Lukyr Everfrost
Lukyr Everfrost is the outermost planet of the Lukyr system, positioned so far from the star that its surface temperature renders it unusable for conventional habitation or industry. It hosts a small number of fully automated industrial installations that specifically exploit — rather than fight — the extreme cold.
Characteristics
- Orbit: Far from the star Lukyr; receives very little stellar energy
- Surface temperature: Extreme cold; fatal to unprotected humans
- Population: None — all installations are fully automated
- Habitability: Unusable for standard settlement
Industrial Use
Two categories of operation have been established on Everfrost:
Cold-dependent factories: Certain manufacturing processes require extreme low temperatures that would be expensive or impossible to maintain artificially elsewhere. Everfrost provides these conditions for free.
High-efficiency server farms: Cold is highly effective at reducing the thermal load of computing infrastructure. Server farms on Everfrost can operate at extreme efficiency due to natural ambient cooling, with no need for the massive cooling systems required on warmer worlds.
No human staff operate on-site; all facilities run autonomously.
Open Questions
- Who owns and operates the installations on Everfrost — private corporations, the Crown, or independent operators?
- Could Zet or another AI have infrastructure on Everfrost, given the server farm presence?
- What specific products do the cold-dependent factories produce?
- How do the automated facilities receive maintenance or upgrades without human presence?
- Does Everfrost appear in IWUKE or SFL-TE?