Planet Carlisle

Planet Carlisle
Location	5D, Newcastle Bretonia
Technical information
Docking	No
Terrain	Terrestrial
Diameter	12,642 km
Mass	6,11 x 10e24 kg
Temperature	-8ýC to 53ýC
Escape velocity	11.15 km/sec

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From orbit, Planet Carlisle looks invitingly hospitable with deep oceans and vast continents, but in reality it is a tropical nightmare. Temperatures at the equator never drop below 60 Celsius. The oceans, however, remain a pleasant 26C in temperature, even quite far to the north and south. The lush greenery seen from orbit turns into dense, humid jungles and rain forest upon closer inspection, and there are several native creatures that consider humans to be good eating. The planet has significant deposits of Aluminium, Titanium and Gold, and radium has been detected, although no mining operations have as yet been established planet-side.

For many years, scientists from Cambridge have been studying a particularly virulent form of bacteria native to the planet that has proven to successfully infect and kill humans. The bacterium quickly spreads throughout the body and dissolves every internal organ within a matter of hours. This has of course prevented the colonization of the planet, although Cryer researchers onboard Cambridge Research Station say they have created a protein that will target and eliminate the bacterium planet-wide, thus hopefully paving the way for Carlisle's colonization within the near future.