Toot Planets

[aldersprig]

Because inventrix's Mastodon instance is tootplanet, and because Catterfly has been making a tootplanet a day, I've been writing a series of little 500-character-or-less survey logs of planets for an exploration ship.

There's a thread of them here: https://tootplanet.space/@aldersprig/79825

And here's one

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Star Log, Sec. 7, Sub. 13

We came upon a lovely system-2 planets in our search parameters, orbiting close together.

The further one sported vast ruins, but only around the equator. They were taller than anything back home, almost belting the planet-but no radio signals, no signs of current occupancy. We sent several probes. We may send a team when we loop back around.

The closer planet showed life just above stone-age. We sent a stealth probe, nothing else.

Comments

[sauergeek]

I can speculate wildly about the reason for both, but mostly I'm curious.

Currently leading my speculations is that the planet with the ruins is the origin of the stone-age life on the second planet. Something dire happened on the first one, and some small fraction of the people on the first planet managed to make it to the second, but with no tech and not enough knowledge -- and possibly insufficient resources -- to build anything, so they've fallen rather far.

[aldersprig]

ooh, I like that! Maybe I’ll write something from the adventure team.