Aurora of Talos-II

During the very first hour after the First Aggeloi War broke out, Endfield Industries received numerous witness reports of strange "cascading veils of light" appearing in northern Talos-II. The full extent of the strange lights was only documented after the successful launch of OMV Dijiang into its artificial orbit. People will call this veil of light the Aurora of Talos-II for over a hundred years afterwards.

According to mainstream belief, the Aurora of Talos-II comprises 2 parts. The first being the lower portion of the Aurora that exhibits structural and energy profiles similar to those of the Terran Starpod, essentially making this lower portion the Auroral Barrier (though this assumption remains controversial). Fortunately, the Auroral Barrier only surrounds the north polar region and several isolated pockets of Talos-II and does not envelope the entire world like it did on Terra. The second part is the Æther Tide that stretches from the ceiling and origin of the Auroral Barrier to its outer envelope. This Tide would appear as the static Aurora visible to the unaided eye. Æther bursts and flares occur on a regular basis within the Aurora as it spreads from the north pole of Talos-II, leaving powerful Active Blight phenomena in wake.

For the last century or so, multiple attempts to approach the polar north with auto-drones have failed. No orbital deployment systems have succeeded in breaching the Auroral Barrier, and no low altitude aerial vehicles are capable of surviving the intense Auroral Blight. Hosts of Aggeloi active in the Auroral Region are extremely protective of areas surrounded by the veils of light. It is essentially impossible to traverse these areas by land.

The Terran aurora is a natural phenomenon only visible in northern Ursus and Sami. However, Talosians have realized that the Aurora of Talos-II is a ticking clock for humanity's existence on this moon.