#farm planet

[the-helixverse]

PLANET PROFILE: Harvest

Orbiting Alpha Centauri B, Harvest, as it's colloquially known, was humanity's first foray into both paraterraforming of an entire world and the first attempt at large-scale agriculture outside the Solar System.

A small world in orbit around the K-type star, roughly halfway between Earth and Mars in size, Harvest was originally a barren rock with no water, no life and a thin atmosphere of toxic gases. The world was initially mined for minerals, but then a new project was considered thanks to its close proximity to its parent star.

This involved the creation of a worldhouse, an huge translucent sphere situated just above the Kármán line, which would serve to control the planet's temperature, shield the surface from cosmic radiation and provide a base of operations for the project.

Enclosed within this sphere, the planet's surface was mechanically eroded using lasers and grinders, creating soil that could then be infused with nutrients, while the atmosphere was artificially introduced using material from comets and nearby gas giants. The panels of the worldhouse can be lightened or shaded at will to encourage the development of wind and regulation of temperature, while clouds could be seeded to produce rains where they were needed.

Once this initial layer of topsoil was established, farming began on a massive scale. Within a few decades, the entire surface of Harvest became home to fields of crops, many of which are larger than whole countries back on Earth. These not only include food crops, but material ones such as cotton and medicinal ones such as willow.

Beneath the surface, vast cave systems are also home to farms of edible fungi and deeper flooded ones engaging in aquaponics. Harvest was designed as a self-contained testing ground for horticulture and agriculture, with many experiments visible from orbit.

The planet's equator is dominated by a large black belt, which may be mistaken for fire damage or even a body of water, but is actually a series of plants modified to produce black leaves and capture 99% of the light produced by the star. Seeds grown here have been sent to Proxima Centauri to see if they can grow under a red dwarf.

Harvest is sparsely populated by planetary standards, with less than 50 million residents both on the surface and in the worldhouse stations. Most of those on the surface either live in stationary communities resembling small farming towns on Earth or in mobile towns resting on enormous harvesters that run on Haber-Bosch reactors producing fertilizer for the fields. Settlements are never far from the space elevators tethering the worldhouse to the surface.

While many might view Harvest as a paradise, the planet's leadership is infamously strict. Because the biosphere is entirely artificial, as the world lacks any tectonics or water cycle, very few risks are allowed and unwelcome visitors are turned away. Should a serious threat arise, natural or artificial, the worldhouse is equipped with defensive lasers.

Anyone who wishes to visit Harvest must complete a long questionnaire, submit to thorough screening and are committed to 24-Earth month-long contracts. Of course, between the assistance from robots and high-quality medical care, it's not nearly as backbreaking as some might believe. Most who do work or settle there are people who prefer the quieter life and prefer to get their hands dirty.

Despite the strict regulations, Harvest is frequently visited by ships who seek to use the worldhouse's mass drivers for some extra acceleration to their destination. They're often given complimentary foodstuffs before being sent on their way.

With trillions of bushels of apples, grain bins, bales of hay, and countless billions of other crops produced every year, there's plenty to go around.

[hydrus101]

Blood loss does things to a man

[alteredstatesstuff]

farm fields

[toyastales]

Agave Tequila Fields, Jalisco, Mexico 🇲🇽

[ipreferfiction]

"average jedi enclave has approximately two fallen padawans per generation" factoid actually just statistical error. the dantooine enclave, which has a fall rate of every decently strong padawan they've ever trained, is an outlier adn should not be considered

[moghedien]

I love Lae’zel and Shadowheart’s character development because it’s not just “the person they are at the beginning of the game wouldn’t recognize the person they are at the end and that they’re better people overall.”

It’s “the person they are at the beginning of the game would be so viscerally disgusted by the person they are at the end and would actively try to kill them but also they’re better people now”

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

the choice feminists responding to the ballerina farm profile are pissing me ooofff. “she chose this life, why can’t you respect her choice” he fucking stalked her for six months, and then when finding out she was taking a flight back to new york he “pulled a fee strings” asked his rich daddy who owns jetblue to get him a seat next to her on the plane and made it their first date. shut the fuck up.

[smallcloisville]

Lois making sure Clark looks good. She is being so wifey😍😍

The way she fixes his ties when she is angry tho😂😂

[allenanix]

This video proved that Crocodiles 🐊 can stand with their Tail 🤣😂😅

[dustykneed]

WOMEN 😩

oh ABSOLUTELY.

(based on this f!bones dedicated to @muirmarie in spirit :3333 🩵💙💛)

[mmhberry]

Regarding the current situation with bans in SSO…

Can’t believe I am defending SSE right now but there’s so much misinformations on the Instagram side and especially the TikTok side of the SSO community about the ongoing cheat bans it drives me nuts

“SSO is banning half of their community” what are you talking about, they banned like 0,5% of the active players. “Even ReShade gets you banned” I have used reshade for years I never got banned for it and my account is still up since the update, SSO has already confirmed since years that they fully allow reshade.

[soil-is-alive]

Topsoil is the foundation of healthy farming and food production, but it’s being lost at alarming rates❗️

Adding compost to the surface of our soils is one way we can increase organic matter (OM) and help rebuild this precious layer. ✨️

But let’s be real: rebuilding topsoil takes time and consistent care. It’s not a quick fix.

Compost enriches the soil, feeds microbes, and improves water retention—laying the groundwork for healthier, more productive land over the long term. 🌳🌻

Every bit of compost we add is a step toward healthier soils and more resilient farms. 🌍

🌞 Let’s work with nature, not against it.

[alteredstatesstuff]

scarecrow

[butterflysonnets]

the fact that i am sitting here twitching and foaming at the mouth all because i need haunted chocolatier to come out so i can marry the astrophysicist grunge boy jett and make chocolate with a bunch of ghosts after slaughtering a bunch of things inside a painting in my giant mansion is very telling about my mental health

[thegalwhoasked]

I re-did the Blob thingy

Idk

The old one^

[zealfruity]

Where there’s a farm-