Aquararus

Aquararus is an ocean planet found in the Fauthuax System, a special planet in its own right. A colonised world that when discovered had no foreign empires on it, unheard of for colonised bodies. However, it was once a part of the Great Cosmos Empire, as seen by certain buildings in its depths. Aquararus is mainly used as a pure research planet, no cities are to be settled on Aquararus and the planet itself is protected.

## Information

### Population

Aquararus has always had a low population, scientists making up all of this population. Because of this Aqua has not developed sports, cities or much infrastructure, having labs around it.

### Unexplained Occurances

Aquararus is a mystery in its own right. So many of the occurrences on the planet can not be explained with science. One of the major ones is the perpetual hurricane that engulfs half the planet named Hurricane Aqua. This Hurricane is classed as a Category 8 and the only safe place within that zone is under the water. Despite this, there is one landmass there (albeit small like the rest on aqua) with creatures that manage to survive the sheer ferocity of the wind.

Another weird occurrence is the Dead Abyss, a vast amount of water below the True Abyss of Aqua. This would not be an odd occurrence in enough itself but what makes it so scary is that heat scanners (despite never getting past 100ft) sometimes pick up massive signatures and submersibles sent down never come back up. Nothing should be able to live that far down, surely?

### Other Geographical Information

Aquararus despite having smaller landmasses around only has three which are capable of housing a small population, these are atolls and are named Point A, Point B and Point C (also nicknamed the death point as it is located straight in the hurricane). The planet also holds the biggest volcano in the Fauthuax System and one of the top 30 biggest volcanoes, Mt Akwa. Mt Akwa is a massive supervolcano which is the entirety of Point B. They say it erupts every 1 million years although it's unknown when it last erupted and some estimates say it erupts every 10,000. 1 million is used however as it makes the most sense. Another oddity is that around Mt Akwa, in temperatures that should kill anything, creatures live and thrive. Aquararus is a truly weird place.

## History

### The Past

Little is known about Aquararus's past, but what we do know is it was once a research facility for the Cosmos Empire. Cosmos architecture has been found on Aquararus and it was possibly a hiding place for the remaining aliens in hiding around the fall of the empire as shown in logs.

### The 3000s.

Interstellar Colonisation had been sent on a mission by the government to find a new hub for Flareium mining and extraction. What was found instead would shock the government. Interstellar had found a system and upon flying by the second planet in the system they saw it, a water world that seemed untouched. To make sure it was scanned and the surface showed no empire activity. A group was sent to the planet in 3017 and sent over databanks of creatures, geographical landmarks and more. However, they stopped responding for over a month. A second group was sent in 3018 to find out what happened. It turned out the first group ended up dead. With this news, Interstellar sent more resources down to the group to help them rebuild and when Stellar Star arrived they invested resources into the team, for a price of course. More groups were sent in 3020, 3021 and 3022 respectively, usually only having 6 specialists. In this same system, the flagship of Interstellar would crash over Agia-9 and survivors were eventually moved to Aquararus before being moved by the government. Aquararus also had an event where the Stellar Star suddenly had an engine failure over the planet and almost crashed into the waters, however, her captain saved her in time and she landed successfully.

#### 3018

The first group was sent in early 3017 captained by Neil Chambers. They kept communication up with Interstellar, sending databanks on many alien lifeforms below. However, they'd go silent for two months, prompting a second team led by retired general Thunder Calhoun to make landfall. This group was found dead and so Thunder's group carried on. This group would discover the most about Aquararus, using all the technology at their disposal. The planet even inspired its game series where players could explore the depths of its waters and either survive or just explore the massive world. This was also the year Stellar Star got involved, landing around two months after the discovery. However, the people on Aqua would witness the Stellar Star II have an unexplained engine failure and almost crash, before it was forced into an emergency landing. What made this further weird was the fact that the Coloniser V-3 had experienced the same thing the first time they flew over Aquararus, except they didn't have to emergency land. It is unknown what caused this but theories arise that it was a Cosmos defense mechanism.

### Events after 3018

Eventually, more and more species were documented including those in the Dead Abyss. Aquararus and its wildlife defied all of what we knew, one predator in particular that lurked in the depths was over 200 meters in length. Even the smallest of the "Leviathans" was the size of a blue whale. The Dead Abyss also had a creature within discovered... Just the head, however, smaller species have been found occasionally. Aquararus also had a new material in abundance in certain underwater caves nicknamed Aquarium. This material is tough to break, capable of withstanding even Aqua's tough depths and has been vital to all missions. The people on Aquararus have dealt with the troubles and some have even started families in the water world. Aquararus continues to inspire for centuries and remains a truly extraordinary sight.