The first thing Noah noticed about Lilivil Prime as their transport descended through the atmosphere was how surprisingly ordinary it looked from above. He'd been expecting some kind of ethereal alien paradise based on Kelvin's increasingly dramatic speculation during their journey, but the planet spread out below them looked almost... familiar.
Rolling green hills stretched toward distant mountain ranges, while vast forests of what looked remarkably like Earth trees covered much of the visible landscape. Rivers carved silver paths through valleys that could have been lifted from any number of human-settled worlds. The only immediate difference was the subtle variation in the light—something about the planet's sun cast everything in a softer, more golden hue than he was used to.
