Atria
Once back onboard the Poseidon, Marta was wide-eyed and curious about pretty much everything. So Mark, Annabelle, Rayven and Laruun took her on a quick tour of the Battlestar, while everyone else went for showers and then to bed.
Shortly after starting the tour, there was an announcement that they were going into light drive and that the trip to Atria should take about 4 days.
An hour or so later they finally returned to the royal quarters. Marta was still excited, and she was amazed at Laruun's bedroom and then in total awe at the royal bedroom, but was confused at the large bed with all the little blankets. That was the one thing Mark had changed. With a bed that size, there was a big custom fitted sheet that was the base, but Mark had changed the big top blanket into smaller single person blankets.
After explaining that the smaller blankets on top limited the stealing of covers and made it easier to get out of bed without waking others up. Marta climbed onto the large bed and lowered her face to the soft blankets and was rubbing her face with them.
Seeing Marta in that position started Mark's cock hardening. Laruun smiled as she undid his pants, setting his cock free and guided him to Marta's pussy. On first contact, Marta smiled and pushed her ass back into Mark, allowing his cock to slide deep into her warm slit.
Soon everyone was naked, Rayven was lying down with Laruun fucking her and Annabelle sitting on her face.
Preferring that position, Mark had Marta change positions so he was on the bottom and she was on top, allowing him to suckle the sweet milk from her large breasts. He soon felt Marta's pussy squeeze his cock tight as she closed her eyes and her entire body shook through her orgasm. Mark squeezed her nipple and sucked more milk from her other breast as he began to pump his cum deep into the tigress.
The other three had already cum and were already in the shower before Mark and Marta had came, so they went for a shower to clean up and then everyone convened in bed and were soon fast asleep.
The next day, they introduced Marta to their routine while they were in transit. Lots of work outs, sports and sex with the odd movie thrown in now and then.
4 days later, the announcement came that they were approaching Atria and would be in orbit in an hour.
Atria was a very small planet, even smaller than Savann. The planet was mostly ocean with two continents on it. The surface of the planet wasn't hospitable to many species as it was simply too hot with surface temperatures upwards of 50C in the sun and only dropping to around 30C at night.
As such, almost all life on the planet actually lived under the surface, which is one of the reasons why they were eager to join the Federation. Construx made tunnel building quicker, easier and safer, plus it gave them a way to leave the planet! Surprisingly, the improved quality of life that the Federation technology gave them, quelled what many expected would be a mass exodus from the planet.
Atria only had a population of about 3 million citizens and all animal life was in the seas, so any fishermen only fished at night and they had fully covered boats, with cooled cabins. One of the advancements the Federation technology gave them, via the construx, was that they created a massive covered section that covered a fair sized bay as well as hundreds of square kilometres inland, this is where the fishermen stayed during the day.
Solara pointed out what appeared to be an extensive road network on the surface of the planet. She explained that it was just starting to be built when she left. She was one of the designers, which is how she knew all about construx. They had made some changes though as the road was also now covered by a shade centred on the road and including 5 kilometres on each side.
They had also found several plants that would grow in the heat, as long as they weren't in direct sunlight. So much of their food production was done in the shade of the covering.
As they were flying over the surface, it was easy to spot where the various settlements were, as there were numbered landing pads on the surface above or near the communities. Those extra large pads, along with the road network and shades, collected energy from the intense sun and provided all the energy they would ever need for the communities below the surface.
Following the procedure on Savann, Solara and Rayven rock, paper, scissored to see who's community they went to first.
Solara won, so she guided the shuttle to the smaller of the two continents, called Tharkasia, and then followed the coast until she found the landmark she was looking for. Similar to most other species, the majority of their population lived along the coastline. Maren made contact with the community and received instructions to land on pad 2, which spiralled open when they approached, exposing a massive hangar for them to land in.
There was a welcoming committee waiting for them as they exited the shuttle. Gyges went first and then started announcing as people exited the shuttle. Solara went second and was met with a huge applause. Last, of course, was Mark, which the crowd also cheered, but not as much as they had for Solara.
Solara took it upon herself to introduce some of the community leaders that were present, as well as introducing everyone to her long time friend, Sharka, who was there as well. Once the community leaders returned to their normal tasks, Solara and Sharka embraced and gave each other a toe curling kiss, their lower arms cupping each others ass and their ample breasts pressed to each other.
Mark, Gyges and Rayven all had noticeable bulges in their pants, from watching the two Tharkian women kiss, and the bulges did not go unnoticed. Sharka smiled as she looked at the impressive bulge in Mark's pants. Solara, sensing what Sharka was thinking, told her that it was something that she needed to experience! Solara suggested they go back to her place, so they could help relieve their discomfort.
She led them on a mini-tour of the community on the way to her house. Solara commented that there didn't appear to any of the original tunnels left and Sharka confirmed that they had all been rebuilt with construx. The original tunnels were uneven rock, dimly lit and prone to collapsing, whereas the new tunnels were well lit, smooth and stable.
The community itself looked very modern and oddly Earth-like. People pretty much walked or biked everywhere or used the public transit system which looked kind of like the lifts, except they followed designated roads or freeways.
Surprisingly, considering they were underground, it didn't feel claustrophobic or confined and the air even seemed clean and clear, not stuffy at all. The main marketplaces were in huge caverns with the ceilings 20 metres high or even higher in some places and there were buskers and vendors on the street corners.