Mercury (Sol I)

Mercury (Sol I) is the first planet from the sun of the Sol system, [United Empire of Earth](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) (UEE). An iron planet, has been extensively mined and stripped of most of its natural resources. When [Humans](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) first began mining planets other than their homeworld [Earth (Sol III)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/Rw1KpMJLZB-earth-sol-iii), hundreds of miners and maintenance workers died on Mercury due to equipment that failed under the heat of the Sun. In 2398, the [United Nations of Earth](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/R4ZQpY83oO-united-nations-of-earth) (UNE) erected a memorial to those who lost their lives during this dangerous time.