ARCTIC PLANET PART ONE

by THOMAS TANELLA 8-21-99

The year was 1997 the US had found a new planet 25 miilion miles from our Sun. The first planet outside our solar system, a ship with four astronauts was now leaving the Earth’s orbit and heading out into space. They would arrive at the new planet in ten years. When they arrive at Mercury they would sleep for five years the other five they would remain awake. The ship was now approcing the orbit, the Capt of the mission was John Ryan and the second in comand was LT Thomas Jackson and the medical officer was Lt Caroline Thomas and the geoligest was Dianne Willis. They were now moving away from the Sun and leaving the solar system and out into deep space. They were now asleep. They would be gone for 10 to 15 years maybe longer depending on what they found. The five years had now passed and they were now beginning to wake up. In five more years we will reach the new planet Capt Ryan told his crew. The ship was starting to pick up speed, she was out of controll what’s wrong asked LT Jackson, I don’t know the Capt repliyed to his question. All of the crew members blacked out, something or some one was controlling the ship. The ship was now going faster than the speed of light, at that rate they would reach the planet in a matter of hours or days. They were now entering a oribit around the planet. They did not age at all but the clock said that they away from Earth more than 20 years. The ship was now landing on the planet. When the ship had touched down on the planet they were working on the ships systems to see what had gone wrong. The crew was starting to come to and LT Jackson asked what happened to us. I don’t know the Capt repliyed. He opened up the hatch door and they all went outside of the ship. They went ten miles from the ship the planet was a frozen waste land. They saw mountains up a head, they started to head back to the ship. When they got back to the ship they went to sleep for the night. When morning had arrived they had breakfast they had eggs and coffee. They opened the hatch and they went outside. They were on the planet for two days now, this time they took alpha one the electro car. It could travel at great speeds. They could cover a lot of ground, they were now 50 miles from the ship and they made there first decovery it was a cave. They were now entering the cave on foot, they were collecting some rock samples and some crystals. Doctor Carolyn Thomas saw some water and she put some in a container. The Captain said they to head back to the ship and that they would come back in the morning. When they got back to the ship they retired for the night. On the third day only LT Jackson went out side the ship. He went only three miles from the ship. He collected some soil samples and found a frozen lake. He than returned to the ship, he gave the soil samples to he had collected to Doctor Thomas. Captain Ryan went out of the ship and took a look around. He started to walk 20 miles from the ship, he looked up at the sky and he noticed two moons. Today was the first day that he noticed them they were not there yesterday. He named them artron one and two and he named the planet Artron Major. He returned to the ship and told the others of his discovery. The next they they went 500 miles from the ship. This time they would spend some time away from the ship. Doctor Thomas saw a volcano, she told the Captain. They went over to it and started claming up the face of it. They made it all the way to the top of it, I don’t things It’s active said Captain Ryan told his crew. They took some samples and than they went down the other side of it. Two days had passed since they left the volantic rgeion of the planet. They were now returning to the ship. Two years and gone by , they were now going to blast off the planet and explore the two moons they had discouved. The Alpha one was getting ready to lift off of artron. The ship was now heading for artron one, it was a short trip. She would be landing in 25 seconds, get ready for landing said Captain Ryan to his crew. Ok where down let’s get out and take a look around he said. Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas got out of the ship. They went over to the mountains west of the ship. This moon was a rocky frozen wasteland and hilly to. Let’s get back to the ship he told Doctor Thomas will come back tomorrow. They headed to the ship, will come back with the rest of the crew. The next day they decided to stay in the ship, the day after they blasted off the moon and headed for the next moon. When they got there they saw a third moon in they sky. What shall we call it LT Jackson asked. Will call it Alpha Captain Ryan replyied, they were now landing on Arton two. They got out of the ship, they saw rocky plains and small hills and mountains on this moon. They would explore the moon for five days and than they would head back to Arton Major and stay for a year before they would head back to Earth. Let’s see what we can find said Captain Ryan,they went 20 miles from the ship and they saw an active volcano and some plant life. They went another 25 miles and they found and they found a cave. They went in the cave and inside there was a frozen lake. After they left the cave they headed back to the ship and blasted off the moon and headed back to the planet Artron Major. When they arived back on the planet it was night, they landed near a mountain range. They would wait untill morning before they did any exploring. Lets all get some sleep we have a lot of work to do in the morning Captain Ryan told his crew. The three moons could be seen from the planets surface, what a breutyfull site it was. Captain Ryan was the first one up he wroke up the rest of his crew and they headed out of the ship and they went to the east, witch was a rocky plain. Let’s get some rock samples Doctor Thomas said. They spent nine hours out side of the ship. When they got back to the ship it was starting to get dark, the three moons were all ready out. The ship was equipped with a small shuttle. Tomorrow two of you will go past the three moons and see what lies ahead. Ill decide tomorrow who goes. When morning came around Captain Ryan had decided who would go on the mission. Doctor Thomas you and LT Jackson will go. They entered the shuttle and headed away from the planet and into space. They headed for a planet that they saw up ahead, they went into close orbit around the planet. Which they named Alpha, the planet had to large moons. They were away from the Arctic planet for more than six