Aradime

41-Aradime (shortened and referred to by many as Aradime) is a lush temperate moon orbiting a gas giant in the NGC 4772 galaxy. Aradime's planet Fossroid orbits a yellow dwarf star. Aradime itself has an Earth-like atmosphere mainly composed of carbon dioxide rendering it unbreathable to humans, but people here can survive in pressurized environments. This moon is covered in rainforests and jungles, not well researched as settlers have only just set foot on the surface.
== General Information ==
Aradime was discovered after a cargo ship delivering habitat modules from one planet in the system to another, while passing Fossroid. The crew noted that they saw "a bright blue star orbiting Fossroid". A later expedition ship was sent and confirmed the existence of 41-Aradime. Aradime has a diameter of 8401 kilometers, which is around 2000 kilometers larger than Mars. Observations by orbital crews noted that Aradime had a vibrant blue atmosphere, various continents with vast foliage and large surface oceans along with many small islands scattered around the moon. Its close proximity to Fossroid means that the moon is tidally locked to the planet taking only 12 hours to complete an orbit. Robotic probes sent to the surface of the moon indicate that the climate is mostly tropical, with consistent temperatures ranging throughout the day. Those probes also ruled out the atmospheric composition, with it being mainly composed of carbon dioxide and water vapor, along with smaller amounts of oxygen and nitrogen, however it is still similar to Earths. The size and mass of the planet add up to a lower gravitational pull than Earth, with the surface gravity being only 72% that of Earth. It is currently unknown as to what kind of Flora and Fauna lives on this moon; however, it can be assumed that the surface of the moon is lush and wet, allowing for a diverse and expansive ecosystem. Aradime immediately became an interest among many different scientists because of its similarities to Earth, the only other known planet to be Earth-like was Honua, until the discovery of 41-Aradime. 
== Colonization & Log Tracking ==
After the moon's discovery, word was sent to many different scientific groups of its discovery, the most influential one being the Cosmic Ventures group, a powerful corporate entity with a good track record for expeditions. The Cosmic Ventures group funded a colonization effort that sent a 5-person crew down to the surface of 41-Aradime, after confirmation that the atmosphere was survivable. The team will attempt to research the habitability of this moon, with the goal of eventually having long-term human influence here.
=== January 28th - Landing ===
So, Cosmic Ventures wants us to write "Logs" in order to keep track of what is going on with our team it seems. Well, fine by me! My name is Danny, and I'm in charge of writing these logs every day. I'm not sure why only I am allowed to, just the companies orders, I guess. Anyways, this morning we descended into Aradime's atmosphere and touched down on a very tropical Island. It reminds me of when I went on vacation to the Cook Islands a couple years back - oh whatever happened to those days... My team here with me have a very important task, which is to research this alien moon and report back. They never told us what they wanted to do with this place but from what I can see outside the windows, it's beautiful here. It looks like a sunny paradise, too familiar to home. Best part? we don't even need spacesuits to go outside! Hell yeah! the most we need is an oxygen mask which is fine by me. However, we can't just yet go outside until we take some proper scans of the landscape and take some atmospheric readings. 
We also need very cautious of what could live outside, those plants are freakin' HUGE! nothing like back on Earth, probably because of the lower gravity here. Plus who knows what kind of animals could live outside of this ship. Until we get a small base built or something all we have is this lander to keep us safe. I hope the weather holds, from what I saw while descending it looks like the skies are mostly clear! That's really all I have to say for now, I'll add more to this data log terminal as soon as I can, most likely tomorrow. For now, I'm probably going to get some sleep, I've been up for a while just getting used to things and so have the rest of the crew.
==== Jan 28th Log 2 - Small Steps ====
It's been around 10 hours since the first log, it's kind of weird with how short the days are here, if I remember one day is about 12 hours here! much less time for sleep. Its currently the middle of the night here but I want to keep logging what I'm seeing. We were finally able to go outside after the computers determined that the pressure outside was safe for us, taking our first steps outside was great for us as no one wanted to be stuck in that small shuttle, especially when Peter is in there... he won't stop talking about books and literature! Like, yeah books are cool, but we are on an alien moon for god's sake! There are more important things to be talking about. I'm sitting on the beach writing this, with my oxygen mask, a tank top and some shorts. It's warm and from what I've been seeing its quiet on this little island. 
