Angel's Landing

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The
second world settled by the Heritage Mission

## History

When
the first colonists landed on Heritage in the year 4077 the second in command,
Angel White, and a few other colonists were concerned about the odds of survival
on a desolate Dust Bowl World with very few sources of water. She argued that
the mission move on and try and find a better world for colonization.

When
put to a vote, she and only a few hundred others were outvoted. She decided to
petition to receive two colony vessels to try and reach another world. After
anything the colonists could use was stripped from both ships they departed,
looking for a second world. The ships kept within a dozen light years of each
other, constantly scanning. After a couple years their scanners detected a
world within the habitable zone. The ships warped into the system (RS
8409-3586-6-14692-64 in 9.7.3.) and began making detailed scans of the planet. They
detected signs of life on the planet. Fearing it was an alien homeworld, they
scanned more. They found no signs of intelligent life, only that there had been
a recent volcanic eruption as the atmosphere was saturated with volcanic ash
and dust.

They
used what little terraforming technology they had to begin to artificially
speed up the planet’s healing process, even saving some of the plants and
animals on the planet. They then began building up the atmosphere of the planet
to Earth norms. The first colony settled on the equator and set up a small town
out of the local tree analogue as well as mud and brick. From there, more
colonists immigrated and expanded on current colony towns or built new ones.
The population grew. As of 10000 the global population is around 3 billion.

## Culture

For many
centuries after being founded, Angel’s Landing was technologically inferior to
the rest of mankind. Many native Europeans immigrated to a northern area of
land named Nova Europa because of its resemblance to Europe. However in 4561
there was a revolution against the government that allowed the inhabitants to
use more advanced technology.

Many
of the inhabitants of Angel’s Landing are very religious, believing that Angel
White was more than just a woman, but an angel in disguise. She blessed the
land the moment she set foot on the ground. Some worship her as their goddess
even, but most believe she was sent by God to bless the land and hold her in
high reverence. She is held nearly as high as God is.

They
are a very puritan society, unlike their sister world Heritage. However, they
are very friendly to outsiders and welcome visitors to their world. Thanks to
the low gravity the inhabitants are taller and a bit skinnier than most humans.

== Physical
Description ==
With
a diameter of 7660.6 km, the planet’s gravity is half that of Earth’s at about
0.6 G. It has a semimajor axis of 1.2 AU giving it a year length of 1.3 years.
The day length is a few hours shorter than a standard at 20 hours and 12
minutes.

The
planet is a bit older than Earth at about 5.2 billion years old. It has one
captured asteroid as a moon.

## Climate

A
temperate T-Class world, this planet, the fourth in its system, has an axial
tilt of 31° and 3’,
meaning the seasons are a bit more extreme than Earth. The atmospheric pressure
used to be 0.2 but with terraforming efforts the pressure went up to around 0.9.
The planet has a mean temperature of around -17 °C. Because of the small moon
the planet barely has any tides.

== Native
life ==
The
life on Angel’s Landing, to paraphrase the words of Angel herself, seemed to
have been tailored for humans. While genetically a billion years ahead of
anything on Earth, the planet never developed anything more intelligent than a
dolphin. The creatures are edible as are the plants, and are some of the more
delicious delicacies among the Confederacy.

Some
animals are very friendly to humans and have even been domesticated.
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