Archangel

Archangel is a colony world charted by the Pathfinder Ship Lexington Keeler early in the 72nd Solar Century. It is located in the Crux Sector of the Perseus Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. 
Archangel was a world of stunning beauty, of turquoise oceans and breathtaking landscapes. It also possessed own ring system, which created very dramatic and beautiful vistas, especially in the equatorial regions.
The crew of Lexington Keeler found the ruins of a once-thriving human civilization on Archangel. Its cities were built of towering crystal and marble, which were abundant in the planet’s crust. Many of the buildings were constructed as huge columns of glass. Cascadia was the largest of its cities, but it was in ruins. There was evidence of an even older advanced civilization created by a bird-like race of beings.
The civilization had been wiped out by the Aurelians between 160 and 200 years before Lexington Keeler arrived. The Aurelians left long gashes in the planet’s surface where they had extracted raw materials to construct one of their 'World-Ships'
During the ship's exploration, the crew of Lexington Keeler succumbed to a form of mind control. The 'ghosts' of the planets inhabitants were reaching into the minds of the crew, compelling them to remain and rebuild the planet's civilization. The crew began sabotaging the ship's systems to force them to remain on the planet. 
Eventually, one of the ship's officer, Lt. Synch Christmas, who was unaffected by the mind control attempts because he was technically dead, was able to confront the ghosts in the drew realm, where he fought them to a compromise. 1,600 members of Keeler's crew would remain on the planet, but the rest would be free to leave. The ghosts also promised to free their minds, but Christmas was not sure they would. 
Later, after Lexington Keeler was attacked and nearly destroyed in the 12 255 Crux system, the survivors lit out for Archangel, which was the nearest colony; leaving behind only Synch Christmas and Muffy.
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