Joch'Inell

Located in the Mell'Ich'Dorra triple-star system, Joch'Inell is the only inhabitable moon out of the seven satellites orbitting the gas giant Drech'Inell. High gravity, tectonic movement and volcanism cause frequent shifts in the underground tunnel enviroment.

Relatively low pressure atmosphere.

Because Joch'Inell is tidally locked to Drech'Inell, day and night are determined by the moon's cycle around the giant. For half of Joch'Inell, the daytime will be interrupted as the moon passes through Drech'Inell's shadow. It takes Joch'Inell 11 days to complete it's orbit.

Due to the lack of solar energy for the planet, early species instead adapted to use thermal energy released by the planet's many magma tunnels instead. Most species on the planet fall under one of three groups:


 * 1) Thermotrophs, which use a chemical similar to chlorophyll to turn water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen.


 * 1) Second are fungi-like organisms, which use the natural minerals of the planet and run-off from the other two groups to grow.


 * 1) And finally animal-like organisms, that are still closer to Earth fungi than they are to animals.