Bhekar Ro

Bhekar Ro is a planet in the distant reaches of the Koprulu Sector. It has greasy gray skies that give way to violent weather, unproductive soil and orbits an orange star.

History
Bhekar Ro was settled around 2460 by colonists hoping it would be a “promised land” out of reach of the Terran Confederacy, seeking to escape from the civil strife of the Confederacy's inner worlds. Five years after settlement contact with the Confederacy was broken off. Survival depended on raising whip barley, triticale wheat and salad moss from poor and rocky soil. The first decades were aided by a corps of scientific personnel. Outbreaks of spore plague eventually forced the abandonment of most scientific endeavours as priority shifted toward survival.

Given the harsh conditions the colonists suffered a high mortality rate with virtually every colonist having lost a friend and/or family member. Colonists were considered adults upon their fifteenth birthday and were often married and had kids before they reached the age of eighteen.

Shortly after the fall of the Confederacy a xel'naga artifact was uncovered by a storm. The investigation by and absorption of the colonist Lars Bren caused the artifact to emit a strong psychic signal that was detected by the protoss and zerg. Fearful, Mayor Jacob "Nik" Nikolai called from the Confederacy for help but finds the Dominion had replaced it and sent Alpha Squadron to "help". This culminated in the Battle of Bhekar Ro and the release of an energy creature. The birth of the creature inadvertently changed the climate and improved the quality of the soil of the valley near the artifact.

Meteorology
The planet had "greasy gray skies" that frequently gave way to unpredictable violent storms that occurred year round. There are also incidences of hailstorms in the planet.

Native Life
Despite the bleak conditions, Bhekar Ro is not without native life, albeit of a basic kind. Identified lifeforms include the:


 * Crab beetle
 * Fiddler beetle
 * Glider hawk
 * Mound-hopper
 * Urchin lizard

In addition, the revealment of the xel'naga temple also revealed a number of small creatures previously unidentified by the colonists.

Locations

 * Back Forty
 * Free Haven
 * Xel'naga temple