Arrived at Argus, a small planet with an extreme elliptical orbit around its star. It has two hot seasons when it swings in close to the star and two cold seasons during the more distant arcs, with temperate periods in between the extremes. Many of the commercial structures are mounted on platforms that retract below ground during the extreme hot and cold periods, when temperatures are beyond the range most life can tolerate, but most of the Argusian dwellings are permanently underground. I don’t think I would be very happy living below ground all the time, or having to remain below ground for all daily activities for half of every year.
It is the peak of a hot season now, and I had to fly into one of the massive caverns. I’ve never been in a cave before. Caverns on my home planet of Dagran are mostly below the ocean. The natural cave formations here are magnificent, but no less so than the beautiful architecture the Argusians have developed to contend with their fickle weather patterns.
Got my cargo delivered and am scheduled to pick up another shipment in a couple of their days. That will give me plenty of time to explore, since their day is thirty two hours, longer than the standard twenty hours.
Marlon Tave, Captain
