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 Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:40 pm
NAME OF LOCATION - Tundaria Prime DESCRIPTION - **UNKNOWN** LOCATION - Tundaria Prime is located in Sector L-13. PEOPLE -**UNKNOWN** CLIMATE -**UNKNOWN** RESOURCES -**UNKNOWN** ASTRONOMICAL DATA - **UNKNOWN**
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:22 am
 I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B] Laan out of the Ghorta' and shivered. Her breath puffed out in a foggy white mist and she pulled her large coat closer around her. She had made no report on the cold temperatures yet as they were not yet done analyzing their variations throughout the rest of the planet. So far, however, all they had encountered was -5 to 10 degree temperatures. It was just enough to let a couple plants grow. The plants that did grow were perfect for the location as they could stand extreme weather, colds and little soil without dying. They also were extremely filling, making Laan quite sure that there was some sort of life somewhere on this planet.
"Hey, Cap'n! I made food, are you finished your report?" Marvell yelled from a vacuum-sealing tent Laan had "borrowed" from DeepSpace12 for this mission.
"Finished." She said as she made her way into the tent, "Mmm... Smells good. What's cooking today?"
"Stew. I put some of the turquoise berries in with the red and blue berries and made this weird sauce out of the goo-filled bulbs and the protein bulbs." He pointed out each floating, disgusting lump as it swam by in the soup.
Laan looked at him and laughed, "Great!" She helped herself to a bowl and took a spoonful. It tasted surprisingly good. "Nice work Ensign, I knew it was a good idea bringing you along."
Marvell nodded and smiled from behind his bushy brown beard. He was a quiet boy, which was a good thing. Laan liked to keep to herself, too. They did have a very good understanding of each other now, though, and had spent a lot of time together playing K'SplaQ ---> a Klingon card game they both had a soft side for.Captain's Log - Stardate 63265.1 - Bla'sko Laan After approximately ten and a half months of travel Ensign Marvell Blanks [who we found out looks good with a beard] and I have arrived at Tundaria Prime. We made our way onto the surface after discovering that it supports life. The atmosphere is made up of 60% Oxygen, 38% Nitrogen and 2% other. Our scans informed us that the surface is 30% water and 70% land though about 15% of the water and 30 % of the land is covered in ice at most times. The planet does a 38 hour rotation and has three moons we have no information on yet. There are very few plants and no lifeforms have been discovered yet, though our scans read there were a few closer to the largest body of water on the planet. It seems that most of the plants grow around the equator of the planet and everywhere else is almost unlivable as there is nothing to provide O2 and food. Marvell broke the replicators on the last day of travel but we have found a lot of rock containing metals similar to those on earth and we will have it fixed soon. We are currently living off the plants we find here; most of them supply meals of berries and strange protein-filled bulbs. I really do crave a hamburger right now, though. The surface is mainly made up of rocks and metals and would not be good for settlement or agriculture but, as mentioned before, the land around the bodies of water is very nutrient enriched. There are three large bodies of water; two are connected by a deep, wide river but there is almost no other lakes and rivers anywhere else. Further updates shall come soon.
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:03 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]Laan and Marvell had worked together to sew themselves a fine set of weather appropriate clothes. She was now wearing old sweats around her head and as leg and arm warmers and he had a sweater fashioned into long underwear. They made several jokes about each other's fashions and were getting on quite brilliantly. They talked a bit more than they had on the ship and spent a lot of the time going on giant walks through the land. There's a very special, indescribable feeling that can be received from having a planet almost all to yourself.
"I brought you something, Laan." He'd stopped referring to her as Captain when they had reached the planet.
Laan looked over and saw one of the fuzzy little creatures they had found in his hands. Though she wanted to love it to pieces she said sadly, "You should really put it back, Marvell..."
He nodded and let it out the tent flap-door. It tried to squirm along the ground a bit and then plunged, mouth first, into the ground.
"I'm surprised it didn't bite you, actually." She said.
