[CHAR] Stellvia [Always Accepting] (Hey, these things in parentheses are hip, right?)

[Durandal]

Glory to the Powerful

Commonwealth of Machar

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Species:

It is those freaks of nature that make things such as the development of near-identical species possible on different planets, yet such is not the case with the humans of Machar. It was an accident of man from an alternate dimension that deposited the travelers on the planet of Machar via means unknown to this universe, a precise incision into the fabric of reality that traversed existence to a point desired by the operator. For all intents and purposes, the people of Machar are human.

Description of government:

Machar is a uni-state commonwealth composed of the peoples of the three inhabited planets in their system and the constituent stations and outposts which each manages. A tricameral legislature, a dual-position presidency and executive branch, and one High Court forms the individual branches of the Macharian government. Members of the legislature and judicial area are elected by the people, as well as the presidency by proportional vote. Any non-elected posts are filled by hiring someone who meets the qualifications of the system.

Description of military:

A three-branch military is the system utilized by the Commonwealth of Machar, although there are factors that make it unique. Firstly is that due to lacking faster-than-light travel technology, the military has been relegated to border and internal defense, as well as occasional policing and civil action. The Macharian Army, responsible for all ground-based operations within the Commonwealth as well as the manning of orbital stations and surface-to-space emplacements, is the largest of the branches, outstripping even the Naval forces in terms of manpower and expenditure. Powered combat frames are issued to very few people, the investment and training required for a user to operate such a device considered to be worth more than the returns which will be achieved under current conditions. As such, most Army personnel utilize semi-powered combat frames. Army doctrine circles around that of combined arms, operating with the Air Force and the Cosmo-Marine in combat situations.
The Air Force and Cosmo-Marine are very much intertwined in their work, some recommending that the two branches be merged into one large structure. However, the military authorities have constantly resisted such pressure, insisting that separation allows for greater strategic maneuverability if slightly diminished tactical maneuver. Tasked exclusively to atmospheric combat, Air Force units utilize advanced multi-role fighter aircraft and rudimentary hover vehicles in their jobs. It is the smallest branch by far and responsible for the smallest expenditure, however the gap in budget is by no means large. Finally, the Cosmo-Marine is the second largest branch in terms of personnel and budget given the costs of working in space. Featuring relatively few ships, the Macharian Cosmo-Marine focuses on advancing technology and utilities rather than numbers in its range of vessels.
Cosmo-Marine vessels employ missiles most frequently, with kinetic weapons and directed energy weapons following in frequency in that order. Army and Air Force equipment is primarily kinetic, directed energy used in specialized roles rather than general purpose distribution. Armor implements both ceramics and synthetics, as well as non-Newtonian fluids. Standard body armor is an upper layer of ceramic plating, a synthetic anti-kinetic mesh underneath, and a layer of non-Newtonian fluid placed between the two armor areas, acting as a shock absorber with which to resist impacts.
The most crucial part of their defense mechanism is a series of orbital and ground-based helical railguns, massive beasts firing slugs at speeds meant to devastate any foe.

Macharian Army Infantry Man

Macharian Army Rapid Response Unit

Macharian Army Special Forces

Macharian Air Force D-130 Multirole fighter

D-54 Air Superiority Fighter

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D-71 Multirole Fighter

Garo-class Cruiser

Verim-class Transport Ship

Surface-to-Space Cannon

Technological Overview:

The technology available to the Commonwealth would be akin to that of a 22nd or 23rd century Earth if not farther, although some areas have not seen much development past 21st century Earth standards. In the areas of military science and technology, the Macharians have advanced reasonably well given the time frame in which they have done so. Firearms are still the primary weapon of choice, plasma and other DEWs seeing limited deployment due to both the power consummation and increased complexity-and therefore cost-of such equipment. Most firearms operate with advanced versions of 21st century gunpowder weapons, affording them greatly increased stopping power and range at the expense of recoil. Helical railguns are ever increasing in frequency as they become cheaper to manufacture, with a quite large prevalence among the infantry. However, miniaturization has not developed to the point where such utilities can be used without a large battery pack, relegating infantry-based models to heavy weapons teams with several people.
Civil applications of such technology is also frequent, launching items into space at extremely high speeds, although this method of transportation is much less common than a space elevator or trans-aerospace shuttle. Space elevators are a common sight, most major cities harboring one or more of these constructs. Because of their prevalence, space elevators have made the construction of ships and space stations much less costly than if shuttles had been used for it still costs more to boost a shuttle from earth to space than it does to ferry a crate up a tube.
In atmosphere propulsion is handled mainly by highly-developed jet engines, with some anti-gravity and plasma pulse vehicles in use. However, plasma propulsion is limited mainly to space due to the problems of containing the plasma long enough to provide a boost. In space, plasma propulsion engines were taken in favor of ion engines due to their increased versatility and efficiency over long distances, although ion thrusters are still mounted as stabilization and braking majors due to their higher power output.
Communications and data transfer still occurs at light speed or below as any form of faster-than-light technology has not been developed, although an inter-planetary network of sorts exist. In terms of power, most common is cold fusion reactors or plasma reactors, although the latter are rather limited in deployment.

