[hider=The Ivrah and the Third Aztrovan Lineage] [center][url=http://fontmeme.com/futuristic-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161222/1af6ab85571d7636ddcb985a50aa817f.png[/img][/url] [url=http://fontmeme.com/futuristic-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161222/a382b2a533f34bbd800d2bfaff61fc3e.png[/img][/url] [url=http://fontmeme.com/futuristic-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161222/931b2d2c16620622cc0abedbac1f2cdb.png[/img][/url] [IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/r20mtx.png[/IMG] [hr][h3][color=9c50a3]- ∞ • ∞ - ∞ • ∞ - ∞ • ∞ - ∞ • ∞ -[/color][/h3] [hr][/center] [indent][img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161230/3dce0951b32d65f74444493a087dc1f7.png[/img] [indent]The Third Aztrovan Lineage [/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161230/112589be134c42c9c5229372d1c692e4.png[/img] [indent]Empire/Necrocracy/Theocracy Hybrid (its weird okay?) There is an emperor-like figure called the Magnus who welds absolute, they can be of any gender but are chosen based on the purity of their bloodline to their ancient progenitors, the Aztrovans (details in their history). This means that there is a royal family who do interbreed but with the advent of genetic manipulation, their offspring have none of the negative effects of repetitive inbreeding would otherwise cause. Many laws and even cultural practices can be traced right back to the Aztrovans, with some modifications that obviously come with thousands of years of time and several different species. Their current ruler is Magnus Vaeto IV.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161230/d7104d38651b7b76a2e6e78edebf68c5.png[/img] [indent] [center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c9/5a/0c/c95a0cf13be61db25d89ae3345d7cdf7.jpg[/img][/center] Ivrah are the main race of the Aztrovan Lineage (although are often mislabelled as Aztrovans which they find mild offense to); they are a humanoid race, standing slightly shorter than that of a human on average with a similar sexual dimorphism. Their hands only have four fingers including opposable thumbs with an equal amount of toes on their feet which are most noticeably bent backwards in the lower leg to a significant degree. Their overall body structure can be compared to humans although they are more agile thanks to their legs and secondary heart as well as boasting a higher mental capacity. Their faces are perhaps the most alien part about them aside from their bent back legs Purple tends to be the base color of Ivrah, their flesh being varying shades of it going from a rich amethyst to a beautiful gradient of violet to a almost-peachy light pale lavender.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/e2b73c20fff62e5547a35432da805edf.png[/img] [indent][center][img]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/4/44/Meridian.png/revision/latest?cb=20140721080948[/img] [sub]The Ivrah homeworld of Arceus[/sub][/center] The Ivrah command a section of space, partially inherited from the Mon'hali. Their homeworld was once a Mon'hali outpost that was eventually turned into a research complex prior to being throughly Reclaimed. It is a mountainous world that has seen some terraforming namely in temperature and soil transformation to make it more livable than it was naturally. There's an interesting mix of heavily built up, multi-layer cities above ground, huge complete built into mountains and cliffs and flat land "villages" (more akin to a human city than village). The Ivrahan "homeworlds" are known to have a large number of satellites or space elevators surrounding them; numerous space ports and outposts exist on astroids and moons with a good deal of their area having some form of occupation. The race is currently not interested in any aggressive expansion efforts, preferring to build tall over wide. [hider=Map Claim in Purple] [IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/s2d451.png[/IMG] [/hider] [/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/cf494425ef204d89eadd322875553b6f.png[/img] [indent][center][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2r5S-zhooWU/Uy9grbxNppI/AAAAAAAAEv4/ehIZHJykZgA/s1600/ENS_MPv01.jpg[/img] [sub]One of countless beautiful Ivrah facilities on their homeworld of Arceus[/sub][/center] The Ivrah are a very devout race, not to a religion as some would think at first sight, but to a belief: the Aztrovan Creed. Being a part of a long line of created and creators, they seek to create new life and ascend themselves to a world beyond. Unsurprisingly, many outsiders don't understand this line of thinking but the Ivrah stand firm in their beliefs. They see the Aztrovans as literal gods but are happy with the knowledge that the Aztrovans once walked as mortals as they did and look to their teachings; to call an Ivrah an Aztrovan however is seen as offensive as the Ivrah see the Aztrovans as too great of beings to be