chronica-interstellaris

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Galactic Date - Y0000-M00-D15 - Captain Graxxall

Reports just got back; biologically, it is more similar to plants than animals. it appears to engage in photosynthesis, absorbing H2O and CO2 and producing Glucose and O2; however, it is uncertain where the high levels of carbon dioxide within the shallow waters here could come from, as this is the only organism so far discovered on this planet, although all signs seem to point to something... else, which may also live here.

In the morning, I plan to sent a manned mission deeper into the planet's lakes to discover the mystery source of CO2. The secretion appears to be excess H2O, phosphorus, and glucose. However, the exact reason for this excretion is still unknown. Our team believes it might help it cool off in the warmer temperatures of the surface of the planet, or perhaps as a way of keeping itself moist for as long as possible.

As of now, the team has decided to attempt dissecting it to learn more about its anatomy, but until then, we are deeming this species Primum Coelum, and adding it's data to the ship's scanner.

I am transmitting the data back to home base. I will also transmit any further details when they are discovered.

-- Captain Graxxall

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Galactic Date - Y0000-M00-D00 - Captain Graxxall

This is commander Graxxall of ship Thetho-1090A, reporting back to the Hmond station on planet Gazaalt; We appear to have discovered life; not just life, but multicellular organisms. They are small, only about the size of a tooth, and appear not to have a discernable nervous system, or circulatory system, or even specialized cells, and are more so a simple clump of cells than a full-fledged plant or animal. We're taking it back on board for further analysis. My team believes that this organism may be in an infantile or larval state; it appears to leak strange ooze once ever hour it is not submerged in dihydrogen monoxide; this substance is, thankfully, not corrosive, and seemingly benign under dermal contact. It seems to mainly inhabit shallow lakes of dihydrogen monoxide, which are abundant on the surface of this planet.

It seems entirely sessile, with no muscular system. It does not seem to have photoreceptive organs, although it does seem adverse to certain chemical compounds, notably sodium chloride. Though it possesses no distinguished cellular structures, it also has a small shell, though this shell seems to be mainly made of abiotic matter.

I am requesting permission to send potential extraterrestrial organisms back to base in order to get a more complex analysis;

-- Commander Graxxall