Auriga

Auriga is a technological treasure trove of the Concrete Endless, as one of their laboratory planets. It also hosted the consciousness of one of the few Lost to survive their genocide. It has gone through multiple extinction events, the latest culminating in the death of its consciousness and a global transformation into a frozen environment. Many civilizations were motivated by this looming disaster to enter an industrial revolution and escape its consequences; inadvertently causing the destruction of Coroz from an FTL accident aboard an imperfectly restored spacecraft.

Biome
Auriga used to be an Earthlike planet before its destruction, its current state is that of a frozen world. Some regions of Auriga were volcanic wastelands that could not sustain an ecosystem of conventional creatures, presumably from poison or ash.

An unusually high quantity of nanotech Dust pervades Auriga, a natural consequence of being dominated by a Dust-based life form. Dust-based and dust-enhanced beings were plentiful on the planet, likely one of the many factors that lead to its swift industrialization.

Culture
Auriga was a multispecies planet, but primarily ruled by humans. Religion on Auriga was as diverse as the rest of the galaxy, especially focusing on the old Endless masters, in its last days Auriga herself was universally revered as a feminine pantheistic deity. Dust and gold were both used as standards of currency.

Technology
Most Aurigan technology was medieval or based in "Dust magic", and eventually copied the more elementary aspects of Endless technology. Superficially archaic weaponry, such as crossbows or swords made from extremely advanced materials, were common throughout history. Nautical technology, when in use, was sourced from the relatively advanced Fomorian race and remained at a more advanced technological level.