Winker And Lucy Take A Road Trip

…after stealing Dad’s debit card

The Doclopedia #25

Places That Don’t Stay In One Place: The Golden Moon

Ask anyone what the most famous legend of the Galactic Federation is and 99% of the time, regardless of the tech level of the world, the reply will be “the Golden Moon”. This has been the case for the last five centuries, since the very beginning of Human and Jurr expansion out into the stars.

The Golden Moon is actually golden in color, although that does not mean it is made of gold as some stories say. The vast majority of sightings also put it at being about the same size as Earth’s moon. No probe has ever gotten a reading that shows the internal or external make up of the moon, although in videos the outside does look like it is covered in dust, like many other rocky moons.

How and why the Golden Moon is able to move about the galaxy, not exhibit any tidal forces on the planets it orbits or have any gravitational effect on the natural moons of a planet are unknown. In fact, what is known about this mysterious satellite would fill a very slim pamphlet.

But legends, stories, third hand reports and myths? Those we have plenty of! For example…

The people of Hydrax IV tell of a time 300 years ago when the Golden Moon appeared and within days, a terrible plague that had been killing both sentient and beast disappeared, thus saving their civilization.

Spacin’ Dave Germinger, the famous and infamous former Terran Scout, claimed until his dying day that he once made an emergency landing on it due to a damaged plasma funnel. According to him, he was convinced that he would die there, but a couple of hours later, found a replacement funnel just outside his airlock.

The 87 Actor Gods of Blintirix are said to have ceased their eternal bickering and committed suicide upon seeing that the moon illuminated the land in a very unflattering glow.

Five Jurran Warp Comets are said to have made a warp jump near the moon and, instead of coming out of warp 6.5 light years away, came out 259 light years away.

The list goes on and on.