[AlexanderHowl]

Permian-9 is a parallel Earth in Q7 where the Permian extinction did not occur, allowing for the continuation of the 95% of species that went extinct during the Great Dying of Homeline. Without the Permian extinction, life took many strange turns, with the animals and plants of Permian-9 developing tens of thousands of poisons and toxins unique to the timeline. According to the star charts and the geology of Permian-9, the local year in 2017, though the environment appears to be something from the distant past.

The dominant species of Permian-9 is an anthropomorphic race of sapient humanoid psychic tortoises that have developed a TL4 civilization. After it was discovered thirteen years ago, the I-Cops sealed the coordinates, but the Yakuza managed get the coordinates from the Japanese government and have been using the poisons and toxins of Permian-9 to create a large array of designer drugs that they sell across the timelines. The Yakuza have developed a working relationship with the inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago within Permian-9, whom they call the Kappa, and trade archaic armor and weapons made from TL9 materials for the poisons and toxins that the Kappa harvest from their cultivated crops.

The Yakuza make sure to wear containment suits when they visit Permian-9 because the pollen from the cultivated crops of the Kappa is hallucinogenic to humans. In addition, there are so many toxins in the food and water that they would suffer liver and kidney within days if they attempted to drink or to eat anything provided by the Kappa, who are immune to the majority of the poisons and toxins of Permian-9. The Kappa forgive the Yakuza for their weaknesses, as they value the armor and weapons that the Yakuza provide them in trade for their cultivated crops.