Cultural Overview:

To be part of humanity is to be diverse. Homogeneity, even when apparently blanketing a culture or group, has never superseded the fact that each and every individual is unique, physically, mentally, and any other attributes which one could care to apply to the human species. Despite this, most individuals absorb some facets of an overarching culture. There is no apparent difference between the three planets, although each relates more to those born on their planet than those of the other planets in the Commonwealth. Compared to early 21st century humans, the Macharian humans are much freer civilly but less so politically.

History:

Machar's history is a strange one, originating from a universe separate from the one they currently inhabit. Up to the point of World War I, they had followed the same path as the current Earth. It was then that they were arbitrarily ripped from their universe and settled here. Stunned after the realization came, the humans renamed the planet Machar after their old homeworld, a place now lost to them forever. Fear of attack led to a temporary union of the nations which would last for 15 years until such worries passed, placing Machar back on the route of conflict: the first global war erupted ten years later, virtually destroying many nations. The few left recoiled visibly from the shock of the war and formed a pact of non-aggression. Lasting for a hundred and seventeen years, the pact almost broke until the first human colony was established on a different planet in the system, easing many of the pressures which had plagued the nation of Machar. Peaceful development continued alongside military up to this day.

Other:

Up and down the London road. In and out o' the Eagle. That's where the money goes. Pop goes the weasel!

[FlightofIcarus]

Confederacy of Kesh

Species:

The Vorskel are multi-ethnic mammals that resemble Earth's bats; they are humanoids with digitigrade legs. Their feet have four toes. They have perky triangular ears that are always shifting towards any noises they pick up. Their eyes are usually orange of yellow and are of a decent size. They have hog-noses much like the hog-nosed bat. However, another race of the Vorskel have long fox like snouts. The Vorskel usually have short vestigial tail stumps. However, the fox like Vorskel have longer tails than the hog noses. The tails are lizard-like except furred. They are usually around five feet tall. Their hands have four long fingers (one of which is an opposable thumb) ending in short blunt claws. The hands have pads on the palms and fingertips like paws. Vorskel have leathery membrane wings attached to their underarms like bats. The Vorskel's fur is usually tan, brown, or black; their underarms and belly have lighter tones usually. With age it becomes gray, silver, or even white.

Description of government:

The Confederacy is a multinational organization made up of all Twenty One nations on Kesh. In practice it is a representative democracy where all nations still have their own identity and government types. Each nation has two senators in the General Assembly. The senators have annual meetings and pass laws that affect the entire Confederacy. In order for a ruling to be passed one side must have at least 50% support. Senators are elected by popular vote in each nation for five year terms with a maximum of two terms. The General Assembly elects the Triumvirate, which are the three de facto leaders of the Confederacy. The three positions are the Lord Marshal, Secretary General, and the Merchant General. The third part of the Confederacy is the Security Council, which is the martial arm of the organization.

Description of military:

The Armed Forces of the Confederacy is made up of the Space Forces, Army, and Space Security. In practice, the Space Forces hold most of the power. The Space Forces control the FTL capable warships of the Confederacy. Each of the branches have their own responsibilities and tactics but they have cross-branch strategies for when they need to work together, which is often. In general they focus on long ranged combat in space, preferring to pound the enemy from afar with missiles and beam weaponry.

