Star Log date 24 delta sixth circle of scroubley; Captain Sheriden reporting:
We have just arrived in the area known as the ray dunes. The "rays" that occupy they area actually show a tremendous amount of variety. Which is an uncommon thing for creatures that don't seem to have evolved here or around here but seem to have all been relocated here. Although some are occasionally seen far away from the dunes, it is actually quite uncommon for any of the rays cataloged here to be seen very far away from here. One of the particular species of rays seem to possess an electrical discharge/ absorption ability. In fact a member of a ship studying these particular rays lost at least 2 members of their crew to petting the rays before they realized that this particular specie was the discharging type. We have additionally sustained slight damage to our hull from numerous near collisions with some of these majestic creatures. Thankfully they haven't done more then short out our electrical shields and leave a few light scoring marks.
Some of the crew are a little afraid to go out and repair the damage while the rays remain close. Some of the crew decided to look up an old biologist and wild life enthusiast named Steve Irwin. His nickname was the Crocodile hunter. His unfortunate death has led to a number of the crew most particularly aware of extraneous portions of the dune rays anatomy, despite the rays not have a single sharp object in their posterior (that is known to strike....).
One of our crew members did receive some electrical burns through their suit when they got a little too over zealous about exploring the rays. Upon noticing the crew member, the ray immediately propelled itself away while sending out an electrical current. Without time to react, the crew woman was slapped and shocked and sent adrift with a twitch. We recovered crew woman Georgia and she is now recovering quite well.
The area of the dunes is called so due to the numerous thin sheets of dust and asteroids that are all around this sector. The clouds are not irradiated like the lily Nebulae so do not glow in pretty colors. Yet the light from the nearby stars seems to not only be so strong as to light up vast expanses, but the layout of many of the stellar bodies seems to reflect the light back in a way that makes the whole area light up like a vast desert. This phenomenon is believed to have been created by at least 2 of the planetary bodies in the system having collided. One of these bodies has been called Exillius and the other believed body has been called Dualuorientus for the belief that it was a planet like object that for some reason fell out of orbit and directly collided with Exillius. The debris pattern is what we see now as the habitat for these numerous rays. Some think that if there were any sentience in the rays that they may have had some part in it. Although the motive for this is unclear, it is also considered rather ridiculous that rays that can naturally traverse space would loose the intelligence required to perform such a feet and then simply wait around to be discovered for their assault on a planet that, as far as we know, had no discernible form of life. Another theory claims that if the rays do indeed come from the area, that perhaps they were one of the species that inhabited one of the two planetoid before destruction and upon destruction of their home planet (or planets...) that they adapted to the vacuum of space. This is also another outlandish concoction that doesn't take into account the instantaneous effects of planets colliding which leaves roughly 37 hours to "adapt" to the new environment. Then again maybe they just wondered into the area after the whole thing went down and decided to set up shop.
Regardless of any past transgressions against or by untraceable species, the area has become a sort of tourist attraction for those who can afford the trip which requires at the very least a lot of rubber insulation. In addition to this we are including an updated map of our journey up to this point.
That is what we're pretty much covering for this week. Next week we're going to stop near a relatively friendly sector to explore what is believed to be a relative of the space whale. So long!
The area of the dunes is called so due to the numerous thin sheets of dust and asteroids that are all around this sector. The clouds are not irradiated like the lily Nebulae so do not glow in pretty colors. Yet the light from the nearby stars seems to not only be so strong as to light up vast expanses, but the layout of many of the stellar bodies seems to reflect the light back in a way that makes the whole area light up like a vast desert. This phenomenon is believed to have been created by at least 2 of the planetary bodies in the system having collided. One of these bodies has been called Exillius and the other believed body has been called Dualuorientus for the belief that it was a planet like object that for some reason fell out of orbit and directly collided with Exillius. The debris pattern is what we see now as the habitat for these numerous rays. Some think that if there were any sentience in the rays that they may have had some part in it. Although the motive for this is unclear, it is also considered rather ridiculous that rays that can naturally traverse space would loose the intelligence required to perform such a feet and then simply wait around to be discovered for their assault on a planet that, as far as we know, had no discernible form of life. Another theory claims that if the rays do indeed come from the area, that perhaps they were one of the species that inhabited one of the two planetoid before destruction and upon destruction of their home planet (or planets...) that they adapted to the vacuum of space. This is also another outlandish concoction that doesn't take into account the instantaneous effects of planets colliding which leaves roughly 37 hours to "adapt" to the new environment. Then again maybe they just wondered into the area after the whole thing went down and decided to set up shop.
Regardless of any past transgressions against or by untraceable species, the area has become a sort of tourist attraction for those who can afford the trip which requires at the very least a lot of rubber insulation. In addition to this we are including an updated map of our journey up to this point.
That is what we're pretty much covering for this week. Next week we're going to stop near a relatively friendly sector to explore what is believed to be a relative of the space whale. So long!
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