Pulonis — formerly designated Vesk-6 by the Veskarium — is the sixth planet in the Ghavaniska system and the homeworld of the catlike pahtras. An inexplicably warm jungle world despite its distance from the sun Ghavaniska, the planet is hot and humid, with its low gravity producing towering trees, gigantic insects, and other titanic flora and fauna locked in ruthless competition. Pulonis threw off Veskarium control in 325 AG and became the first full member of the Pact Worlds government outside the Pact system that same year. A powerful magnetosphere helps the planet retain its atmosphere, but the magnetic winds it generates devastate many forms of technology — most starships, vehicles, and buildings are one system failure away from complete destruction. As a result, much of the surface remains untamed, and the planet's few modern settlements rely on heavy magnetic shielding to function. Residents must often travel hundreds of miles to visit a digitized library or advanced medical facility. Pulonis is a small, lush terrestrial world with a single supercontinent making up the majority of its land. The planet lacks ice caps, and its hot climate is nearly uniform across all latitudes. Its low gravity has allowed truly towering flora to evolve, with forests reaching as high as mountain ranges on other worlds, while the actual mountains are even taller with jagged peaks that seem impossibly steep to offworlders. Though technically having only one ocean, cartographers split the seas into three major bodies: the relatively safe Ketemare Ocean, the Tideflight Ocean and Tereltos Sea, known for dangerously extreme tides caused by the pull of the planet's twin moons — Hinirinn and Yolaku. Near the center of the continent lies a blasted rocky plain where the worst fighting of the Veskarium invasion took place; pahtras call this the Holy Lands, in honor of all who died fighting there. Recent investigation has unveiled that the planet's core appears to have been altered in its prehistoric past, allowing it to maintain warm temperatures despite its distance from the sun. Most theories posit that an unknown advanced alien species was responsible for this planetary engineering, but no proof of these aliens has been found anywhere in the Veskarium, and no ancient ruins have been discovered on Pulonis. Pahtras are lanky feline humanoids who evolved in the low gravity to be swift predators. They conquered their environment through adaptability, ferocity, and training rather than strength, thriving within a brutally competitive ecosystem. Pahtra culture reveres battle and music as the two most prestigious callings, often combining the two. Since gaining independence, the planet's pahtra nation-states have flourished with greater autonomy, though the lingering effects of Veskarium occupation and the ever-present dangers of the planet's magnetic fields and megafauna remain constant challenges. Pulonis is also home to hymothoas, sapient ichthyoid oozes that lurk in the most humid swamps. Despised by both vesk and pahtras, these bulbous creatures are known to crawl inside other sapient beings, slowly devouring their host's organs while adapting to replace their function.