The aforementioned Space Forces have the powerful FTL capable warships. They lack battleships and dreadnoughts for the most part, preferring the versatility and speed of smaller ships. The use of strike craft like starfighters is considered anathema to the powers in control. Strike craft lacked the range, thrust to weight ratios, and durability of large ships. For the most part they were considered useless, except for specialized planetary invasions. As stated before, long ranged beam weapons and missiles are favored. Still, most ships do have railguns to retain some versatility.

The Army is the main terrestrial fighting force of the Confederacy. Army troops with zero-g training are also seen in detachments on most military spacecraft. On the ground the army is a versatile force having forces capable of both defensive and offensive operations. However, it is generally a defensive force that makes a large use of crew served weapons such as mortars, anti-tank launchers, and autocannons. The offensive minded units are highly mechanized with a large array of infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, and armored cars.

Space Security is what the title states really. It's purely for internal defense and operates light patrol ships. Space Security checks the cargo of civilian ships for illegal contraband, fights pirates, and upholds the laws of the Confederacy. Space Security is mainly stationed on the frontier and in the colonies. It has a secondary role of acting as the first line of defense and an early warning force. They're more or less a space police force.

Funnel class Pinnace

Name: Funnel
Designation: Patrol Corvette
Role: Patrol ship
Armament: light railguns, missiles, and lasers
Size: 50 meters
Powerplant: 2x chemical reactors

Ascender class Passenger Ferry

Name: Ascender
Designation: Corvette
Role: Gunship/Transport
Armament: light railguns, missiles, and plasma cannons
Size: 75 meters
Powerplant: 4x chemical reactors

Abatis class ISARRV

Name: Abatis
Designation: Interstellar Armed Response/Recovery Vehicle
Role: Patrol frigate
Armament: 2x 100mm railgun turret, 2x 120 MW laser, 2x 550 MJ neutron beam, 5x missile launch tube
Size: 175 meters long
Power plant: 1x fission reactor, 2x molten salt reactors, tertiary solar panel arrays.

Palisade class ISALTV

Name: Palisade
Designation: InterStellar Assault Lander Transport Vehicle
Role: Lander Frigate
Armament: 1x 150mm explosive chemical propellent cannon, 6x 120 MW lasers, 2x plasma cannons
Size: 150 meters long
Power plant: 1x fission reactor, 2x molten salt reactors, tertiary solar panel array

Bartizan class ISLADV

Name: Bartizan
Designation: InterStellar light Assault/Defense Vehicle
Role: Destroyer
Armament: 3x two barreled 150mm railgun turrets, 6x 120 MW lasers, 4x 550 MJ neutron beam, 10x missile tubes.
Size: 250 meters long
Powerplant: 1x fusion reactor, 4x molten salt reactors, solar panel arrays

Bulwark class ISHADV

Name: Bulwark
Designation: InterStellar Heavy Assault/Defense Vehicle
Role: Cruiser
Armament: 40x missile tubes, 6x 200mm two barreled railgun turrets, 6x 120 MW lasers, 4x 550 MJ neutron beams.
Size: 500 meters long
Powerplant: 2x fusion reactors, 8x molten salt reactors, solar panel arrays

Meridian class HCAV

Name: Meridian
Designation: Heavy Combat Assault Vehicle
Role: Battlecruiser
Armament: 64x missile tubes, 7x 250mm two barreled railgun turrets, 8x 120 MW lasers, 6x 550 MJ neutron beams.
Size: 700 meters long
Powerplant: 3x fusion reactors, 12x molten salt reactors, solar panel arrays

Technological Overview:

The Vorskel are relatively advanced, being an interstellar entity in control of several star systems. Still, they are a relative newcomer to the scene and are primitive in some areas. They're comparable to Earth's 21st century in a lot of ways. The Vorskel still rely on nuclear power, but have made breakthroughs in power storage such as room-temperature superconductors. They also still rely on radio, radar, and optical sensors. They lack energy shields for the most part, instead relying on armor and speed. For weapons they use firearms due to ease of maintenance, and low cost. Spacecraft make use of lasers, particle beams, and railguns. They do possess faster than light drives in the form of the warp drive which is capable of approximately 3 light years a day.

Spacecraft are built like a skyscraper with propulsion on the bottom with the thrust parallel to the decks. This is to prevent disorientation when the spacecraft is accelerating. For when they're not accelerating they have rotating segments called centrifuges. Vorskel spacecraft are modular with distinct sections that can detach and get replaced. Spacecraft of similar sizes often have interchangeable sections and parts. They're made in a utilitarian fashion with little to no regard for aesthetics. The spacecraft are made with redundancy in mind with back ups for most systems.