These advancements are small steps for us but will be big in the future. God, I can't remember when it was last this peaceful for me. Usually, I would be on supply runs between Vevin and Tenat, but here I am, listening to the relaxing but alien sounds of the rainforest at night on an alien world. One thing that bothers me is how bright it is at night, it's like twilight constantly because of Fossroid's massive disk in the sky. But I can't really complain, can I? when does your average person get to see a massive planet in the sky on a daily basis? Peter told me that Fossroid reminds him of Neptune, only more colorful. I see it too. From the surface Fossroid looks greener during the night with sky blue bands on it, but during the day it looks a lot similar to Neptune. I don't know how long we will be here, but for now I am okay with it. Here's to see what happens! By the way, our names are Danny, (Me) Peter, Amanda, Gregory, and Rachael. 
=== January 29th - Scouting ===
So, today me, Peter and Amanda went to scout around the area where we want to set up our base (don't worry, our shuttle will be fine, after all it's the only way we can leave this place when Cosmic Ventures wants us too.) We want to set it up close to the shuttle but not too far. Amanda said we should do it on the beach, Peter doesn't want to do that though, he says he's worried about the tides here and how bad they will be because of the close proximity to Fossroid! We told him they won't really be affected because this moon is tidally locked, but he still persists. So instead, we found a clearing around 50 meters from our shuttle. Cosmic gave us some inflatable habitat modules that can be pressurized from the inside, they are the cheapest kind of habitats explorers use for missions, although I wouldn't really call myself an explorer. Back on Earth, I was a biologist fascinated with how alien ecosystems work and live. That's probably why I was chosen for this mission!
While inspecting our habitat site, Peter seemed awfully unsettled by how big the trees and plants here are. I mean, I don't blame him. This lower gravity allows plants to grow taller as gravity doesn't restrict them back as much. From what I've been observing the trees here are around 40 meters tall, which is much taller than what we usually get on Earth. There seems to be some species of palm trees, however it doesn't look like they have any coconuts for us... but they do have these weird spiny growths where they should be, as well as these strange roots that look like legs... We haven't seen any land mammals yet, only seen birds flying overhead, it looks like most of them here seem to have two sets of wings, one large pair towards the front of their bodies and a smaller pair at the back. I'm not too sure why that is yet, but maybe a few days from now once we have a setup going, we can probably begin studying life here. Everything here sounds so similar to Earth's wildlife; I'm honestly surprised how comfy it feels here. It definitely keeps us sane. We can't get too comfortable yet though. 
=== January 30th - Moving In ===
Today has been a pretty great day for our crew here, we just got our inflatable habitat set up, the airlock was a pain in the butt to put in, but everything is installed and pressurized! I really like the insides of these things, we can alter the interior to our liking - Amanda wants to put up a lab in one room of the habitat, Peter has plans for the living quarters, I'm going to try and move the gas stoves and cooking essentials from the shuttle to our new habitat! I heard that Rachael is a really good cook! She wants to try experimenting with some of the fruits we've found while exploring the area near our base. By the way, if you are wondering how we know the food is safe for us, our computers will scan the fruit or whatever and check its chemical composition along with catalog it, we get to name all the plants and animals here though! The only thing we have are spiderfruits, which grow outside on some nearby trees. They taste super good; I wonder if we could make some type of smoothie out of it. 
I've been using my camera a lot to take pictures of the landscape here, it's so beautiful! Especially the lush jungles of this island we're on, it reminds me of back on Earth when I was in Hawaii, on the big island. Looking out towards the ocean, its nothing but blue, but when you turn around... BOOM! massive mountain! I've gotten pictures of the beaches, jungles, and some of the wildlife here too. I'm not sure what to call anything yet but for now I just want to take some pictures and hopefully send them back to the closest Cosmic Venture outpost on Tenat. I wonder what's going on there right now. We actually haven't heard from them since we undocked from the ship to descend into the atmosphere, which isn't uncommon for them to go dark on crews for a couple days, but oh well, they're probably too busy counting their profits to care about us right now... luckily, we're on a moon that is essentially paradise and not some dead cold planet like they are.
