Radiant Refractor

Radiant Refractor is covered with a mixture of forests and open planes, all bright green with abundant plant life, fed by streams descending from the smoky mountains that dot the surface. The ecology of the moon is fairly normal - trees, grasses, large herd animals thundering across the plans, smaller tree dwelling animals in the forests, bird-like creatures overhead - with one exception: the giant crystals which give the moon its name.

When Toba first invented spaceflight and came to Radiant Refractor, the early explorers saw the occasional eruption of crystals out of the soil and assumed that they were a strange geological feature. Over time, though, they noticed that some crystals grew in size, others became more colorful, and others lost their color, turned gray, and eventually crumbled. Over decades of research, it became clear that the crystals were a form of life, feeding on underground nutrients, soaking in the rays of Aluza, and growing in size and changing colors as they aged.

Toba scientists and engineers are still studying the crystals, and recently they have been incorporated into two technologies: the core drive unit of the prismatic converter rocket, and ultra-high tech computer chips, used in very limited quantities in items like cybernetic goggles.