General Info

Aquais is a sub-earth 0.625 times the mass of Earth, and is a frozen eyeball planet, with one side wet and habitable, and the other frozen and inhospitable. It is like this for similar reasons to Vilos, as it only orbits at 1.5 Million km, only 5 lunar distance. It is also young, at only 2.9 billion years old, similar to the other planets in the Cergal Sub-System.

Climate

The climate is mostly liner as you get further from the point where Aquais is locked to Cergal, with temperatures at the lock point reaching 320 kelvin (46.95 celsius), and at the far point, it drops to 250 kelvin (-23.15 celsius). The planet does have storms and clouds that go in lattitude-like circles centered at the planet’s lock point, and the general climate in the ocean is similar to that of California’s coastline.

Biology

If you were to only look at the land, all you would see is barren rock and pebbles. Under the waves is a completley different story. Aquais is home to a total of 12 known species, 6 are microbial, 2 are similar to plants, and 4 are similar to cambrian era large multicellular life, and 6 of those are bioluminescent (3 microbial, 1 plant like, and 2 multicellular).

The Yritu

The most notable of these species is the multicellular herbivore Yritusa Aquaris (Better known as The Yritu) (Pronounced Ritusa Aquaris (Scientific) or Ritu (Common), which are similar to trilobites. They are usually 40 cm (0.4 m or 1.31 ft) long, and are usually 15 kilograms (33 lbs). They are gennerally friendly to Extra-Aquain life, and are hardy, with them quite easily being able to be transported to Dir Kanil, and even survive in the dryer climate. They are found everywhere there is liquid water on Aquais, and are even observed to go on land from time to time! They are also known to live together in massive groups called colonies, which can range from 50 to over 5 thousand induviduals!

Geography

The three most notable locations are
1.Serpent Island
2.Catron Bay
3.Qualtor Beach Colony

1.Serpent Island is an island that looks like a snake, that’s it.

2.Catron Bay is a large, shallow bay reigon teeming with bioluminescent life.

3.The Qualtor Beach Colony is the largest colony of Yritu, with there being a current known total of over 10,000 individuals that call this beach and it’s coastal waters home.

Conclusion

Aquais is a great place to be if you like seeing gas giants and similar looking objects in the sky, have an interest in marine biology, and just want to be on an interesting young planet.