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Uxmal is a small terran sized planet, about the size of Mars, which has a large moon, approximately the size of earth's Luna. Uxmal is a vibrant planet, with a huge, world-spanning ocean, with large continents nonetheless, many stellar nations would be interested in colonizing this planet, however, it is already the home of an advanced species of humanoids, the Nizoans. Their civilazation is currently in the equivalent of earth's information age, with comples communications networks, a worldwide media, crude grid capability, and advanced transportation systems. Uxmal, however, never became home to a wasteful, polluting society such as the one that thrived on earth 500 years ago, the Nizoans, deeply in touch with their environment, realized the negative effects of fossil-fuel engines, putting an end to their development a mere 10 years after their first use. They have opted to use wind-powered vehicles, such as adanced sailships, that ride on Uxmal's strong winds (average of 40 kph, common gusts can be as high as 80 kph). They have recently begun mass-production of their combustion engine in a century, a fuel cell type electric engine similar to the hydrogen fuel cells used briefly on earth in the 21st century, this system is very effective on Uxmal: Powerplants are powered by the ocean's impressive tides, hence producing abundant electricity with little or no effect on the planet's eco-system, this electricity is in turn used to electrolyse sea water, separating it into oxygen and hydrogen, the later being used in the fuel cells. Uxmal's population is evely spread between the continents and semi submerged cities that surface in calm weather, and dive under the waves during storms. |
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