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ID: R-1326
Name: (pending)
Gravity: 0.63G
Full rotation time: ~34 hours 27 minutes
Average temperature: 17.4C
Atmospheric pressure: 1.12atm
Atmosphere composition: ~71% xenon, ~24% argon, ~5% other
Has native life
Exploration log:
"Finally arrived on the surface in the lander, really excited to see all this firsthand! Of course, the maintenance on my suit isn't done yet, so I'll have to just hold my breath, but I'm at least good at that and I was too excited to wait. Does also mean I might get some weird native disease, but I'm sure the medical bay back on the ship can handle it. This'll be my first time potentially interacting with an alien!
"So, went into the airlock with just the tablet I'm recording this on, and obviously my laser pistol even though I don't want to use it. Held my breath, went outside, and... Man, everything is so surreal. The sky is pink, the "trees" are like curled up tendrils, and a lot of stuff is pretty tall, probably thanks to the fairly low gravity. Even just the fact that I have to hold my breath right now is weird, only ever had to do that in water before... But, with a 27 minute hold, I can probably check out a good bit of stuff out here in one go!
"First thing I'm getting a better look at is one of those tendril trees. They're pretty big, the smallest I've seen was about triple my height. Each of them has glowing green spots along them, and those are softer than the rest of the tree. Seems like they're filled with fluid. Wish I'd actually brought something to get samples with, ended up forgetting...
"Feeling confident enough to try out meeting one of the natives, hope it goes well...
"Seems like it went well! Found a lone creature of some kind and carefully went up to them, and they seemed just as cautious when they saw me. I have no idea what I could compare them to, but I have to describe them anyway. Six legs, eye stalks, mandibles, generally a bluish-grey body, and a pair of wings that sort of look similar to what bats have. Not including the eye stalks, the thing was a little under half my height. Didn't seem to be sapient, but it's not like I understood any noises they were making. Wish I could've found out more about them, but touching their back scared them and they flew away. Still, it was really cool!
"That one wasn't the only native here that can fly, it seems to be pretty common thanks to the low gravity. Maybe I could use artificial wings to get around here... Without oxygen, a more typical jetpack wouldn't work, and those pulse jetpacks are really expensive, so I'll see about bringing wings for next time. One of the crew on the ship does enjoy making those.
"Well, was running out of breath, so I had to go back to the lander. Definitely still had a lot of fun even without being able to breathe! Looking forward to coming back down with my suit sometime!"
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