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=== Archaeocampa Enceladis ===
 
=== Archaeocampa Enceladis ===
<p align="justify">This form of polychaete worm, similar to glow worms found inside caverns, borrows into the ice and builds up a thick, viscous, bacteria-ridden goop that dangles into the Enceladan ocean.  The bacteria use methane to fix heat and energy for the worm in return for more nutrient goo.  Like many such creatures, it emits blue bioluminescent light in order to snare prey for itself.  These bathyscaphic worms tend to grow in large "carpet colonies" on the underside of ice. The have the unfortunate nick name of, "Snotcicles," to Enceladan colonists.</p>
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<p align="justify">This form of xeno-polychaete worm, similar to glow worms found inside caverns, borrows into the ice and builds up a thick, viscous, bacteria-ridden goop that dangles into the Enceladan ocean.  The bacteria use methane to fix heat and energy for the worm in return for more nutrient goo.  Like many such creatures, it emits blue bioluminescent light in order to snare prey for itself.  These bathyscaphic worms tend to grow in large "carpet colonies" on the underside of ice. The have the unfortunate nick name of, "Snotcicles," to Enceladan colonists.</p>
  
 
=== Archaeoprimnoa Eilatis ===
 
=== Archaeoprimnoa Eilatis ===

Revision as of 01:48, 3 July 2021

Enceladus3.jpg
Enceladus, Saturn II
INFORMATION
Quadrant:

Alpha

Star System:

Sol

Affiliations:

United Federation of Planets, Outer Worlds Commonwealth, Bright Thinktank

Natives:

Enceladese, Brights (Human)

ASTROMETRIC DATA
Star Type(s):

G:V (yellow main-sequence star)

Estimated Age:

4.6 Billion Years

Number of Planets:

9

Orbital Period (Days):

1,682 standard days

Classification:

Class F (methanated ice with a silicate-carbon volatile core)

Number of Satellites:

none; Enceladus is the second moon of Saturn

PLANETOLOGICAL DATA
Atmosphere Type:

none; trace ionized hydrocarbons and water

Atmosphere Pressure:

none; base ocean pressures are similar to 50 times Earth's sea level. Earth Seal Level PSI is 14.6. Enceladus' ocean pressure begins at 735 PSI.

Mean Temperature:

cold but with superheated pockets approaching boiling

Hydrosphere:

ice with pockets of methanated water interior

Dominant Terrain:

ice, methanated, often slushy water pockets, craters, hydrothermal vent striations, young ice plains

Gravity:

0.11g (Earth=1)

Day/Night Cycle (Hours):

artificial: follows a 24-hour standard Federation day

LIFE DATA
Stage of Life Evolution:

primordial multicellular life similar to abyssal plains worms, arctic corals and sea vent arthropods

Sentient Population:

32,000; approximately 8,000 live in Eilat Hub with the rest in Eilat Anchorage.

Capital:

Eilat Hub Station

END OF BRIEFING

At a Glance

Terrain

Enceladus2.jpg

Settlements

Eilat Hub

The Eilat Drop

Eilat Anchorage

Native Life

Copepoda and Amphipoda

Polychaetes

Archaeocampa Enceladis

This form of xeno-polychaete worm, similar to glow worms found inside caverns, borrows into the ice and builds up a thick, viscous, bacteria-ridden goop that dangles into the Enceladan ocean. The bacteria use methane to fix heat and energy for the worm in return for more nutrient goo. Like many such creatures, it emits blue bioluminescent light in order to snare prey for itself. These bathyscaphic worms tend to grow in large "carpet colonies" on the underside of ice. The have the unfortunate nick name of, "Snotcicles," to Enceladan colonists.

Archaeoprimnoa Eilatis

A form of mound-building coral.

Myth of the "Ice Whale"