WORK IN PROGRESS (15 unused cultural affinity points) Warmongerers / Military Production: 5 Scientists / Research Income: 10 Theologians / Faith Income: 0 [hider=Librarian Known Technologies] [u]TIER ONE TECH[/u] -25 pt Total ROBOTICS -5 pt COLD FUSION -5 pt QUANTUM COMPUTING -5 pt PARTICLE MANIPULATION -5 pt BALLISTICS -5 pt [u]TIER TWO TECH[/u] wip [/hider] Race Name: The Librarians Name of Faction: The Empire of Knowledge Government Structure: Hierachy Race Biology: They have a strange atmosphere that they can breath in, made up of a strange, yet easily created gas. This gas is produced by plants on their planet, and is essentially so radioactive that it'd make a man pass out with a single breath, and probably kill him in an hour or two. They eat both plants and animals, and both hunt and farm them. Whether or not they were like this because of a war or a natural reason is unknown. They also work on a scale similar to my Valkian nation- they work 6 sun cycles, and sleep one, work 6, sleep 1, etc. --- [url=http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/233/5/f/Alien_Concept_by_kineticflow.jpg]THE QUEEN CASTE[/url]: These are the ones that rule; they are the final form, and make important decisions. All Queens are linked telepathically across space. [url=http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130908064043/bleach-rp/images/d/d5/Alien_concept_by_leejj-d4m6wzc.jpg]THE LIBRARIAN CASTE[/url]: These are the middle forms, and do not number very high, though certainly more than Queens. These are scientists, researchers, designers, etc., the ones that think. They also act as lieutenants to the Queen, to carry out decisions or make their own to gain the goal given by a Queen. [url=http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/52/74/18/527418a02bc8c3ca637b5330dc29ba0f.jpg]THE WORKER CASTE[/url]: These are the most numerous, long-lived forms, and are the ones that reproduce, work, fight, and are religious. In religion, they simply believe that all Queens are descendants of the Gods, and carry out the Gods' wishes believing that, despite knowing that any one of them may become a Queen, they are doing the chores of a God. --- Cultural History: Social Structure: The Queens stay in their own fortresses/palaces, and there is currently THREE on the home planet, guarded by automated defenses and Librarians. These Palaces are often known as "Palaces of Knowledge," for they are all scientists, and these palaces are like a giant library for everything they've every known. Every story, every find, every mineral, everything that has ever been known is all kept in the Palaces. Each Palace has EVERYTHING known; the Palaces are structures that rise high into the sky, and even deeper into the ground to accomodate. Librarians live in and around these areas, or 'Local Knowledge Centers' where Workers can bring their discoveries and the like to submit to an area library, which has all its information and data collected sent to the Palaces. Workers are the primary population, doing everything from growing and hunting food on their industrialized planet, to manufacturing goods and supplies and building everything according to the Librarians' blueprints. Celebrations are erratic and are not set in stone; when there are great harvests, regardless of the time of year, there might be a three suncycle warning before the celebrations begin. Reaction to Aliens: Strange new creatures! What are these?! What secrets do they hold?! WE MUST STUDY THEM! Go, we must explore everything, how they live, how they work, EVERYTHING! Having never seen a starry sky, write a first hand account of your race's explorer's reaction to seeing the densely packed vastness near the galactic core upon passing through the gate: