Tara-3

Tara-3 is the third innermost world in the Tara system and a Class 4 garden world with two large satellites, Kypse and Charlane. It has a thick, Nitrogen and Oxygen based atmosphere and large amounts of liquid water on its surface. Indigenous life was at an advanced evolutionary level upon colonization. It's also the gravitational anchor for the Kji staging depot, the closest military base to the Kji Antimatter Cloud and Der Weltraum Reißen Rift (soon to be the location of a new uGate). Before the Der Weltraum Reißen Rift was found, no significant events had occurred there, other than the first successful intervention by the TExN Anti-Bioterrorism Taskforce. It has a population of roughly 850,000. The capital is Neo Tara City.

Biology
The biology of Tara-3 is fairly standard, and has a native species of psychobiotes. Chlorophyll based plants are by far the most common. The oceans are inhabited by shellfish (albeit with Carbon based shells) and fish analogues. However, its terrestrial animal life is somewhat unusual. Arachnids are the most common animals on the surface, and are hunted by the few insects. Insects are hunted by small mammal analogues. After this point, the food chain is largely reptilian, with a few large mammalian herbivores, Reptilian analogues are the most successful life forms. The native apex species is a race of sapient avian reptiles, very similar to others found on many other worlds, and known universally as dragons. Unusually, they've significantly affected the planet's history.

History
Tara-3 was the first world colonized in the Tara system, settled 9000 years ago, placing it in the most recent wave of colonization. The first scan of the planet was done by a probe passing through the system 15000 years ago. Colonist initially ignored the "dragons", and vice versa. However, 8000 years ago a rogue mining company defied regulation and began work in a protected forest. This provoked the "Dragons" to retaliate in an organized manner. After 5 years of fighting, the mining company realized that the forest was regrowing very quickly due to psychobiotes controlled by several large dragons. They decided to eliminate this species, and had almost succeeded when the TExN Anti-Bioterrorism Taskforce intervened, saving 6 dragons of the estimated initial 400-500. Recently, the "dragons" reorganized themselves, and, via control of the omnipresent psychbiotes, caused several dozen million square miles of forest to grow suddenly. This act wiped out most of the population of the planet, with just 10% remaining. After realizing what had occurred, TExN representatives made peace to prevent another repeat of said incident.

Military Facilities
Kji Staging Point

Kji Maintenance Center

Geoffry Station

Tarka Station

Westbay Station

Northside Joint Base

Hifil Spaceport