Calvin III

Calvin III was the third planet of the Calvin System.
It resembled Earth to a remarkable degree, leading Angelique Calvin to select it as the destination for her colony ship, the Calvin's Hope.
However, in 542 PD, several years before the ship arrived, two asteroids struck Calvin III in quick succession. The first, named "Hammer Alpha" by the would-be colonists, impacted on land, forming a crater over six hundred kilometers wide and throwing a large cloud of vaporized matter well up into the thermosphere. Eight hours later, "Hammer Beta" crashed into the Angelique Ocean, vaporizing over 200,000 cubic kilometers of saltwater and sending several waves of tsunamis around the planet.
The nuclear winter, saltwater rain and flooding destroyed much of Calvin III's biosphere and eventually forced the colonists to give up their original plan and redirect their efforts to the nearby Refuge System. (DF)
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