Jupu 4

Tidal locked, but cold; always cold

Jupu 4 is the name of the 4th planet in the Jupu system located in the Tadpole Galaxy, in the same general region as Dandoor. It is the only habitable planet of that system, with the life being multicellular and only living in the water. It is tidally locked, so one side of the planet always faces Jupu and the other in permanent night. Despite this, it is relatively cold for a tidally locked planet as it about over -30 degrees Celsius, which is incredibly chilly. In fact, all of the land is basically covered in snow and ice all year round and barely any season changes in temperature because of the lack of tilting. Water is relatively warm on Jupu 4, despite the cold climate and the life developed there are specially adapted to the cold temperatures of the planet. The life on Jupu 4 are similar to that of planktons, crustaceans, and small fish like organisms that thrive in huge populations across the planet. It is currently under the Panoza Federation alongside Dandoor, but unlike Dandoor, Jupu 4 does have a permanent population on all islands, mainly in the mining industry as Jupu 4 was discovered to be rich in resources under all that permafrost which would potentially bolster the economy of the Federation.

## Zak Star

Jordon Sol and Allen Fall meet a person named Zak Star who was an former oiler, now turned tycoon is one who manages the planet. Star turns out to be biologically related to Allen Fall, even though both people are physical different and the fact that he is from Jupu 4 to a family that worked in the mines. He was popular among the population of Jupu 4 as upon becoming a tycoon and appointed as the governor of Jupu 4, he distributed his wealth to the population, an opponent of corruption, and providing the population with basic needs like food, drink, and shelter. Sol and Fall praised him as a hero for fixing the planet as previous leaders there are known to be corrupt and workers have endure the freezing conditions with very minimal pay and extreme punishments. Alongside being a governor, he also worked with Sol and Fall as a communicator when both people are doing their missions, mainly tracking their location on the planet they are in, but also in command during wars, and being involved politically.

## The Rod Incident

Took place on December 30th, 7140 off the coast of the mainland near the capital of Jupu 4 when Sol and Fall alongside two other men where fishing with Zak Star as their communicator. Since Sol and Fall are not experience at fishing, they were being taught to fish, giving the cold climate of the planet. While making a trial, Fall tug the string out of water upon noticing the string starting to pull down, which turns out to be much harder than expected. So he called Sol in to help him with the power needed to pull the string into the boat with as much strength as they can, but it is not efficient enough to catch what's down there. Star ordered the two men who accompanied Sol and Fall to assist. They have maximum power, but is not enough to pull the string out. One solution they tried was Fall grabbing a metal rod and tell Sol and the two men to tie around it and together, they pull the string with the use of that rod. Little did he know that the rod is what connects the boat parts together and if it that breaks loose, the entire boat will be dismantled, which is exactly what happened. All four of them are plunged into the water and were stranded out, which cause Sol to signal a distress call to Star and get them rescued. To make matters worse, the creature that there were supposed to pull out was actually a predator pursuing the four individuals. It caught one, one of the two men and was killed by that predator with blood in the water and then right it was about to catch the remaining three, Sol took a spear and stabbed it in the eye, which caused it to swim away with it. The three then clanged onto a piece of a boat and waited for about an hour before they were picked up by a rescue team. While rescued, that same predator ended up swim towards another boat (which is normal since they are curious) which carried at least 30 people, hit the boat's metal rod and dismantle the boat which causes all the people to fall into the water, which alerted other predators in the area. Out of the 30 people, only 17 survived. After the incident, Fall apologized for what he had done and say that he would be done with the activity take responsibility for the damage, so Star made the decision to support Fall give aid to those lost in the incident, which he still do today.

*"Well, I learn my lesson. I felt very guilty about it" -Allen Fall*