Argos-2

[Jak Sandrow]

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Name: Argos-2

Region: Outer Rim
System: Argos System
Suns: 1, Argos, young yellow sun
Orbital Position: 2nd planet, out of 3.
Moons: Zero
System Features: Thin asteroid belt between planets 1 & 2, and a thicker one outside 3
Coordinates: Ummm... I don't know, but it's in the same grid spot as Olvan, on the very tip of the Corellian Trade Route.
Rotational Period: 300 Galactic standard days
Orbital Period: 300 Galactic standard days

Class: Terrestrial
Diameter: Approx. 13,000 km
Atmosphere: 1
Climate: Sun-facing hemisphere: Completely arid. Up to 70 degrees Celsius. Opposite, space-facing hemisphere: Completely frozen. Can get down to -80 degrees Celsius
Gravity: Standard
Primary Terrain: Desert, on the sun side, large layer of ice on the space side, thin, fertile band stretching around the entire planet.

This is called a Hot Eyeball-type planet, where the rotational period of the planet is exactly equal to the orbit - baking one side, and freezing the other.

Native Species: Small fertilizing fauna (worms, insects, etc)
Immigrated Species: None (yet)
Primary Languages: None (yet)
Government: None (yet)
Population: None (yet)
Demonym: Argosian [Ar-GO-zee-uhn]
Major Imports: None (yet)
Major Exports: None (yet)
Affiliation: None

Major Locations: None (yet)

Culture: None (yet)
Technology: Primitive
History: Being an almost inhospitable hunk of rock, sand and ice, no species ever decided to live here, and the only native species are small fertilizers (worms, small insects, etc). It is unknown when this planet was formed.

Shortly before the Omni war, some trade ship stumbled across it, noted it in its log, and carried on. A few years later, it was again accidentally rediscovered by a surveying droid, and marked down in a log, which was buried under years of unimportant files. Jak Sandrow found it, and has scouted it out numerous times. Finding it to his liking, he has taken careful precautions to make this planet as non-noteworthy as possible.

Notable PCs: None (yet)
Intent: To create a planet with minimal physical expansion possibilities, and no intelligent native species, yet have a steady, reliable source of exports (water, oxygen/hydrogen gas)

Secondary Intent: This is one of the first stages in creating a PMC for Jak Sandrow. Having a base planet to live on will hopefully spur the growth of a future PMC.

 

[Enoch Zambrano]

Under review.

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[Enoch Zambrano]

Name: Argos-2

Please change the title to reflect that this is Argos 2.

Rotational Period: 300 Coruscant standard days Orbital Period: 300 Coruscant standard days

These would be Galactic Standard Days, if one day is 24 hours. Also, Rotational period is how long a day on the planet is. As opposed to Orbital Period which is how many days it takes to circle its sun once. I get the planet has a long rotational period, but that's very long.

Climate: Sun-facing hemisphere: Completely arid. Up to 70 degrees Celsius. Opposite, space-facing hemisphere: Completely frozen. Can get down to -80 degrees Celsius

So, that's not quite how it would work. The planet can't stay motionless Rotationally. Even with a long Rotational period, the planet still rotates, so eventually the cold side would receive sunlight. If that is what you want, please also describe how life reacts to such a long period. Do they move with the light, migrating, or do they hibernate?

 

[Jak Sandrow]

I beg to differ, good sir. Such a planet, referred to as a "Hot Eyeball" planet, could indeed exist, even in our real life universe. You can read what I read, here. And here.

The planet isn't staying motionless, rotation-wise. Its rotation period, one day, is equal to its orbital period, one year. The planet's tidal forces keep it locked with the sun, and it keeps the same face towards the sun. And a 300 day orbital period isn't long... Earth's is 365.

This makes for the planet having almost no habitable areas to live. Such a lack of livable space makes for a complete lack of any evidence of any native species, other than small fertilizing species - worms, grubs, etc.

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[Enoch Zambrano]

Thanks for enlightening me.

and any native species have either been wiped out, or were so small to make no difference whether they lived or died

Native Species: Small fauna; aboriginal worms and such

These two seem a bit contradictory. Do things live here, or not?

I'm also a little, confused of the intent here. Why do you need an inhospitable planet? Why not just use a canon planet?

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[Jak Sandrow]

[member="Enoch Zambrano"]

Edited history: "the only native species are small fertilizers (worms, small insects, etc)."

Edited Intent to include a more practical reason: "To create a planet with minimal physical expansion possibilities, and no intelligent native species, yet have a steady, reliable source of exports (water, oxygen/hydrogen gas)"

 

[Enoch Zambrano]

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I'd like you to work on the history a bit more, as well as your intent. I'm still unconvinced as to why this needs to be submitted.

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[Jak Sandrow]

fudge it

Just archive it

i'll work on it later; i've lost the muse for it.

 

[Enoch Zambrano]

[member="Jak Sandrow"]

Will do. Pending archival.

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[Valiens Nantaris]

I think that's for the best.

Archived.