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	This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].		This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].

	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]] instead of gaining a moon like Earth.

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size, gravity, and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis. Alternative proposals suggest creating super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons with island peaks for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both of the latter theories have the settlements’ temperatures and air pressures closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size, gravity, and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis. Alternative proposals suggest creating super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons with island peaks for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both of the latter theories have the settlements’ temperatures and air pressures closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

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	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis. Alternative proposals suggest creating super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons with island peaks for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both of the latter theories have the settlements’ temperatures and air pressures closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size, gravity, and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis. Alternative proposals suggest creating super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons with island peaks for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both of the latter theories have the settlements’ temperatures and air pressures closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

	==Warhammer 40,000==		==Warhammer 40,000==

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	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis ~~or create~~ super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both ~~locations~~ have the temperatures and pressures ~~are~~ closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis. Alternative proposals suggest creating super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons with island peaks for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both of the latter theories have the settlements’ temperatures and air pressures closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

	==Warhammer 40,000==		==Warhammer 40,000==

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	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds ~~where~~ the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong ~~wings~~ and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) sailing atop Venus’ upper clouds. Both locations have the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara or Death Valley than literal subterranean hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong winds and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

	==Warhammer 40,000==		==Warhammer 40,000==

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 01:13, 25 January 2023

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	This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].		This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].

	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only Solar System planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 01:12, 25 January 2023

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	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid ~~both~~ crushing you and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid crushing you, dissolving you, and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot at the same time, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

	==Warhammer 40,000==		==Warhammer 40,000==

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 01:11, 25 January 2023

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	This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].		This led to Pulp Fantasy and thus [[Sword & Sorcery]] interpreting Venus as a steaming, primordial world; a planet of turbulent shallow seas, swelting swamps and steamy tropical jungles, often full of [[dinosaur]]s - a young and vibrant world compared to the dessicating husk of [[Mars]].

	Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap.		Modern times picked up the slack as rocketry took off (literally), leading to the advent of probes using radar to map Venus' surface. It was these radar scans that had us discover how shit Venus really is, showing signs of giant mountains of fire and rivers of lava, all ultimately driven by runaway absorption of the Sun's rays. The Soviets famously made the first landing on the surface of the hothouse, though the probe didn't last long before becoming unusable partially-molten scrap. During this time, it was also found that Venus is the only planet to rotate opposite of the direction it's orbiting in, suggesting it got reversed by [[Exterminatus\|a celestial backhand from a protoplanet]].

	Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid both crushing you and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.		Venus is the 2nd planet from Sol and is notable for being similar to Earth in size and overall composition. However, that's where the similarities end - with a ridiculously thick carbon dioxide atmosphere with copious clouds of sulphuric acid both crushing you and causing the planet to be fuck-off hot, [[FATAL\|standing on Venus in the present day is, for all intents and purposes, instantly deadly]]. There's a reason why it needs to be terraformed in sci-fi stories, after all. Visions on how to terraform Venus are diverse. Some think we should try to convert all the CO2 into oxygen and graphite via bacterial photosynthesis or create super mountains a dozen times higher than Terran Mount Everest or Martian Olympus Mons for humans to live on to avoid the crushing pressures and hellhole temperatures at ground level. Others propose creating floating cloud cities (like Star War’s Bespin) in Venus’ upper clouds where the temperatures and pressures are closer to the Sahara than literal hell. Such habitats would need to be robustly built to withstand strong wings and acids but is easier than building a pressure vessel thicker than a submarine. It also helps that breathable air is a floating gas lighter than CO2. Either way, the planet has a bit of a PR problem regarding colonization theory compared to Luna, Mars, or the Asteroid Belts due to popular culture.

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	Since we are in [[Grimdark]], there's no 'Second Earth' hippie bullshit here. At least, not in the Age of the Imperium - the [[Dark Age of Technology]] may have seen an ''actual'' verdant Venus instead of one we just know is habitable. Kinda familiar sounding to [[/v/\|Destiny]] (having its own Venus being a terraformed paradise that gets turned unsafe by some cataclysm), though both are ripping off much older sci-fi stories.		Since we are in [[Grimdark]], there's no 'Second Earth' hippie bullshit here. At least, not in the Age of the Imperium - the [[Dark Age of Technology]] may have seen an ''actual'' verdant Venus instead of one we just know is habitable. Kinda familiar sounding to [[/v/\|Destiny]] (having its own Venus being a terraformed paradise that gets turned unsafe by some cataclysm), though both are ripping off much older sci-fi stories.

	Before the age of the Imperium, the only history we know of Venus is that it was once ruled by War Witches who fielded armies of Litho-Gholem. The early [[Iron ~~Warrior~~]]s Space Marine Legion led the conquest of Venus during the Mehr Yasht campaign.		Before the age of the Imperium, the only history we know of Venus is that it was once ruled by War Witches who fielded armies of Litho-Gholem. The early [[Iron Warriors]] Space Marine Legion led the conquest of Venus during the Mehr Yasht campaign.

	In the grim darkness of the 41st milennium, Venus lives a double life - an Industrial World on the surface, the planet itself is not much of note besides its identity. However, it is also host to the finest luxury orbitals in the entire Galaxy, and is essentially ''the'' summer getaway for the top dogs of the Imperial hierarchy living in the deep cloud-hives of the planet. Emperor knows how much [[Slaanesh]]i corruption has weasled its way into these hubs of hedonism. In that sense, it can also be considered an arechetypal [[Imperial Worlds#Pleasure Worlds\|Pleasure World]], though unlike most the pleasure is most certainly not to be found on the surface of the world.		In the grim darkness of the 41st milennium, Venus lives a double life - an Industrial World on the surface, the planet itself is not much of note besides its identity. However, it is also host to the finest luxury orbitals in the entire Galaxy, and is essentially ''the'' summer getaway for the top dogs of the Imperial hierarchy living in the deep cloud-hives of the planet. Emperor knows how much [[Slaanesh]]i corruption has weasled its way into these hubs of hedonism. In that sense, it can also be considered an arechetypal [[Imperial Worlds#Pleasure Worlds\|Pleasure World]], though unlike most the pleasure is most certainly not to be found on the surface of the world.