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When spectrogaphic scans and remote atmospheric tests were conducted on the primary moon of Chu'ot--"Eayn"-- during humanity's survey phase a few days before landing, they showed a world unlike any humanity had thus far encountered. Its surface was mostly water, with tropical archipelagoes trailing from its largest continents. Each island showed a mostly distinct biome with unique flora, fauna, and sub-species of Kig-Yar and other post-avian species. Atmospheric results showed a significant number of mutagens in the moon's atmosphere, which were theorized to have an accelerating effect on the process of speciation. As one scientist remarked a few days after the diplomatic mission was concluded: {{Quote|It was an entire planet of Darwin's finches.}} | When spectrogaphic scans and remote atmospheric tests were conducted on the primary moon of Chu'ot--"Eayn"-- during humanity's survey phase a few days before landing, they showed a world unlike any humanity had thus far encountered. Its surface was mostly water, with tropical archipelagoes trailing from its largest continents. Each island showed a mostly distinct biome with unique flora, fauna, and sub-species of Kig-Yar and other post-avian species. Atmospheric results showed a significant number of mutagens in the moon's atmosphere, which were theorized to have an accelerating effect on the process of speciation. As one scientist remarked a few days after the diplomatic mission was concluded: {{Quote|It was an entire planet of Darwin's finches.}} | ||
Except these natural mutagens hadn't stopped at the bounds of Eayn, they had trailed the Kig-Yar from planet to asteroid, causing radical differences in physiology as they adapted to the many environments of the Y'Deio system, such as the rugged Ibie'shans of the large volcanic sub-continent "Ibie'sh", who had retained more features of the Kig-Yar's common reptilian ancestor. Most troubling to the envoys that engaged in diplomatic talks with the Kig-Yar were reports of "ghost Jackals" who long ago forsook the bounds of gravity and adapted fully to a life of piracy in zero-g. The few accounts that Kig-Yar leaders were willing to divulge told of a nearly-feral race, devoid of feathers or skin coloration, with limbs and bodies stretched to unnerving proportions. Humanity has as yet not encountered a member of these sub-species firsthand, though ideas have begun to circulate within the intelligence community of making contact with the void dwellers to aid in the exploration of numerous Forerunner sites being studied in UEG space. | Except these natural mutagens hadn't stopped at the bounds of Eayn, they had trailed the Kig-Yar from planet to asteroid, causing radical differences in physiology as they adapted to the many environments of the Y'Deio system, such as the rugged Ibie'shans of the large volcanic sub-continent "Ibie'sh", who had retained more features of the Kig-Yar's common reptilian ancestor, or the arctic sub-species, which retained the downy plumage of their fledglings throughout adult life to resist the cold. Most troubling to the envoys that engaged in diplomatic talks with the Kig-Yar were reports of "ghost Jackals" who long ago forsook the bounds of gravity and adapted fully to a life of piracy in zero-g. The few accounts that Kig-Yar leaders were willing to divulge told of a nearly-feral race, devoid of feathers or skin coloration, with limbs and bodies stretched to unnerving proportions. Humanity has as yet not encountered a member of these sub-species firsthand, though ideas have begun to circulate within the intelligence community of making contact with the void dwellers to aid in the exploration of numerous Forerunner sites being studied in UEG space. | ||
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