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Capella Four was the fourth [[planet]] orbiting the double star [[Capella (star)|Capella]] in the constellation [[Auriga]]. As both stars were quite hot, Capella Four was a warm world, with a [[desert]]-like biome. | Capella Four was the fourth [[planet]] orbiting the double star [[Capella (star)|Capella]] in the constellation [[Auriga]]. As both stars were quite hot, Capella Four was a warm world, with a [[desert]]-like biome. | ||
Its native life was remarkable for its uniformity: native flora was dominated by plants resembling [[Earth]]'s bracken fern (twenty-six species, all identical except for size), while native fauna was restricted to eighteen species of a nocturnal [[spider]]-like creature, also identical except for size. The fern-like plants and spider-like creatures were all consumable by [[human]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | Its native life was remarkable for its uniformity: native flora was dominated by plants resembling [[Earth]]'s bracken fern (twenty-six species, all identical except for size), while native fauna was restricted to eighteen species of a nocturnal [[spider]]-like creature, also identical except for size. The fern-like plants and spider-like creatures were all consumable by [[human]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Steal from the World (short story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
At one point in its distant past, the planet was an outpost of the now-vanished [[Aurigan]] civilisation. | At one point in its distant past, the planet was an outpost of the now-vanished [[Aurigan]] civilisation. | ||
In [[2563]], [[archaeologist]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] visited the planet to find traces of the Aurigan civilisation. Shortly after being dropped off on the planet, she fell off a [[cliff]], breaking both [[leg]]s. It took her almost a month to crawl back to the dig site, during which she subsisted on [[night crawler]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[2563]], [[archaeologist]] [[Bernice Summerfield]] visited the planet to find traces of the Aurigan civilisation. Shortly after being dropped off on the planet, she fell off a [[cliff]], breaking both [[leg]]s. It took her almost a month to crawl back to the dig site, during which she subsisted on [[night crawler]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Steal from the World (short story)}}) | ||
Years later, Bernice recalled the dig on Auriga as one of the worst things that ever happened to her. ([[PROSE]]: | Years later, Bernice recalled the dig on Auriga as one of the worst things that ever happened to her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Parasite (novel)}}) | ||
Later, Bernice told [[!Ci!ci-tel]], [[WiRgo!xu]], [[!qu-!qu-tala]] and [[John Lafayette]] about her experience on Capella Four, where she learned her lesson about always being prepared. ([[PROSE]]: | Later, Bernice told [[!Ci!ci-tel]], [[WiRgo!xu]], [[!qu-!qu-tala]] and [[John Lafayette]] about her experience on Capella Four, where she learned her lesson about always being prepared. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Walking to Babylon (novel)}}) | ||
In [[2599]], Bernice returned to Capella Four on assignment from the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. ([[PROSE]]: | In [[2599]], Bernice returned to Capella Four on assignment from the [[Braxiatel Collection]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Steal from the World (short story)}}) | ||
[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] | ||
