Hello, visitors to Caarimon. The governors of our fair planet bid you welcome. As it is unlikely that you have come to Caarimon previously, we have provided a short document for you to peruse as you are going through the landing process. It details answers to several questions that we find it likely visitors will wish to ask.
If you have come to Caarimon, you have doubtless been told that there is only one area on the planet where you can safely land. This is not strictly true, but we do ask that all ships visiting Caarimon route themselves through Joventusek. We have worked for generations to obtain a precise ecological balance, and as such, we attempt to regulate travel as much as possible. Please know that it is not that we do not trust you, our visitors. Rather, we do not trust technology that was not developed specifically with Caarimon in mind. If you tell us your intentions are honorable, we will believe you until given reason to do otherwise.
Those intentions, however, must be stated
to a representative of the Caarimon Ministry of Conservation prior to taking
a ship to a location other than Joventusek. If travel outside the first
of our cities is necessary, we will gladly provide you with a means of
transport that is friendlier to our local environment than most ships tend
to be. Please understand that we ask this in order to preserve the delicate
balance of life on Caarimon. As you approach Joventusek, you will see that
it floats above the fields of the planet. No piece of this city, or any
other, touches the surface of the planet. In fact, no metal object is allowed
to touch the fragile grasses that cover so much of our planet; it was metals,
and the byproducts of metals, that nearly wiped out all life on Caarimon
over a hundred generations ago. In that time, we have regrown much of our
beautiful world, though a great desolation remains in
the north. There, nothing is ever likely
to grow again, and it is our great shame that such a place mars our fine
planet.
Those of you of a technical mind may wonder how cities such as Joventusek float a mere ten meters off the planet’s surface without harming the fragile life beneath. Our technology was specifically designed to power the cities using the gases naturally expelled by the plants, and to put out the light and heat and gases that the plants need to survive. We are symbionts with our planet, and while we welcome visitors, we ask that you also take on the role of symbiont while on Caarimon. If this is beyond your capacity, we ask that you at least do minimal harm. We welcome you, and hope that the act of welcoming has not made you feel unwelcome. It is better to speak honestly, to convey the truth of a situation and to risk anger, than it is to leave those who would visit us in ignorance of our ways and hope for the best.
As visitors, a representative of the Ministry of Conservation will welcome you. Any questions you have will be happily answered. We are pleased that you have arrived, and hope that you find Caarimon to be as beautiful a place as we believe it to be.
Welcome to our home.