Marvell nodded and then said excitedly, "They're surprisingly intelligent, really. They don't bite through anything they know they don't have to. Our skin's so soft they know that it's not the ground they live on. They just squirm around until they reach something solid enough. They also recognize our pulse, I think."
His eyes glistened with excitement and Laan grinned. He got very excited about things like this; especially when he knew that he was the first finding them out and that he was almost alone in it. She understood why he had never had an easy time being in the Federation. She recorded his findings in with her log.Captain's Log - Stardate 63275.6 - Bla'sko Laan Four more days gone by and a lot more has been/ looked over again. We realize that our original percentages on water were wrong as there is a much larger amount of ice than we imagined. After two more days in our one location Marvell and I decided to move closer to the poles of the planet. Here, we were surprised to find, there was actually still some types of plants growing. The plants grew deep into the ground, underneath the ice where parts were melted and the core's extremely hot temperature kept them at a reasonable temperature. The plants also are edible and, between them, provide all the necessary nutrients which led us to our most remarkable discover yet; lifeforms! Though they are nothing close to humans they are surprisingly intelligent. They have a large amount of fat and a tribble-esque supply of fur which Marvell supposes that has to do with keeping warm. They also live deep in the ground [like the root-grown plants] and run a sort of upside-down garden. They have no eyes or ears but their mouth is very large and we believe that they smell out of two slits visible just above the mouth opening. They have several tiny teeth that are made for chewing through the metal ground. They have no arms, legs or tails but rather wiggle their fat sort of body through the soil like a really short, plump snake. These are, we believe, the only lifeforms that exist in the tundra area of the planet. Today Marvell and I traveled further North where there was no plant or animal life and extreme conditions that were too impossible to survive in. Our ship nearly crashed but thanks to some impressive teamwork we made it out. Marvell just informed me that we have played 76,453 games of K'SplaQ on this journey. I'm still not sick of it. You gotta give the Klingons some credit for that. Tomorrow Marvell and I are going to search near/ in the bodies of water for animal life and see if we can find more plant life. No plant here so far has been toxic to human or weird fuzz-ball creature yet. The temperatures near the poles are -100 degrees Celsius and around the equator can reach a high of 15 degrees on a very off chance day. After we discover more life we shall research the moons.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:03 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]Laan stitched frantically at the seems of the tent. They'd discovered that the roots of the protein-bulb plant worked as very good string. It was a well timed discovery also because several repairs were being required from Laan and Marvell on all their supplies. They'd got stuck in a storm far surpassing any on Earth. They had done some calculations the last time it had ceased and discovered that six consecutive days of every twenty-four on this planet were spent in a storm. The entire planet was victim to a violent blizzard that let up for only one hour a day. Today was day six and Marvell and Laan were having a hard time keeping their tent together.
"I think I understand why the furballs live underground now." Said Marvell, smiling. Laan giggled and pricked her finger. She'd never liked sewing
"Any luck with the replicator? He was trying to modify it so that it could replicate him a new pair of glasses; his had broke in the last burst of storm. Sadly, however, he could barely see the buttons on the replicator panel without his glasses and had already taken up most of their hour puttering away.
"Almost done... I think. Honestly, I can't really be sure..." Laan shook her head and pasted her patch of fabric onto the tent.
"Just go by colour. Or are you colour blind too?" She got up and stood beside him, shivering a little. She'd had to sew one of her layers up as a patch.
"I'm trying, honest. But they all sort of blend into one giant blobby-coloured button and I never learned about that in star fleet."
"Seriously? You don't remember the class on blobby buttons? That was the only one with a good teacher!" she joked. Her and Marvell shared similar opinions on the Federation.
"Finished!" Marvell yelled, just in time. Following his outcry several whining noises erupted from outside the tent; the sound of the fuzzballs escaping into the ground.
Laan shared a nervous glance with Marvell as he put on his new pair of glasses, "I hope the tent holds."
