POKEY

planet with index 03 at 2504272, 4531751, 705498

Guide entries

 ORBITS THE STAR G.O.G. DISCOVERED BY STARDRIFTER NIV, EPOC 6011:652
LOGS OF PLANET DISCOVERY FOLLOWS:
INITIAL SCANS OF THE PLANET SHOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LIFE.
 I BEGIN TO EXPLORE THE PLANET.
MY FIRST LANDING REVEALS THAT MY HOPES HAVE BEEN WELL FOUNDED.
THERE IS LIFE ON THIS PLANET. PLANT AND ANIMAL. LAND AND FLYING.
THE PLANET'S NAME DERIVES FROM A CREATURE I FOUND ON THE PLANET.
IT APPEARED TO BE A GIANT FERRET-LIKE ORGANISM.
OTHER LIFEFORMS NOTED INCLUDED A FLYING CREATURE AND A BIPEDAL HOPPING
ONE.
PLANT LIFE IS ABUNDANT. IT RANGES FROM GRASS TO BUSHES AND TREES.
I HAD, UNFORTUNATELY,RETURNED TO MY SHIP BEFORE REMEMBERING TO TAKE
PHOTOS
AFTER RETURNING FROM A REFUELING STOP AT A NEARBY STAR, I LANDED AGAIN.
I DISCOVERED A LARGE HILL ON THE HORIZON, AND WALKED TOWARDS IT.
TURNING, I SAW TO LARGE BROWNISH SPLOTCHES FROM WHENCE I CAME.
THE WEATHER ON THIS TRIP HAD TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
THERE WAS LIGHTNING AND THUNDER, INDICATING DYNAMIC WEATHER PATTERNS.
 MY VISION THUS OBSCURED, I STUMBLED ONTO ONE OF THE SPLOTCHES.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A GIGANTIC HOLE OR CRATER OF SOME SORT.
AT THE BOTTOM WAS A PUDDLE, THE FIRST STANDING WATER I HAD SEEN HERE.
AFTER TAKING SOME PHOTOS OF THE AREA, I RETURNED TO MY SHIP.
(PHOTOS AQUIRED FOR THIS TRIP)
I RETURNED TO THE PLANET ONCE MORE.
THE NEW AREA WAS GRASSY AND HILLY.
I SAW MORE FLYERS, BUT THE PLAINS SEEMED DEVOID OF OTHER LIFE.
I DID SPOT SOME SORT OF QUADRAPEDAL FELINE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS QUICK, AND ESCAPED BEFORE I COULD READY MY CAMERA.
AFTER SEARCHING THE SURFACE FOR A GOOD WHILE, I RETURNED TO MY SHIP.
(PHOTOS AQUIRED)
I RETURNED TO THE PLANET, TO FIND A HUGE SPIRE IN THE DISTANCE.
HOWEVER, MY LANDING CRAFT MALFUNCTIONED AND RETURNED TO THE SHIP.
I WAS UNABLE TO AQUIRE ANY PHOTOS.
I RETURNED TO THE PLANT AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN NO MORE GROUND LIFE.
SINCE THE FIRST VISIT, ONLY THE FLIERS HAVE BEEN AROUND.
 I HAVE RETURNED TO THE HOLE SECTION TO DO SOME MORE EXPLORING.
THE SURROUNDING AREA, BEHIND THE HILL, REVEALED A LARGE BODY OF WATER.
I ASSUME IT IS AN OCEAN OR GIANT LAKE.
I EXPLORED THE SECOND OF THE TWO HOLES, AS WELL.
 I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER WHAT HAS CAUSED THEM.
I ALSO WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VARIOUS LIFEFORMS FROM TRIP ONE.
I RETURNED TO THE SHIP, SATISFIED WITH FINDING THE LAKE/OCEAN.
 NOTES BY STARDRIFTER NIV, EPOC 6011:653.10