bright Sands and Crescent Falls which are the 2 maps prospectors play on in The Cycle.

Which part of Fortuna III prospectors land on is decided by the unpredictable storm, which makes it impossible for the prospectors to choose a region to land on themselves.

Bright Sands
Bright Sands aka "Map 1" was the first map in The Cycle. It features a central station carved into a hollow mountain, surrounded by cliffs, a swamp, a forest and grassy areas. It is surrounded by water on almost all sides.

Crescent Falls
Crescent Falls aka "Map 2" is the second map in the Cycle. It is slightly larger than Bright Sands and features a huge ancient ring structure surrounded by hot springs, farmland, jungle, mushroomland and desert. It also features a large amount of small rivers all leading into the salt flats.

Crescent Falls also includes a lot of old structures scattered around the map compared to Bright Sands.

= Fauna = This only contains fauna which has been officially named by The Cycle game or its developers.

Azalea
Azalea is a mostly orange plant of unknown origin, the plant is found in the Azalea Fields in Crescent Falls. Currently there is no known use for it. The plant has no visual connection to the Terra plant also known as Azalea.

Pumpkin
The pumpkins found on Fortuna III are exceptionally large, some even rival the lenght of the player. The pumpkins are found on the Pumpkin Fields in Crescent Falls. Most of the pumpkins found are Corroded, Burnt or Smashed, all damages that the Creatures of Fortuna III have been known to cause, this suggest that the local wildlife has not taken a liking to the alien plant.