Geology & Surface Organics

The Geology & Surface Organics department’s primary focus is to catalogue lifeforms and plantlife keeping an open mind to how and where they develop and to record and study geological formations found naturally on other worlds. By careful measurement and study we advance further in understanding our natural universe.

For a chronological view of events and discoveries, visit the Canonn Timeline in the Lore pages.

Get Your Name In The Codex

29th May 2023

Commander Marxanthius is one of our dedicated catalogers. He does a weekly audit of the Codex against our records to ensure that we are up to date and has a unique knowledge of the codex. He doesn’t just fly a desk he is also one of the pioneers of the Canonn Challenge and has visited…

The Road to Exobiology Elite V

10th February 2022

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by JJGoldberg It was a bumpy, long and windy road. Inefficient at points, because of sheer ignorance and sometimes cockiness. Exhilarating sometimes, exhausting for sure! But we got there before anybody else. It all started May 19 3306 . With all the problems being reported in the galaxy at that time, I decided to just…

Speed Scanning Challenge

5th September 2021

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In the Inner Orion Spur, about 300 light years from Sol, Tucanae Sector AF-A d71 4 e is a 1000km radius rocky body, with a thin Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere, that supports 9 different life forms. Worth a modest 2,093,600 credits at Vista Genomics, the system was visited by CMDR Yanosh who analysed all the biology…

Organic Scanning Guide

19th August 2021

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In this guide we will show you some tips and techniques for finding surface biology using the latest incarnation of the detailed surface scanner and how to quickly gather the required three scans per species so that you can sell the data at Vista Genomics and work your way up to the coveted Exobiologist Elite…

Where Bacteria Roam

4th July 2021

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Bacteria, Bacterium, Biology

CMDR Felsen83 has written a report on the current state of bacterial research. Back on ancient earth, long before humanity took to the stars, the archaic lifeform named “Bacterium” had been known to populate almost all corners of the planet. With the new campaign to sample all life in our galaxy, initiated by Vista Genomics,…

Vista Genomics Price List

7th June 2021

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Biology, codex, vista genomics

Are you tired of getting stiffed at Vista Genomics? Commanders using our software have been uploading their sales data so we can create this price list…

Will you take the Canonn Challenge?

30th August 2020

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Canonn Challenge

Here at Canonn Interstellar we just love to catalog things. We now have a huge catalog of Biology and Notable Stellar Phenomena. You can access our data from the following locations. Data Type Canonn API Canonn API documentation Surface Biology Google Sheets Lagrange Cloud Google Sheets Guardian Google Sheets Thargoid Google Sheets codex.json.gz Dump of…

Amphora Plant

9th September 2019

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Biologic, Surface Site

These are relatively rare organics (see in-game Codex for locations), and they will appear on the Navigation panel as Biological signals. There appears to be only a single classification. They spawn the usual range of raw materials, shoot them to retrieve. Scan them with the ship or SRV Composition Scanner to record them in your…

Crystalline Shards

31st December 2018

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Biologic, lifeform, Surface Site

These structures are created by colonies of micro-organisms and are found in several sectors. including Sanguineous Rim and The Abyss, mostly around the outer edge of the galaxy (see in-game Codex for locations). There appears to be only a single classification of crystalline shards. They spawn the usual range of raw materials, though they seem…

Alien Tubeworms Hunt

7th April 2018

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lifeform, Surface Site, tubeworm

UPDATE! The hunt is over! With the advent of the galactic Codex CMDRs found tubeworms near the galactic core. These can be found in the in-game Codex classified as Sinuous Tubers in several areas around the Galactic Core sector. Commanders Syleo and Maligno often found wreckage and degraded emissions on their travels. Recently while sorting…