planet with index 01 at -2139280, 902299, 1032805
INITIAL SURVEY HAS SHOWN THAT DULCEAS, DESPITE BEING LARGELY COMPOSED OF QUARTZ, LACKS THE BEAUTY OF OTHER PLANETS OF THIS KIND. THE SURFACE REVEALED BY THE INITIAL LANDING WAS ENTIRELY GREY, WITH ONLY SCATTERED LUMPS OF CRYSTAL. SINCE THE ONBOARD COMPUTER TELLS ME THAT THE PLANET'S SURFACE IS LARGELY QUARTZ, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS IS MOSTLY UNDER THE GREY CLAY-LIKE MATERIAL I LANDED UPON. THERE IS A STRANGE, PERFECTLY SQUARE PATTERN VISIBLE FROM ORBIT BETWEEN 6:60 AND 9:63, WHICH I CANNOT IDENTIFY. PERHAPS FURTHER SURVEYS WILL SOLVE THIS MYSTERY. (NOTES BY RYAN BURY, EPOC 6011:557,604) FURTHER SURFACE EXAMINATION HAS SHOWN MORE OF THE STRANGE SQUARE MARKINGS. I NOW BELIEVE THESE TO BE CAUSED BY REGULAR CRYSTAL FORMATIONS. (NOTES BY RYAN BURY, EPOC 6011:557.604) I AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT RYAN SAID. HOWEVER, I LIKE THIS PLANET. YES, THE SURFACE'S RATHER DIRTY AND IT DOESN'T LOOK AS SHINY AS EXPECTED, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL HUGE CRYSTALS, FORMING AMAZING PEAKS. ONE OF THESE FORMATIONS IS AT 28:56. I HAD LANDED THERE TO SEE THE SUNRISE, AND DIDN'T REGRET IT. ONE LAST NOTE: DON'T LAND IN THE NIGHT! (ADDITIONAL NOTES BY ALEX GHIGNOLA, EPOC 6011:557.937)