=== January 31st - Storms ===
It's morning right now and very stormy here. Last night a storm rolled in from I believe the east? I'm not too sure but it seems to be pretty powerful. Our radar equipment is telling us this might last the whole day, which sucks but we can't do much until it clears over. The wind speeds are estimated to be at least 70 kph, which is really fast! It would be dangerous to go outside right now. Our habitat is highly reinforced, so we aren't worried about any systems failing. It looks pretty bad out the windows! Me and Peter were talking about our families, and what we did back on Earth. He told me he was an Author, he wrote a couple books about his life, and some fictional stories. Now I understand why he talks about literature so much! Honestly though, writing a book must be hard. When we leave this place, I want to write a book about Aradime, the "Paradise" Moon. Well so far it has been nothing but paradise, but I think that will change once we explore this island and beyond. 
Last night we managed to catch a glimpse of some mammals and other wildlife that wasn't just plants... I saw something that resembled a mouse, but it was the size of a house cat! Once this storm clears, I want to go see if I can find it again, honestly it was a cute little creature. It had big round eyes, brown fluffy fur and was with a couple others of its kind. It probably has the same thoughts about me as I did about it, alien. I'll put an entry in the fauna index as soon as I can. I wonder how mammals breathe here - I mean, the atmosphere is 60% carbon dioxide! I'm a biologist, so something here tells me that mammals have a biological process in which they can break up the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon, opening the idea that maybe they have carbon reinforced bones. I'm not too sure obviously, but I explained the idea to my colleagues, and they for the most part, agreed. Not much we can learn until this storm clears! 
=== February 2nd - Boating! ===
It's been around a day since our last log, I know I said I would try every day but sometimes you just don't have the motivation, you know? Anyways! That storm that came through really left the air feeling humid! I mean, the atmosphere is 31% water vapor after all! Today me, Racheal, Peter, and Gregory decided to use our shuttle's hovercraft to go study the water composition of the oceans. The small hovercraft came as part of our cargo when we were sent here, so we have that to use. I'm happy we don't need to use gasoline to fuel this, these awesome vehicles are solar powered! They are also powered by water passing through the motor, so it pretty much has unlimited battery life! Anyways, out here right now I can see almost the whole island! Peter wanted to give it a name, he named it "Kaamafan Island" I like the name personally, I'm not sure how he came up with it, but he said it means "Discovery" where he comes from. The ocean water here looks to be somewhat saltier than Earth's oceans are, I just hope there aren't any dangerous creatures lurking in the waters here, but I don't think so whereas we are currently above a beautiful coral reef! Maybe one of these days we can dive here, and I'll get some pictures. 
We get a payload of supplies shipped in from orbit tomorrow morning, should be on the 3rd. We haven't heard from our boss at all since we landed, we expected a call from them about a day ago, but we haven't been contacted at all yet. I wonder if everything is alright back on Vevin. The crew on the cargo ship however did contact us, they told us that they will report back to us if they don't. It should take them about a week to get back to Vevin after leaving Aradime, and I also heard some new crew will join us here as part of expanding the mission. What I worry about the most is industrialization here; we haven't studied the ecosystem a whole lot, but I plan to in the coming days. We also need to get off the Island and explore other places, especially the continents here. They landed us on an island in case something went wrong, so we wouldn't be hard to find compared to on the mainland. Here's hoping everything is alright back in space.
=== February 9th - The Jungle ===
Well, it's been a week since I last posted. I admit I got carried away with my research here, a couple days ago we managed to get the research module online, which meant I could just go at it - and I did. This world... it's so intriguing. Life, everywhere you step. Something that is vile to this ecosystem, and we can't risk messing it up. We are alien to this world, and we want to live in peace with the moon. The jungles of Aradime are still very unknown until we can explore the mainland, but the jungles on this island give us a good idea of the ecosystem here. Its lush, and every organism here plays a part in keeping it thriving. Recently me, Peter and Rachael went deeper into the jungles, and we documented quite a lot of interesting plants and some animals. For one, there seems to be lots of small bugs with pods on their backs that keep them always floating above the floor of the jungle. I think they feed on seeds and other things that get caught in their legs, but we aren't 100% sure yet! The trees here are ridiculously tall, and I've seen lots of those cute little Nikesels. 
Some other interesting things we found was a corpse of one of the Nikesels - it was sad, but it appeared to have flowers and objects of significance to it placed around the body, almost like those little critters mourn their dead like we do. I saw a tree with exploding pods, well they are high up in the canopies of some trees, and whenever birds brush against them they explode and produce a really loud sound, along with a cloud of red mist, probably their seeds. These trees also have these really cool jellyfish like tentacles for leaves, they even glow at night! Ah that brings me to another thing, some plants have bioluminescent qualities here, which is super unique. At night, some parts of the jungle glow with plant life, unfortunately no animals have bioluminescent qualities, just plants. There's a lot more to see here before we can dig deep but we are just scratching the surface of these amazing jungles. I'll write entries in the data log on plant life when I have time, for now it's back to collecting samples!
