G0-CVII

G0-CVII was the second planet in the G0-CV system, and the only one containing higher life forms. G0-CVI was too hot for life to form, and lacked oxygen; G0-CVIII was far colder than G0-CVII, and had only microscopic bacteria that could withstand the extremely harsh temperatures.

G0-CVII's orbital pattern resulted in marked seasons. Summers were warm, with temperature ranges that most humans and many other sentient species would find agreeable. This is also the season in which the most rain falls. Spring and autumn were cold and mostly dry, with slightly more rainfall and snow in the spring than the autumn. Winter was dry and freezing cold. There was no liquid water in the winter except far below the surface of the equatorial river. Water-bound wildlife migrated to this body of water in the autumn and returned to the northern and southern hemispheres in the spring. Land-bound creatures hibernated to survive, and had adapted to living in the bitter cold.

G0-CVII had no permanent civilizations. Its lack of mineral resources, poor climate, and low amount of arable land made it an unattractive choice for settlers; furthermore, no native plants or animals were likely to turn a high profit if exported. The most advanced forms of native life were large, slow-moving primates. Walkers, of a different taxonomic order, were considered to have a primitive form of sentience, but not above a level that would be common to lower, non-humanoid primate species.