Astronaut Shrines: Griffsilv Crater

Roughly 800 miles in diameter, the Griffsilv Crater is located near the equator of Ain 4. The entire central region of the crater is one massive hyper-xeric-desert composed primarily of a peculiar silvery titanium-aluminum dust that is suspected of being left-over from the Second Imperium, at least according to the cybertribes and Dust Trawlers who know this place better than just about anyone. The cybertribes are convinced that the Dust is all that remains of the sacred ship of their forebears, that they claim was dismantled by molecular-level mechanisms unleashed by their enemies.

Nothing of the sort has ever been reported in all the centuries of prospecting and Dust Trawling, but that doesn't stop the cybertribes from telling their ancestral tall tales to anyone who'll listen. Especially if they are buying the liquor.

Conditions within the crater-desert are incredibly harsh, even for a wasteland like Ain 4. The moonlight reflected off of the dust can permanently blind unprotected eyes in just minutes, during the day it literally cooks anything that isn't suitably protected. Foilsuits are most common amongst the Dust Trawler-crews, the cybertribes have other, more exotic solutions.