He just gave her a look and they grabbed all the blankets and huddled up together in the corner of the tent farthest from the wind. Their best chance was to sleep it off.Captain's Log - Stardate 63292.9 - Bla'sko Laan Marvell and I got stuck in a six day storm that occurs every eighteen days on this planet. We could not fly out of it as it only let up for one hour and that time would not have been enough to keep our ship moving. We now understand why the fuzzballs live underground. The storm hit before we could discover anymore lifeforms but we did discover that the protein bulb plant makes great string. The fuzzballs use it to make nests underground and weave it together to insulate themselves better. They really are little geniuses. Our tent is secured to the ship now which we secured to the ground by getting our little friends to dig a bit for us. I don't like the idea of using them for labour but they are very easy to train and they always find their way home. The storm knocks out all the power on the ship and makes it unbearably cold so we're running off of the materials in the tent. We reached a low of -50 degrees [without windchill] here last night. That's in the warmest part of this planet too. We just hope our tent holds through this one last day.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:15 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]"One, two, four, eight -" "Sixteen, thirtyyy..." "THIRTY TWO! K'SplaQ! HAH! Ha - ha - ha!" Laan jumped up and pointed at Marvell, cheering.
He threw his cards down on the table, though a smile was still on his face, "Seriously, again? When did you get better than me?"
Laan scoffed at him, "When was I not better than you Blanks?"
He nodded solemnly, "I set myself up for that one... Bla'sko."
"Captain Bla'sko, Ensign." She chucked a pillow at his head and he caught it. Their focus broke.
Silence. They were communicating more but they still had their understanding silences. Laan cleaned up the cards and Blanks wiped off his glasses. He still had his beard; he said he'd keep it for the rest of the trip. He'd decide if he still wanted it after that. "It's a good explorer beard, y'know?" He always said.Captain's Log - Stardate 63304.4 - Bla'sko Laan I've sewn all the clothes back together so we can survive the temperatures and the tent is back in good shape thanks to some handy-dandy leaves off the protein-bulb plant. Though there are few different kinds of plants here they never fail to amaze me. We have confirmed now that there are no other types of life here other than the fuzzballs though they vary throughout the land. By the water they have less fur and their teeth are slightly less sharp. They even have six little tiny feet on - what we think is - their underside. There are also some that live in the water and survive the freezing by eating a lot and then turning the food into heat. Marvell and I went swimming the other day after discovering the water is extremely warm. There are some hot springs as well that don't freeze; even in the crazy storms. The fuzzballs mate by egg fertilization and their mouth is used for everything. The plants in the water are variations off the ones on land, though they grow bigger, more like trees. The water is the cleanest I've ever seen; even the Federation couldn't mimic that.
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:47 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]Laan had started knitting. She took the fiber strings from the protein-bulb plants and braided them together to make a stronger string; more like wool. She used pieces of dried stick from the trees underwater to wrap the wool string around. She had made four scarves, two pairs of booties, two pairs of mitts and one sweater so far. Marvell had insisted on being the one in charge of the telescope and, as they had only had room for one, she had little to do other than a few minor scans.
"Bum... Bumbadabada... Bum... Bumbadada." Marvell hummed.
"Bidda... Bum. Bidda, bidda... Bum." Laan joined in.
They had done this a lot, whenever Marvell was waiting around for things in space he would start a tune. Eventually Laan just joined in. They had some pretty sweet harmonies and rhythms going at some points. Then Marvell would always fade out as he started taking information down again. They had chose telescope over going up in their ship because of how much they liked the planet. It made things a little more complicated but they could still make all their observations from down on the planet.
They had made a routine of swimming every morning now and they took several trips to the hot springs if they ever felt like relaxing. The feel of the planet, however, was very soothing. Sort of like a never-ending fall. Of course, further into the tundra the sun barely ever shone and there were almost no plants around to make it look better. But by the water it was very habitable for someone who didn't mind dressing up a little. Marvell and Laan did not mind at all.
