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Type | Planet |
System | Agaiou |
Cluster | Nimbus Cluster |
Carcosa is a Location in Mass Effect 3. Carcosa is located in the Agaiou system within the Nimbus Cluster cluster. Locations can be explored while you traverse the galaxy. Locations may vary in size or scope, and may or may not have Missions associated to them. Some of them can only be scanned from atop the Normandy, while others can be landed on.
Carcosa Information
Carcosa was thought to be a naturally occurring hothouse planet until an asari expedition discovered palatial ruins on its barren surface. Likely the seat of an ancient city, the crumbling edifice dates back more than 2.7 million years. The only intact chamber appears to be a throne room, overlooking a large depression believed to have once been an enormous lake.
There is evidence that the people of Carcosa polluted their planet until it became uninhabitable, triggering a runaway greenhouse effect and spoiling the planet's fresh water supply. Research into the planet's long history will have to wait—asari scientists evacuated when word of the Reaper attack reached the system, leaving behind data drones to explain their findings to anyone who survives.
Orbital Distance: 3 AU
Orbital Period 5.3 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio 0.961
Radius 7,484 km
Day Length 40 Earth Hours
Atm Pressure 3.4 atm
Surface Temp 67°C
Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Mass 1.503 Earth Mass
Carcosa Missions and Assignments
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Carcosa Notes and Tips
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This is a Missed reference to Carcosa a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and is viewed only in hindsight (after its destruction) by a character who once lived there.
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