3775 Naming Rights

After a cautious journey, the Flagrant Vandal combat carrier that scouted the way ahead finally reached Garimel II.

The gas giant provided a rare oasis of calm in the Garimel System. Due to its solid core and humongous mass, it generated a magnetic shield that essentially acted like a sunscreen in space.

The magnetosphere did nothing to stop the passage of asteroids and other substantial objects, but it just happened to be effective at bouncing away harmful solar particles from the blue supergiant star and deadly rays from every direction.

Entering it would allow the expeditionary fleet to halt its slow and steady degradation!

Nonetheless, the protection they offered was not absolute. Particularly powerful solar flares generated by Garimel's extremely powerful star occasionally burst through the magnetic shield and bombarded the gas giant and its many moons with deadly particles and energy.