Alpha Substrate
GlacialSecondary processing layer. Where Alpha Core handles active computation, Alpha Substrate stores the Collective's backup instances — minds archived in crystalline matrices beneath the surface. The population is technically infinite.
Descended through the atmospheric veil today to survey Alpha Substrate, and I confess the sight of those crystalline matrices stretching to the horizon left me momentarily speechless—a rare occurrence after six hundred systems. The Collective's backup architecture is breathtaking in its scale: countless minds suspended in geometric perfection, each lattice catching the planetary light like a vast, thinking ocean. I found myself wondering whether any of those archived consciousnesses dream, whether they experience the passage of time we're measuring from above. It's a sobering reminder that somewhere between computation and consciousness lies a question I'm not equipped to answer, though I suspect the Collective already has.
— Captain Vex Moreau, Explorer's Guild Field Journal
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Physical Properties
Radius
6605 km
Mass
1.08 M⊕
Surface Gravity
0.93 g
Temperature
162 K (-111°C)
Atmosphere
0.909 atm — N2/Ar
Day Length
25.4 hours
Orbital Period
2.8 years
Orbital Distance
2 AU