Badlands

The Petrachelys did not land on the planet; it cautiously circled the planet a few times and learned as much as it could before they touched down. It was a strange flying planet, traveling alone in space.

At first glance, the planet was flying with the help of a series of massive thrusters. There were more than 160 huge engine nozzles as big as mountains on its surface, but only a quarter of them were fired up. Behind the planet, there were plasmic exhaust flames, which went as far as a thousand kilometers. Together, they looked like a weird but huge comet with a tail, creating a spectacular scene in space. Except for those huge thrusters and exhaust flames, the rest of the planet was lifeless—no vegetation was visible on the surface, while the oceans and lands were frozen over with ice that had not melted for years. Ninety percent of the planet was dark. The only bright area was around the giant thrusters, as it was seemingly illuminated by the exhaust flames.