CRONOS I—EQUATOR
The ship carrying Apophis's team finally came to a halt above the huge crack in the planet's equator.
The place was extremely hot, over 50 degrees Celsius in the shade. Because of this, there was little life in the zone. It was a scorching desert that separated the planet's northern and southern hemispheres. Even the Geoils couldn't reliably survive in this area.
If Apophis and Zareil hadn't been Ascensionists, they would long ago had to give up the mission! The area was so hostile that, despite the savage skirmishes all over the planet, this area had been completely spared from the war.
This was, undoubtedly, one of the main reasons Regnier had entrenched himself here with his armies. He could conduct any operation without being disturbed, unlike the Federation bunker.
