Rakis

Rakis is a super-heated desert planet orbiting Antares (Scorpii α). It is the only planet in the Antares system considered to be "quasi-habitable" on the Hayter-Thomas Exoplanet Habitability Index. Rakis specializes in raw crystal mining, high-density coolant pumping, and harvesting of a psychedelic narcotic called Prime.

Environment
Due to the large amounts of heat caused by the heat of the star and accelerated by industrial efforts, the majority of the planet's denizens live either in caves or cooled biodomes.

Rakis, in addition to intense heat, suffers geological abnormalities such as common tectonic shifts and earthquakes, causing rifts and fissures to open at random on the planet's surface. Ultra-violent sandstorms also occur with winds upwards of 150mph, ripping all but the most sturdy of structures apart.