Celestial Ark

Despite being the fourth in the sequence, Arganus was the first celestial built, and was the most important of all of them. Arganus would form the middle of the chain, and would house the Logos Neural Network within its core, which was to be expanded so that its influence could stretch to cover the entire Ark, and account for every organism on it. This would make the Ark a safe place for Io and Arkane alike, with any visitors also remaining alive. Invaders could be isolated from the network, hurling them into an unreality cascade. This made the Celestial Ark an impenetrable fortress, which could literally erase threats from within itself. Arganus would become a research hive, surrounded by a mesh network of glass for a sky, with giant golden emitters at the poles to cover the whole Ark in the field.

Reistus was the second celestial built, and was placed ahead of Arganus as the third celestial. Connecting to the research plants of Arganus and the military groups of Yratone meant it was the prime position to be populated with a vast factory network. Reistus' surface is populated with indentations, rimmed and crossed with golden metal. Inside these holes, one can see vast factories and manufacturing plants. These are mostly unmanned, though a steady supply of engineers works there to ensure upkeep of the complex systems. This planet holds a dedicated subroutine within Arganus, meaning the machines within it operate using conceptual physics as a cornerstone. This would be the place where the remaining celestials' sensitive systems would be built, erasing any trace of natural error by Io building things based on function, and not design.

After Reistus, came Archos - the fifth celestial. Archos would be an enormous data hub that could log all of Arganus' experiments, and would also allow for the processing of the Io's history. Archos would be used for storage and preservation of history beyond anything else as a result. Many of Arganus' researchers who didn't wish to reside on their celestial of work would live here. As Archos was built so soon after the conflict that allowed for the Ark's creation, it was able to store detailed records of the events that led up to it.

Yratone, the second celestial, would consist of many military bases and hangars. Here, the Io would build their combat rigs and their first kleimoth weapon to go with it. Yratone became the home of training facilities, and would be where barracks were built for Arkane squadrons. As Io are naturally extremely rare, the Celestial Ark was actually populated in the majority by Arkane (though this is not to say that the Io were in small number). Due to this, the Arkane who volunteered would be assigned into small groups, each containing one Io and four Arkane. Aboard the Ark, the Io and Arkane were seen as equals, despite the power difference, and so the Io would not necessarily be the leaders of these groups. Additionally, this meant that the Arkane were sent into combat only as volunteers, and sparingly so, always with an Io to protect them.

Agronus, the sixth celestial, was a planet covered in fields and farms. This planet was dedicated to two functions - preserving rare wildlife by pulling them from reality and placing them into synthetic gardens that would simulate their natural environments, and keep them safe from poachers, whilst also acting as farms for crops and food that the Arkane needed to survive. Whilst the Io didn't technically need food for as long as they were in paradox space, they still would enjoy living as people, and thus they brought their somas through into paradox space too. This would keep them safe from people seeking to capture them, and would also allow them to live amongst the Arkane in a somatic state.

Tipon was the first celestial, and contained living spaces and chambers for the leaders of the Ark - Io and Arkane alike. This was placed at the front of the Ark, as it also contained processors capable of steering the entire planetary array. Should the situation ever arise, the leaders would need the capability to control the Ark as an enormous ship - bringing the celestials into rigorous alignment, and manifesting links and weapons. This made the Ark a battle station of unfathomable proportions.

Auron, the seventh and last celestial, was to be used for accommodation.