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Makara
(Classical Sanskrit)IPA(key)
A pink-ish gray moon dotted with many mountains and ridges, Makara is the second closest moon to its parent Eos, and was the first moon to be explored during the game's early closed alpha period. Its atmosphere is vividly pink and green, and is possessed of an asteroid belt which shares the same green color. It is currently the only moon with a city built on its surface.
History
An expedition organised by Hatman, member of Collective, succeeded in being the first Endoskeleton to reach this moon. Hatman named the moon Elysium, and its usage has persisted throughout the game's history.
Expedition
The moon had been an intended goal for many adventurous individuals. The Collective had been planning the trip with Hatman as the lead. Hatman designed the Moonshot as the first spacecraft specifically designed for an expedition to the moon during a week of early Closed Alpha. The operation was carried out in secret, with only news being officially broadcast when Hatman went live on Twitch 9 hours after the start of his journey. This was done to make sure he could not be pursued and/or attacked by other players wanting the stop him. The successful journey was actually the second attempt, as the first day's flight at May 17th was interrupted by server maintenance.
On the 20th of May, 2020, at around 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time, Hatman of the Collective landed on Elysium. The voyage took voyage took 43 hours, with an estimated 2 hours of total pauses for refueling. The distance was estimated as 20,000 km. Upon arrival a bug caused Hatman's rangefinders to fail in detecting the moon surface and automatically stop the ship. Due to the Hatman being AFK at the time and trusting the anti-collision system, the Moonshot crashed. Hatman and most of the ship survived as he was able to repurpose his ship in order to plant a Collective flag and name the moon Elysium. He then reported the rangefinder bug and explored the moon. This marked the first time an Endoskeleton reached any planetary surface, the first time a faction reached the moon, the first crash landing, and possibly the most famous bug report in the history of Starbase at the time.
Upon landing, Hatman's said his famous words: "One small crash for an endo. One giant leap for endokid. -kind. damnit."
Nomenclature
Makara /ˈmə.kə.rə/ (Sanskrit: मकर, romanized: Makara) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn.
Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, and of the god of the ocean, Varuna Makara are considered guardians of gateways and thresholds, protecting throne rooms as well as entryways to temples; it is the most commonly recurring creature in Hindu and Buddhist temple iconography, and also frequently appears as a gargoyle or as a spout attached to a natural spring.
Elysium (/ɪˈlɪzi.əm, ɪˈlɪʒəm/, otherwise known as the Elysian Fields (Ancient Greek: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, Ēlýsion pedíon) or Elysian Plains, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults.
In Homer's Odyssey, Elysium is described as a paradise:
...to the Elysian plain...where life is easiest for men. No snow is there, nor heavy storm, nor ever rain, but ever does Ocean send up blasts of the shrill-blowing West Wind that they may give cooling to men.
— Homer, Odyssey (4.560–565)
Gallery
Hatman's first quote when landing on the moon.
The Moonshot, the first ship to arrive on the moon.
