Pluto



Pluto is a dwarf-planet in the Kuiper belt of Terran Solar System, located at coordinates 0,1,4. In Ultima II it is possible to visit Pluto using a rocket ship which can be acquired in the year 2112 A.D., from the post-apocalyptic Soviet settlement of Pirates Harbour.

Description
Within the time stream created by Minax's machinations, the Pluto of the twenty-second century actually appeared to be superficially similar to the modern conception of a cold, rocky, crater-pocked world. This Pluto, however, was heavily inhabited by what appeared to be human colonists - with the pirate settlement Towne Makler situated within the forests of one of the planets canyons, and the strange village of Tommersville built along a small lake. Pluto also had a dungeon which, rather than being the usual labyrinth of twisty little passages and rickety ladders, featured large, pillared, vaulted halls and comfortable central staircases, allowing the Stranger easy access to its supplies of tri-lithium rocket fuel. Due to the inhospitable, mountainous terrain covering much of the Plutonian surface, terrestrial airplanes and ships were stationed at various sites on the planetoid's surface, allowing for transportation between the settlements.

It is unknown if Pluto returned to its uninhabited state once the death of Minax undid her radical changes to history, although it seems likely, given the lack of explicit mentions of a colonized Pluto by the scientific community of the Avatar's homelands.

Trivia

 * Pluto was first observed in 1915 by an observatory headed by Percival Lowell, a famous astronomer who featured later in the Ultima game Martian Dreams. At the time, Lowell was searching for evidence of a hypothetical "Planet X", and did not recognize the images as being an object of signifance.