Planet:Astorito

Astorito I and II were the two moons orbiting Min, the homeworld of the Mayorians and the Mayor Empire. When Min was bombarded in 6.997, the two moons were only taken over by The Grox, and not destroyed, so their terrain and cities look very similar to what they did thousands of years ago, when the moons belonged to the Mayorians.

Astorito I
Astorito I was the moon that was first discovered by the Mayorians, around -16.000. It is covered in green grass, and many animals live on the large planes stretching for miles around. Before the Construction Era, the moon's cities were only small towns and groups of houses scattered around on the surface. But when the Construction Era came, so did the skyscrapers. Soon 20% of the moon was covered in cities, but despite the lack of space in the Mayor Empire, both the moons of Min remained largely covered in plants and water. After a few centuries, the scientists of Astorito I began experimenting with hovering cities who could fly hundreds of meters above the ground. Because the Mayorians could breath in very thin air, this was an excellent alternative to urbanization of the moon. This technique was later also used on many colonies of the Empire, including on Astorito II. The atmosphere of the moon was quite thin, yet it would even have been able to host Terrans!

Astorito II
Astorito II was the second moon of Min, but it was not discovered before around a thousand years after Astorito I, around -15.000. That was because Astorito II was much further away from Min than Astorito I was. Astorito II contained a huge amount of both pink and purple spice, and when the Mayorians colonized it, they became even more prosperous, and they could afford to experiment further with their engines who were based on matter technology. Because of this, the colonization of Astorito II was not only a sign the Mayorians could travel far, but also one of the most important milestones in their history.

Planet Eclipses
For the inhabitants of Min, there was sometimes a moon eclipses. This was when the moons of Astorito disappeared, not at the same time of course, in the shadow cast by the planet. But for the inhabitants of the moons, however, it was different. On Min, Mayorians only lost one of their moons for a short amount of time, but for the Astoritoans, the entire sun disappeared behind the planet Min! As Astorito I & II were some of the few inhabitable moons at the time, millions of tourists came to the moons from far-away planets every time it happened. This popular phenomenon was called a planetary eclipse, or just planet eclipse.