=== February 16th - Cosmic Ventures ===
I know it's been a while since I've logged, but we've seriously been busy here. Especially with cosmic ventures. We haven't heard from them since February 3rd, which is highly unusual of them. They were supposed to be sending us supply runs every week, like food, oxygen, and even new research tools for our expeditions here. Our cargo crew which last dropped off supplies was also aware of this, they told us they would contact us when they reached Vevin's orbit, where the company headquarters is located. Again, its highly unusual for them to suddenly just disappear, especially a company that has an influence as large as they do. Some of us are worried here on Aradime, a however a few aren't. I guess it wouldn't be the worst thing to be stuck here for a while, especially since we have alien food sources like fruits and some veggies that we can cook up and eat! although we aren't 100% sure of their properties yet, they have been safe for consumption. As to oxygen, we have a filter that we could actually connect via a ventilation system to mix oxygen from Aradime's atmosphere with nitrogen to have a limitless supply in here, although cosmic ventures advised us not to do this because it will run up operation costs. Well... they aren't watching now, are they? We will probably set that up soon. 
Oh yeah, and if you're wondering what exactly Cosmic Ventures is, I can explain who they are. It was a company founded on Earth by businessman Elbert Knuth in the year 2083. He was described as devoted man who had a passion for all things space, and he started Cosmic Ventures as an asteroid mining company to compete with private companies like SpaceX and Axiom space, which at the time were the leaders in their fields. Cosmic Ventures eventually made a breakthrough in asteroid mining, but that isn't the important part here. They eventually became so wealthy they wanted to venture out of the solar system, developing technology which would allow us to travel hundreds of light-years in just days. Their secret project which they called "Venture Gateways" were completed in 2143, which shocked the entire world. Venture gateways are basically like portals, only they are fixed structures which can allow ships to travel from one gate to another in just hours or days, even if they were millions of light-years away! They managed to travel from the solar system all the way to Proxima Centauri in just... 3 HOURS!!! That's insane!! Their advancements eventually put competing companies out of business and became the main company for space exploration and technology. They built huge ships and began sending humans beyond the solar system, turning into a shipping and economic company, even gaining political influence over powerful nations. That's what lead us to here, they have their main quarters on the planet Vevin, in the system we are in right now, although Vevin orbits the binary companion that Aradime's planet orbits. That's basically who they are, they are in such a remote area of space because of political tensions with the solar system, but they want to work around those. I guess their expeditions lead them to this galaxy, and brought us with them... well, that's them. I'm going to go take a walk on the beach and see what new interesting life I can begin to research; I hope to be logging more often but the lack of communication from Vevin is concerning.
=== February 24th - Missing Home ===
Having spent nearly a month here now, I really do miss Earth, and just our solar system in general. It feels so weird being 90 million light years from everyone I know, even though technology lets us past the light barriers to communicate with them. I mean... provided we looked at Earth from Aradime with a big enough telescope, we would literally dinosaurs roaming the Earth! It feels really weird. Today is going to be a shorter log than usual, with the team here busy analyzing the ecosystem and we have been making a lot of discoveries since we ventured outside. We are also waiting back on information regarding the silence from the headquarters on Vevin. Nothing yet, but hopefully pretty soon!
We have found something really interesting about life on this moon, it's not like Earth at all, the plants here are all interconnected - like one giant brain, feeding and growing and analyzing everything we do. We haven't encountered anything hostile yet, and I hope it stays that way. Peter has been talking with me about something he saw out there, said it looked like a lion and wolf hybrid, only with no fur... and 8 legs.... I'm not sure if he is having visions or genuinely saw something. Either way, I don't want to find out what he saw unless it's from a safe distance. Our little crew group is all we have, and we can't lose anyone. One more thing about this moon... why do all the bugs have to be so huge? I swear - I went outside a couple days ago and there was this giant bug that looked like a grasshopper just chilling on one of the chairs outside our habitat. Luckily, it was quite a friendly bug so that was good, we named him Emory! I hope he comes back soon, I want to study Emory more.
