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[[File:Ring-42-01.png|thumb|400px|left|Ring 42 & Dialran]] | [[File:Ring-42-01.png|thumb|400px|left|Ring 42 & Dialran]] | ||
Ring 42 was discovered on stardate 239702.11<ref>[[If_This_Goes_On..._(USS_Eagle)]]</ref>. Orbiting Dialran, a G-Type star, the ring has a diameter of approximately 2 AU, occupying the orbit of a typical M-Class planet. Designed with its inner surface facing the star, the Ring boasts a livable area of approximately 24,000 times that of typical class M planets. | Ring 42 was discovered on stardate 239702.11<ref>[[If_This_Goes_On..._(USS_Eagle)]]</ref>. Orbiting Dialran, a G-Type star, the ring has a diameter of approximately 2 AU, occupying the orbit of a typical M-Class planet (So, roughly the same diameter as the Earth's orbit from the sun). Designed with its inner surface facing the star, the Ring boasts a livable area of approximately 24,000 times that of typical class M planets. | ||
Calling the Ring a ‘ring’ is a bit of a misnomer, as there is an intricate ‘inner ring’ made up of panels and other control structures. These structures are largely unknown in function, but one of their practical functions is to provide the surface area with day and night cycles of approximately 13 hours each - making the standard day on the surface 26 hours. | Calling the Ring a ‘ring’ is a bit of a misnomer, as there is an intricate ‘inner ring’ made up of panels and other control structures. These structures are largely unknown in function, but one of their practical functions is to provide the surface area with day and night cycles of approximately 13 hours each - making the standard day on the surface 26 hours. | ||
Standing on the surface of the Ring, the distance from 'North' to 'South' (one lip of the Ring to the other) is around the same from one Earth's Pole to the other. At the 'edges' are some mechanical structures, giving them some more 'height'. Traveling East to West is traversing around the Ring. | |||
If you dig through the Ring, it would be approximately like trying to dig to the center of the Earth, with approximately the same mass between people and the 'outer' surface of the Ring. The Ring has approximately 24,000 Class M planets worth of surface area, and approximately the same proportional amount of mass (with allowances for oceans, deserts, mountains, barren areas, etc.). This mass allows for standard gravity, atmosphere, and all the other things people are used to on a 'standard' planet. | If you dig through the Ring, it would be approximately like trying to dig to the center of the Earth, with approximately the same mass between people and the 'outer' surface of the Ring. The Ring has approximately 24,000 Class M planets worth of surface area, and approximately the same proportional amount of mass (with allowances for oceans, deserts, mountains, barren areas, etc.). This mass allows for standard gravity, atmosphere, and all the other things people are used to on a 'standard' planet. | ||
As such, the surface | As such, the ring's surface is home to various biomes, ranging from swamps and forests, deserts and mountains, to (rarely) wastelands of bare metal. There are entire continents that appear to be well lived in, with cities and infrastructure at various levels of development, and many more that are simply untouched. In both cases, the Ring is waiting for crew exploration to discover its secrets - who built it, who came after them, what happened to them, and what technological marvels might be awaiting them. | ||
Recognizing the need for a more permanent team to study the Ring itself, a decision was made to establish a permanent scientific expedition on the surface of Ring 42. The expedition would be tasked with discovering all they could about the Ring and its past, or intended, inhabitants. | Recognizing the need for a more permanent team to study the Ring itself, a decision was made to establish a permanent scientific expedition on the surface of Ring 42. The expedition would be tasked with discovering all they could about the Ring and its past, or intended, inhabitants. | ||