days. When they returned to the planet they told the Captain that they had found six planets in this system. When we leave this planet will explore to see just how maney planets this system has said Captain Ryan to his crew. So far with this planet that makes seven planets the Captain said to his crew. Part two of Arctic planet, exploring the Arctic system. Get ready for lift off Captain Ryan said to his crew, they headed into outr space away from the Arctic planet. It took them seven days to pass the six planets they all ready knew about. They went 2500 miles and found a Saturn like planet, what they ment is that it had rings like saturn. They decided to land on the planet and do a little exploring, before they headed out into space. Fire retro rockets Captain Ryan told LT Jackson, retro rockets fireing they were now landing on this unknown planet. As they were comeing in for a landing they looked out the windows they were amazed at what they saw, the planet was’nt a frozen waste land. It looks like this planet is more hostillble than the other planet Captain Ryan repliyed. Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas got out of the ship and took a look a round. They went 25 miles towards a large mountain range, after they passed the mountains they saw gas comming out of the ground. We better get bact to the ship he told Doctor Thomas. When they got back to the ship they took off from the planet immediately. They stayed in orbit for two days, when they left orbit they headed 1500 miles to another large planet. This makes eight planets in all said LT Dianne Willis,they passed by this planet all togetter. They headed passed three more planets and than they turned around and went back to Atron stopping at the third planet in this system. It looks like Earth said LT Willis. She’s all green said LT Jackson, he asked if they were going to land on the green then the green planet. The Capt told them that they would land on this planet, they would call this the green planet. Do you thing there’s life here asked LT Jackson, I don’t know repliyed Captain Ryan to his question. Captain Ryan told his crew that they would spend two years on this planet. Let’s look for a landing spot he told his crew. They landed two miles from a green area that they saw from orbit. The ship was now on the green planet, they all got out of the ship and they and they had a look around. They headed for the grass land two miles from the space ship. It looks just like Earth LT Willis replyed. Yes it does said Doctor Thomas. It was now night time on the green planet, two moons were shinning in the night sky. In the morning will go for a two day hike to see what we can find Captain Ryan told his crew. The next day they left the ship once again, this time, this time they spit up, Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas went over to a near by mountain ridge and LT Jackson and LT willson went to a flat plain that was a five mile walk. Look the mountains are green Doctor Thomas told Captain Ryan, will call them the green mountains she said. They continued on there way up the newly named green mountains, they went 20 miles up the mountainside till they came to a plateau. It was a mile long. They went on for miles and miles,the plateau ended and the mountains started again. They spent three days on the green mountains. They stated to climb back down the mountain to meet up with LT Jackson and LT Willson. When they found them they they told them about the green mountains and plateau they had found. The planet had a lot of plant life and big trees and lots of hilly plaines and flat plaines, but still no animal life nothing but plat life. They came to a small lake, in the lake were the first signs of life. They were small fish life creatures, those fish would be there lunch for the day. After lunch they would continued on there way to the open plaines up a head of them. They would camp out there, they spent ten days here. They would return to the ship the next day. They stated back to the ship, when they arrived it was night. In the morning Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas went east of the ship and explored by the river bank they found, it was a bundent with fish and whales and sharks and all types of fish. They spent two days exploring by the rive bank. This planet is alive with sea life Doctor Thomas told Captain Ryan. The next day they returned to the ship with plenty of food for dinner tonight. When night had arrived they ate dinner and went to bed. We could make this planet our home LT Jackson said to Captain Ryan, yes we could he repliyed. Ill decide about that soon he said, night arrived again and they ate and went to sleep just like they did before. That’s two days in a roll they did’nt leave the ship,the next day they all went outside of the ship and did some more exploring. They went to a rocky terrain this time, they camped out for two days and two nights , but they found no signs of life there. It was a desert there was miles of desert, all sand and rock but no signs of life they found nothing. They left the desert area and started back to the ship where they would stay for the nexr two days and rest. Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas went into the shuttle and lifted off the planet and headed for one of the moons. It took them one day to reach the closeses moon, the moon was blue in color. They orbited it for two days and than on the third day they tryied to land but they could’nt land. The resason was because it was all water, they could’nt a place to land, so they orbited for one more day they finaley found a place to land, it was a small Island. Threre were many trees and some small hills on this Island, they decided that this moon was not worth exploring so they never left the ship. They lifted off the from the moons surface and headed back to the green planet. When they got back to the ship LT Jackson asked them what they had found. We did’nt get out of the ship the moon was covered with water not much land said the Capt. LT Jackson and LT Willson got out of the ship and did some exploring they stayed out all night. When they came back to the ship it was morning. They entered the airlock and they were greeded by Captain Ryan and Doctor Thomas. Two day will stay in the ship Captain Ryan told his crew. This was there new home they would never return to Earth, Captain Ryan would marry Doctor Thomas and LT Jackson would marry LT Willson and they would star a new life on this world.
End of part one Arctic planet part two green world.