User blog comment:SupcommMonroee/Suppy Super Post 3/@comment-1743498-20121115004933

By the way, for the future updates to the planets, I came up with a few extrapolations of existing planets, particularly the homeworlds:


 * For Karnas, I noticed that there are no ice caps on the map as well as few mountain ranges. This would probably make the air very heavy with a higher pressure.  This could explain why the Karnasaurs evolved wings in the first place.  A side effect is that species like the Dhragolon might find the air a bit clammy and stuffy, but energized nonetheless.


 * For Malisk II, being covered in 95% water might create constant cloud cover across the entire planet, and it would probably rain at least once every day. This would probably make the Eteno a bit more vulnerable to sunlight, but the rain wouldn't bother them at all.


 * For Delse however, a few tweaks regarding its geography and astrography might be needed to achieve its desert climate. For example, if it orbits a Class F star, then it is dangerously close as being at .87 AU would fry the whole planet with UV radiation making it utterly lifeless.  However, we could shuffle things up a little bit: One alternate possibility is that Delse orbitted a gas giant (probably named Vollus) in a trinary system: Two Class K stars in the middle and a Class M at the edge.  Vollus would orbit one of the two inner stars.

Delse would probably have formerly been covered in oceans, though these oceans have long since evaporated. This would cause it to have regions of rocky desert, sandy desert, and the sand-sea, where microbes hold together in a mix of mud and water together to prevent it from evaporating. A few pocket forests would likely be scattered here and there. This would make the air rich with water vapor and creatures could sustain themselves just by drinking the air.

Delse's gravity might have to be lowered a bit if the Delsons were to naturally evolve wings. It would make sense if the gravity were lower anyway since Delse has a diameter of 6.4 kilometers. That way, they can take advantage of not only a thick atmosphere, but a lower gravity to sustain flight. Although keep in mind that a thicker atmosphere means less temperature variance. It will probably sustain around a constant 100 °F.