"You better take some of this info down, Laan..."Captain's Log - Stardate 63312.7 - Bla'sko Laan All three of the moons have no atmosphere. The smallest moon [with a diameter of 2,694 km] has an orbital period of 43 days. It's pull of gravity is about 2% of what it is on Earth and is at a 3 degree inclination. The second smallest moon [with a diameter of 4,725 km] has an orbital period of 25 days. It's pull of gravity is about 11% of what it is on Earth and it is at a 9 degree inclination. The largest moon [with a diameter of 5,213 km] has an orbital period of 11 days. It's pull of gravity is about 19% of what it is on Earth and it has a 5 degree inclination. The middle moon is the closest to the planet, followed by the largest and then the smallest. That is all Marvell has discovered as of now. The planet orbits a sun similar to Earth's but much smaller an hotter. It has a diameter of 200000 m and a temperature of 7,596 K. It is still young and has a long life ahead of it before it turns into a Red Dwarf.
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Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:13 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]Marvell and Laan has spent a lot of their time in the last couple days swimming. [Probably more than they should have.] It was just so hard to stop once you started as the water was the warmest place to be on the planet [besides their tent] and they liked breathing fresh air. Every once and a while they would try and work on research but it usually ended in one of them pushing the other one into the water. They had, however, obtained some more details on the water fuzzballs.
"Hey, captain! Another ten got in through the tent and we'll need to sew another patch."
It was a downside to the nice weather. Though the fuzzballs stayed underground even when the sun was bright they did travel closer to land and had started digging through their tent by accident. They had raised the ship up on stakes just in time to stop them from destroying that, too. It would mean that habitation on this planet would be even more difficult. Marvell and Laan decided they were okay with that, though. They could keep it to themselves and never leave. Both of them said that rather downheartedly, however, as they both knew they had to get back at some point.
"Looks like we'll have to get the tent up on stakes too if we want to stay alive for the next storm."
"It's possible we'll be done the mission by that point... Anyways we should go up in our ship the next time that storm hits.
"Right. Still; do you mind if I raise the tent up?"
"Be my guest. Use the pipes of diamond like you did with the ship. Those are the only ones the fuzzballs can't dig through."
Marvell nodded and gave a sort-of-salute. Laan had decided to very carefully leave this out of her report; she didn't want this planet to be raided by Ferengis... Though they'd find it out eventually.Captain's Log - Stardate 63314.8 - Bla'sko Laan The water fuzzballs are perhaps the most interesting of the fuzzballs so far. These ones have no fur but, instead, little tiny spikes of fuzzy skin brown skin that can be pulled back into their body so that their skin is, also, smooth. They travel through water by wriggling their spike-less body or spinning in a drill like motion with the spikes. They breath through gills in their mouth and, though their teeth are less sharp, they are pretty much the same other than that. They like to jump out of the water a lot but often they get stuck on land and then die. Only to be eaten by the land fuzzballs. That is the last of the animals on this planet described. We also discovered that they breed almost as wretchedly as tribbles, though they are also exposed to many situations in which they die so it is rather necessary.
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:36 am
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]"K'SplaQ! I won again WOOOOHOOO-?"
"Shhhh..."
"What?" Laan asked cautiously, still holding her victory position.
Marvell just pointed out side the door and turned his ear to listen. At first Laan heard nothing but then the scarily familiar whine of fuzzballs hit her ears and, after an exchange of horrified expressions with Marvell, she was out of the tent and looking at the huge swirl of storm approaching.
"It's not time yet, is it?" She shrieked.
"Well obviously we missed something. Point is, we have to get out... NOW!
He deflated the tent in seconds while she started the ship up, praying that it wouldn't waste hours today and thanking the Prophets she didn't believe in for having them turn it on yesterday by sheer luck. They both loaded the tent onto the ship and kicked the stilts out from underneath it. They boarded and pushed off; seeing directly in front of them the deathly storm.
