A desertified colony world on the Outer Rim, Aaru IV is known for its nasteen deposits and the inability of its corporate overlords to prevent a significant degree of criminal activity.
The Furnaces are buried deep within the mantle of the planet, injecting matter into unstable regions just beneath the crust to trigger tectonic reactions.
A verdant agricultural world on the Outer Rim, Aaru XI is an unremarkable planet occupied by a small population who toil large fields and live in modest and widely dispersed settlements.