Basic info
The Hourglass Twins are two desert planets that are connected via a coloumn of sand. They orbit very close to the Sun, and thus it is not recommended to use the autopilot as there is a large chance that it will try to fly through it. Both planets have several alien relics on them.
Database info
- Binary planets locked in a stable orbit
- Twin A: No desert plantife on surface. Extensive subterranean network detected
- Twin B: No lifeforms deteced. Extremely strong foreign technology readings below surface
- Spontaneous sand transfer occurs once every 100 years. Geological mechanism unknown
Relics
There are a few main sites: The Teleporter, the Probe Launchers, the Cryotube Pod, and the Sub-surface ruins.
The Teleporter is a relic buried under the sand that appears in regular intervals, seeming to rise out of the sand. After it has been fully uncovered it will teleport any players standing on it to another planet that has a similiar construction. There are teleporters on Giant's Deep and Timber Hearth.
The Probe launchers are on the same planetoid as the Teleporter, and are fairly easy to notice. Other probe launchers can be found elsewhere.
The Cryotube Pod is one of three scattered around the solar system, each one holding dozens of empty pods. The one on the Hourglass Twins is located in a valley, and can be observed indirectly by its strobing green light.
Near the Cryotube Pod is a hole in the ground, which leads to a series of caverns that are open to exploration, eventually you may come across several rooms, each holding different items. These are the Sub-surface ruins. There is another set of sub surface ruins located beneath the traveller. There is a hole in the ground, leading to several caverns. At the end of the tunnel/cavern bit there are a few two inscriptions talking about the anglerfish on Dark Bramble. They reveal how the anglerfish have very acute hearing, but poor eyesight, and also express that they wished they had known that when they arrived. Underneath the canyon with the arches, the are 2 caverns for each direction. In one dirction there are ruins, the tower ruin leads to a cave that leads under the red spot that looks like a teleporter. it contains inscriptions about 4 more towers on another set of twin planets that are ready for teleportation apon alignment with a certain planet. the other path is a secret!
Sand Transfer
Over time, sand will transfer from one of the planets to the other, filling the insides (including the ruins) with sand.