Tetta

Tetta is the third planet within the Youtov star system, it is home to many primitive ariel species. Species on Tetta are separated into complex categories involving culture-like complexities rather than biological differences.

General

Tetta is tidally locked to its parent star and orbits every approx 15 days, temperatures across its surface are about the same globally due to Tetta's thick atmosphere and close proximity to its parent star. A notable peculiarity about the planet is that it is covered entirely, except for a few islands, in an incredibly shallow, and salty ocean, comprised of water (H20) and various other minerals. The average depth of Tetta's oceans is two inches, with its deepest depth approx. one meter. This shallow ocean is due to Tetta's very flat topography, on average it changes very little, aside from islands, there are only one or two meter fluxuations in topography across the world. This flat landscape is due to the salt and brine that builds up around the globe as it is settles on the shallow seas floor.

Climate

Tetta's climate is hot and arid. At sea level, many off world creatures would die or struggle to survive in Tetta's extreme biosphere. Tetta's oceans boil away constantly, due to the immense heat at its surface. Massive rain clouds form and travel to the permanent dark side of the world, where huge rainstorms occur, replenishing the shallow oceans. Standing on the surface, Tetta is difficult to live on, which is why very few species utilize the surface. Most species thrive in the air above the surface, in Tetta's skies.

Lifeforms

Many species inhabit Tetta, most being ariel. The majority use hydrogen inflated bags to float around 15-30km above the surface, using a photosynthesis-like process to acquire nutrients. Because of this, 99.5% of all life on Tetta lives on the light side of the planet, with only 0.5% inhabiting the darkside of the world. And even then, most darkside inhabitants make periodic journeys to the lightside for some length of time.

Geography

Tetta has shallow oceans, islands, volcanos, smooth-mountain ranges and large salt deposits. On clear days, large dark patches spread across the surface can be seen from space. These aren't a geological feature, rather one of the rare lifeforms that live on Tetta's surface. These dark patches are big swarms of bacteria like organisms.