# Min Dan **Type**: Desert Planet **System**: [Nusantara System](/swn-golden-triangle/nusantara-system/) **Status**: Failed terraforming ## Overview Min Dan is a desert planet where terraforming efforts failed, leaving behind a harsh, arid world. Despite the failed terraforming, the planet features temples suggesting religious or cultural significance. ## Features - Desert environment from failed terraforming - Ancient or current temples - Likely low population density ## Sites - **Deep Carbon Observatory** — Pre-Scream scientific facility in cave systems. Explored by the party (Sessions 28-31). Now occupied by 20-40 Vargz raiders as a base. - **Sky Temples** — Ancient temples predating the Mandate. Pilgrimage significance connected to the Way. - **Many Gates of the Gann** — Pre-Scream subterranean complex. Three levels. Discovered by Sgt. Kasim via stolen data chip (secret from Ryze). ## Encounter Table **Min Dan Encounter Table** — 2d6 surface encounters covering open desert, ruin fields, Sky Temple approaches, and DCO perimeter. ## Related - [Nusantara System](/swn-golden-triangle/nusantara-system/) (system) - [Min Dara](/swn-golden-triangle/min-dara/) (associated moon) - Rust Skins (Vargz / Khasat Clades) - [Night Speakers](/swn-golden-triangle/night-speakers/) (fled here post-Celeva) - Raiments of Night (Nightheart extracted from DCO) - [Acolytes of Brashkadesh](/swn-golden-triangle/acolytes-of-brashkadesh/) (funded DCO expedition)