Benjar

Benjar is a Class I planet located in the Orvessi Galaxy in the Ossren Solar System orbiting the Ossre star. The Ossren system is located in the outer region of the known universe. Little is known of Benjar because of it's Class I rating and distant location. Far removed from the major trade routes and intergalactic corridors that connect most civilizations, few have reason to travel there. Fewer still could survive if they did.

Benjar's atmosphere is hostile to most life forms. Low oxygen, extreme heat averaging 120 to 130 degrees, and high concentrations of toxic gases make the planet largely inaccessible to outside races. What lies beyond that hostile barrier, however, is anything but barren. The Orvessi Belt is a vast asteroid belt surrounding the Ossren System. It's extraordinarily rich in rare minerals and materials found nowhere else in the known universe. The Benjin are well aware of what they're sitting on. Their seclusion is not simply a matter of privacy. It is strategy. For any race that did manage to reach the Orvessi Belt, the resources available would be transformative. This has made the Moon of Benjar — a habitable moon orbiting Benjar, with a far more accessible atmosphere, a point of quiet interest for several races across the galaxy.

‍The Benjin
‍Benjar is home to the Benjin — a mysterious, deeply private and fiercely guarded shape shifting race. They have cultivated a thriving civilization almost entirely unknown to the rest of the galaxy. The galaxy largely assumes the Benjin are a dying race on an unreachable planet. The Benjin have done nothing to correct this assumption.

he Benjin are shape shifters, capable of altering their appearance and adapting their physiology at a molecular level. Their biology is calibrated to Benjar's toxic baseline — making them remarkably resilient travelers when they do venture beyond their home world. A rare mutation among the Benjin takes this further still, allowing some to adjust their cardiovascular and respiratory systems to breathe in virtually any environment. This mutation is uncommon even among their own kind, and those who carry it are uniquely suited for life far from Benjar.

Because of their seclusion and their planet's hostile conditions, almost nothing is documented about Benjin population, culture or wildlife. They share nothing willingly. What the galaxy doesn't know about the Benjin could fill volumes.