Sector 7

Yona chose to map the largest planet, Jupiter. Her sensors said that the magnetic field was 20 times stronger than Earth's, so she kept her distance. Only with her telescope could Yona see Jupiter's very faint rings of dust. She also sent a probe to measure the wind speed inside a huge red spot on Jupiter's surface. Her readings from the anemometer registered about 270 MPH, which told her it was a raging storm, similar to a hurricane. Yona was also successful in calculating that Jupiter was the largest planet in this entire solar system. Other readouts from her probes indicated strong pressure and heat levels could destroy a spaceship if it tried to land on Jupiter, meaning it was impossible to establish a research outpost. This was also confirmed when her probes showed that Jupiter had no defined surface. What she could tell was that there were plumes of sulfur and phosphorous-rich gases that rose from Jupiter's interior layers. Combined with a very fast rotation that lasted only 10 hours each, creating jet-streams, these clouds were separated into dark bands and bright belts across very long stretches.

Jupiter had many moons, one of which had a crust made of solid ice. Yona explored this moon, called Europa, to see what secrets it held. She had to use a superheated drill to pierce through the ice, because it was harder than granite. 10 miles under the ice, she found a raging ocean of water, that held the possible elements to sustain life. She opted to not search for life, because she didn't know how long it would take until her drilled hole froze shut. Also, she had to avoid geysers when landing. Luckily, she landed on Europa without being hit by flash-frozen water from the geysers, and she left in the same manner. This involved taking tight maneuvers, but she was unscathed in the end. A quick analysis of Jupiter's magnetic field showed that Europa was squeezed and stretched as it orbited, which led to the water being in constant motion under the ice.

After Yona had taken all of the pictures she needed, she flew back through the asteroid belt and returned to the space station. She and her friends were now ready to explore Earth.