Some discoveries you stumble into. This one drifted over the horizon at sunset: a sixty-meter boneless drifter, translucent as a soap bubble, moving on nothing but wind and slow internal tides.
The species
I logged eleven of them across three days. They never land. Their "song" registers on the analysis visor as low-frequency radio — a slow, repeating pattern that shifts when two drifters pass near each other. Conversation? Navigation? Nobody knows yet.
"The scanner says genus: unknown, temperament: passive. The visor doesn't have a field for 'awe.'"
Field notes
They avoid storm cells but seem drawn to my base lights at night, drifting within meters of the observatory glass. I've started leaving the exterior beacons on. If you visit Uyekup XIV, please don't shoot them. Some things deserve to stay gentle.
Full discovery data uploaded to the Galactic Record under system Uyekup-XIV/3A.