Within Aylathiya, most still cling to natural bodies. While currently a cultural practice, preferring planets emerged from the unreliability of ancient space habitats. In Sedrua especially, habitats were so dangerous that few would willingly leave their home worlds. By the Un'oit Ascension, however, advances in space technology were forcibly granted to most of Aylathiya. Around Argotihya, most people live in space, separated from the vacuum by centimeters of material. This situation proved advantageous as Argothiya remains a major star system. Currently, the gas giant of Vossen is the capital of the Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya.

Argothiya exists within one of Cosmoria's arms. Its intense solar winds created a halo of gas and dust around itself, tearing a hole in the arm around its heliosphere. Occalia and Kajupto spawned the Timporians and the Viphians respectively. Punished with constant radiation, the life of these worlds evolved in unique ways. The molten Occalia has an ecosystem dominated by rock-like organisms. On Kajupto, immobile structures take advantage of the metal-rich crust to grow. Their spores, capable of movement, approximate a normal ecosystem. All Argothiya's satellites host native life, from the acid pools of Sechfier to the clouds of Vossen and every planet, and major moon, in between. Thanks to Ma'eau, the system is exceptionally fertile.

Planets

Name	Type	Moons	Description
Occalia	Lava World	Camelt, Xolt	Occalia is the home of the Timporians and a high-energy ecosystem in which distinctions between "producer" and "consumer" organisms do not exist. Niches as a whole do not exist on this world. The organisms on Occalia are technically just spindles of fiber, muscle, and nerve tissue that inhabit or construct large inorganic structures. This structure grants nearly every species the ability to change its appearance, shape, and even size. Small rocks, drops of molten material, and even other organisms are suitable hosts. A little over one thousand of these spindles comprise the average Timporian.
Kajupto	Marine World	Nacre	Kajupto is a metal-rich world home to a low-energy ecosystem in which classical predator-prey relationships are uncommon. Given the dim light it receives, there is not enough plant life to sustain what would normally be called "animals." However, massive, slowly growing, plants dominate the surface. These plants poke out of the ocean even at its deepest points. Their highly evolved defense mechanisms make life in the oceans difficult. Most plants spend centuries accumulating enough energy to release spores onto land. These mobile spores compete for resources and create a unique terrestrial ecosystem in which gathering nutrients, not energy, is the greatest goal. The Viphians evolved cooperation and, eventually, intelligence as their spore phase increased in length.
Sechfier	Ocean World	None	Sechfier is a small desert world that clings onto a thin atmosphere despite Argothiya's punishing radiation. Single-celled organisms thrive in seasonal ponds that form at the poles. In the summer, they gather all the needed nutrients to brave the harsh winters. The small cells completely dry themselves out before freezing, bypassing what would otherwise be deadly ice crystal formation.
Yuhapta	Terrestrial World	Ano, Amaalt, Mahs	Yuhapta is a frigid world whose temperatures never allow for liquid water. However, without enough liquid methane to sustain a significant cryospheric ecosystem, the world remains barren. Life on Yuhapta was only discovered ten thousand years before the present day and, by then, significant populations had already settled on the planet. It is unclear if Ma'eau introduced this life or if it is an invasive species, but it seems highly adapted to the environment on Yuhapta.
Vossen	Gas Giant	Roki, Ai, Pekoe, Boa, Gumi, Yowacht, Korosch	Vossen is a large gas giant that contains more mass within it than twice that of its fellow planets. With many minor moons and seven major satellites, Vossen had long since been a target for colonization by both of Argothiya's species. By 90,000 CE, more people lived around Vossen and its moons than on either home world. Since its moons made transportation, communication, and manufacturing much easier, it naturally grew to dominate the politics of the system. One of the largest megastructures, by sheer mass, is the Vossen Bands, two orbital rings that stretch across the planet. Cells suspended in Vossen's atmosphere represent most of the biomass in the Argothiya system.

Abridged History

Astropolitics