The Cyclopedia Of Worlds

Scanodon
Common Names:	Scanodon, Croft I
Body Class:	planet
Equatorial Diameter:	9,920 km
Mass (Earths):	.62
Mean Surface Gravity:	.78 G
Rotation Period (Day):	8.2 hours
Orbital Period (Year):	591 days
Axial Tilt:	21.2°
Semi-major Axis:	1.83 AU
Surface:	rock liquid H2O
Atmosphere:	nitrogen CO2 methane oxygen water vapor
Atmos. Pressure:	.71
Surface Temperature:	- 20° C (min.) 10° C (mean) 59° C (max)
Indigenous Life:	3 dominions, 5 domains
Natural Satellites:	0
Parent:	star, Croft

SCANODON is the first planet in orbit around the star Croft. In its adolescence and has only been producing complex animal life for 100 million years, its biosphere is substantial. It has no moons.

Croft’s great distance from main trade arteries meant that Scanodon remained relatively unexplored until the War Period.

Though liquid water and dynamic weather have begun the cycle of erosion, Scanodon’s surface is still littered with impact craters. Many of these contain lakes of acidic liquid water.

Scanodon’s diverse fauna inspired one on-the-ground exploration crew to remark: “(Scanodon) has a different monster in every lake.”

Three surveyor crews have set down on Scanodon. The first crew had hopes that they had discovered new golden-green real estate. Attack by several virulent strains of microorganism, resulting in six deaths, downgraded the planet’s real estate status.

Scanodon polar swampland

SCANODON IN MEDIA

Scanodon was made briefly famous by the documentary series “Face To Face With Planet Scanodon”, starring and produced by naturalist-adventurer Rocky Strone. Strone visited 10 locations on the planet, over the course of the planet’s year, encountering a different “dangerous” lifeform at each location. Despite criticism by Strone’s detractors, the documentary was the first – and remains one of the best – records of Scanodon’s environment.

Of his experience there, Strone said (in his trademark Lantil Mybea accent):

“Most nangerous (dangerous) part of n’whole experience was the three years of innoculations before han’. An’ all the anti-microbial treatments we were taking mor’noon an’ night. Kept us alive. That’s about all though. I still get sick. Never fully recover’n from that trip. We oughta worn suits. Naffy buggers. Cracking nice material we got though.”

The 10 episodes of Rocky Strone’s “Face To Face With Planet Scanodon”, indicating the lifeforms featured:

1. “World of Rage” (spatoptera rex)
2. “A Monster In Every Lake” (doruemic pinnipex)
3. “Nightmares!” (horust & night poletake)
4. “Skincrawlers” (torueme worm)
5. “Death From On High!” (Scanodon bat)
6. “The Blind Eating The Blind” (blind man)
7. “Shabaah! Shabast!” (lehl shabast)
8. “Watch Your Step” (trundle bed & other trapdoor predators)
9. “Still Waters Run Deadly” (horria auss)
10. “Escape From Scanodon” (megager acrix & cressi acrix)