Lastar

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*The planet of Lastar is full of light, and the light destroys all shadows. The Lastarals' way of communication is by reflecting the light.*
— **Meteos Planet Description**

### Names

Candelor (PAL)
ラスタル [Rasutaru, Rustal] (JP)

### Size

~50cm (~1'8")

**Lastar** is a planet found in Meteos and Meteos Wars.

## Planetary Data

Lastar is an odd bright-golden planet that thrives on light. It is shaped like an infinity symbol (∞) from head-on, but is otherwise a warped shape, possibly like a Möbius strip. Supposedly, light is reflected off of everything on the planet, and that there are no shadows present. In Meteos Wars, Lastar also appears more of a golden color, not being as reflective as its sprite in Meteos would suggest.

Lastar appears in Star Trip mode's Multi route as part of the Rare Cultures, alongside Suburbion and Globin.

### *Inhabitants*

The Lastarals are odd beings, numbering around a billion in population. They are circular in appearance, with four protrusions sticking out, two of which appear to serve as legs. They appear to be cycloptic, and are said to communicate via reflecting light. For the sake of communication with outside races, they are capable of vocalizations as well.

## Meteos Data

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### *Unlocking*

To unlock Lastar, the player must fuse 1500 Glow Meteos and 2 Rare Meteos of Time together in the Fusion Room. Lastar's Sound Set, *Solar Chimes*, is fused with a single Rare Meteo of Time.

### *Meteos Encounters*

Lastar faced an equal balance of Fire, Iron, Zap, H20, and Glow Meteos. The Rare Meteo that could drop here was Time.

### *Usage*

The majority of Lastar's difficulty comes from its strange physics. Most base launches carry a fair amount of power, though the height the stack will go drops quickly with the amount of Meteos being carried by the stack, becoming almost null with wide base launches carrying large amounts of Meteos, with base launch strength being incredibly low for vertical ignitions. The force behind ignitions then amounts to something like Thirnova, with launches "jumping" to a set height, and vertical ignitions gaining huge amounts of power, being capable of carrying large stacks off the screen easily as soon as the second or third ignition. Chained launch strength for horizontal ignitions builds up rapidly past the first in the chain, with most stacks leaving the screen by the fifth or sixth ignition depending on whether or not the chain covered a whole row of the screen.

The physics behind Lastar's ignition "jumps" can be abused to help push received Burnt Meteos off of the screen, which will most likely be the preferred course of action; base ignitions, as previously mentioned, cannot easily carry Meteos off of the screen, and having anything close to a full screen on Lastar is a grave situation; the arguable "best" way to escape annihilation if the moment comes is to, instead of checking the bottom of the screen like with many other planets, to scan the middle and make ignitions from there as to maximize the amount of Meteos getting off of the screen *unless* an ignition chain can be quickly created. When used properly, Lastar is a versatile planet capable of dealing with many situations, a quality not seen in other well-rounded planets such as Starrii. However, it can also prove especially frustrating to the uninitiated, so be prepared.

## Meteos Wars Data

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Lastar made its second appearance in Meteos Wars as an unlockable planet. Defeating Unknown in Mission Mode, and then going on to defeat Meteo, would subsequently unlock it for use.

Lastar's Meteos pool is changed drastically from the pool originally presented. The planet experiences an equal balance of Air, Fire, Iron and Glow Meteos, with a small amount of Herb, as well.

Although the usual slowdown between Meteos and Meteos Wars is still present, Lastar's ignition strength is slightly higher, though the issue of large stacks being unable to climb more than a few space is still present. With this, stacks will leave the screen at approximately the same time as they do usually. This balance change makes Lastar a bit more useful in the long run as a result, while still remaining versatile and adaptable. However, due to it being a well-rounded planet, it stil falls to the trap of not being able to compete well against more specialized planets, though ti will do just fine against most of the roster. Lastar is now equipped with Sentinel as its Planet Impact, allowing its user to amplify their attacks, which is especially effective towards planets that tend to build up Burnt Meteos from ignitions quickly, such as Brabbit and Limotube.

Its corresponding accessory can be unlocked by completing 100 games over the course of play.

## Gallery

### Block Designs

Lastar's Meteos design in the original game, shared with Globin.
## Trivia

* Lastar could be considered the hardest planet to encounter in Star Trip's Branch route, appearing as only the sixth or seventh possible planet, as a replacement.
* Lastar's name may be derived from the words "luster" and "star". Candelor may be derived from *candela*, or "candle" in Latin.

