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"We talked about what was necessary for life last week," Kaidan said. He gestured at a large hologram of... well, it was Sur'Kesh, actually. "Well, according to the scientists of this era, number one with a dot is water. You don't get life without it. According to some estimates, one in five solar systems should have a planet that can support life."

He cleared his throat. "That's not taking the water factor into account," he said. "We're talking about Earth-like planets here. Planets in the right temperature zone. Hotter than that, and water evaporates. Colder than that, it freezes. Each solar system has a kind of... sweet spot, depending on the size and strength of its star, where life could hypothetically be possible. 'Course, not all of them have planets there."

His mouth quirked briefly. "So no," he said. "Unlike what some Earth philosophers would've liked to think in this time-- we're not special."

He handed a stack of handouts to Mercy, instructing her to give one to each student.

"We're all going to design a planet today," he said. A holographic interface appeared over each student's desk. "I want you all to team up. Each team designs one habitable and one uninhabitable planet."

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Habitably.

It's pretty extensive. The handout. Not the lecture.

Find a partner, then use your holographic interface to design both a habitable and an inhabitable planet. Then ~~using a handwavy simulator or just play Spore~~ populate the habitable one with species of your own design.

When she pings in.

Kaidan was a little preoccupied checking through his orders for next week, but he was around.

So apparently San Antonio, Texas was founded by Canary Islanders and they're really proud of that here. I've seen at least three advertisements for Texas hoe-down dinner shows.

Also:

Alana

Alana fiddled with the interface a little while she waited for a partner. She was cold, so a desert planet sounded about right today...

Mercy passed out the handouts, then looked around for a partner. She was available to help out as needed.

Mercy smiled at Alana. "Need a partner?"

"Sure," Alana said, spinning toward Mercy. "I was playing with the game a little. Controls are pretty easy, want to try?"

Minako Aino

Cade

Cade was tooling around on the program on his own, trying to make something like Naboo with slightly less humidity.

So far he was making a lot of Hoths and Tatooines instead. Poodoo.

Mercy nodded. "I'll give it a try. I'm not so good with this sort of thing, though."

Cecil Palmer

Mordin Solus

Mordin felt an unreasonable surge of pride at seeing his home used as an example of habitability, which was ridiculous on several levels, but still. Wonderful job, Sur'Kesh, on supporting life.

[sorry for lateness, stupid work schedules!]

"How come?" Alana asked, legitimately curious. It didn't strike her as the kind of game you could be either good or bad at.

"I never did much with video games or computers before I came here," Mercy admitted. "It just never seems to come as naturally to me as it seems to do to a lot of the other students, I guess."

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