Amaranth (Legatus)

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This article takes place in the 26th century of Distant Worlds.

Onboard this centuries-old generational megaship, you have been instructed in everything necessary according to protocol. With that knowledge, the threat of the archdemons is now a known issue to our Milky Way Galaxy. You have all volunteered for a mission intended to establish a second human home in the universe—to preserve humankind. You have been chosen because you represent the best-trained personnel this megaship has to offer, excelling in all fields of expertise. For security reasons, you have not been told the mission's destination or how you are going to get there.

Behind General-Lieutenant Volkov, standing tall on the observation deck of The Palace, giant illuminators revealed the beauty of space before them. Through the ambient radio chatter, a clear command echoed: "Configuration locked." The first ring of the bridge began to glow as brightly as a star, thin jets of energy arcing to connect with the second ring. A dimensional event horizon formed, creating a tunnel. In a spectacular display, a magnetic solar wind erupted like a wave crashing against the shoreline, sweeping across the deck and shaking The Palace and everyone aboard.

“Behind me is The Bridge. Your megaship will pass through it, and you will find yourselves in a distant region of the observable universe. The target planet is called Amaranth, and it will serve as the starting point for your journey into the Fujin Galaxy. Our and Archangels Friends, have granted us permission to settle in their galaxy under their assistance. Be kind to the Athezians you encounter there. If the Milky Way one day falls, Fujin,alongside Edelweiss,will be the place you will call… home. Let the Amaranth Legacy be sang across the universe.”

The planet FJG-0001-0001 Or also known as Amaranth, is a Ringed Temperate Marine Jungle Terra located in Fujin Galaxy, Destiny's Reach region. Planet Amaranth was visited in late 26th Century by mission onboard The Palace megaship and two additional Colonial-construction megaships to establish permament colonial presence within Fujin Galaxy, with the help of Athezians.

The planet was chosen for its proximity to Earth's conditions, and relatively closest to The Bridge on hover outside the Fujin Galaxy. With the Distance of 53000 lightyears from The Bridge, it creates a temporal roadblock of travel time of approximetly Week, equal time amount to transfer messages to Bridge back to Milky Way. Although the problem might have solution of using Bridge's internal subnetwork, used to communicate with other bridges and maintain topological awareness, to transfer messages much faster.

Upon Arrival of the awaited fleet of The Palace and two additional colonial ships, On orbit of Amaranth had been waiting Athezians battle ship, On first sight scaring The Palace command, expecting a sabotage, but General-Lietunant reassured coordinated colonial effort from them

The Planet uniqueness fueled the host star of the Systenm, a old red dwarf M2 V class star, which shines bright red from surface of Amaranth, the planet's surface was rich in Carbon Dioxide and noticable amount of Oxygen , not the best conditions for Humans, which required fixing, noticable half of the planet's surface were lakes and rivers, and tiny loosy islands within the rivers. the lake and river systems on the planet received a name "River Song". The planet tectonically was relatively calm and did not show any signs of potential risks to the colony from its activity, the poor reddish vegetation on the surface of planet meant the carbon dioxide-oxygen recycling was poor on the planet, and a global seeding was required, Fortunately the gardens and farms onboard The Palace could provide initial required amount to sustain production of seeds on surface of the planet to process with terraformation

The Legacy of Amaranth

The Colonisation Efforts of Amaranth began in late 26th Century as the Mission, meant to create permament Human colony in Fujin Galaxy, in worst case scenario of Milky Way repeating the story with Archdemons, It's distance from the Fujin Bridge created temporal problems for logistical issues, the Week long travel time meant the Crew had to manage their resources more sacred until the freighters would arrive, The two Colonial ships were equiped with everything necessary to transport Industrial and Construction equipment on the Surface of Amaranth to process with initial construction, one of the megaships had several mining shuttles docked onto it, using swarm of probes decent density of trojan asteroids were observed within the system, potentialy containing resources which will greatly sustain the manufactury and colonial process. noticable discovery was the Roseus-Stellar Helium Lagrangian Cloud, rich in isotopes of Helium-3, secondary fuel source to ships and Reactors. Onboard The Palace were available docked private ships in Science and Freighter sectors, capable of atmospheric landing, two out of five science ships with crews departed on surface of Amaranth to probe a suitable place near a river or a sea to found the city on.

Environment of Amaranth

The Lilac Continent

The surface of Amaranth second continent consist of desert and sands, but a noticable primary giant continent on the Planet has vibrant purplish flora on the surface, presence of any fauna was not discovered, but bacterial microorganica was noticed within the soil of the planet, it was a sign that the soil might be compatible for agriculture. The Lilac Continent takes up nearly 50% of the land mass on the planet, just divided by both sides by enourmous unsuitable ocean with tiny islands to the desert continent. Due to relatively dim star in the sky, planet Amaranth receives noticably less solar energy compared to other settled worlds by humanity. on the Lilac Continent predominantly grows reddish to magenta gradient colorification flora, The grass dominates majority of the continent, with Trees appearing in more concrete locations within biomes.