>>6339196>Examine Exotic Lifeforms - <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">GROUNDBREAKING SUCCESS</span></span>The optics on your superyacht are, pardon your pun, stellar. They are capable of looking down onto the ground below and reading large signage without drawing any closer. From here, you can perform a cursory examination of several of these massive creatures from thousands of miles away. Of course, you will have to draw nearer to get details on their specifics, but simply setting your sights
to the mountain range north of the World Tree, you and your deck see one particularly gargantuan specimen of the creatures that seem capable of atmospheric flight.
In the seconds as it dialed in, one could have been forgiven for identifying the being as a large manner of insect. A tough hard carapace on a flying creature is a rare trait, even among the myriad lifeforms of the galaxy. As the magnification intensified, it became obvious that it bore more similarities to a lizard. Moreover, with the intensity of magnification, it became clear that it was much further away than initially anticipated, marking it as positively gargantuan and flying higher than previously estimated. This flying lizard is not just capable of atmospheric flight, it is showing capability of reaching orbit, perhaps <span class="mu-i">even leaving it.</span> While there are zero signs that it is even capable of surviving in the void of space, <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">this creature may become a threat to your operations in that northern region should you draw its ire.</span></span></span>
Over the next few days as one scouting ship draws closer, you come to understand that these endemic lifeforms are thankfully not all that size and share a capability of near-space-flight. These creatures have also been seen engaging in some form of communication with local humanoids. This would explain how Zarus adjusted well to the culture shock of alien life; there are non-human creatures capable of communication. Further, the ship examined their bodies with thermal imaging, and found something quite odd; On the surface and in their caves, they are cold-blooded, but while flying, an organ in their body heats up with heat approaching that of a nuclear reactor which <span class="mu-i">doesn't damage its insides at all.</span> It can even fly through a stream of its own hot breath to warm its exterior. Your team could not identify how long these creatures lives, but could only identify scarce few corpses across the entire range. They are rare creatures, or are picked completely clean upon the moment of their demise. It's hard to imagine a predator for them, so you will simply assume they eat each other.
