Capella Four (also known as Auriga) was a small, uninhabited world.
Astronomical data[]
Capella Four was the fourth planet orbiting the double star Capella in the constellation Auriga. As both stars were quite hot, Capella Four was a warm world, with a desert-like biome.
Its native life was remarkable for its uniformity: native flora was dominated by plants resembling Earth's bracken fern (twenty-six species, all identical except for size), while native fauna was restricted to eighteen species of a nocturnal spider-like creature, also identical except for size. The fern-like plants and spider-like creatures were all consumable by humans. (PROSE: Steal from the World [+]Kate Orman, The Dead Men Diaries (Bernice Summerfield short stories, 2000).)
History[]
At one point in its distant past, the planet was an outpost of the now-vanished Aurigan civilisation.
In 2563, archaeologist Bernice Summerfield visited the planet to find traces of the Aurigan civilisation. Shortly after being dropped off on the planet, she fell off a cliff, breaking both legs. It took her almost a month to crawl back to the dig site, during which she subsisted on night crawlers. (PROSE: Steal from the World [+]Kate Orman, The Dead Men Diaries (Bernice Summerfield short stories, 2000).)
Years later, Bernice recalled the dig on Auriga as one of the worst things that ever happened to her. (PROSE: Parasite [+]Jim Mortimore, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1994).)
Later, Bernice told !Ci!ci-tel, WiRgo!xu, !qu-!qu-tala and John Lafayette about her experience on Capella Four, where she learned her lesson about always being prepared. (PROSE: Walking to Babylon [+]Kate Orman, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1998).)
In 2599, Bernice returned to Capella Four on assignment from the Braxiatel Collection. (PROSE: Steal from the World [+]Kate Orman, The Dead Men Diaries (Bernice Summerfield short stories, 2000).)