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　　I.Kharak

　　Kharak Planetary Analysis

　　Diameter 7000kilometers

　　Circumference 21,991 kilometers

　　Density Low

　　Age 6.7billion years (approx.)

　　Hydrographic % 31

　　Population 293,050,000(approx.)

　　Kharak is a small, arid world on the inneredge of the habitability zone surrounding its star. This results in anequatorial temperature approaching the boiling point of water with large,complex life only possible in the temperate polar regions. The planet’sadvanced age means that it is well past its era of geological upheaval.

　　For the past half-billion years, the mostpowerful shaping force on its surface has been erosion. This has resulted invast, shifting deserts that have buried most of Kharak’s ancient temperatebiomes, and swallowed what was once a complex chain of small seas that girdledthe world until approximately 250 million years ago.

　　The sands that cover these once-fertilebasins are particularly treacherous, and the surface can shift hundreds ofmeters in seconds under the right conditions. There are ancient stories ofentire kiithid being wiped out while trying to migrate through this region, andeven the desert-skilled Gaalsien and Manaan give these regions the respect theyare due, and travel only on vital business.

　　Kharakid Biology

　　Modern-day biologists divide life on Kharakinto two broad categories: Native and Abnormality. Native life includes avariety of plants, animals and biota. Larger life forms include insects, aviansand several marsupial species, the largest being the friendly, knee-highomnivorous haariri. As one passes from the sheltered polar areas and into theopen deserts, the vast majority of native

　　lifeforms seek shelter under the sands orride the winds ahead of the massive sandstorms, filtering the dust for microbeswhipped up from the surface.

　　In the Abnormality category, there are onlythree lifeforms: ourselves, a few bacterial strains, and the ubiquitous andannoying riiti. In all of Kharak, only ourselves and a small, grain-eating pestshare enough common DNA and skeletal traits to be considered kin. Thus the namefor our biological category. We are clearly separate from the rest of theKharakid biosphere, as we have not found a single ancestor species forourselves or the riiti in the fossil records of the planet, while every otherform of life on Kharak seems to be connected in a great chain of being.

　　Kharakid Environment

　　While our technology has grown in leaps andbounds over the past hundred years, the greatest hindrance to expanding ourpower and control over this world is its weather. Even on days considered nominal,the only truly clear communication takes place at the poles and at sea, wherethe air is relatively clear. Over the deserts, there is so much staticgenerated by the shifting of sand that radio reception is often marginal atbest.

　　Most large storms begin their cycle in thesouthern hemisphere. One-quarter of the surface area of our world is nothingmore than a flat reflective surface, where the low-pressure superheated airrising to the edge of the ionosphere sucks cooler moist air in from the MajiirianOcean. The resulting high-speed heat exchange generates large sandstorms on anearly daily basis.

　　For the past 50 years, the rate ofsuperstorms has been increasing. The largest yet recorded covered the entiresouthern hemisphere for thirteen days, and has been cited as a majorcontributor to the loss of the Ifriit Naabal on her expedition and surveymission in 1106.

　　北方指揮部位于全體基斯的首都提爾(Tiir)

　　距離母恒星相對(duì)較近，使得卡拉克在千年的尺度上呈現(xiàn)出荒漠化

　　一、卡拉克

　　卡拉克(Kharak)星球分析

　　直徑：7000公里

　　周長(zhǎng)：21991公里

　　密度：低

　　星球年齡：67億年(大約)

　　水文情況: 31%

　　人口：2億9305萬(wàn)(大約)

　　干旱的小型星球卡拉克位于星系宜居帶的內(nèi)側(cè)，因此赤道附近的溫度接近水的沸點(diǎn)，大型復(fù)雜生命體只能在氣候溫和的極地地區(qū)生存。衰老的星球年齡意味著地質(zhì)大變遷的時(shí)代早已結(jié)束。

　　在過去的5億年里，改變星球地表形態(tài)最主要的因素是侵蝕作用。這導(dǎo)致巨大的移動(dòng)沙漠掩埋了多數(shù)卡拉克的古生物群落，并于大約2億5千萬(wàn)年前吞噬了一大批小型海洋。

