Tiyanki Grave Mound

It's hard to determine if … is even a planet: preliminary drilling has only revealed strata upon strata of biological tissue. According to estimations, it would take 2,435,463 Tiyanki bodies to produce a planetary mass of this size (with a margin of error equal to 5.3%). Even assuming the existence of a rocky core upon which the corpses are layered, the number of specimens involved is still significant.

Did someone or something bring the Tiyanki here to die, or are they naturally drawn to this place as their final hour draws near?

The unusual... liveliness of the dead Tiyanki covering the surface of … seems to be a byproduct of their regenerative capabilities: even if technically dead, the bodies are still reassembling themselves. This system is unusually rich in nourishing substances typically found in the gas giants where Tiyanki graze. Perhaps that explains why this behavior hasn't been observed before.

This discovery does not explain why the dead seem to move as if controlled by a single mind, extending their tentacles to encroach upon the new carcasses falling on the planet.

Further excavations will hopefully reveal new insights on the inner workings of this... place. Or being. Our … are still divided on the exact nomenclature.

Our excavations unearthed a complex network of tunnels extending under the surface of …. Chemical analysis confirms the walls are entirely composed of highly compressed Tiyanki tissue, the flesh still warm and hardly decomposed despite rivaling the age of our empire. It's as if the corpses were fused together, reshaped and modified to form this place... But why?

After mapping the extensive underground network of …, our … realized the tunnels closely match the structure of the Tiyanki vascular system - but on a planetary scale.

The pulsating walls emanate a soft warmth, the temperature slowly increasing as the expedition approached the planet core - where our scanners have picked up a faint life signal.