In any variant or non-OTU TU I use, Earthlikes do not predominate (as realistically they shouldn't) unless extensive terraformation took place. Think
Alien or
Total Recall (except for the ultra-easily-brakeable-pressure-glasses from Total Recall, that is), not
Star Trek or
Star Wars. That said, I'll copy and paste a description of a non-inhabitable (though almost inhabitable) world from my old ATU originally posted
here:
New Arkham, D323264-9, Government Terraformation Project #63
Date of Information: 13-April-2398
- Originally a Dust World with a trace Carbon Dioxide/Methane atmosphere and no free-running water, but extensive above- and sub-surface water ice present.
- Planetological and fossile evidence, as well as the presence of viable quasi-flora spores, suggest that the world once had a warmer, wet period in the distant past (approximately 734 million years ago), in which life - up to very complex pesudo-vertebrate fauna - has flourished. The cause of this world's freezing (referred to as the Cataclysm) is yet to be determined, though existing evidence tend to point towards a planetoid-collision model.
- Geological activity is low to marginal, though remaining core and mantle heat has kept a small percentage (estimated 1%-3.5%) of the deep sub-surface water in a liquid state even before the terraformation process has begun.
- Terraformation began 4-June-2337, and involved deliberate ice-comet bombardment, orbital mirrors and extensive mantle drilling.
- On-world colony established 17-March-2375 to accomodate terraformation-factory support personnell.
- Atmospheric chemical processing and initial microbial and algaeal seeding began 24-July-2376.
- Current atmosphere classified as
Very Thin, Tainted, with not enough Oxygen concentration to allow free breathing and with lingering Carbon Dioxide still in the toxic range, dictating the use of combined Compressor/Filter Masks outside of pressurized environments.
- Temperature is still low, ranging from 10C annual avarage on the equator to -70C annual avarage in polar regions. Permanent bodies of free-running above-surface water exist only in equatorial and near-equatorial regions due to that reason.
- Cold-weather clothes recommended for outdoor activity even near the equator, especially during the night when temperature could fall down to -30C when the world is in Aphelion.
Colony of New Arkham
- As of 13-April-2398, New Arkham had a total population of 438, not including the crew of the
Lady Viviane Orbital, consisting of 411 adults and 27 children.
- The entire adult population is composed of terraformation crews, their support personnell and administrative staff members. All children were born locally.
- New Arkham is headed by Governess Olga Leveksky on behalf of the Solar Triumvirate, and peace is being kept by a police/security force of 8 personnell, giving a police ratio of one police/security officer per 54.75 total residents.
- 9% of the adult population are governmental employees. The remaining 91% are employees of the
Martian Mechanics Corporation contracted by the Solar Triumvirate government. Unemployment is at 0%, and the avarage per-capita income is Cr16,315.85 per annum.
---
Ok, more data on the New Arkham system, made using LBB6. Note that the captain of the exploration ship that first surveyed the system was quite a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft's writings; despite initial bureaucratic resistance, his Cthulhu-Mythos-related names stuck.
</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">ORBIT NAME UPP REMARKS
Primary Yog-Shothoth K0 V Solitary
0 Cthulhu Y200164-8 Survey Base, Pop. 17
7 Dagon Y500000-0
60 Hydra Y100000-0
1 Planetoid Belt Y000000-0
2* New Arkham D323264-9 Mainworld, Pop. 438
3 New Kingsport YS00000-0</pre>[/QUOTE]
