The power behind crystals is a bit of a mystery to some, and I’m not talking about their healing abilities, but as forces of nature.    To say that crystals have magical properties, would be a fantastical proposition.  What  is one man’s science, could be another man’s magic, and vice versa.

Some crystals work much the same way that lasers do : – they take scattered rays of energy and make the energy field so coherent and unidirectional that a tremendous force is generated outward. 

Some crystals exhibit seemingly magical abilities to the unlearned mind:  -  certain crystalline materials, such as some minerals, previously absorb energy from electromagnetic radiation or other ionizing radiation, and this is re-emitted as light upon heating of the material.

Both of these are natural occurrences, but have also been  experimented with, in controlled environments, proving  that ‘unexplained phenonema’ will always out with a scientific explanation.

Thinking back to the mutations taking place between Maroon and Ertekon during full Eclipse, one can only wonder if there must be “a little something in the air”.

MAROON:  How the planet came to be named

The idea that a planet needs a name upon discovery is nothing new.   What baffled the scientists the most, was that this visiting world had not been previously noticed.  While they were residing on Ertekon, they researched through their telescopes,  hoping to find a reasonable explanation for this mystery.  It was estimated that every twenty years or so, the two planets would pass by in each other’s orbital plane.  The result came about that Ertekon witnessed an unusual phenonemon;  the sun would be blocked by the other larger planet  for a day or two.

As discovered by the scientists, the larger planet shared land with a expansive cluster of what appeared to be giant crystals, reaching high into the atmosphere.   At the time of the eclipse, both planets were in Perihelion;  wherein the planets were closest to the sun.  This would explain the increase in solar activity needed to bring about the following events.

The larger planet’s magnetosphere ; a ‘magnetic bubble’, would protect it from  solar winds, but Ertekon was considered to be a dead planet , and thus did not share such a protective field.   When the eclipse occurred, some of the solar radiation / high-energy particles had escaped through the protective magnetosphere shields, and collided with air molecules in the upper atmosphere of the planet.  This, in theory, added with the unexplained properties of the giant crystals, caused a reaction similar to Earth’s ‘Auroras’, but intensified ten-fold with the gases in their unique atmosphere, thus creating a storm of blue fire in the outer atmosphere.  The storm would  intensify and be aimed directly at Ertekon in full Eclipse.  During this event, violent flares of magnetic energy would escape the outer atmosphere, travelling into space, and hitting any celestial object within its path.  Combined with the mystical properties of the unresearched crystals, the explosive flares of magnetic energy would connect and mutate any living being in its way.  To random a guess, both planets’ would be in proximity to each other for almost a week, a few days before and a few days after eclipse.  Once an individual was affected, this would result in a temporary mutation which would only last a few days, at least until the larger planet had left  Ertekon’s orbital plane.

As the larger planet would move away, and out of Perihelion, the elliptical orbit would alter as the planet’s axial tilted and rotation differed, thus the gases that were concentrated over the crystal lands would disperse. 

It would be these gases that would create a reddish-purple dust-like trail, bringing to mind the colour of Maroon.

NEW POSITION OF ERTEKON:        Formerly known as Sixth, but now bumped up to Seventh.

POSITION OF MAROON:        Sixth planet from the Sun

ORBITAL PERIOD AROUND SUN:        +-20 – 22 years

ROTATION PERIOD:        10 hours = 1 day

SURFACE TEMPERATURE:        +- 15 degrees Celsius

DIAMETER OF PLANET:    5125 kilometres  (relatively quite small, compared to Earth’s 12756.32 km’s)