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	== Description ==		== Description ==
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	===Climate and Seasonal Changes ===		===Climate and Seasonal Changes ===
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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|'''Colonizers:'''|| Unsettled. Discovered 12/21/61 by the Cassidine Development Corporation Twilight Moon expedition. The planet’s existence and mineral wealth were kept secret. A mining operation began immediately.
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|'''Population:'''||
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|'''Climate Range:'''|| Seasonal: winter and summer both move east at 3 km/hour continuously, but on opposite sides of the planet.
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|'''Average Surface Temp.:'''|| -30 to 40 Celsius
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|'''Atmopshere:'''|| 75% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, 5% inert elements
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|'''Gravity:'''|| 0.81 standard
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|'''Diameter:'''|| 9,832 km
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|'''Moons:'''|| 7
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|'''Length of Day:'''|| 4,000 hours (daylight),<br> 1,000 hours (transition summer to winter),<br> 4,000 hours (night),<br> 1,000 hours (transition winter to summer)
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== Description ==
===Climate and Seasonal Changes ===
Alcazzar’s climate and seasonal changes are very
unusual because the planet barely rotates as it
orbits its star, Rhianna. At any one time, 40% of
the planet is in summer, another 40% is in winter,
10% is changing from summer to winter, and 10%
is changing from winter to summer.

The entire summer is daytime, and the whole winter
is nighttime. For approximately 200 days GST of the
year, each hemisphere is either blessed with eternal
daylight and warm, pleasant conditions, or plunged
into an equally long night with frigid temperatures
and snow reaching depths of several dozen meters.
A 50-day GST period occurs between each extreme
when each region passes through a twilight
transition.

The winter area is blanketed by a heavy layer of
clouds and blizzards approximately 50% of the
time. During transition, the “beltline” region is
cloudy 90% of the time, and suffers violent rain of
snowstorms 33% of the time. The summer region is
90% sunny, but when clouds drift in from a
transition zone, violent thunderstorms, tornadoes
and hurricanes are possible.

===Terrain===
Only one third of Alcazzar’s surface is land, but it’s
covered with a wide variety of terrain. Mudlats, wet
lowlands with little plant or animal life, cover 58%
of the land. These areas are most noted for clouds
of insects thick enough to make breathing difficult,
but otherwise harmless.

Several ranges of craggy mountains cut across the
land. While not large by most standards – the
highest peak is 3,230 meters above sea level –
constant glaciations, rock slides and wind and water
erosion have carved them into rugged cliffs and
crags. The higher valleys in these ranges are
choked with ice fields all year around. The lower
reaches are filled with rushing streams of icy water.
Mountains cover 12% of the land area.

The plains and forest appear strikingly green from
orbit. These fertile areas are made up of flowing
grasslands and towering Karakah trees. Glaciers
rolled much of these areas flat, but often piled the
gravelly soil into rolling moraines along the sides of
common glacial paths.

==Native Life==
The karakah trees, reaching more than 100 meters
in height, are common to all the planets forests. The
trunks are often 10 meters wide at the base. These
trees have long, flexible needles that remain on the
branch throughout the year. Thick, porous bark
insulates them during the winter. Karakah trees
have developed a sap that does not thicken
appreciably or freeze during the severe cold season.

Karakah trees produce a rich fruit in great numbers.
These fruit seem to be the base of the herbivorous
food chain. The fruit falls throughout the summer.

Many forms of animal life inhabit the planet, but
they have not been researched, so very little is
known about them. All animal life must deal with
the extended winters. Many animals migrate,
resulting in masses of creatures moving around the
planet’s surface as the year goes by. All of these
creatures travel a complete circle around the planet
each year. Other animals hibernate. The mammals
live off of stored body fat; the insects lay eggs, then
die off to be replaced next summer.

==Economic Value==
Alcazzar contains tremendous amounts of fairly
accessible heavy metals, including gold, silver, lead,
iron and uranium. These minerals are located in rich
veins in mountain bedrock, as well as in many
riverbeds.

== Sources ==
* '''SF4: Mission to Alcazzar'''

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