　　曾經(jīng)一度肥沃的盆地現(xiàn)在被沙子所覆蓋，格外危險(xiǎn)。一旦具備條件，地表可在頃刻之間移動(dòng)數(shù)百米。有不少古老的傳說(shuō)講述一些基斯(kiithid)試圖穿越此地區(qū)時(shí)，整個(gè)都被埋葬了。甚至擅長(zhǎng)在沙漠生存的加奧森(Gaalsien)和馬南(Manaan)基斯都要對(duì)這個(gè)地區(qū)給予應(yīng)有的敬意，除非萬(wàn)不得已否則不會(huì)涉足。

　　卡拉克的生態(tài)

　　現(xiàn)代生物學(xué)家將卡拉克上的生命分為兩個(gè)寬泛的種類：本土和異常生物。本土生命包括一些動(dòng)植物和生物區(qū)系。大一些的生命形態(tài)有昆蟲，鳥類以及有袋類動(dòng)物，最大的一種是性情溫和，齊膝高的雜食性動(dòng)物“haariri”。如果從庇護(hù)所一樣的極地地區(qū)一路走到廣闊的沙漠，就會(huì)看到大部分本土生物都躲進(jìn)了沙子里，或者隨著巨型沙塵暴帶來(lái)的強(qiáng)風(fēng)扶搖直上。

　　而在異常生物這一大類當(dāng)中，只有三種生命形式：我們自己，一些菌株以及討厭的“riiti”，這種生物無(wú)處不在?？v觀整個(gè)卡拉克，只有這種身材矮小，吃谷物的害蟲和我們擁有大量共同的基因，并且骨骼類型也最相近。因此才被冠以“異常生物”這個(gè)名字。我們顯然和卡拉克生物圈的其他生物界限分明，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)星球的化石當(dāng)中并沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)任何古生物作為我們或者“riiti”的祖先，而其他的生物似乎都屬于一個(gè)整體的進(jìn)化鏈條。

　　卡拉克的環(huán)境

　　雖然在過去的幾百年當(dāng)中，科技進(jìn)步神速，但阻止我們擴(kuò)張并掌控世界的最大障礙還是天氣。就算是天氣正常的時(shí)候，真正清晰的通訊也只能在極地和海洋地區(qū)進(jìn)行，因?yàn)榭諝庀鄬?duì)清新。而在沙漠地區(qū)，由于流沙產(chǎn)生的靜電太強(qiáng)，無(wú)線電接收常常力不從心。

　　多數(shù)大型風(fēng)暴形成于南半球?？ɡ说乇淼乃姆种欢计秸饣?，低壓高熱的氣體直達(dá)電離層邊緣，從馬吉利安(Majiirian)洋當(dāng)中吸取寒冷潮濕的空氣。由此導(dǎo)致的高速熱量交換，幾乎每天都會(huì)生成巨大的沙漠風(fēng)暴。

　　半個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)，超級(jí)風(fēng)暴出現(xiàn)的幾率一直在上升。有記載的最大的一次，風(fēng)暴覆蓋了整個(gè)南半球，持續(xù)了13天。人們認(rèn)為這次風(fēng)暴導(dǎo)致了Ifriit Naabal號(hào)母艦在1106年的遠(yuǎn)征考察任務(wù)當(dāng)中失事。

　　附件：環(huán)境預(yù)測(cè)，

　　收件人：納巴-薩(NAABAL-SA)

　　根據(jù)命令，我和我的家族直系得以對(duì)1068年發(fā)射的西拉之眼(Siila's Eye)環(huán)境監(jiān)測(cè)衛(wèi)星截獲數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行分析。雖然直到10年后，數(shù)據(jù)過濾器才啟動(dòng)，但應(yīng)該足夠掩飾真相了。

　　現(xiàn)在，我們已經(jīng)多次檢查相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)，毋庸置疑，吾薩(Sa)，卡拉克正在走向末日。

