>>52350062Armilla’s further away from the host star so it receives a bit less than ¾ energy Earth receives from the Sun. It might also be a bit more reflective than Earth due to constant cloud formation near the substellar point so its greenhouse effect has to be stronger than it’s currently on Earth (about 2~2.5x according to some random site) both due to water vapor (mostly on the bright side) and CO2 around the globe. I imagine the high CO2 level might be a deliberate result of terraforming to facilitate photosynthesis (and thus make sure the whole ecosystem doesn’t suffocate even when shipment’s late). The planet also has no dry land so icecap is also harder to form
I’ll work on that later but the strong greenhouse effect and lack of landscape means the planet’s weather is probably pretty stable/boring. The dark side will be cold (but not freezing) and cloudless (and thus rainless) as there’s no sunlight to make water evaporate. The region around the antistellar point’s probably calm while the rest of the dark hemisphere should have relatively light breeze (although it could still be pretty strong since there’s no land to block the wind). Overall it’ll be a mostly calm sea under a cloudless, starry sky. Lights from vessels/cities (the two are synonymous on Armilla) and the occasional bio-fluorescent life will make the dark water like night sky too… things like that are why Armilla’s a popular tourist destination! It also helps that you can actually breathe the air and not freeze to death
The light side will be windy and rainy since there’s sunlight and thus water cycle. Rain’s probably a common feature between the twilight zone and the pupil vortex (which is half of the reason for its subtitle). The closer you get to the substellar point, the stronger the wind and the thicker the cloud until you reach the permanent vortex. I think most cities will maintain a somewhat high latitude so that they won’t ever get too close to the pupil hurricane but there are always daredevils
Armilla has a lot of water but it also has surface gravity and atmosphere so I think places that need water import will opt for icy asteroids and comets instead. I think the thick atmosphere might make going from Armilla to other worlds relatively difficult so its exports will be mostly luxury (like from the exotic native life) or incorporeal (like cultural goods, which is the other half of the reason for its subtitle)