compared to them. Comparatively to other religions, the Aztrovan Creed is based more in logic than it is in blind belief, although there are still some bits which require faith; the Ivrah see no need to spread their religion, only to defend it, as it is a "destiny" which is basically made only for them. This idea of creating new life doesn't just translate into them eventually creating their own species form scratch, but also copulation. The common stereotype of an Ivrah is a strange mix of being intelligent if not eccentric, humble and promiscuous, which in all honestly isn't too bad a description of them; more than a few of the species enjoy seeing how awkwardly other races and people react to their "openness" even in clothing as a form of amusement. Despite being born to a very martial race, they are a race of scientist and builders, seen in their endless pursuit of knowledge and grand buildings whose scale and design can only be described as epic. The Ivrah aren't built to fight wars and will often flat out refuse to for any reason beyond keeping order and defending, seeing war and battle as a hinderance to their progress towards Ascension. WIth this naturally peaceful nature of the Ivrahs means that they have seen very little unrest in their history, it has left their military strength a bit wanting. The language of the Ivrah is Aztrovan meaning in theory they can easily communicate with other lineages if they were to happen across them, barring dialects and accents. (As a real example, think of Aztrovan as English and the various lineage's dialect of it being like heavy New York/Southern/English accents.)[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/e4d405059784bd6f6d4d2e06969488a9.png[/img] [indent][center][img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tscjguZCDCg/Vx6dPuCdotI/AAAAAAAAPfw/sYM9bST-FHUxzXbu8xWu_4cYtc53sbwtA/w426-h465/16%2B-%2B1[/img] [sub]A Mon'hali warrior, progenitors of the Ivrah, in one of their endless wars[/sub][/center] The history of the Ivrah and why their empire is called the Third Aztrovan Lineage goes back hundreds of thousands of years to a race of people known as the Aztrovans with origins from the other side of the galaxy. The Aztrovans lay claim to being one of the first great space empires and such was their mastery over life and science that they had created their own subject races from their own tissue and blood who had served their every whim. Then came the Ascension, where the Aztrovan people had ascended to essential godhood through technologies so advanced, they might as well be magic. But unwilling to let their empire rot, they portioned out their empire to their subject races. Ever since then, the subject races have been creating their own subject races once their technology was advanced enough before Ascending as well. It has become a religion, where created races are told of their proud bloodline and that they too must continue the cycle with the purpose of life to Ascend to another plain with their creators and their creators before them, all the way up to the original Aztrovans but they must be able to do so on their own. To this end, a Reclamation takes place right before the Ascension with the planet/s being purged of any advanced technology which would give the newborn race an "unfair origins" before the created race comes in for resettling or are simply moved to another world. A select few of the creator race do not ascended with their kin and instead stay with the created race to act as "Prophets" to guide and educate the comparatively primitive race before dying natural deaths. To this end, Ivrah are the creation of the Mon'hali, large and warlike people who boast of martial prowess and pride but that was because the galaxy they knew was far more hostile at their birth and they had to fight their way to ascension every step of the way. But as the Ivrah do not face the same challenges, but entirely new ones of being in a new area of the galaxy with even less technologies than the Mon'hali. The Mon'hali saw this and wished that their "children" be given as many benefits as they could with what they knew in accordance to the ancient Aztrovan Code and made them into thinkers and creators, not warriors and destroyers. In the current time, the last of the Mon'hali prophets have finally breathed their last meaning that the Ivrah are now fully independent in their quest for Ascension. They are the Third Aztrovan Lineage as their distant ancestors were the third species created by the Great Creators. Lead by their Magnus, Vaeto IV, they seek to go out into the void to explore and research all that is out there, the blood of seemingly millions of generations behind them in their most glorious quest.