Zaherux Milky Way / Armstrong Nebula / Grissom
Planet View
Orbital Distance	N/A
Orbital Period	266.8 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio	N/A
Radius	6,729 km
Day Length	51.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure	0.32 atm
Surface Temp	959 °C
Surface Gravity	0.61 g
Mass	0.674 Earth Masses
Satellites	N/A

Location: Milky Way / Armstrong Nebula / Grissom System /  Second planet

Description Edit

Zaherux's nitrogen-argon atmosphere is being blasted away by the solar wind of the blue giant Grissom. Its surface consists of "seas" of loose silica dust, some kilometers deep, which periodically swirl into global sandstorms.

Many unmanned probes to Zaherux have been lost over the years. Though investigation has attributed all to mechanical failure or computational error, a popular extranet meme insists the entire planet is composed of dormant nanotechnology, created millennia ago by a race even more advanced than the Protheans.

According to the story, Zaherux's silica dust is actually "disassembler" robots which periodically awaken to defend themselves. Though discounted by every reputable scientist, this theory has been popularized by a series of sensationalistic texts by asari author Delsae Orthysa.

Assignments Edit

• Survey: UNC: Valuable Minerals: Light Metal ×1 (Beryllium)

Properties Edit

The system cannot be older than 10 million years. If the sensationalists are correct, whatever race left the nanotech on this planet must have come from elsewhere.