53rd Squadron – Athena Squadron

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Tova Survey (53-57213122-M)

Solar Grid Location: 6E
DIAMETER: 4,076 km
MASS: 4.84 x 10e24 kg
TERRAIN: N/A
TEMPERATURE:N/A
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 15.42 km/sec

Brief

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The Planet orbits Salina at 15 clicks and neighbours Socorro and Jericho. Tovas surface is a fairly dry wasteland with neither flora nor fauna instead it consist of several layers that formed trays and mountain ranges. Analyzation of the atmosphere indicates a composition made up from Carbon Dioxide and Helium, considering the Silica and Ironoxid filled ground the 53rd believes that the atmosphere once held oxygen but an cataclysmic event of extreme size destroyed it. This could be related to the short distance between Tova and Socorro and the heat that Socorro emits. Other than that the planet seems stable and no signs of seismic activity where measured. Interesting enough Tova appearse to have the same geographical sizes as planet Oraibi.


Mineral Survey

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The exploration of the surface showed 4 different points of interest: Site C-19, F-90, H-115 and F-87.
The map shows the different layers, while H-115 resides on the highest tray which is approximatly 2km above ground level. C-87 being the lowest.

The heighest point of interest is Site: H-115 with 5km above the 2km high tray. H-115 peaks at the top of the mountain named Tova-gM5-H115. It maily consits of ironoxid ore that are most likely remenants of the formerly existing oxgyen filled atmosphere, and supposedly long dried out humidity. The mountain top itself is rather flat, reason for that is unknown. Tova-gM5-H115 seems stable, no signs of seismic activity what so ever. Scanners also indicate thate the the small deposits on the mountain foots, H-110,H-112 and H-116 consist of smaller but not unimportant Silicat remenants.
Site F-90 lies on a huge cliff connecting the ground tray and the 2k tray. The wall itself is rather rough and consist mainly out of Silicates with faint traces of
Beryllium, unfortunately to a point where Beryllium mining wouldn't be worth the cost, the Silicates however are present in large quanities. Near the wall are several smaller holes that go around 100 meter into the surface. F-91,F-92 as well as F-93 all share the same combination of minerals such as site F-90.
The C-19 Site is a lower tray with about 1 km above ground level in height. C-19 consist of a large smooth and flat area that again is mainly made of Silicates. The Area was so smooth on the surface that is was complicated walking on it, it felt almost like walking on top of a deeply frozen sea. Scanners assume huge ressource filled caves beneath the flat, to gather them drillings would be necessary. few lesser smooth areaswere found spread around the flat, thos need further analyzation.
The last site is F-87, to our suprise F-87 is a around 500m deep cut that leads straight into the planet. The surface area around the opening has no important minerals to note, but the hidden potential is still there. the depth and the side caverns inside the main cave need to be explored further.

Extraction

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I'd advise to build an outpost next to side C-19 as well as next to F-90. Even though the moutain top H-115 seems fitting, leaving there on foot would be pretty much impossible due to the great fall. Before any further mining operations starts i would also devise exploring the cave F-87, who knows what could be in there.