Nijin-Ruzhkà

The second closest planet to the star in the Nijin-Laj system.

Planetary information

• Planet mass: 0.19743 M⊕

• planet diameter: 0.59944 D⊕ [diameter 7638.12 Km]

• Axial tilt: 3°21'

• average mean temperature: 225.13°C [437.234°F]

• bond Albedo: 10%

• greenhouse effect: 0.14157°C

Atmosphere

• H₂S (41.2%)

• SO₂ (25.9%)

• N₂ (18.8%)

• CO₂ (13.1%)

• C₂H₄ (0.826%)

• Other gases (<1%)

Geography

Nijin-Ruzhkà is a barren planet covered in craters.
While the planet itself is of little to no importance, in its orbit several interesting discoveries were made.
In 2502 the first Human contact with Precursor technologies outside the machines was made, when a starship's communication device captured a signal from the planet; what hailed back at her was a distorted voice speaking in Lithen. Recordings of the event are archived in the Museum of Precursor technology in the city of Tzartzé, Zhem-Makhreq.
Although many unmanned expeditions were sent, none managed to replicate the pilot's encounter with the being.
Since then Humanity has observed a variety of objects in the planet's orbit, many of which speculated to be of Precursor origin.
In 2561, during the brief time Precursor technologies cam to life, a signal from the planet was tranmitted; originating far under the surface; when Humanity tuned in to the frequence, what it received was a mix of incoherent signals and, surprisingly, a small section of clear sound came through, a pre-recorded conversation in Lithen between two Precursors.
The message translated was "...we're happy to... the... of the... space station! here everyone will... fuel and..."; after a while of other unintelligeable sound the message came back saying, "We must inform everybody... will be coming to the station... to properly... as she... alpha.".
There was a notable difference between the two voices heard in the messages; the first was raspy and fast, with few pauses inbetween words, the second voice was very deep, talking slower, with clicks and a constant faint screeching in the background as if it was a second voice.

Alternative Name(s)

Mantell, HIP 531 A-2

Type

Planet