Mak'to'ran (1) by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archon Lore
Published: 2016-05-17T23:00:00+00:00

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July 2, 3603

Kiostaq System (Dan’chey territory)

Abroski

When Mak’to’ran’s Na’shor entered the system there was no resistance. The Era’tran vessel was V’kit’no’sat and this was V’kit’no’sat territory even if it wasn’t a shared system, as many were within the empire. While the various races often fought for dominance they did not actually shoot one another, nor were they combative about territory. They were a united empire and as such they could move around freely throughout all its systems.

The Kiostaq System was a medium-developed one. Four major planets and a population of some 78 billion Dan’chey. It wasn’t their capitol or regional powerhouse, just one of hundreds of thousands of V’kit’no’sat systems that fed the giant industrial engine that kept the Hadarak at bay, and this one in particular produced a high level of Solari from a pair of rich stars. One was at system’s center while the other was in a very high orbit. When the planets orbited between them they experience very hot climates and no night…then when they orbited around to the far side they experienced more of a ‘normal’ thermal cycle as they bled off the excess heat.

Right now Kiostaq was in the ‘cool’ period of its orbit, and it wasn’t something the Dan’chey liked. There were spots of snow visible and Mak’to’ran knew the amphibians absolutely hated frozen water, as did most aquatics, but the Dan’chey also disliked cold water with a passion, meaning that the artificial bodies of water created on Abroski would not be highly populated at this time of year.

Pulling up thermal imagery of the planet he saw the few hot spots where the Dan’chey would be. According to records this planet had originally possessed deep reservoirs of water beneath the dry surface, but not enough for it to pool up top. Rather than bring in more water from afar, something that was painstaking to do, they created empty, artificial basins on the surface then pumped the water up from below ground and into them. Thus the oceans on this world were formed in a very chaotic design that maximized the coastlines where the Dan’chey preferred to reside, never getting too far from the land or the water.

Sections of those oceans were being heated from beneath, but not the entire body of water. It was a stopgap measure to allow the planet to survive with amicably cool waters until they rotated past the coldest slice of their orbit, then the natural solar radiation would take over the heating and eventually the oceans would have to be cooled to keep them from boiling off during the height of the hot season…but at least then all the oceans were accessible. Right now it looked to Mak’to’ran that the world was in hibernation save for the industrial centers located deep within the landmasses.

It was to one of those that he took a drop pod, happy to be dealing with land rather than water. Era’tran could swim well enough with their tail, but they had almost no agility in the water and that left them vulnerable to flanking attacks.

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