Creature · ICARUS 3.0.26 · Week 248
Horses are large, herbivorous mammals renowned for their domestication and utility across various civilizations throughout history on Earth. Characterized by a robust body, a flowing mane, and a distinctive gallop, horses are esteemed for their strength, agility, and adaptability. Upon Icarus, they are a welcome and familiar sight in a place of peril.
Horses were introducted to Icarus as part of the Contractor Companion Program, which was an attempt to encourage Prospectors to stay on Icarus for longer stretches and reduce the overall turnover rate by the UDA. It was fairly successful, and many contractors who received a Horse as part of the program chose to keep them at its conclusion. However, those who lost their companions in planetside accidents were more likely to leave Icarus for good, citing severe emotional distress in their exit interviews.
"Reginald here isn't just a steed, though he's very handy at helping me move around the place. He's got such a personality, I'd have never have bothered with getting myself a horse back home but now... now I see why so many people love them so darn much."
This creature is not listed in any spawn zone in the shipped tables — it is placed by a mission, a boss encounter or a tame, rather than by the world spawner. Its biome and maps above come from the bestiary itself.