Colonist

## Lore

Edalyth was first observed at year 2168 and will be in a transit window for 200 years at distance of approximately 2.1 light years. The first probe was launched at year 2180, a satellite probe equipped with scanner to scan the surface of Edalyth. The entanglement transmitter allow faster than light speed transmission of encrypted signals across any distance. Phase 1 probes, which are satellite probes, will stay above the atmosphere and will have no contact with the surface of Edalyth. They are there to scan the planet and it's moons for data base collection. Since phase 1 operators cannot confirm the existence of life on Edalyth with 100% certainty, phase two sterile grounding operations will begin. Phase 2 grounding probes are probes that will be landing on different areas on the map of Edalyth for sample collection and basic observation. They are all sterilized to avoid contamination to any possible life forms. Phase 2 had confirmed the existence of life on Edalyth, and after a very long period of research and detailed observation, phase 3 can finally begin. At year 2197, the first colony of researchers aboard Starlite /01/ seed ship and reached for Edalyth. A total of 2000 operators have been sent to Edalyth for human operated extensive research. They are equipped with habitats, orbital stations, orbital support, grounding vehicles, submarines, SSTOs, etc . The purpose of phase 3 operations is to study the life forms of Edalyth in close detail without the limitation of androids and drones. Once phase 3 operations are complete, phase 4 shall begin. Starlite /01/ should arrive at Edalyth in year 2218.

Landing on Edalyth is no easy task. The dense atmosphere and the crushing gravity means a lot of fuel at full throttle for every engine available. The oxygen rich atmosphere also mean things are way more easy to catch on fire. Combustion is very hard to control in Edalyth's atmosphere. The 1.2 x gravity made it extra long for the researchers to recover and made it easy for the grounding pods to be damaged. Breathing directly from Edalyth's atmosphere is almost asking for death. The pressure on Edalyth is very high and difficult to withstand without gear. The fine particles in air can damage the lungs and cause internal damage as well as cause various respiratory diseases to the personnel. Operators could also pollute the environment with bacteria that cannot be sterilized with the provided gear, so all air is filtered and depressurized before letting in for operators to breath. Operators will work under a constantly concealed environment where they cannot contaminate native lifeforms nor allow outside contamination to get in.

Operators will be classified with two operation area, either in orbit or as grounded operation. All grounded operators will have to obey the transit where they cannot stay grounded for more than 6 months and have to return to any stations in orbit.

## Landing

Landing on Edalyth is no simple task. The times two gravity on its surface, the dense atmosphere and the extreme weather conditions, accompanied by the lack of starlight, landing on Edalyth became more than treacherous task. The large occupation of ice sheets and ocean surfaces also means that a lot of places do not allow landing gears to work. The ships will have to be buoyant and light so that it will not sink in case it misses a targeted land mass.

The dense atmosphere burns up ablative heat shields very quickly, and the build up of heat is often fatal to the more delicate payload since radiators isn't as effective. Parachutes cannot sustain too much pressure or else the tether might break, so they must open in lower altitudes after aerobraking. This often resulted in failure where they opened too late and the lander plummets to the ocean. Getting back into orbit is another difficult challenge. Landers often spend too much fuel trying to burn retrograde to slow itself down, and ends up not having enough fuel to get back into orbit. SSTO seaplanes fair a better chance at transferring crew in missions and air breathing engines do work in the atmosphere, but it must not land during a dust storm or else the particles will get into the turbines and destroy the vehicle. Fortunately, fuel can be converted quite easily from water and air, but that usually takes quite some time. One way to preserve fuel is to dip the orbital trajectory just a bit into the atmosphere to aerobrake, but not too much or else the stress handling might be fatal.

The other challenge is the lack of light. The lack of starlight means there is no way to see the landing spot clearly without computer assistance, and the dense cloud layers and fog blocks most of the natural light coming from above. The limited amount of light makes manned controls extra difficult and solar panels does not work on the surface, which is a huge problem for energy draining probe cores. We will need computers with lidar and sonar scanning in order to navigate and map while providing stability assist.

Often drone probes will be used instead of manned crew, just because it can sustain more damage and reduce the chance of injuries and deaths. For manned crew however, the task will be far more dangerous. Crew members might pass out under the high G-forces and loose control to the craft, so there must be a drone core to monitor the landing procedure in case the crew lost control during entry in the atmosphere. Dust storms also causes a lot of problems since they happen so frequently, where they may disrupt the transmission of data and other block sensors from doing constant sonic and lidar scans. Eve with the gravity ring assist in the colony ships, they can only do so much and crew members will still suffer from bone loss and other problems concerning gravity. When the crew members land on Edalyth, they will suffer from immense fatigue where they cannot even lift their arms under the extended period in space under low gravity and having to immediately overcome the crushing 2 Gs. They will most likely puke or faint from blood pressure changes and internal organs acting up and loose balance. During this vulnerable period of time a nanny bot will take care of the crew and maintain the landing module in serviceable status while they crew is recovering. This process can take up to 5 to 24 hours. The grounding crew members must also follow the protocol and will avoid all forms of contamination until command center provide direct guidance.

Landing on Edalyth is no simple task. There are so many things that could go wrong, and every error could result in the largest of consequences. Landing is only one small part to overcome in the challenge of researching life on Edalyth. The journey that lies ahead will not be easy, there will be chances of mistakes and failures, and accidents are bound to happen. But with determination anything will be achievable. We will advance towards our goal, one step at a time.

## Slang

over time the researchers in and around Edalyth will start to develop an accent, at the beginning it will be so similar to the speakers original accent (like the Antarctic accent) but over time it will become more and more distinct, this process will probably be accelerated due to Edalyth's isolation from earth.

anther thing that will develop is slang and one of the quickest to arise is probably slang for all the different creatures on Edalyth, this is what the researchers will be calling the creatures in the day to day. Here is a list of all the slang for all the different creatures (note that slang like language changes and evolves), I will be adding to this list as new creatures are "discovered"

Ice Lacerta agilis: Ice lizard

Gnathospsari: small fish

polypodia: arthropods

Kaminadazoan: starfishplant

lava comedenti: eaters

Gigantospari: Big fish

Flogeropod: Shark lobsters

Spiropsari: spinning fish