Planck
(0216 Magyar, 0206 Lore; B101353-E)
Settled originally by scientists seeking a low-gravity world to
set up
their particle physics experiments, Planck boasts one of the
highest average
IQs in the Solomani Sphere.
It has also become the home of a unique genetic twist: about 85% of the
inhabitants possess an eidetic memory. Written information is
virtually
unused here except to communicate with others off-planet. All
data are
passed orally and remembered perfectly there after. Of course, it
is faster
to enter numeric data by keying than by speaking, so computers have
kept
internal literacy up.
Planck is so small that it keeps all its water in an icy
underground aquifer; all surface fluids and volatiles are long
gone. A
sturdy, granite world, it is the largest of a swarm of pieces that
failed
to coalesce because of the pull of gas
giants on both sides.
(Note: in GAL, this is called Jofil)
-TD14 mag