The Zommoros Initiative / ZIN

Temasek. When first discovered following the legislation of the Exploration and Expansion Act of 2550, Temasek was unique among all explored planets. The planet orbited its star in the habitable zone, possessed of vast oceans, relatively large continents and endless broken archipelagos. Temasek was truly a gleaming sapphire hanging in the frigid void. However, this is where similarities with Earth end. A hot Earth, bound in a breathtaking double planetary system left the original discoverers stunned. The two planets were tidally locked around an off planet barycentre, one azure blue planetary hemisphere always scrutinised the icy other. Together, they orbited their central star in an eternal cosmic dance. Its twin was its polar opposite; a smothering ice sheet covered half the planet. A cold iridescent invitation to visitors. The equatorial forests of Temasek were a vivid cobalt blue. This belied a deadly beauty that hid the uninhabitable tangled jungle. At a hellish temperature of 50°C, terrestrial life rapidly died from heat stress. At the Poles, balmy subtropical climates prevailed while native life withered. It was here that colonists made their lives on Temasek, away from the furnaces on the Equator.

No-one can forget home, but sometimes it is a necessity. A Vanduul patrol encountered in the space near to our world has ignited the sense of self a home provides. The military demonstrated its inability to deal with the threat of the Vanduul at the Battle of Orion in 2712. Now we must fight. We must explore. We must endure.