Research Team, '\S/'Arcturus
Research Expedition Report on Planet Hodge and Planet Podge within the Baffin System
Report was compiled on 12 / 02 / 834AS

Searching for iced-over planets remains to be difficult. Too much time has been spent scouring records on the neural net, should have looked through our own archive earlier than I did. In our cartography history I encountered a report showing us what Baffin looked like a few years ago. To my surprise, Planet Hodge and Planet Podge remain in the same self-destructive orbit we had discovered them in. I flew the Arcturus out to the Baffin System from Inverness to get a better look at these two stellar bodies. Upon my arrival to the southern sectors of Baffin, our sensors were tuned to the analyze these planets. We had to keep our distance as the two were in rapid orbit of one another.

One of the first things we noticed within the Chao Field is that the area is extremely cold. Enough so to feel it through the ships internal walls, as if the temperature is bleeding in from the outside. The fragments scattered around the sector have come from the dual planets. Considering the sheer number of small pieces making up the field, it's plausible to hypothesize that the field itself is some kind of shield against the Red Dwarf's rays of sunlight. Realigning one of our suites to face the sun, we were not able to detect massive amounts of direct light. This would mean that as soon as the light enters the field, it's scattered and refracted across the quantity of fragments. Illuminating the area, whilst at the same time allowing everything to remain on the colder side. As not enough sunlight hitting a focused area could melt any of the particles here, the Chao Field does serve as a very effective natural shield against any form of light.

Planet Hodge and Podge remain a mystery. My team and I are unable to determine how these two bodies became tied together in this self-destructive orbit, the most we can determine about their orbit that it's delicate and any sort of disturbance to either's orbital path may result in the area becoming more hazardous to fly through. If Unit-9467F could somehow create a home within one or both of these planets and try to calm down the orbital hazard, from a distance, it would seem like a usual day in Baffin. This is something my team and I are unable to assist with. The sensors placed on the dark sides of Hodge and Podge reveal that the temperatures reach just shy of negative 200*C. This is further reinforced by the Chao Field and Proximity of another similarly frozen planet.

The information gathered on this area and the two planets is suitable to forward to the AI unit. Leon has forwarded a location within Gallia that I should check out. Being within House space is something that doesn't line up with what the Unit is after, I will still investigate this planet as I rarely get to experience the beautiful sights of Gallia.