Board Thread:Hosting Game/@comment-31680260-20180112060946/@comment-31680260-20180202061019

''The landing system controls the seedship's descent, and it splashes gently down into the planet-wide ocean. The colonists wake from their sleep chambers and survey their new home. The ship rests on the surface of a mirror-flat ocean beneath a blue sky. They name their new world Oceanus, because all its land is sunk beneath its planet-wide ocean. ''

''The colonists begin constructing a settlement with the aid of the seedship's damaged construction robots. They can leave the ship without breathing gear, wearing light clothing in the comfortable temperatures. The crushing gravity means they can barely move without mechanical assistance, and 223 colonists are killed when partially-completed buildings collapse. They build their settlement on a floating platform with filters to extract water from the planet-wide ocean, but water shortages kill 38 colonists. ''(739 colonists left)

''With their settlement complete and food supply secured, the colonists mount an expedition to the nearby ruins. The explorers study the sculptures, friezes, and alien writings that fill the ruins. Even before they can translate the writings they learn much about the culture and the reasons for its demise, knowledge that will help guide them in creating their own culture on this new world. ''(Cultural: 124%)

''The planet is rich in metals and other resources, and the damaged scientific database still contains much information on how to make use of them. The colonists use what is left of the seedship to build spacecraft capable of reaching the planet's metal-rich moon, and mine it to supplement the planet's already rich resources. The colonists manage to maintain a level of technology equivalent to that of Earth when the seedship was launched. ''

''The cultural database contains a wealth of historical information to help the colonists make their choice of government, and a vast library of art and literature to entertain and inspire them. The losses sustained by the colonists make building a new society more difficult. The surviving cultural database is preserved in digital files to which all colonists have access. The colonists work together to build an egalitarian society in which technology takes care of people's material needs, freeing them to pursue lives of art, leisure, and spiritual fulfilment. ''