Heshtok


 * Population: Lack of census data spreads estimates from 6.0-9.3 billion (pre-invasion)
 * Capital: Hatash (disputed)

A Systems Alliance official once summarized his tour of the vorcha homeworld as follows: "You can make your own Hesktok in two steps: take hell, then add vorcha." The planet is highly volcanically active, leading to periodic releases of toxic gases into the air and water supplies, as well as other extreme situations that gave rise to the vorcha's legendary adaptability. Overcrowding and the extermination of most of their ecology led to a planet covered in weeds and hardy vermin.

The vorcha do not have a recognised single government that would allow them membership in any galactic league. Alliances between bloodlines are tenuous at best, and the vorcha's short, violent lives ensure there are few lasting institutions.

The Reaper invasion of Hesktok encountered little formal military resistance, but the harvesting process is slow. Destroying neighbouring cities fails to intimidate vorcha, who become submissive only if physically dominated in person. Cutting off their water supply simply makes them adapt their bodies to get moisture from food. Allied intelligence hypothesizes that Reaper forces are not harvesting yet, instead seeking to immobilize Hesktok's population and prevent them from joining the fight for the galaxy at large.


 * Note: This planet can be scanned for the Void Devils Fighter Wing War Asset.