For 'shields' they use a system called Super-Capacitor Armor (Reactive). This technology, known as SCAR for short, involves placing a cloth-like layer of super-capacitor under the armour a vehicle or spacecraft. After charging the super-capacitor, the energy can be readily discharged into the armour when a threat is approaching. For a split-second, this forms an electromagnetic field around the spacecraft, which can redirect kinetic energy weapons and cause missiles to detonate. It is not a perfect technology, however. Missiles have a chance of bypassing the shield if timing is wrong, and it can only turn a glancing blow from a KEW into a near-miss. A KEW's direct hit can be, at best, turned into a glancing blow, which would still be fatal for most non-capital vessels. The shield's effectiveness can be increased by having a more powerful reactor. It will decrease when more armour is used.

There is also another shield system that sees limited use due to drawbacks. R&D calls it the IonoSpheric Protective Shield. It creates a magnetic field around a spacecraft, in which plasma is suspended. This plasma recreates the effect of a planetary ionosphere, reflecting electromagnetic signals. It can effectively block lasers, and can muffle the effect of plasma weapons. It has the downsides of not affecting any other weapons system, preventing or severely disrupting communications, and does not discriminate between incoming and outgoing weapons fire. While this shield is in operation, a spacecraft cannot return fire.

Power generation is mainly fusion reactors, but fission still appears on smaller craft and on outer colonies. Chemical reactors show up on many ships as a backup. Solar panels are often used as a tertiary power source.

Sublight engines are a mix of fusion torches and nuclear pulse drives. The fusion torch ejects plasmatised gas. This form of propulsion is liked because it has variable thrust and thrust vectoring. Nuclear pulse drives detonate nuclear bombs behind the spacecraft. The energy from the detonation presses on a pusher plate at the rear of the spacecraft. This turns into forward velocity change. This form of propulsion throws out versatility for pure power. For this reason many spacecraft have both methods of propulsion.

Cultural Overview:

The Vorkskel are historically a patriarchal race, and in some places still are. Generally the two genders are equal for the most part though. Vorskel culture places a great deal on family. They live in extended nuclear families. Groups of families are often in clans and adoptions are commonplace. Adoptions occur for a variety of reasons such as employment, notoriety, education, or simply bringing new blood into the family group. Whilst the family usually comes before the state, joining the military is usually seen as a positive thing. Vorskel religion is mainly polytheistic, but monotheism isn't unknown. However, in the current age, atheism is pretty common too.

History: When the Vorskel were beasts they were social creatures. They congregated into large family groups in caves or large dens. This tribal behavior carried on into sapience. They eventually started villages that grew up around these cave communities. The Vorskel discovered agriculture which allowed these groups to grow even more. They became city states with the founding tribal families controlling them. City states fought other city states. Clans got absorbed, assimilated, or outright destroyed in wars. Other clans started confederations and empires crumbled occasionally. When nuclear weapons were invented, the largest clans made a treaty in a neutral city, Iseia. This created the Iseia confederation.

Other:

Rakesh - (Home System):
Planets of note: Kesh (home world)

Rorsch - (Colony System):
Planets of note: Markuras (colony)

[Alfhedil]

--This is a WiP, not at all close to being complete. There are sections missing information, and places that need to be entirely reworked.

Linidai Kaemikemi Konumekilome

The Lindai Systems Conglomerate

The Lindai

The Lindai are a humanoid type race, with few features to argue otherwise. They stand roughly between 5'9" and 6'5" making them of a rather average height. Their skin tones vary depending on the planet they were born on, with those from the homeworld being of a silvery sheen, and those of some of the outer colonies taking a darker reddish hue. The distinguishing features are their lack of a nose or ears, instead having small holes in their place. This is due to the organs being more internalized into the structure of their head, and despite this they still have an average sense of smell and hearing. Their eyes also take on darker, metallic tones, possibly hinting at the exposure to the large amounts of metals on the surface of their homeworld, and the colonies they settle. The Lindai also carry a series of muscles in their arms which are capable of generating electrical impulses when threatened, or with training at will. These electrical impulses were used by their ancestor race as a defense mechanism against the megafauna of their homeworld, as well as a primitive biological radar. Much of the Lindai's powered armor and neural-interfaces take advantage of this evolutionary leftover, and as such the Lindai can typically assume greater control of their technology than would be possible by non-augmented humanoids. Typical expected lifespan of the average Lindai is on par with human lifespans.

