Log Date: Day 3

Location: Euclid Galaxy, Onzonevrad Expanse, Gotomendorn System, planet Goto-Primum


The space station here is owned by the Korvax. I was not given a name, or perhaps didn't search hard enough for one, so I will call it Station Alpha. I name it so because it is the first Space Station I have been to in a long while. Unfamiliar with the art of trade and stock, I don't spend much time here before moving on to the planets.

While I sit on my ship, however, mulling over thoughts of trade and planets, I come across a problem I had let slide for a while now. The names of these systems and planets are really hard to pronounce. Perhaps I should create a system for categorizing them in such a manner that they would be easier to distinguish? An easy idea is to name the system something that's part of a series, like numbers or letters, and then give the planets a secondary name, whilst keeping the first part of the planet's.

Let's take Greek letters and Latin numbers for example. Say I named a star system "Alpha". The first planet I would find in that star system would henceforth be called "Alpha-Primum", the second would be "Alpha-Secundo", and so on and so forth. The only foreseeable problem I will have with this method is when I run out of letters. Languages only have so many sounds to them... I suppose I could use the first one or two syllables in the given star system name and then use the naming system I made for the planets.

In the star system I'm in right now, for example, the first planet I visit will be called "Goto-Primum", and the second would be "Goto-Secundo". But alas, my knowledge of Latin is limited... Fortunately, the numbers reset when I move to a new star system, unlike the names of the star systems. This way, I won't run out of names for the star systems, nor will I constantly be confused by the names of the planets. Again, the downside is that some star system names are very hard to pronounce. Perhaps if I just did the Greek letters, but added Roman Numerals if I run out...? That way, once I reach the end of the alphabet, I'll simply start over with "Alpha II", and the planets would start at "Alpha II-Primum". It's still a mouthful, but not so much as "Sumasennumag" (which, in the star system's defense, wouldn't be so hard to pronounce if I knew where to put the emphasis.)

It's settled, then. On the next star system, I will start my naming system. For this star system, I'll go with "Goto-Primum" and the like for the planets. For now, I will leave this station and make my way to the first planet to gather resources.

I arrive on the swiftly-named "Goto-Primum". It's abundant in plant-based resources, but rather lacking in grass. The grass is a pale lime green in color and sparse on the landscape. The fauna, however, aren't quite so welcoming, and I hastily retreat to a nearby outpost. The outpost is manned by a single Korvax Code Entity named Tusvetl. I make a note to name the outpost "Tusvetl Outpost". He's obviously overcharged with electricity, bolts jumping from place to place along his body. Despite my hesitation, I shake his hand and ground him, refraining from screeching in pain as I feel the electricity coursing through me. Looking back on this experience, it feels rather lewd to speak of this encounter, and speak of it in such a manner as "he discharged onto me". It is frustrating that this is the only way I can think of explaining the happenings at this moment. But none the less, he grants me a piece of technology for my efforts.

Renewed with vigor and a sheer need to leave the alien's presence, I step outside the base to gather resources for the new tech as night falls over the land. And so they return. The cephalopod-like aliens I so despised from the last planet. These variants are bigger in size, perhaps the size of my head, but prove they can be just as much as a nuisance. These, however, are lesser-legged, bearing only four tiny possess the same shelled body, but rather than a vibrant green and blue, they bear a bright orange and red, with striking resemblance to the dull, rust colored dirt they scurry upon. They seem to be less of the aggressive type, preferring to stalk upon their prey. Said prey, I noted could include plants, given the way their front claws bent and shifted like small green worm jutting out from beneath their four stalk eyes. I learn that its name is Glastonia Nucargioni. It's quite the mouthful, as per all predetermined names within these star systems... I make a vow to figure a naming system that makes sense for fauna tomorrow.

Lacking the Plutonium I needed to leave the planet, I take to my ship for the night, preferring not to spend more time around Tusvetl than I needed, despite the Code Entity's seeming passiveness towards the situation that made me so awkward around him. Perhaps I am overthinking things again? Solitude forces one to read more into social interactions than one might expect. These thoughts linger in my mind as I drift into sleep.