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==Weather== | ==Weather== | ||
Rain and seasonal meteor showers are to be expected. | Rain and seasonal meteor showers are to be expected. | ||
==Flora== | |||
Dathis II abounds with plant life, ranging from prosaic ferns to eerie, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffid triffid]-like lifeforms. Visiting Terrans have compared the ecosystem to that of 20th century (Terran) notions of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus Venus], albeit poetically. More erudite botanists note that the planet has ten times more plants than planets of comparative volume and atmosphere. Many theories have been put forth to compete in explanation for the seemingly superfluous species of vegetation. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Dathis II, while being the homeworld of the Dachlyd race, is not the seat of Dachlyd culture. Starship, sub-light freighter, and space station -dwelling Dachlyds outnumber their homeworld fellows. It is more accurate to say that Dachlyd culture is rooted on Dathis II and has branched off from the homeworld. The colony worlds of the Dachlyds began along the same vein as Dachlyd settlements upon Dathis II. Dachlyd society is not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony hegemonic]. Rather it doctrinally opposed to hegemonies, a sort of tradition of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism egalitarianism]. | Dathis II, while being the homeworld of the Dachlyd race, is not the seat of Dachlyd culture. Starship, sub-light freighter, and space station -dwelling Dachlyds outnumber their homeworld fellows. It is more accurate to say that Dachlyd culture is rooted on Dathis II and has branched off from the homeworld. The colony worlds of the Dachlyds began along the same vein as Dachlyd settlements upon Dathis II. Dachlyd society is not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony hegemonic]. Rather it doctrinally opposed to hegemonies, a sort of tradition of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism egalitarianism]. | ||