Corporate Law

Unlike other nations, the LSC functionally does not have a government per se, the corporations that compose it making their own decisions and running things as they see fit. Where things come into play that requires the cooperation of the individual companies, a vote is set by the Chairmen and policy is enacted across the board. Because of this, there is in truth, no actual sitting head of the LSC, instead rotating out representatives and giving way towards whichever corporation is the most prominent at any given time. For the time being, Kalukaolani, Supreme Chairman of the Board for UNISEC is seen as lead of the Conglomerate with his harsh stance towards xenoforms and sweeping declarations towards the dominance of the LSC.

UNISEC

Most LSC forces are actually contracted from the corporation known as United Security Solutions, otherwise known as UNISEC. UNISEC maintains a broad range of vehicles and weaponry, meant to accommodate nearly any war-time situation. UNISEC also is the source of starships for the LSC, after a hostile takeover of Last-Breach Transportation, and has bolstered the fleet to a staggering 150 varied models of starships. The unfortunate downside to the highly trained, and exceptionally well-armed UNISEC security forces, is that they are for hire. UNISEC would think nothing of lending its forces to another nation's fight, and will in fact offer to do so for the right price, something that has lead them to be one of the foremost among the corporations to suggest an exploratory expedition outside the LSC's boundaries.

- The Star Navy -

Technologies

-Foreword

- Power Generation Tech -
Cold-Fusion, the Iron-Core Dynamo

- Utility Tech -

- Bio-Tech -

- Offensive Tech -
Somewhat despite their advances, the UNISEC divisions still use ballistic weapons, even though UNISEC has developed energy weapons far more advanced. This reliance on ballistics comes mostly from their early days as hunters on the homeworld, and where a ballistic weapon would kill, but an energy weapon would only anger. With that being said, their ballistic weapons are very advanced for what they are, with the UNISEC-MWS/01 being a fully modifiable ballistic weapon utilizing an electro-magnetic rail system to deliver a universal calibre round at staggering velocities. The MWS/01 also utilizes a built-in fire-control-system to calculate the weapon packs in use, and adjust the rate of fire and velocity of the bullet accordingly. Another invention of LSC design is a variation of the force weapon, called the concussion weapon. The concussion weapon utilizes power-fields around the striking area to react violently upon impact, often times emitting a large crack as solid matter is disrupted. LSC vehicles and spaceships utilize a wide variety of weapons, from the Macro-Cannon to the Graviton Plasma cannon, with a varying degree of efficiency.

- Defensive Tech -

- The Engram -
Stemming from a historical disdain for artificial intelligences, the Lindai have long sought ways to surpass the mortal limits of the Lindai mind. With the development of the NIM, multiple minds could be linked together to pool their collective capabilities, but even still this was not enough. So it was that an enterprising scientist of Third Helix suggested to take their technology to the next level, and attempt the full integration of a living being into the Manifold. The result was not quite what had been expected, instead of a living being fully connected to the Manifold, what they were presented with was a consciousness stripped from its mortal shell and given new life within that realm of data. Being the first Engram created, the new being existed for some time in secret, studied by the scientists of Third Helix until they could reliably recreate it. What followed was the creation of a way for the Lindai to compensate for their wholesale refusal to use AI, to take those who were otherwise unable to serve the LSC, or were better suited in this new form.

- The Star Dive -
[FTL method, will get to it later.]

Culture

[Consolidating information]

History

Founded nearly a thousand years ago the Lindai Systems Conglomerate emerged from the remnants of the last government to rule the Lindai homeworld. With the death of their government, the Lindai people saw the mega-corporations step in and take control, forming a council of the most powerful executives of the Big 12. With the formation of the Big 12 Council, the Lindai saw a stabilization form that was a severe departure from the vague regulations of their previous government. No more did the corporations exist as bound entities to an ineffective governing body, but now they stood as actual organizations that flourished. As they grew into their new roles of power, the Big 12 established ground rules that would soon grow into the Dictations of Corporate Law, a massive tome that resides within the main lobby of every corporation that claims a part of the LSC. These dictations, while originally intended to keep the nation together, eventually evolved into a law that oversaw the entire nation, with many of the laws specifically for citizens. Though they are ruled by corporations, the Lindai people are actually fairly well off, many living in the comfortable "Middle-Class" with relatively few poor quarters among their colonies, and with such areas unheard of on the homeworld.

[Polymorpheus]

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[TehAlphaGamer]

I'm a bit foreign to the new format of RPG but I'm assuming if I want to make a nation I put it here?

Asrabhal

Name of nation: The United Indigenous Peoples of Asrabhalanda and Its Protectorates, or simply Asrabhal

Demonym: Asrabi

Species: Azra
Language: Azri
Azra are reptilian in appearance. On average about seven feet tall with a weight of about 200 pounds relative to Earth's gravity. They're slender in appearance but are decently muscular, having a slightly hunched-over appearance due to the construction of their spine although they are capable of standing upright. They have four extremities like typical humanoids, but four-digit hands with claws and two-digit feet with the addition of a rear dewclaw. They lack tails but have three characteristic sets of spines that run down their back on the shoulder blades, which can be folded down but can stand up as a display of aggression or, in a more primal sense, attracting mates. When aggravated, they can also rapidly vibrate these spines, creating a loud rattling effect. Their skin is not like typical scales but exhibits properties more similar to denticles that lock in place and are smooth in one direction and abrasive on the other. Asrabis' heads taper but are blunt in the front, and have a mix of sharp incisors and flat molars. Skin color varies but usually ranges into different shades of blue or green. They have four eyes, two on their forehead and two on each side to minimize blindspots, and are capable of viewing into the ultraviolet spectrum.

Morphologically, there are not many differences between males and females excluding the obvious difference in sex organs and the tone of speech. Females however, have significantly shorter back spines, and these are much sharper due to them being mainly for defense (While males' are for display). Females are viviparous, meaning that even though they carry eggs they do give birth to live young. The infantile Asrabi have the rest of the embryo they get nutrition from inside of their body, and exhaust it until they are able to feed normally.

They originally came as aggressive predators but evolved to become intelligent and cultured. Although adorned with a belligerent attitude they are still a relatively peaceful people. They have upper echelons of communication and while there are multiple dialects, they are the same no matter what group one comes across.

Relative to Earth, Asrabi life expectancy is about 140 years.

Description of government: Constitutional Dictatorship

Asrabhal is led under a single arbiter, currently Emperor Baswok Ly'tee, and features different levels of government. The Emperor can handle minor governmental concerns and in emergency can override the Constitution of Asrabhal and take complete control. There is also direct democracy on civilian issues and other issues are handled by a decent, but small, Parliament. Political freedoms are mostly granted, but there have been cases where citizens have exerted a bit too "much" free speech, and disappear without a trace. Most other freedoms, including religious, are given, but as stated above any direct slander of a higher official, especially Emperor Ly'tee, is punished with the level of severity depending on the seriousness of the offense. The Emperor also depends on an efficient and elite military cabinet for ordaining offensive or defensive operations, based solely upon his best officers.

Description of military:

The Armed Forces of the People's Defense of Asrabhalanda, also known as the Asrabhal Armed Forces, is chiefly under the Asrabhal Interplanetary Defense Initiative (AIDI) and commanded by Emperor Ly'tee's military cabinet. There are two main branches, each containing their sub-branches.

Army of the People of Asrabhal/Asrabi Army:

The APA has two main sub-branches for intraatmospheric operations:

GROUND FORCE:
The ground forces are an integral part of the operations and are the most ferocious fighters in the military, included in these are a few units:

Infantry: Basic grunts equipped with rifles, missile launchers, grenades, and other light-to-medium weaponry. Efficient for handling mostly every kind of opposition on the ground.

Artillery: Long-range cannons capable of firing concentrated plasma bursts with very high impact as well as other projectiles. Effective for area of effect and handling large, powerful adversaries

Armor: With the main implement being the Zaak II Heavily-Armored Universal Fighting Vehicle, an amphibious vehicle utilizing augers for movement, it has a troop bay for holding up to 12 combat-ready soldiers, a few tons of cargo, and is also fully crewed with mounted guns and a main plasma cannon.

Low-Air Strike: With Yamak I VTOL aircraft armed to the teeth, these vehicles specialize in low-altitude aerial strikes in situations where aircraft are not appropriate.

AIR FORCE:
Referred to officially as the Army of Asrabhal Aerial Mobility Division, the air force still carries important roles in strike, air superiority, reconnaissance and interception, materiel airlift, and strategic bombing. As a result, each of these roles has a specific platform for it.

Strike: ZA-12 Drikon, STOL strike aircraft with a myriad of bombs, missiles and a rotary energy weapon in the nose. For the allotment of aircraft but also able to pack more of a punch than the Yamak I for close-in fast strikes.

Air Superiority: ZZ-30 Wyndal, either launched from the ground, the hangar of a starship, or as a parasite from a mothership ,the ZZ-30 boasts incredulous speed and maneuverability, with a powerful autocannon and missiles to boot.

Reconnaissance/Interception: The ZN/B-3 Orobo Interceptor is built for high speed, and sacrifices short-range armament for a larger missile payload. The ZB-3 model is used for high-speed reconnaissance in situations where satellite or ship-based surveillance is not possible, due to how common this is regardless not many ZB-3s are kept on deck.

Materiel Airlift: The Zaak Mk IV Very-Heavy Transport Craft, is a massive transport aircraft capable of holding entire companies of soldiers and many tons of materiel to carry into battle. Some also are modified to serve as mobile command-and-control centers.

Strategic Bombing: ZV-2, the main-line heavy bomber is a very large, very intimidating aircraft with land and sea-based capabilities. It is capable of holding massive bombloads or up to five cruise missiles, depending on payload size.

Navy of the People of Asrabhlanda/Asrabi Navy:

With a few subdivisions, the NPA has multiple classes of ships for space exploration and defense. All ships have a small nuclear arsenal:

Zordabek-Class Supercarrier: 1600 meters in length, the largest class in the fleet and also the most infrequent with only 4 available. Used for carrying massive amounts of soldiers and vehicles for deployment, as well as a bristling defense network and a variety of artillery for any kind of strike on the ground.

Rastan-Class Battlecruiser: 1100 meters in length. Used as flagships when a Zoardabek is not contained in the fleet. Much wider variety of armaments and a large complement of marines. Utilizing an antiparticle cannon they can be very threatening to large ships.

Urkabi-Class Destroyer: 600 meters in length. Main attacking ship and also one of the heaviest and deadliest. Missiles, torpedoes, mines, artillery, and a large point defense network make them effective for crowd control and targeted attacks, as well as escorts.

Verruna-Class Heavy Frigate: 500 meters in length. Same purpose as the Urkabi-Class in but in greater number and with less armor and firepower, although greater speed. Good for escorting and scouting.

Amsda-Class Corvette: 260 meters in length, main escort ship. In great number they are a frightening tour-de-force.

Sarato-Class Fighter: 30 meters in length, Fighter-Interceptor equipped on most ships for exoatmospheric combat. Variety of weapons with a large crew.

Urin-Class Boarding Vessel: For a complement of up to 30 marines, these ships are meant to intercept the hulls of enemy starships and unload marines to fight.

Special Units:

Trasdak-Class Electronic Warfare Vessel: Ditching conventional weapons, this instead relies on an information network as well as devices like Electromagnetic Pulse emitters to attack ships.

Unia-Class Orbital Defense Platform: For planetary defense, these massive linear railguns are used to fire slugs at enemy ships in efforts to defend planets and other installations.

Technological Overview:

Asrabhal is moderately advanced. Their warlike nature sees them using decently advanced weaponry. All ships are equipped with shields and use nuclear and some antimatter weaponry. Ships are powered with nuclear reactors, while certain other ships and many other intraatmospheric aircraft use plasma reactors to give their engines power. Weapons include plasma and lasers, while certain units may use older, more conventional weapons. Radio and telecommunications are used liberally and faster-than-light travel is achieved via tunneling through slipstream space.

Medically and industrially they are relatively advanced. Asrabhal has a large merchant marine and sells many refined metals and products. More intensive industries like agriculture and mining are common but manufacturing is also an important contender. Translation software is crude but does work efficiently, and can be updated to include new language codecs.

Cultural Overview:

Asrabhal has a religious system known as Urbatanaka, a monotheistic religion that worships a being known as Kozarta, usually referred to as The Holiness or The Omnipotent. The nation is large and cultured, otherwise, and has a variety of holidays and celebrations. Traditional sports are popular in the empire as are racing and fighting.

