Hahn Zahta
Hahn Zahta - a world in Meon Cluster merging with Sfal. Its surface is 1.5 times that of Earth and is mostly covered by ocean. The most interesting feature, however, is the secondary ocean, locked within the sky-dome. The sky-ocean is only a couple of meters deep, allowing the light of Vhalfr to shine through. As many other worlds in Meon Cluster, the sky-dome seems entirely permeable to light, with no day and night cycle. The sky-ocean developed quite a unique biome, with some organisms dropping to the regular ocean below, but no beings from the regular ocean floating up, even though both meet at the edges of the world.
The first people to visit Hahn Zahta landed on a dry and deserted land. But, because of the amazing sky and rich ores of cabodium, one of the rare metals of my universe, they decided to start a settlement. Dahlsian industrialists built a few manufacturing plants, away from the pesky biological organisms that could damage them or cause problems for Dahlsi workers, while rich people from other worlds constructed luxury mansions to admire the amazing sky. However, a few cycles later the ground rapidly dropped, plunging all constructions beneath the sea level. As Dahlsi’s buildings are hermetically closed, it didn’t faze them, while the outworlders had to move away. A few cycles later, the land rose again. It was determined that it moved in gigantic waves, raising and dropping at regular intervals. Some rich people came back for temporary settlements, but most didn’t bother.
The native life in Hahn Zahta concentrates in water. The only exception is a single species of dog-crab-like animals that follow the land and slurp up beached sea creatures with long tongues. No one is quite sure why do they need hard exoskeletons or why are they bright red.
The sky-ocean inhabitants are mostly zoophytes that resemble long, thin ribbons with simple spinal-like chords and symbiotic algae growing on one side. The singular animal species have triangular bodies with four thin spidery legs, which may suggest they evolved on land. They have small circular mouths and small orifices above them from which they can shoot hard chitinous bolts for hunting.
The regular ocean is inhabited by innumerable animals and zoophytes. There are not many plants, except for some free-floating seaweeds, so the base of the food chain is plankton. Among animals, notable are gigantic, filter-feeding sea worms, gentle giants armed with rows of spikes for protection. Swimming crustaceans are also common. And swimming vertebrates, often armed with spikes, claws, or pincers for protection.
Animals of Hahn Zahta don’t have eyes or any similar sensory organs. Instead, they all have three feelers around their mouths that allow them to sense the flow of ae.
