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Deathworld is the name of a series of science fiction novels by American writer Harry Harrison, including the books Deathworld (first published 1960, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction), Deathworld 2 (1964, initially titled The Ethical Engineer and serialized in Analog) and Deathworld 3 (1968, serialized in Analog as The Horse Barbarians ...
A Death World is a planet which has been judged by the Imperium to be too dangerous to support widespread Human settlement due to dangerous environmental conditions or the sheer ferocity of the fauna and flora that make up the planet's biospehere.
The Trope Namer is Harry Harrison's novel from 1960, Deathworld, in which the entire flora and fauna of a planet treat the human colonizers as enemies and do their best to kill them. Compare to Gaia's Vengeance where a world can become like this as a response to some threat.
Honestly, the "Earth is a Deathworld" trope might be true. Astronomers have actually catalogued a very large number of planets that are most likely Earth-like and those don't seem like the sort of worlds that would have significant volcanism, storms, temperature variations, etc.
As a rule, a deathworld is shown as having extremely abundant life...all of which is trying to kill you. From the Lexicanum: A δτ-class or Death World (sometimes spelled as Deathworld) is a planet in which the native flora and fauna has evolved into naturally aggressive and dangerous forms.
Jun 29, 2024 · A δτ-class or Death World (sometimes spelled as Deathworld) is a planet in which the native flora and fauna has evolved into naturally aggressive and dangerous forms. These eco-systems are finely balanced between continual destruction and lightning-fast reproduction.
Death worlds allow them to attack in much larger waves not to mention the larger bases in general. This makes your list of priorities change from research first in a normal game to military and base defense first. So I devised a bit of a checklist for newcomers to follow and will be explaining them a bit further down in my post:
