Borealis

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**Borealis** is a lush world teeming with life in the Borea System, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Borealis is the famed capital of Magellan Confederacy.

## **Overview**

**Borealis** has had a major impact on humanity, as it was the first planet to be settled in a whole new galaxy. It was the human arrival on Borealis that started the 8th Generation of mankind. The world was settled in the year of 35,926, and since then it has been completely colonized, with cities on almost all areas of the planet.

Borealis was selected as the destination in the Magellanic Enterprise colony mission due to it's Earth-like similarities. Borealis has a human-breathable atmosphere and an atmospheric pressure of 1.0 Atm. The world orbits the star of Borea in a near-circular orbit each every 346 Earth Days, and completes a single rotation in around 26 Standard Hours. Borealis' Semi-Major Axis is that of 0.96 AU, giving it a temperate climate of around 10 °C at average. It's diameter of 12564 km, along with the mass of 0.98M⊕ give it the perfect gravity of 0.98G.

The first colonists made small habitats on the planet's surface, however they weren't permanent. After the construction of Boreas Dyson Sphere, an artificial wormhole was built in orbit around the world, allowing for near instantaneous communication with Earth, and more colony ships to be easily sent.

The first permanent settlement was named "Cooper's Settlement", honoring Mark Cooper who was the first to set foot on Borealis, but was eventually killed by the planet's dangerous life. After the settlement was constructed, many others were built around the globe, however Cooper's Settlement was so famed that a city was constructed around it, and the previously known Cooper's Settlement was renamed to "Cooper's City".

## **Life**

The plant-like organisms on Borealis are mostly shrubs, flowers, grasses and other low plants. While the grasses, and shrubs on the planet are light green colored, the flowers come in almost any color, giving birth to lush flowering hills uncommon on Borealis.

The wonders seen on the surface are also seen underwater. A huge variety of bioluminescent corals and aquatic plants have made their home in the waters of this planet, both living in harmony with each other, at least in most cases. Some species have developed into more aggressive forms, effectively trying to force their species wherever there's water for them. This has lead to the decline of some other species, but also to the rise of new, specialized predators.

Mammals are non-existent on this planet, let alone intelligent life, but there are plenty of insects, amphibians and fish. None of them are very advanced, but they have at least evolved beyond microbes and other smaller organisms. The vast majority of the species on this planet are reptiles, many of which only show signs of becoming higher reptile species and not mammals. So only time will tell if this planet will give birth to intelligent, reptilian life forms.

## **Cities**

### **Cooper's City**

**Cooper's City** is one of the many metropolises on Borealis, and has had a major impact on the planet. Cooper's City on average houses more than 300 million civilians originating from thousands of worlds. The city is powered by the Boreas Dyson Sphere, doesn't even use 0.001% of the Dyson Sphere's massive energy output. Many types of buildings are present in Cooper's City, like entertainment centers, apartments, and many more. Cooper's City was originally a small settlement, named Cooper's Settlement but after a small city was built around it, it was shortly renamed to what it is today.