Log Date: Day 2
Location: Euclid Galaxy, planet Mazunokaz Agtdo, of the Hiomiyamat-Yeto VIII system.
Left the space station, landed on a planet covered in blue grass. In search of flora, I was disappointed to spot none of the resources I needed, nor a large amount of plant-based resources in the slightest. Except Carbon. But Carbon's everywhere.
While exploring, I encountered a small creature no bigger than my torso trotting about the field. It had four nimble, small hooves, a stripped pattern on its legs and a rocky pattern on its shoulder. Its snout looked to be about half its face and was blocky in nature, with triangular ears, two pointy horns before the ears, and deep brown eyes that seemed to blend into its tan-brown complexion. It had a stump tail and raised hindquarters, and further observation proved that it was a grazing creature. When I attempted to approach the creature, it brayed at me in the most unusual manner, turning tail and fleeing. I scanned it as it fled, the name Eldaganera Balikin displaying for me to read.
After the observance, I continued on my path for resources. The fields of blue and tan rolled for what seemed like ever, cresting hills dotted with trees of green and purple. Until I stumbled upon a canyon, quite literally. The canyon itself was full of resources, albeit none that I needed, rather ones I knew others needed, like Iridium and Gold. I had been fooled by the landscape before; rising prismatic structures had prompted me into mining them for Heridium and loosing a fourth of the power in my Launch Thruster.
To my dismay, however, the canyon had been infested with a carnivore of... interesting proportions. It was small, no bigger than my foot, resembled a cephalopod of sorts, with too many legs to count at the rapid pace they were moving. It had a set of lime green claws and a curved leaf-like body, with two beady stalk eyes. But the pinches it delivered had such a crushing effect, and the sharpness of their claws pierced through my Exosuit like it was butter. It would have been okay if the creature were larger, but they were so small and there were so many of them... I was forced a hasty retreat to my ship, barely escaping with my life. Despite the potentially valuable minerals present on this planet, I'm afraid I will have to leave it behind. The fauna here are simply too aggressive.