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The surface probe's sensors fill the gaps in the data the ship could gather from orbit.

Temperature: Moderate

As the surface probe approaches the planet it scans the planet's moon, and finds that it is rich in metals and other useful resources.

Metal-rich moon

The probe finds alien plants. It tests a sample, and finds that they would be neither edible nor poisonous to humans.

Plant life

The probe investigates some of the possible structures that the seedship observed from orbit, and finds that they are ruins left by a vanished intelligent species. The ruins include great monuments and writings that could reveal much about the vanished civilisation.

Monumental ruins

The surface probe's mission is complete and it shuts down.