Decim
On again, off again lurker.
- Location
- St. Louis, MO
These two systems are incredible finds. Two research opportunities that, once depleted, will continue to be useful afterwards as a garden world and high quality mining system. Goddamn I want them sooner rather than later. But I guess it's going to be a while.SO 33, nearly directly rimward of SO 14, and rimward-trailing of SO 13, is largely devoid of interesting features save for a lush terrestrial suitable for carbon-based life. Approximately composed of 60% ocean to 40% landmass, with much of the landmass covered by dense jungle or forest terrain, the planet appears to be eminently suitable for colonization. However, the Explorer Corps does not classify this terrestrial as a garden world. On the planet's surface is a large, abandoned complex of Precursor design. The complex's purpose is unknown, but it is large enough to have been a significant undertaking. Especially given the stark reminder of the risks of xenoarchaeology presented by Amalinya, the recommendation of the EC is to ban colonization of SO 33 entirely. Until the complex is cleared and its purpose discovered, the planet cannot be considered safe.
SO 34, coreward of SO 4, is host to what on first glance appears to be an unusually-dense asteroid field, but on closer examination are the remains of a shattered terrestrial planet, destroyed a time estimated between ten million and thirty million years ago. The Explorer Corps has issued an emergency travel ban on SO 34, but does not consider it to pose a serious risk given the obvious age of the cataclysm. Nonetheless, it is the recommendation of the EC that a civilian travel ban remain in effect until a forensics team can be dispatched to determine the cause of the calamity on SO 34-VI.
On an unrelated note, I've noticed that there was zero mentions of the Rachni this update. I'm getting paranoid from the quiet.