== Flora ==
Not much is known about the plant life of Aradime, other than it is much larger than plant life back on Earth. Study by Aradimian settlers is required to properly catalogue and understand the ecosystem. Most plants undergo photosynthesis, like on Earth. However, due to the high levels of CO2 in 41-Aradime's atmosphere the surface of the moon is much lusher and plant life is very diverse across the surface.
=== Spiderpalm ===
(Scientific name Arecales Arachnis) The Spiderpalm is a species of palm and tropical trees found throughout various tropical regions of Aradime. It gets its name from its spider-leg like roots, which stem out of the ground into the air, and back down. These trees most commonly grow on tropical & volcanic islands near equatorial latitudes. These trees have winding stems with spiked edges that lead up to a large palm leaf canopy. Spiderpalms store water in their complex root system, filtering out salt from the water and storing the salt in natural deposits deep below the ground. The stems extent up to a fibrous scaly husk which grows black, pod like fruits called Spiderfruit. These fruits contain the seeds of the tree, spreading when they fall from the canopy. Their bark is good for making composite, waterproof structures out of. 
Danny's Note: These trees fruits are edible! they taste like banana mixed with strawberries! Yummy!
=== Clusterpod Tree ===
(Scientific name occidentalis nitidus) commonly known as the Clusterpod Tree, these large trees grow in lush areas of Aradime's jungles. They get their name from their large colorful, bioluminescent pods that grow atop their canopies. These pods are often purple but can grow in other colors within their Genuses. The large pods that they grow have explosive properties, containing the seeds of the plant. They are triggered when something brushes on them, or pressure is put on the external of the bulbs. They also have long jellyfish like tentacles; however, these are just vines. The vines are attached to the bulbs, and also act as secondary activation method to the bulb explosions. The pressure inside the bulbs has been measured to be almost 10 atmospheres, causing their explosions to be potentially deadly to animals and humans. This explosion can spread their seeds across large distances allowing the trees to spread with relative ease. One notable thing about these trees is their conductivity, being able to route electric currents through their roots, helping other trees get nutrients.
Danny's Note: Be careful when touching these! Their explosions are LOUD, and I have seen them damage surrounding plants!
=== Torchpalm ===
(Scientific name Arecales Lumis) The torchpalm is species of tropical palm trees in the Arecales family. They get their names from their torch-like canopies that emit a warm light. Their bark is very water resistant, as they can be seen growing out in the water in depths of no deeper than one meter below the surface, having natural abilities to withstand large waves. These palm trees resemble Earth palm trees and grow in tropical climates. however, they have noticeably blue and red tipped leaves that appear green during the day. At night, the roots and leaves of this plant begin to glow, with the roots glowing light blue, forming a visible network in the ground. The leaves of the tree grow a mix of blue and red, appearing in almost an orange color. The seeds of the trees are spread through pollination, with seeds of the palms being spread through pollen like surfaces on their leaves. This maximizes their spread and migration on the backs of other animals and pollinators. 
Danny's Note: These trees grow near our habitat! They are amazing to relax by and listen to the ocean waves.
== Fauna ==
Very few entries, most of the biosphere is unknown. However, it is thought that the ecosystem is much more diverse and complicated than Earth's. 
=== Nikesel ===
(Scientific name Kamafus Rodentus) The Nikesel, often referred to as the big-eyed mouse, is a species of rodent in the Rodentus family. Nikesels are of similar size to a house cat, with males being usually larger than females. These large rodents resemble mice, featuring large ears and a long, lemur like tail. However, they are much more intelligent than mice and rats. They are often seen in groups, living among the canopy's of Aradime's jungles. They mainly inhabit tropical rainforests and jungles. Nikesels have elongated thumbs, similar to primates and humans they use their thumbs to grip in trees and to hold things that they find interesting. They have a diet of mainly fruit and plants but will eat insects if they become hungry and have little access to food, which is extremely rare. These creatures are very friendly, often seeking attention from other members of their groups, and will even seek out attention from human explorers who often feed them fresh fruit. They reproduce often, meaning there are many of their species. 
Danny's Note: Please do not hurt these animals, they mean no harm to us and are extremely friendly and display high levels of intelligence! If one is bothering you, just give it a treat and it will probably be on it's way!
== Photos ==
File:Aradime-001.png|Aradime's lush volcanic islands.
File:Aradime-002.png|Aradime's beaches
File:Aradime-003.png|A storm rolling in.
File:Aradime-004.png|A view of the first landing site settled by humans, Kaamafan Island
File:Aradime-005.png|The calm ocean at night.
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