Once they had made it through the atmosphere [a journey that wasn't too rough] they sighed. There was a long silence followed by Marvell saying, "I'm still in the lead for winning."
Laan stopped for a moment, looked back, and grinned.Captain's Log - Stardate 63330.8 - Bla'sko Laan We have discovered that this planet really is inhabitable. It would be almost possible to live here if you had the six day storms plotted out and a good escape route but yesterday we found out that these are not the only deadly storms that happen. There are three seasons on Tundaria Prime; the one we were in before where there is sunlight and a six day storm every certain amount of days, the one before that where it is almost always cloudy and rain/ snowing and there is a six day storm every certain amount of days and, finally, the one we are in right now where there is a storm pretty much all of the time. We are sad [but also a little happy] to say that there will most likely be no human habitation on this planet. The seasons rotate every three months. Each month is thirty days long.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:10 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]"Forty-five point one two oh nine seven. Six hundred and forty point two, two oh... Nineteen and seven point four six -" Marvell rambled off the stats quickly and flawlessly.
"Would you shut up, Marvell... Please?" Laan gritted her teeth as she said it.
Marvell paused for a second, "... Nine three oh four six eight -"
Laan grabbed her hair, "AGH!"
"You asked me to list you our stats!" He shouted at her, through his recently-shaved face.
"I didn't mean every single one! I just wondered if anything was out of place." She spun in her chair to face him.
"No. No, Laan. We've been sitting in the same spot for ten weeks NOTHING has changed!"
"Well, I'm sorry for asking. I don't know about you but I cannot tolerate another game of K'SplaQ."
They glared at each other for a couple more seconds but soon their faces collapsed into remorse and they apologized. It had been hard to sit above the planet and wait for the storm to end. At least when the ship was moving they had some sort of goal, but this was tedious and painful and the two had been getting on each other's nerves endlessly. Captain's Log - Stardate 63443.1 - Bla'sko Laan There has been little else to research as we have been stuck above the planet for the last six weeks. We did, however, learn that the three different types of fuzzballs populate over 84% of the planet; even the least inhabitable spots. If there was to be any sort of alteration of weather systems on Tundaria Prime, these creatures would end up destroying the planet with their amounts; the life of the planet depends on the deaths of these creatures. We know that we must also absolutely prohibit anyone from removing any of them from the planet. If any one were to end up somewhere else there is a good chance it could be pregnant and end up in the destruction of another planet. I also forgot to mention that there is no gender variations; they are all able to fertilize an egg and produce one [though not their own] and that they can only reproduce with their own type, not one of the other two. Example: The water fuzzballs cannot reproduce with either of the land ones. That's all for now. Laan out.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:23 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]*TUMBLE* *CRASH* *TUMBLE* *TUMBLE* *WHACK* *TUMBLE* *THUMP* *SPLISH* *SILENCE*
"Oh s**t... s**t! Marvell? Are you okay?" Laan checked behind her head; no blood.
"Yeah... Yeah, just help me get this off me. Thank Gods they grind up their soil."
"That's probably why we fell through in the first place." She helped pull a more solid chunk of metal off Marvell's leg. "Looks broken... Here just let me clear up the cuts and then we'll set it."
"Great... Just make sure you let me know when you're - OUCH!"
"Oh... Sorry. Were you saying something?" Laan teased.
"JUST - TIE - IT - UP!" He gritted his teeth, from pain and annoyance.