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## General

Lastar is a barren planet in the shape of an infinity symbol; a looping cylinder that travels over itself without ever properly intersecting. Located in the same system as Globin by some odd twist of fate, Lastar orbits its sun at a slightly closer range than usual for a conventionally inhabitable planet. The planet shines brilliantly in the vastness of space, with the Globinites convinced that it was a separate sun on its own prior to proper astronomy taking shape on their planet. Though the atmosphere is a bit thinner than what many carbon-based forms of life are used to, the conditions of the planet are nevertheless livable to some extent. The surface is composed of a solid reflective substance that gives Lastar its unique sheen which, combined with the unique shape of the planet and how the atmosphere bends light, results in several "false suns" appearing in the sky, eliminating all shadows on the planet.

Along the surface, Lastar is mostly barren; aside from the Lastarals themselves, the only forms of visible life on the planet are a variety of bush-like plants and small flowers, bleached white from the brilliant light of the sun, along with some small crustacean-like insects that live deep in the planet's surface. Due to the inescapable, brilliant light across the planet, venturing onto its surface without some kind of protection for your eyes is incredibly dangerous, with being made completely blind from exposure a serious threat. That aside, there are no major threats on the planet's surface; seemingly inhabited by an intelligent race beforehand, there are some structures that remain on the planet, though the origin of these stone spires remains unknown; at this time the Lastarals do not currently have the technology required to build these structures, being roughly comparable to a stone-age society in terms of technology.

## Natives

It's highly questionable whether the Lastarals are native to their own planet at all; in the simplest terms, a Lastaral resembles some kind of abstract angel. Each Lastaral is composed of several metal rings of varying thickness, with the rings closest to the center becoming thicker, though all of them are characterized by flat edges (akin to if you cut a cylinder across its width and carved out a hole in the center. Each ring's inner face is colored a dull, worn silver, in stark contrast to the brilliant golden plating everywhere else on their rings. At the center of these rings is a core, composed of a burning hot blue material that derives energy from sunlight, the exact properties of which are still unknown to the Archive at this time. These rings are connected by a set of four semi-physical wings, which extend from the core and phase through the Lastaral's rings. All Lastarals are capable of using their rings to reflect light in various colors and patterns, with said reflected beams standing out even against Lastar's inescapable light. As a species, Lastarals have absolutely no concept of biological gender (or, for that matter, sexual dimorphism in any sense at all, to the point where their own language has no way of differentiating individuals by gender) and find the concept incomprehensible. While Lastarals have proven to be capable of performing some level of vocalization, the techniques are quite strenuous for them and are only practiced by a select few Lastaral communities.

Each Lastaral has access to a small variety of powers, seemingly based in the core they keep with them; bursts of flight and speed, with some (debatably reliable) accounts of Lastarals having access to some level of future prediction, though no formal studies have been conducted to prove this claim either true or false. Lastarals also have a level of access to fire abilities, able to focus their light to set others aflame, though these destructive abilities are only used in self-defense, or when protecting another Lastaral from harm. Moreover, some onlookers have reported hearing disembodied, ghastly voices when spending an extended period of time with and around Lastarals, but this claim is currently impossible to quantify, in part both to Lastar's general aversion to technology and said technology unable to pick up anything of the sort.

For what it's worth, Lastarals are quite peaceful creatures or at least have never shown any hostile intentions. Their own civilizations are quite organized in nature, typically being egalitarian and unwelcoming to outsiders. Many of them are quite wary around those that are from outside of their planet (which they refer to as "wanderers of the darkness"), though through extended visits a handful of visitors have been able to acclimate themselves with Lastaral culture; despite having simple social structures, their spiritual sectors are exceptionally complex, with new information on Lastaral religion being discovered and published near daily; Lastar is the direct home to over 1,250 unique religions, with many more being able to trace their origins back to this peculiar planet. And while their success on this front is still being researched (including how it's even possible in the first place; occasional sightings of Lastarals have been reported sporadically but there is rarely any evidence to support these claims.)

As a side note, the Lastarals appear to be haunted by some event that occurred far in the distant past, frequently making mentions of ***Them***, which is a crude translation of the actual Lastaral passage, the raw meaning of which doesn't translate well into any recognized languages; even fringe languages have borne little fruit in breaking down the actual meaning of the word. Them is mentioned constantly in Lastaral texts, going under many descriptions; an abhorrent abomination seeking to devour the universe and replace it entirely, an army of "darkened" souls that seek to steal the souls of the "brightened," and a disembodied force hundreds of past civilizations had fallen attempting to control are just a few examples of how "Them" is portrayed."

"***Them*** will be back," a Lastaral once reported to an Archive scientist, "and they will cleanse our universe of every sin, every wrong, and the unworthy burned by our wings."
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