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An arid, desert world coated in nearly blood-red copper dust, '''Tomb''' represents more than anything else the unquenching maw of the [[Vanduul]] war machine. Much of the planet's surface is coated with the wreckage of spacecraft and other former war machines. The remains of countless repelled [[UEE]] attacks, private attempts at profiting from the unusual system, and destroyed Vanduul technology layer the planet.

Tomb is not a permanent graveyard, however: the wreckage which accumulates there is in turn devoured by massive Vanduul [[harvester]]s. These mechanical beasts ingest all forms of matter and convert them for use by the Vanduul war machine. The harvesters found on Tiber have an even more terrifying dual purpose: they seem to be the source for the newer harvesters that have been dropped onto [[Human]] colonies during raids. These "mother harvesters," visually no different from harvesters observed elsewhere, are, in effect, duplicating themselves to spread terror throughout the galaxy. Everything from starship wrecks to the bones of fallen soldiers ultimately feed the very enemy they were attempting to defeat.