Identification: my god, the whole thing's one enormous organism!
Variants: or at least, this bit we've parked in
Also Known As: Injestia, Sclerosis, or Planet Jeff
Origin: about an astronomical unit from an uncharted star somewhere off in the galactic verges
| LOOKS: | scenic | B+ |
|---|---|---|
| BRAINS: | work on geological (or at best meteorological) timescales | 50 |
| LETHALITY: | better at soaking it up than dishing it out | 0.1 |
| CULTURE: | if every living thing on the planet is growing under controlled conditions then it's a thoroughly cultured milieu | 82 |
| HARDNESS: | references to the Gaia Hypothesis don't make it hard SF | 2½ |
| TOKENISM: | covered by environmental protection legislation | 89 |
Religion: materialistic pantheist
Climate: temperate all over
Favoured System of Government: anarcho‐solipsist
Natural Predators: fellow unevolvables the Astrolocustoids
Affiliated With: occasionally host conferences of the Union of Field Observers
Not To Be Confused With: the Enigmoids, who also specialise in bewildering explorers
See Also: the only other members of their weight category, the Gigabacilloids