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Mykropht III
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Life-bearing world near a neutron star | |
 Image from Steve Bowers | |
| Mykropht III is illuminated by the local stars; a K-class orange dwarf and a neutron star. | |
System
Stars: Mykropht B (RX J1856.5-3754) a neutron star, and Mykropht A, a K-class orange dwarf
Distance from Sol: 412 ly
Constellation: Corona Australis
Planet
Name: Mykropht III
Diameter: 6099 km
Colonised: 3019 AT
A life-bearing world with a naturally-occurring radiation-tolerant ecology.
Mykropht III is a highly irradiated terrestrial life-bearing world, with a nitrogen/oxygen/NOX atmosphere and naturally-occurring radiation-tolerant microbiota. This world is subjected to the intense UV and X-ray radiation from the neutron star Mykropht B, and also illuminated by its companion, a K-class orange dwarf. The native microbiota include Xenobacter mirabilis, a hardy species of pseudo-bacterium that quickly repairs any damage to its genetic material caused by radiation.
The planet has been colonised by the Radiation Nation, radiation-resistant human-derived bionts. The surface has been divided into segments, some of which hold the original microbial biota, while others hold complex biospheres gengineered using symbiotic DNA repair systems derived from Xenobacter, or from resistant Earth species such as Deinococcus radiodurans.
The biota produced on Mykropht III and the symbiotic repair systems developed here have been used widely across the Terragen Sphere by the Radiation Nation and by many of their client species.
In the Current Era the neutron star Mykropht B has become a centre for advanced research into high-energy physics, mostly but not exclusively under the supervision of transapients who were once themselves members of the Radiation Nation.
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- Deinococcus radiodurans - Text by Anders Sandberg
Bacterium that evolved naturally on Old Earth, and has since been cultured in biohabitats throughout the galaxy. It is easily geneered to form symbiotic unrelated DNA repair systems used by soft radnads. - Hekufast
- Radiation - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
[1] Any electromagnetic waves or atomic particles that transmit energy across space.
[2] One of three modes of heat (energy) transmission through stars or planets from warm regions to cool regions.
[3] Rapid evolution of a large number of morphotypes from a single ancestor. - Radiation Nation
- Soft Radnad - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Members of the tweak synclade Radiation Nation who use highly enhanced DNA repair systems, often based on Deinococcus radiodurans and on Xenobacter mirabilis from Mykropht III. - Xenobacter Mirabilis - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Derived bacterium found on Mykropht III - easily gengineered to form symbiotic upregulated DNA repair systems used by soft radnads.
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Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev
additional material by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 08 December 2001.
additional material by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 08 December 2001.
