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 ====== Merén ======
-The inhabited planet of [[inhabited planets|Merén]] is the only inhabited moon occupied by the [[humans|human]] race.
+The inhabited "planet" of [[inhabited planets|Merén]] is the only inhabited moon occupied by the [[humans|human]] race.
-Merén orbits the gas giant ''Series'' a bit like our ''Io'' orbits ''Jupiter'' but it is a non-planar orbit. Merén is a beautiful world that has some of the most unusual geology in the universe, but it is also lethal. It is 1.12 mass of the earth even though is 1.8 the size because it is not made up of a solid iron core but rather a magnetic form of berylium silicate / americum alloy.
+== Planetary Dynamics ==
-Merén is one of many other moons that orbit the gas giant, but the little world is the innermost moon of 5 conspicuously large moons. The gravity of the giant ''series'', and the large gang of 4 moons outside of it causes the crust to swell and buckle every orbit. (once every 24 hours Merén orbits geosynchronously locked to ''series'') this means the interior is highly volcanic and the volcanic activity centers around the face that faces the gas giant ([[rivenface]]). The side of the planet that perpetually faces the gas giant is so volcanic it is uninhabitable and the boundary to the polar death zone is known to the inhabitants as the [[Rivenwall of Merén|rivenwall]].
+Merén orbits the gas giant ''Series'' a bit like our ''Io'' orbits ''Jupiter'' but it is a 7 degrees removed non-planar orbit. As are all the moons. It is thought the gas giant is actually a captured super giant that has destroyed or recruited all the original system objects. Merén is a beautiful world, with stunning skies, and it has some of the most unusual geology in the universe: It is 1.12 mass of the earth even though is 1.8 the size because it is not made up of a solid iron core but rather a non-magnetic form of berylium silicate on a magnetic iron berylium alloy molten core. In fact it is the single most abundant source of berylium in the known universe.
-Merén is extremely Volcanic: The [[rivenface]] is locked to the gas giant and because the whole moon is flexed once every orbit Merén spews out enormous amounts of volcanic debris into the atmosphere every day. Normally the world of Merén would be far too caustic, poisonous and sulphurous to sustain any life. In fact not only is it highly volcanically active but the interior is liquid throughout with the crust being so thin as to be argueable in the pole facing the gas giant. The volcanos are so enormous they poison the atmosphere for a large portion of the hemisphere and create incredible tensions ecologically. Carbon Dioxide continually spews out.
+Merén orbits the gas giant once every 24.009 hours and rotates on it's own axis once every 24.009 hours too. There is a slight polar axial tilt of 19 degrees but it is largely geosynchronously locked to continually face the gas giant on the "[[rivenface|riven face]]". Merén has poles, but also an antriven and a riven hemisphere.
-Merén is able to sustain life because of its thick wet atmosphere, and the huge ridge of mountains that ring the rivenface, cutting off a circular ocean on a plateux. This ocean/mountain complex - together with the fact that Merén has a highly wet atmosphere means it is able to be suprisingly stable. In short Merén is a very watery world with incredibly consistant weather systems. Wet warm weather runs continually at surface level towards the riven face - where it never stops raining, and has not stopped for millions of years.
+Merén is one of many other moons that orbit the gas giant, but the little world is the innermost moon of 5 conspicuously large moons. The gravity of the giant ''series'', and the large gang of 4 moons outside of it causes the crust to swell and buckle every orbit. (once every 24 hours Merén orbits geosynchronously locked to ''series'') this means the interior is highly volcanic and the volcanic activity centers around the face that faces the gas giant ([[rivenface]]). The riven side of the planet that perpetually faces the gas giant is so volcanic it is uninhabitable and the boundary to the death zone is known to the inhabitants as the [[Rivenwall of Merén|rivenwall]].
-The rain itself is what the locals call "the [[rivenwall]]". It rains so hard and thickly it is basicaly inpenetrable. This waterfall from the sky dissolves the posion and caustic misery of the rivenface which flows into a landlocked ocean of poisonous filth. This ocean boils into the cautic melting pot of the volcanos where the water is pumped back into the air to super saturate it and the poisons are recalled into the moons core.
+== Volcanism ==
+Merén is extremely Volcanic: The [[rivenface]] is locked towards the gas giant and because the whole moon is flexed once every orbit, Merén spews out enormous amounts of volcanic debris into the atmosphere every day. Normally the world of Merén would be far too caustic, poisonous and sulphurous to sustain any life. In fact not only is it highly volcanically active but the interior is liquid throughout with the crust being so thin as to be argueable in the pole facing the gas giant. The volcanos are so enormous they poison the atmosphere for a large portion of the hemisphere and create incredible tensions ecologically. Carbon Dioxide continually spews out from the volcanoes of Merén.
+Merén is able to sustain life because of its thick wet atmosphere, and the huge ridge of mountains that ring the rivenface, the mountains are so high they cut off a huge circular ocean on a plateux. This ocean/mountain plateaux - together with the fact that Merén has a highly wet atmosphere means it is able to be suprisingly stable. In short Merén is a very watery world with incredibly consistant weather systems, mildly seasonal every 378 days due to the orbit eccentricity broadly speaking the more "antriven" you go from the latrator the colder it gets, snowy at the poles. Wet warm weather runs continually at surface level towards the riven face - where it never stops raining, and has not stopped for millions of years.
+The acid rain itself is what the locals call "the [[rivenwall]]". It rains so hard and thickly it is basically inpenetrable - underfoot is a slipery murderous mulch that seeps into the posion sea, the berylite geology being very resistant to acid erosion. This acid waterfall from the sky dissolves the posion and caustic misery of the rivenface which fills a landlocked ocean of poisonous filth. This ocean boils into the cautic melting pot of the volcanos where the water is pumped back into the air to super saturate it and the poisons are recalled into the moons core.
+== Population ==
+Humans living on Merén are immune to berylliosis.