<div class="floatright">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/107938bd-99d1-42be-82e2-790eb0d8fcb2/ddci1hl-90fd0fd5-a915-4f3d-80d6-89a133d250e2.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMTA3OTM4YmQtOTlkMS00MmJlLTgyZTItNzkwZWIwZDhmY2IyXC9kZGNpMWhsLTkwZmQwZmQ1LWE5MTUtNGYzZC04MGQ2LTg5YTEzM2QyNTBlMi5qcGcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.SFmzXtvAyCD-TfBUtVyFknZSfODe0yAxJ9TvXvdPo-g)</div>The USS Victoria emerged from warp on the edge of system 5826 Kang Xiu. Almost immediately, a lot of information began to reach her from passive data, and additional information filtered in as the warp engines shut down and active sensors took hold and clarified the situation.<br/><br/>The system was centered around a red dwarf that was much smaller than Sol. There were five inner planets, with only the closest one being anything other than a dead rock or ball of ice. The outer system only contained a single ice giant, not much larger than Earth. In fact, it was small enough that it was reasonable to almost step out onto the surface of the thing and not be crushed by the atmosphere. Even so, sensors trained on the first planet began to paint a rather disturbing picture.<br/><br/>The planet's atmosphere was a dense, toxic soup of sulfer dioxide, carbon dioxide, and oxygen. The average surface temperature was only 10 degrees, and large swaths of the surface had been blasted with nuclear radiation that left very little if any reason to live there. Yet, even with this dangerous atmosphere, the radio waves coming in were still there, actively broadcasting into the void. The initial estimate of population centers was very wrong as well, with the total population size at only half a million, scattered across the planet in 18 separate settlements. A large moon hung over the planet, a cold lifeless rock that held little appeal to anyone beyond those who'd grown up on Luna, Earth's own moon. There were lots of conflicting sensor ghosts that slowly resolved themselves into dead and broken hulks floating in space, mainly orbiting the planet in wild and eccentric orbits, with two chunks crumpling into one another, robbing enough speed they began a lazy descent towards the planet, an estimation showing a collision into the planet's ocean.<br/><br/>Captain Galven let her department heads start collecting data and waited patiently, watching the screen and waiting for a report. They were professionals doing what needed to be done, and she was a steady hand. It would only be if they had a problem or needed to make a report that she would directly intervene.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Planetary Info</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/system/ (https://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/system/) Random Seed: 4026441</div></div>