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/6d1099a8c1e80029f05f31200ceaf18e.png[/img] [indent][center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/de/05/0bde05c896f6fb26ee8d0d8560517e01.jpg[/img] [sub]Void Anchor [i]DS9 "Endymion"[/i] in orbit above an Ivrah core world[/sub][/center] Despite being apart of the Aztrovan bloodline, the Ivrah are actually quite behind in comparison to previous created species as their own creators, the Mon'hali, devoted so much time and effort to war that they didn't actually manage to gift their children with much, even in the arts of war ironically enough. As such, the Ivrah have basically had to research everything on their own with the help of the Mon'hali Prophets meaning that they are on a more even playing field compared to everyone else. Their focus is on engineering and physics and of course, biology so one day they may foster their own race. To this end, they don't actually have much proper military equipment or technology, all of it being an adaption of a civilian tech or tool to just straight up using civilian equipment for war. Their method of FTL travel is through the use of "Void Anchors", wormhole stations or gates that can open a rift in space on command to specific area in space and sustain it indefinitely if needed effectively creating tunnels. This is an incredibly quick method of FTL, allowing for travel that would otherwise take weeks to be preformed in day, but is limited in that its completely reliant upon the use of these stations to go anywhere quickly and thus restricted to the realm of the Ivrah. These gates are also used as navigational/compass point to help navigate in the void. While there are more portable slipspace drives and FTL engines designed and produced, they are generally privately bought and are used only in emergencies where access to a Void Anchor is some how impossible. These are cruder and are quite unpredictable, varying in time and even exit location earning them the nickname "FTDerp Drives" at best. The sublight drives of the Ivrah used for inter-system travel however, are known to be quite robust and fast and of course, much more reliable than FTDerp drives.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/7d1bcb71c19405d06cace4291c6c93b2.png[/img] [indent][center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0a/15/e6/0a15e6b224e0d4156fe501562ccef33f.jpg[/img] [sub]An Ivrah military research installation in a mountain.[/sub][/center] Being born thinkers and makers, the Ivrah have never really prioritized their military. While true that their creators, the Mon'hali, where warlike, much of their own creations where lost when their own homeworld was destroyed in addition to the Reclamation they preformed before ascension; the Prophets they left behind were the best minds their race could produce but not the best generals or military technicians. Almost all Ivrah military equipment can trace its roots to a civilian tool; their ships are all former research ships with primary weapons based on anti-astroid guns, the combat armor they use is based on an up-armored space engineering suit with their primary weapon being a very violent rivet gun for all intents and purposes, turrets and point defense are energy based weapons but actually stem from laser light show projectors. The only weapon that has been designed solely for war is their handguns, self defense weapons that are a necessary when traveling the unknowns of space. In terms of tactics on the rare occasion they do find themselves embroiled in conflict, the Ivrah are very defensive. It is not their offensive or overwhelming firepower which makes them formidable, it’s their defenses. Fortifications made by the Ivrah are deviously crafted meant to exploit obscure firing lines, unorthodox positions and the inane element of fear in all beings. Their off-battle support isn’t artillery, but information and will attempt to employ information or fear.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/permalink/161223/f5655f2ce2e58aba90be72a47d6f0778.png[/img] [indent][center][img]https://cdna2.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/921/586/large/hans-palm-highresscreenshot00133.jpg?1467293811[/img] [sub]An Erudite-Class Heavy Cruiser at an orbital drydock[/sub][/center] The vessels of the Third Aztrovan Lineage are somewhat unique in the galaxy as they are more often than not, literally civilian ships; sometimes with additional military equipment but they are all civilian transports, yachts, freighters, mining and research ships at heart. This has actually allowed for the shipyards of the Lineage to be able to produce ships quicker than most (counter acting the inherent shortcomings of pressing civilian ships into service some would say), as even non-military shipyards can produce the ships with the military components added in the later stages or even post-launch. The weaponry found on board Ivrah vessels are all based on kinetic damage/mass drivers as they are all basically anti-astroid cannons modified to various degrees. That said, missiles and torpedoes do make appearances on these ships. 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