Database entry: Planet - Il'ith

Description:

IL'ith is the home world of the Oparth. it's an icy wasteland orbiting a tiny star with its two seasons caused by its orbit coming to within 10 light minuets of its sun every year, this causes the brief period of summer when the valleys flood and fresh water oceans defrost, it is a time of great cheer and at it's peak the Oparth have a celebration called y'eo, during which they hold competitions for hunting the many fish that get put into a kind of natural deep freeze during the rest of the year, outsiders are most welcome during y'eo as long as all fish caught are put into the 'fish bank' to be saved for the rest of the year, however the hunting season only season lasts for one of the three months (the IL'ithian calendar has 24 months) that the melt normally occupies, this allows the fish stocks to breed before the freeze. the Oparth people themselves resemble large penguins, white all over and without the useless wings but with arms and hands. they live high on the peaks of the mountains so as not to get flooded during the melt. this makes IL'ith a popular skiing resort. However during the rest of their year IL'ith is subject to temperatures of less than -40 degrees Celsius. the year only lasts for 271 earth days which is 240 IL'ithian days, each month is only short 10 days.