Fei Xin

Fei Xin is the first planet from the star Zheng He, located within the Heleus Cluster. Fei Xin is named for the Ming dynasty Chinese mariner and explorer of the same name, famous for authoring the book entitled Xingcha Shenglan, in which he documented the voyages of Admiral Zheng He (for whom the star system is named).

Fei Xin is an extremely hot and volcanically active world, with a thick, pressure-cooker atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide and ethane. It's crust is rich in transition metals such as iron, with surface deposits of calcium. Accessing these resources has been thus far impossible due to the planet's high surface temperature, gravity, and atmospheric pressure.

Fei Xin's largest volcano is an active shield volcano named Hong Fu Nü, translating as "lady with red sleeves". Hong Fu Nü exhibits continual effusive eruptions of basalt lava, which are responsible for the creation of the enormous flood basalt formations surrounding the volcano. Fei Xin's unusually strong surface gravity ensures that the lava flows originating from Hong Fu Nü remain localised.

Volcanologists from the Nexus are particularly interested in studying this unique phenomenon. Detailed scientific records on the eruption cycles of Hong Fu Nü have been kept since 2822. Nexus-owned satellites and research stations orbiting the planet continue to update these records with their latest findings.