Sultae

"Where Usse is Carina's soul, Sultae has, for many years, been its brilliant mind."

Sultae is a major Ankoran colony and planet on which the Carina Foundation is headquartered. Regarded as the homeworld of the Ankoran Covenant's greatest inventors, scientists, and tinkerers for the past thousand years, the people of Sultae have proven themselves to be an increasingly inquisitive and inventive populace.

Due to the presence of the Carina Foundation on Sultae, much of the planet's orbital defences are comprised of hyper-modern technologies not seen in the defences of other planets. The Foundation's private fleets also bolster the Covenant-mandated planetary-defence fleet.

Geography
Wild grasslands and ancient mountain ranges dominate Sultae's surface, broken up by vast oceans and scattered inland seas. Many of Sultae's natural geographic features have become tourist attractions and landmarks for visitors to the planet. A wide variety of biomes and ecosystems, stretching from arctic tundra in the far north to boreal forests and temperate plains in the milder latitudes exist on Sultae.

Atmosphere
The atmosphere of Sultae is primarily comprised of oxygen and is extremely welcoming to aerobic life, although anaerobic species such as the Mithadorn are incapable of walking on its surface without environmental suits. Although Sultae's atmosphere possesses high quantities of both xenon and krypton gasses, both elements have little effect on the atmosphere itself due to their inert nature.

Biosphere
Sultae is home to more than eight thousand subspecies of grass and an even larger variety of wildflowers. Its flora also includes a massive variety of spices, herbs, and grains, which have been exported to farming worlds to feed livestock across Covenant space.

Economy
Sultae has built its economy on bleeding-edge technologies, developing and exporting expensive yet refined devices for civilian and military use. Producing the latest in medical technologies, firearms, shielding, and stealth technology, Sultae's wealth floods in from the many companies on the planet and their contracts with the Covenant. Of note, the Carina Foundation is known to bring in roughly 30% of Sultae's wealth through the production of equipment used in the Covenant Ghost Program.