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Eganfodugbe
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| Feral balloonbots in the atmosphere of Eganfodugbe | |
System Data Panel: | |
| Overview | System Data Panel: Primary: JD 11425510 Type: K3V Star Luminosity: 0.2 x Sol Distance from Sol: 262 ly Standard Galactic Coordinates: -140, 215, -60 |
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Eganfodugbe Data Panel: | |
| Overview | Planet: Eganfodugbe Type: PsychroJovian Diameter: 128898 km |
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History of Eganfodugbe
Eganfodugbe was the target of a long-range autonomous probe sent in the Early Federation. This probe was a subsophont, neumann-capable model programmed to create a fleet of autonomous bubblehabs from the material in the Jovian's atmosphere. However, the colonists who were intended to inhabit the world did not arrive, having chosen another target closer to the Inner Sphere . The probe remained operational for over 200 years before eventually breaking down, constructing numerous self-maintaining bubblehabs and copying its software into the processing substrate of each of the habs. Each bubblehab was also neumann-capable, with templates for constructing basic space infrastructure and new interplanetary probes if required.Over time, the habs' programming drifted from their initial parameters, and they began to undergo a process of quasi-Darwinian evolution. A vast and diverse feral mechosystem gradually emerged within the planet's atmosphere, centered around the derived bubblehabs and the symbiotic biological ecosystems they contained. By the time explorers reached the system in 2640 AT, some of the bubblehabs had even achieved sophonce and developed an idiosyncratic society of their own. The discoverers named the planet Eganfodugbe, a name meaning "wild balloons" in their native Yoruba-derived tongue.
Feral botworld evolved from autonomous bubblehabs | |
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| Eganfodugbe and two of its moons | |
The Eganfodugbe Bota
Eganfodugbe's mechosystem primarily consists of three "kingdoms" of bubblehab-derived machines, labeled by mechologists as "Growers", "Builders", and "Seeders". Growers are optimized for resource collection, growth and self-replication, and tend to take on relatively simple balloon-like forms. Builders typically construct floating hive-like structures vaguely resembling their ancestral bubblehab design, populated by a diverse array of biological and mechanical life-forms. Seeders are characterized by their partially space-borne life cycle, in which probes are launched into orbit so that they can gather resources from the local moons before eventually returning to Eganfodugbe and delivering the collected resources to their "parent" machines.Related Articles
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Development Notes
Text by Andrew P. and Todd Drashner from ideas by Immanuelle. Original article by Stephen Inniss
Additional material by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 19 May 2017.
Rewritten January 2025.
Additional material by Steve Bowers
Initially published on 19 May 2017.
Rewritten January 2025.