Laan tied up his wound and looked around, "Looks like the dust is settling. We better find a way back onto land. I think that -" She was cut off. Captain's Log - Stardate 63359.7 - Bla'sko Laan It's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. You think you've seen beauty on earth? Well just wait until you're in the underground of Tundaria Prime! Marvell and I fell in through some loose, chewed up metal, [an entrance apparently] and ended up in the fuzzballs underground, and quite roomy, world. There are underground streams, meaning that our original predictions on the amount of water in ice is false; most of it must be under ground. There are huge slabs of sparkling metals everywhere.The soil sparkles of chewed-up metals and has the richest greens and browns throughout it. Not only that but there are huge carpets-almost made up entirely out of fuzzballs that are sleeping. The best part is the noise they make when they sleep. It is a combination of the sound of dripping water and someone wearing high heals, and yet it is high and very, very calming. Marvell and I spent most of our time just sleeping underground. It's warm and secure, but there is also several holes to circulate oxygen. Really; the Fuzzballs are much more intelligent than we thought. They also have created several - what we call - appliances out of large pieces of metal and they use them to divide areas, like we might with walls or tables. It's really quite curious. They even built a wall entirely of diamond to separate their underground settlement from a body of water near-by. Marvell and I spent hours observing the water-fuzzballs through the diamond wall. It's so, so beautiful.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:21 pm
I AM... Bla'sko LaanCREDITS... 17,000MY SHIP... SS Ghorta' [Previously: NCC - 2781 B]"I'll miss it..." Laan said, gazing out from the open hatch of her Fighter, legs swinging above the ground.
Marvell called out to her from the the ground; they had propped their ship above ground again, "Me too..."
There was a long silence in which Marvell collected the last pieces of their equipment. Finally Laan broke in saying, "It's perfect for me. I'd love to tell people that but..." Another long silence.
"Well if we do our report successfully then hopefully we can turn everyone away from it and come back ourselves the next chance we can. Maybe we can be responsible in claiming it... It's rather far away from DS12 for a vacation getaway -"
"Ah! But that's why it's such a good vacation getaway. No civilization nearby at all!"
Marvell chuckled and nodded. This was followed by more solemn silence until he said, "And yet..."
"And yet I want to see the promenade again. And all of it. What have we done, sir Blanks? We've split ourselves in two!"
He gave her a crooked grin and they both stared out for as long as they could. Finally, he turned and she pulled him up into the ship. A fuzzball clung to his shirt.
"Are you sure we can't keep just one?" He asked.
Laan raised an eyebrow at him and said one word, "Tribbles."
He nodded, laughed and chucked the fuzzball out the of the ship. It bounced when it hit the ground and scurried off. They checked every inch of the ship and found twenty-eight more, chucking each one out as they went. They had learned quite a while ago that large falls did not damage them in the slightest. Finally, they could procrastinate no longer and they closed the hatch, ready to leave. Once they were off the planet they looked back down at it and both their hearts felt a little heavier.
"It's time."
"It's time."
"Damn." Laan set their course into the ship, it moved on at warp 5, "K'SplaQ?" Laan chuckled as Marvell got the cards out. Captain's Log - Stardate 63406.7 - Bla'sko Laan We left the planet, leaving no trace behind. We arrived back at Deep Space 12 eleven months later. We had to stop in at Beta Cestus III for some supplies and it made our trip slightly longer. I would like to make a report on Marvell Blanks. He is a fine officer, who does his duty well and, though he may not be the best at communications, I believe he'd be a brilliant senior officer all-the-same. I will definitely take him on another mission sometime, if he wishes to come. It's good to be home. And yet... Captain Laan Bla'sko out.
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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:19 pm
NAME OF LOCATION -
Tundaria Prime System
DESCRIPTION -
Tundaria supports life with it's atmosphere of 60% Oxygen, 38% Nitrogen and 2% other. The surface is 52% water and 48% land though about 15% of the water and 30 % of the land is covered in ice at most times. There is also a large amount of water underground; about 25% of the underground contains moving streams. There are three large bodies of water; two are connected by a deep, wide river but there is almost no other lakes and rivers anywhere else. All water on the planet is very nutrient enriched and the ground is made up entirely of metals, rocks and some soil [which is mainly ground up rocks and metals]. The planet does a 38 hour rotation and there are thirty days in a "month". The planet is very beautiful, full of underground tunnels full of diamonds and streams, oceans warmer than the air and marvelous plant/ animal life. It is, however, inhabitable because of it's predictable, but dangerous climate.
