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And so the tale of another world begins.
Fanatica is immediately recognisable as an earth-like planet, though considerably larger and with many times the surface area; relatively-small continents dot its vast blue oceans, ringed by vast expanses of archipelagos and volcanic island chains. The atmosphere is also relatively thick, taking on different coloured hues as clouds of aerial microbes bloom and disperse, mirrored by blooms of microbes in the warm, shallow waters beneath. The setting or rising of the orange-yellow sun can cast a dazzling array of colours over this world, as does the planet’s relatively-gigantic moon - more like a twin planet - which is large enough to have a thick smoggy atmosphere of its own, covered in an ever-changing swirl of grey-blue cloud; the moon easily eclipses the planet’s sun on a regular basis, and drags high tides across the surface, with many islands being completely swamped by the tides every day.
The average surface temperature on Fanatica in this epoch is tropical, with even the poles maintaining a constant temperature above zero. Lightning constantly flickers over some part of the planet, and rain reaches every part of the land, save for the rain-shadows of the highest mountain plateaus. Ice and snow are rarely seen. The thick atmosphere is lazy, rarely moved to extremes of weather at surface level. Still, on sunny days there is more than enough light to drive photosynthesis. It is truly the makings of a garden world, one several times the size of the distant Earth.
For now, though, the land remains devoid of visible life, save for smudges of slime here or there. Much of the land surface has a beach-like appearance, being bare gravel and sand, dotted with large boulders, ponds and streams. Meanwhile the shallow sea floors are covered in what seems like a thick, rippled carpet, made up of microbial mats that have been growing peacefully for what seems like an eternity. In fact, humble microbes like these have slowly transformed the planet, filling the seas and atmosphere with free oxygen, casting off the shackles of anoxic biota that once ruled these oceans, and exiling them to dark and deep niches away from the sunlight.
Now the stage is set for another breakthrough - multicellular life. Already an amazing golf-ball sized creation can be seen floating through the shallow sea...
Stats:
Species List / Stats here (continuously-updated document)
Timeline:
(Current Period)
Epoch 1 - The Xerotrius
Epoch 2 - The Flailian
Epoch 3 - The Xerophagian
Epoch 4 - The Galgatrosian
Epoch 5 - The Halgatronian
Epoch 6 - The Tallubestian
Epoch 7 - [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMGbsVcdnk']The Touregian[/URL]
Scientific Notes and Excerpts:
Penguiskan Notes #1
The Waters of Fanatica #1
The Waters of Fanatica #2
*disclaimer: Space Hamsters are not responsible for the contents of these excerpts, the authors may have taken some artistic license.
Fanatica is immediately recognisable as an earth-like planet, though considerably larger and with many times the surface area; relatively-small continents dot its vast blue oceans, ringed by vast expanses of archipelagos and volcanic island chains. The atmosphere is also relatively thick, taking on different coloured hues as clouds of aerial microbes bloom and disperse, mirrored by blooms of microbes in the warm, shallow waters beneath. The setting or rising of the orange-yellow sun can cast a dazzling array of colours over this world, as does the planet’s relatively-gigantic moon - more like a twin planet - which is large enough to have a thick smoggy atmosphere of its own, covered in an ever-changing swirl of grey-blue cloud; the moon easily eclipses the planet’s sun on a regular basis, and drags high tides across the surface, with many islands being completely swamped by the tides every day.
The average surface temperature on Fanatica in this epoch is tropical, with even the poles maintaining a constant temperature above zero. Lightning constantly flickers over some part of the planet, and rain reaches every part of the land, save for the rain-shadows of the highest mountain plateaus. Ice and snow are rarely seen. The thick atmosphere is lazy, rarely moved to extremes of weather at surface level. Still, on sunny days there is more than enough light to drive photosynthesis. It is truly the makings of a garden world, one several times the size of the distant Earth.
For now, though, the land remains devoid of visible life, save for smudges of slime here or there. Much of the land surface has a beach-like appearance, being bare gravel and sand, dotted with large boulders, ponds and streams. Meanwhile the shallow sea floors are covered in what seems like a thick, rippled carpet, made up of microbial mats that have been growing peacefully for what seems like an eternity. In fact, humble microbes like these have slowly transformed the planet, filling the seas and atmosphere with free oxygen, casting off the shackles of anoxic biota that once ruled these oceans, and exiling them to dark and deep niches away from the sunlight.
Now the stage is set for another breakthrough - multicellular life. Already an amazing golf-ball sized creation can be seen floating through the shallow sea...
Stats:
Species List / Stats here (continuously-updated document)
Timeline:
(Current Period)
Epoch 1 - The Xerotrius
Epoch 2 - The Flailian
Epoch 3 - The Xerophagian
Epoch 4 - The Galgatrosian
Epoch 5 - The Halgatronian
Epoch 6 - The Tallubestian
Epoch 7 - [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAMGbsVcdnk']The Touregian[/URL]
Scientific Notes and Excerpts:
Penguiskan Notes #1
The Waters of Fanatica #1
The Waters of Fanatica #2
*disclaimer: Space Hamsters are not responsible for the contents of these excerpts, the authors may have taken some artistic license.
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