PNPC Lt. JG. Gnai - The Similarities Are… Eerie
Lich
(( Holodeck 2 - Deck 2, USS Artemis-A ))
The wormhole itself would have wreaked havoc on the gravitational equilibrium within the system, Gnai suspected, as it moved and grew. And with the destruction and possible disappearance of a large amount of planetary mass? Ens. Imril was right - one of the best bets they had was to look for how the wormhole had disrupted the rest of the system that it hadn’t destroyed… and the knock-on effects of that in other systems, and other systems beyond…
Gnai: Precisely. The chances of a system with a planet like Galador, able to support life, only having one planetary body total? Minimal, at best. Perhaps one way to go about would be to look for sightings of rogue planets, and then trajectories can be traced backwards…
The math would be horrendous, but that’s why they had the holodeck and the Artemis’ computers online with them.
Imril: Astrometrics does maintain a database of rogues, and in some cases estimated systems of origin, which could be added to this program. But at present, we don't know if a rogue was ejected from the planet at all. I’m thinking we should program a simulation of Galador 1’s destruction based on the information we do have, and use it to project what the various results of the planet-wormhole interaction were.
It bobbed in its tank, flashing with a bit of excitement. They were a good research partner, able to cope with the frankly dismal amount of information that had survived the exodus from Galador I intact. Gnai did feel a bit embarrassed that the information was this way, but the chaos that followed the destruction of the hive mind, in addition to the loss of the homeworld, had set Galadorans back quite a bit.
Gnai: That is a solid plan, this concurs. Best not to get too far ahead of the actual facts and get lost in speculation.
Imril: Does your list of facts include any data about the wormhole itself?
Gnai stole a glance to its PADD, as if it could will more information into existence. But the numerous centuries that stood between that event and now obscured it.
Gnai: Not much, but it was mobile and increasing in size, something that was observed before it destroyed the planet. Which is how the original Galadoran hive was able to escape.
Imril: What about the planet? Its neighboring worlds? The properties of its sun?
All good questions.
Gnai: It was a planet primarily covered in liquid water, with minimal land. What little land did support some small flora and fauna, but nothing that was brought aboard the generation ships that escaped. The primary focus was on the organisms that were crucial to sustaining the population.
Imril: Response
Gnai: Yes, that’s a reasonable extrapolation to make, this thinks. Given the biological similarities to terrestrial cnidarians, or so this is told, the original Galador likely had similar conditions within the oceans and lower atmosphere as Earth.
Perhaps not exactly, but a mostly nitrogen and oxygen atmosphere, with temperate liquid water around much of the planet… that definitely narrowed the possibilities for “where” it might be relative to its original star.
Imril: Response
Gnai: ::handing over PADD with information, sparse as it may be:: There’s more there about the other planets in the system, at least regarding their existence in older texts.
It wasn’t anything specific, but there were at least details on the rough composition (gas, ice, rocks, water…) and order from the star Galador.
Imril: Response
Gnai: Is this enough for your simulation?
It hoped that they could take the data from the PADD and work some engineering magic, but that was entirely within Ens. Imril’s hands now.
Imril: Response
Tags/TBC :)
Lieutenant JG Gnai