Devil's Kiss (Earth-7149)

The Devil's Kiss is the name of a massive drought that plagued the penal colony of Fiorina 161 for over fifty years. It devastated the ecosystem of the planet, forcing the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit to officially shut down, taking most of its carcerary population with it.

History
Shortly after the colonization of the penal colony of Fiorina 161, the planet's sun Neroid was just exitting a millennia-long, low solar activity period. This, coped with the mining operations carried on the planet by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation led to the climate in the planet to drastically change. Years before the drought even began, its signs were already showing. The temperature increased and rainfall became rare.

Beginning in 2446, the drought led to the prison being shut down in 2549, while most of the inmates were transported offplanet aboard freighters and shuttles. However, a small number of convicts chose to stay behind because of their religious beliefs. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation ultimately allowed them to stay, under the supervision of three staff members. The convicts that stood in the prison were allowed to generally move free, and despite their brutal past crimes, their faith allowed them to live together in harmony, as they awaited their likely demise. The convicts were led in a vow of celibacy under the inmate Leonard Dillon, known as "Church" among his fellow prisoners.

As they had no internal conflict and no means to escape from the planet, the staff felt there was no need to keep the prisoners locked in cells. The inmates worked to produce goods and titanium plating for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation during the Resource Wars, although at a much slower rate duo to their reduced numbers. With three staff members, many areas of the massive prison complex were abandoned, and by 2563 there were areas that deteriorated so much they became too dangerous to explore.