LOCATION -
The Tundaria Prime System is located in sector L-7.
PEOPLE -
There is no human life on the planet Tundaria Prime. There is, however, a species referred to as Fuzzballs. There are three types of Fuzzballs; the ones that live in water, the ones that live near water, and the ones that live in the northern tundra-land. The Fuzzballs have no eyes or ears but their mouths are very large [full of sharp, little teeth for chewing through everything on the planet except diamonds] and they smell out of two slits just above this area. They have no arms, legs or tails but rather wiggle their fat sort of body through the soil like a really short, plump snake. The water Fuzzballs have less fur and their teeth are slightly less sharp. They even have six little tiny feet on - what is thought to be - their underside. They also have no fur but, instead, little tiny spikes of fuzzy skin brown skin that can be pulled back into their body so that their skin is, also, smooth. They travel through water by wriggling their spike-less body or spinning in a drill like motion with the spikes. They breathe through gills in their mouth and, though their teeth are less sharp, they do not differ from the other Fuzzballs in any other way than that. They like to jump out of the water a lot but often they get stuck on land and then die, only to be eaten by the land Fuzzballs. The Fuzzballs that live closer to the tundra rarely come out on land and have slightly thicker fur. The Fuzzballs mate by egg fertilization and their mouth is used for everything. They produce like Tribbles, but die out quickly on their dangerous planet. They scream before a storm is coming, to warn each other. They populate over 84% of the planet.
CLIMATE -
The temperatures near the poles are -100 degrees Celsius and the equator [where most of the plant/ animal life is] can reach a high of 15 degrees on a very off chance day [it usually averages around -5 to 10 degrees at most times]. Underground, they are very consistently between 12 and 18 degrees. There is a six day wind/ snow storm that occurs every eighteen days on the planet. It only lets up for one hour a day. It can reach a low of -50 degrees [without windchill] easily, and that is near the equator. There are three seasons on Tundaria Prime; the one where there is sunlight and a six day storm every eighteen days, the one before that where it is almost always cloudy and raining/ snowing and there is a six day storm every eighteen days and, finally, the one where there is a storm pretty much all of the time. These season rotate every three months.
RESOURCES -
The planet is made up entirely of expensive diamonds and metals; though they are also what is holding the planet together. Without their presence; the planet would disintegrate. There is a possibility that small portions could be extracted, as they are replenished very slowly over time. There are also many useful plants; most of them supply meals of berries, sturdy roots and strange protein-filled bulbs. The plants grow deep into the ground, underneath the ice where parts are melted and the core's extremely hot temperature keep them at a reasonable temperature. The plants also are edible and, between them, provide all the necessary nutrients. Their roots provide very good string and nests. The water is also some of the finest, and provides many nutrients.
ASTRONOMICAL DATA -
TUNDARIA PRIME
Is only slightly smaller than the Earth and is farther away from the sun. It can support life, but only life that can adapt to it's intense climate. It has a 38 hour rotation, thirty days in a month and three, three month seasons.
MOONS
1 - No atmosphere, it is the smallest moon [with a diameter of 2,694 km] and has an orbital period of 43 days. It's pull of gravity is about 2% of what it is on Earth and is at a 3 degree inclination.
2 - No atmosphere, it is the second smallest moon [with a diameter of 4,725 km] and has an orbital period of 25 days. It's pull of gravity is about 11% of what it is on Earth and it is at a 9 degree inclination.
3 - No atmosphere, it is the largest moon [with a diameter of 5,213 km] and has an orbital period of 11 days. It's pull of gravity is about 19% of what it is on Earth and it has a 5 degree inclination. The middle moon is the closest to the planet, followed by the largest and then the smallest.
SUN
Tundaria Prime orbits a sun similar to Earth's but much smaller an hotter. It has a diameter of 200000 m and a temperature of 7,596 K. It is still young and has a long life ahead of it before it turns into a Red Dwarf.
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