Venus



Venus is a planet within the Terran Solar System, located at coordinates 3,3,4. In Ultima II it is possible to visit Venus using a rocket ship which can be acquired in the year 2112 A.D., from the post-apocalyptic Soviet settlement of Pirates Harbour.

Description
Unlike the scorching world we now know to be riddled with volcanic activity and sulfur dioxide clouds, the Venus of Minax's 2112 was much like the depictions of the planet in early twentieth century literature, in which the cloud cover of the bright planet was explained by a planetary surface covered in rainy swamps and moisture. In spite of this striking geological difference, the Stranger would find no signs of life present on the planet.



After Minax's defeat and the restoration of the time stream, it is not known if the planet returned to the hostile and uninhabitable Venus of modern astronomy, although no mention of scientific observation of a wet Venus has been mentioned explicitly on the Avatar's home world.