Chapter 41 - Planetary Classifications and Janus VI (Patreon)

On the main viewer was a rather ugly planet, reddish brown, with a thick turbulent layer of clouds slowly rotating. Just looking at it you could tell at a glance that it was most definitely not a class-M planet, perfect for life. It was class-F, geometallic, volcanic and barren. While no one would be vacationing here for the beautiful beaches and exotic locales, this planet was probably one of the most valuable in the quadrant, not that the locals seemed to realize it given my sensors showed no other ships within our substantial range.

It had taken over a week at a maximum warp of 9.95 to get here, but so far everything was as I expected once we'd made orbit around the planet, still cloaked. In fact, it looked straight out of a holographic picture taken by the original colonists before it had been built up into the planet it was in the modern 24th century in our home reality, home to tens of millions of colonists and ridiculously rich due to its vast mineral deposits.