Enceladus
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| 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 | |
| Template:Planet | |
At a Glance
Terrain
Settlements
Eilat Hub
The Eilat Drop
Eilat Anchorage
Native Life
Copepoda and Amphipoda
Polychaetes
Archaeocampa Enceladis
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.
Archaeoprimnoa Eilatis
A form of mound-building coral.