Post by Kai on Feb 20, 2010 13:07:44 GMT -5
(Or, a general note on what the group may expect to find when they manage to make it into space.)
As has been mentioned in other documents, the civilization of the Sol system spanned the entirety of the system: from Sol’s tiny neighbor of Mercury to the cold, dead world of Pluto. Though unable to be confirmed fully on current-day Earth, it is speculated (from data collected from ruins), that actual ‘planet-based’ civilizations were established on Venus, Earth’s moon Luna, Mars, and some of the moons of the gas giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. While a large portion of the ‘space population’ existed on ‘planet-based’ settlements (of which Venus and Luna were extensively terra-formed and developed), the significance of orbiting space station settlements and ‘system spanning biosphere ships’ (that were in perpetual migration across the system) should not be discounted. Though details are sketchy at best, the accepted understanding of the vague events of the fall of this system-wide civilization 1000 years ago began at the far edge of the system (and probably came from outside of the system) and was able to penetrate all the way to Earth before somehow being stopped. As a result, speculation of severe damage for ‘ruins’ from Luna to Pluto exists, while the thought is that ‘intact’ ruins should exist on Venus and, if lucky, orbiting Mercury. Earth-bound observation (via a variety of telescope technology – predominantly found in tower city Star Spires) has not been effective in fully determining the scope of the system itself. Observation in the direction towards the sun (i.e., that of Venus and Mercury) has been relatively unhelpful. Anomalies in orbit around Mercury are confirmed, but the identities of those anomalies have not been determined - that is, they could be intact space craft or merely debris captured by the magnetic pull of the planet. (Though this is perplexing when one considers the magnetic pull of the sun itself.) Telescope observation has, surprisingly, been unable to penetrate the ultra dense atmosphere of Venus – which is troubling if it is to be believed that Venus was extensively terra-formed. (That is, since terra-forming’s primary goal is to produce an atmosphere and environment like that of Earth there should theoretically be no interference from Venus’ atmosphere. The picture should be clear, but instead it is a muddled mess.) As for observation to and beyond Luna, the picture painted is closer to what scientists have hypothesized. Luna, itself, is covered in visible ruins and although it appears that much of the result of terra-forming has withered over the course of 1000 years, it has been confirmed that Luna has an atmosphere that is still capable of supporting life. Surrounding the moon, however, is a ‘cloud’ of space debris – almost like Luna has its own synthetic asteroid belt – which makes detailed observation of the moon’s surface incredibly difficult. (This debris field is visible from the surface of the Earth by the naked eye.) Mars, too, is surrounded by debris, which actually extends in to and complicates the Kuiper asteroid belt (a.k.a the ‘scattered disc’.) The asteroid belt is so thick that current telescope technology on Earth is unable to penetrate further out into the Sol system.
As has been mentioned in other documents, the civilization of the Sol system spanned the entirety of the system: from Sol’s tiny neighbor of Mercury to the cold, dead world of Pluto. Though unable to be confirmed fully on current-day Earth, it is speculated (from data collected from ruins), that actual ‘planet-based’ civilizations were established on Venus, Earth’s moon Luna, Mars, and some of the moons of the gas giant planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. While a large portion of the ‘space population’ existed on ‘planet-based’ settlements (of which Venus and Luna were extensively terra-formed and developed), the significance of orbiting space station settlements and ‘system spanning biosphere ships’ (that were in perpetual migration across the system) should not be discounted. Though details are sketchy at best, the accepted understanding of the vague events of the fall of this system-wide civilization 1000 years ago began at the far edge of the system (and probably came from outside of the system) and was able to penetrate all the way to Earth before somehow being stopped. As a result, speculation of severe damage for ‘ruins’ from Luna to Pluto exists, while the thought is that ‘intact’ ruins should exist on Venus and, if lucky, orbiting Mercury. Earth-bound observation (via a variety of telescope technology – predominantly found in tower city Star Spires) has not been effective in fully determining the scope of the system itself. Observation in the direction towards the sun (i.e., that of Venus and Mercury) has been relatively unhelpful. Anomalies in orbit around Mercury are confirmed, but the identities of those anomalies have not been determined - that is, they could be intact space craft or merely debris captured by the magnetic pull of the planet. (Though this is perplexing when one considers the magnetic pull of the sun itself.) Telescope observation has, surprisingly, been unable to penetrate the ultra dense atmosphere of Venus – which is troubling if it is to be believed that Venus was extensively terra-formed. (That is, since terra-forming’s primary goal is to produce an atmosphere and environment like that of Earth there should theoretically be no interference from Venus’ atmosphere. The picture should be clear, but instead it is a muddled mess.) As for observation to and beyond Luna, the picture painted is closer to what scientists have hypothesized. Luna, itself, is covered in visible ruins and although it appears that much of the result of terra-forming has withered over the course of 1000 years, it has been confirmed that Luna has an atmosphere that is still capable of supporting life. Surrounding the moon, however, is a ‘cloud’ of space debris – almost like Luna has its own synthetic asteroid belt – which makes detailed observation of the moon’s surface incredibly difficult. (This debris field is visible from the surface of the Earth by the naked eye.) Mars, too, is surrounded by debris, which actually extends in to and complicates the Kuiper asteroid belt (a.k.a the ‘scattered disc’.) The asteroid belt is so thick that current telescope technology on Earth is unable to penetrate further out into the Sol system.