The planet Draxxt orbited three stars, unlike their ancient Earth birthplace, and four moons clustered in the night sky. It was a rogue exoplanet, unlike Earth, yet strikingly similar in its geology of alien formations and life, a potential and habitable home targeted by humans who left their planet behind in search of safety and peace. Their first tantalizing glimpses of this world, potentially perfect for life, were critical for ascertaining whether it would be home to the weary cosmic wanderers. It lay in the habitable zone of its parent stars.
Draxxt spun close to a cosmic firestorm, almost lost in the flare of its suns. A hundred billion years ago it formed as a gas giant. Its gaseous shell blasted off into space, revealing a rocky core. Machine-gunned by deadly cosmic rays, this tin
