"I think I have some information that you might be interested in. When I was meeting with the boss, I happened to catch a glimpse of some surveys. They found something anomalous. I mean really anomalous."
"I'm trying to be dramatic, okay. Just let me have this... So, this Earth is too big."
"Yeh, the gravity isn't any different on the surface, the continents are all the same shape and all proportional, but it's too big."
"How much bigger? Listen, I'm just working from memory, I didn't get a chance to get the data files-"
"The incursions seem to have all occurred in the Holocene for us..."
"Yes, of course I can get you the information! That's why I'm calling you. Can we meet in person?"
"Yes, yes, I know. Of course."
**click**
Gigas
It's a big world after all.
The planet, and, by extension, the universe, commonly known among company higher-ups as Gigas, is obviously a mystery for researchers. A seemingly certain larger duplicate of the Earth is located in its place. Bizarrely, gravity on its surface is Earth-normal. Refer to Appendix A.2 for investigation into whether this is a result of compositional differences or minute variations in physical laws.
The surface of Gigas seemingly mirrors that of Earth, to an unusual degree. The greatly expanded interiors of the continents maintain similar climates, when logic would dictate them being deserts. Elevation is also scaled to a similar degree. The atmosphere of Gigas also behaves counterintuitively; while it is comparatively thicker spatially, the pressure at sea level is identical. However, the atmosphere is not scaled entirely identically to elevation. Many mountain ranges whose Earthly counterparts are covered in life reach heights that leave organisms starving for oxygen. In contrast, while complex surveys have not been undertaken, it appears oceanic depth is still equal to that of the Earth at the comparative point, flattening the Gigas's oceanic floors. Truly, Gigas is a paradox.
It appears clear that Gigas was settled by life taken from an Earth almost identical to ours, at some point after the start of the Holocene. No descendants or remains of extinct Pleistocene megafauna have been found. However, it is also clear that the transplantations occurred prior to the many forms of modern human environmental damage, likely while man was still living solely in hunter gatherer communities. However, it is evident that some time dilation between universes, as orders of magnitude more time has passed on Gigas than on Earth. Evidence seems to point to direct intelligent involvement in the actual transplantation event or events, though researchers are split over whether life expanded from set transplanted communities or was artificially duplicated or multiplied and spread evenly over the surface. Different evidence seems to favor both hypothesies.
Once life reached Gigas's surface, rampant speciation occurred. The most adversely affected lifeforms where the migratory species, faced with different geographies, they were forced to radically adjust their lifestyle or go extinct. For all creatures, regions that once had close contact were now cut off by impenetrable mountains, vast rivers, and endless deserts. The animals on small islands now had room to grow and evolve, cut off from any mainland. Even relatively homogenous regions in our world became divided into many distinct new ecosystems. While the geography of Gigas resembles our's, its life does not.
Native humans are present on Gigas. However, the situation is complex and should be examined in further detail later in another report.
The surface of Gigas seemingly mirrors that of Earth, to an unusual degree. The greatly expanded interiors of the continents maintain similar climates, when logic would dictate them being deserts. Elevation is also scaled to a similar degree. The atmosphere of Gigas also behaves counterintuitively; while it is comparatively thicker spatially, the pressure at sea level is identical. However, the atmosphere is not scaled entirely identically to elevation. Many mountain ranges whose Earthly counterparts are covered in life reach heights that leave organisms starving for oxygen. In contrast, while complex surveys have not been undertaken, it appears oceanic depth is still equal to that of the Earth at the comparative point, flattening the Gigas's oceanic floors. Truly, Gigas is a paradox.
It appears clear that Gigas was settled by life taken from an Earth almost identical to ours, at some point after the start of the Holocene. No descendants or remains of extinct Pleistocene megafauna have been found. However, it is also clear that the transplantations occurred prior to the many forms of modern human environmental damage, likely while man was still living solely in hunter gatherer communities. However, it is evident that some time dilation between universes, as orders of magnitude more time has passed on Gigas than on Earth. Evidence seems to point to direct intelligent involvement in the actual transplantation event or events, though researchers are split over whether life expanded from set transplanted communities or was artificially duplicated or multiplied and spread evenly over the surface. Different evidence seems to favor both hypothesies.
Once life reached Gigas's surface, rampant speciation occurred. The most adversely affected lifeforms where the migratory species, faced with different geographies, they were forced to radically adjust their lifestyle or go extinct. For all creatures, regions that once had close contact were now cut off by impenetrable mountains, vast rivers, and endless deserts. The animals on small islands now had room to grow and evolve, cut off from any mainland. Even relatively homogenous regions in our world became divided into many distinct new ecosystems. While the geography of Gigas resembles our's, its life does not.
Native humans are present on Gigas. However, the situation is complex and should be examined in further detail later in another report.