　　自從理性時(shí)代以來(lái)，人們一直認(rèn)為卡拉克是個(gè)充滿活力的星球，沒人質(zhì)疑過這件事?？墒且坏奶諄?lái)看，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)黑暗的事實(shí)，即使是我們也沒有做好接受現(xiàn)實(shí)的心理準(zhǔn)備。沙漠正在全球范圍內(nèi)擴(kuò)張，比地表觀測(cè)得出的結(jié)論要快十倍。在這樣的速度下，三姊妹之海(the Seas of the Three Sisters)將在200年內(nèi)干涸。緊接著，沙漠會(huì)吞噬極地的山脈，我們最后一塊耕地也會(huì)被掩埋。而灌溉系統(tǒng)倚仗的地下水層也在縮小，比最初的推斷要快六倍。

　　即使由于對(duì)軌道殘骸開展了研究，我們?cè)谀茉春鸵苯鸱矫嫒〉昧碎L(zhǎng)足的進(jìn)步，最長(zhǎng)也不過350年，卡拉克就將無(wú)法支持我們物種的生存。我們會(huì)繼續(xù)關(guān)注這一情況，利用衛(wèi)星的幫助，改良模型。贊美您的智慧，因?yàn)槭悄鷽Q定了繼續(xù)提供資助。并且我們會(huì)繼續(xù)聽從您智慧的指示，對(duì)公眾掩飾真相。我們同意，如果將真相告知處于掙扎當(dāng)中的人民，將會(huì)引起一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難，在這個(gè)時(shí)刻，足以引發(fā)另一場(chǎng)異端戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)(Heresy Wars)。瘋狂的加奧森人會(huì)利用這場(chǎng)悲劇，宣稱這一切，就是我們種族已遭到審判的證據(jù)。

　　話雖這么說(shuō)，但紙終究包不住火。我的家族是忠誠(chéng)的，會(huì)遵從吾薩的意志。早在您的祖先重整世界秩序，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人民在提爾脫穎而出之前，我的家族就已效忠了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)。但是請(qǐng)注意，以目前的速度，過不了多久真相就將無(wú)法掩飾。最晚到下個(gè)世紀(jì)中葉，無(wú)可爭(zhēng)辯的事實(shí)將為世人所知。

　　我們只能希望，屆時(shí)，您拯救人民的計(jì)劃也將同時(shí)為世人所知。

　　-克澤爾·納巴(K`zell Naabal)

　　ADDENDUM 12MJ: ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTIONS ,ATTNNAABAL-SA

　　As ordered, my immediate family and I wereable to intercept and analyze the initial data returns from the Siila’s Eyegeneration of environmental monitoring satellites launched in 1068. Our datafilter did not engage until late the following decade, but it should besufficient to obscure the trends from which we have drawn our own conclusions.

　　We have checked and rechecked the data forfive years now, and there can be little doubt, my Sa. Kharak is dying.

　　No one since the Age of Reason would arguethat Kharak is a robust world, but even we were not prepared for the dark truththat was revealed once we were able to view this world from space. The sandsare spreading globally, nearly ten times faster than our surface observationshad suggested. At this rate, the Seas of the Three Sisters will be dry within200 years. Soon after that, the desert will overwhelm the last of the polarmountains, and the last of our arable land will be dust. The natural aquifersour irrigation systems depend upon are also shrinking, over six times fasterthan initial predictions.

　　Even with the leaps and bounds in power andmetallurgy that the orbital debris ring has brought us, our best case scenariois that in less than 350 years, Kharak will be unable to support our species.We will continue to monitor the decline and refine our models with the new lineof Eye sats. We bless your wisdom, that you have continued to fund them. And wewill defer to that same wisdom, Naabal-Sa, as we continue to obscure and hidethis data from the general public. We agree that to tell our struggling peoplethat all this progress is moot would be a disaster, at this moment. It might beenough to bring on another age of Heresy Wars. We would not put it past the madGaalsien to use this tragedy as some kind of proof our race has been judged andfound wanting.

　　That being said, no secret can stay buriedforever. My family is loyal, and will follow the will of our Sa. We have beentrue for centuries, since long before the day that our people emerged from Tiirunder your Ancestor’s rule, to set this world aright. But please be aware thatthe current rate of decline will become impossible to hide very soon. The truthwill be known and irrefutable to all by the middle of the next century at thelatest.

　　We can only hope that by then, your plan tosave our people will be revealed as well.