Despite their belligerent disposition, the Asrabi typically see themselves as peaceful and enjoyable. Life is diverse and in many regions, and many freedoms are practiced. As mentioned before religious freedom is allowed and not condemned, but free speech is somewhat restricted. Most are relatively wealthy although homelessness and other issues still arise.

A lot of the culture revolves around the history of Asrabhal and the free will to fight, and as a result the nation has many gangs and paramilitary organizations, all of which are still heavily monitored and restricted by a capable police force.

The main unit of currency is the Asrabi Dasra.

History:

Asrabhal originally comes from the name of the planet, Asrabhalanda. The origin of it all goes back to when there were multiple tribes, and nothing to necessarily unify them by. The Tribe of Kasta was one of these tribes that no longer wanted to live in the dim, and after contact with a fellow group believed that they needed to expand, to see a new world and a new development. These people began working together, forming a massive nation.

Time had passed and they were massive and domineering, most of the planet was unified when the assassination of the leader, with many officials pointing fingers, led to a disastrous geopolitical schism. Efforts to keep the nation together ultimately failed, and about a thousand years ago the empire balkanized into many nation states. They argued, warred with each other constantly.

The nation for many centuries was comprised of several nations, and there were restrictions. However from the nation of Yuras came the imperialistic and aggressive Kasbak Ba'rei, who sought power and with a massive military and funding proceeded to mop over most of the world. This was several hundred years ago. Soon after, the nation became developed under on unified flag and rather than squabbling over petty matters sought to improve itself. Now completely unified, The United Indigenous Peoples of Asrabhalanda and Its Protectorates continued to take over the planet and expunge any kind of previous inhabitant. They were no longer just multiple allies, but one powerful, dynamic entity.

It was around this time that the space program was also developed. Fortunately, there was another habitable system detected nearby. Unfortunately, the technology to develop FTL travel was very infantile, and the system was about six lightyears away. After the breakthrough in Slipstream Space Tunneling had been made, it was soon taken over, and after some time as a protectorate became a new nation.

Asrabhal has always existed in isolation. For the longest period of time they believed that they were indeed one of the only, but reports soon revealed that such was not the case. However, the technology for much of the time did not allow them to escape their bounds for some time, and focused rather on development before any major exploration.

However, after appointment and his rise to power, Emperor Ly'tee looked to the stars and pondered the existence of other intelligences. He sent out a handful of fleets to look for new worlds and new people, and to hopefully see the expansion of the powerful land of Asrabhal.

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Great Empire of Canza
The Everlasting Future of Canza
Demonym: Canzanese

Species: Adarro

One of the highly critical features that assured their dominance over all the lifeforms in their home world is their tough, armor-like exoskeleton with a durability comparable to bronze. Brought on by the harsh, unforgiving environments of Maratigal, the competition for sentience that followed, and the introduction of copper and calcium in their diet along with non iron-dependent circulatory processes that allowed the mineral to be concentrated on the skin, the Adarro's shell ensured the advantage of survival while their brains gradually developed into sentience and continued forth. Known weak spots include the areas between the shoulder guards and the gauntlets, the area between the shoulder guard and the torso, the groin, and the neck. The Adarro has no use for clothing, since their unmentionables are hidden underneath a layer of retractable armor.

The Adarro typically stand at 6'11" tall, towering above most humans. On average, their lifespan averages 98 years, with 124 years being the typical long-liver. They are omnivorous, but leans more on meat diets. Puberty ends at the age of 24 years. This is considering no future medical intervention is used; the actual Adarro life expectancy lasts 240 years with such technology. Because of such a long lifespan, many coups have been attempted during the course of the Great Empire of Canza's history, although in the later ages of the Canza security measures and discipline have successfully kept the throne undisturbed.

Another sentient species exist within their homeworld, naming themselves as Jitan, but most of them have been significantly incapacitated by the somewhat superior Adarro and has since been regarded as mere primitive barbarians. However, some find their place within the Canzanese society and perform their roles in society, albeit not without being subjected to racism. Their physiology and morphology is that of a beastly, hairy humanoid, with claws and teeth tough enough to break through Adarro armor.

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Government
Under the light of the Emperor, the Senate, and the People

The Canzanese follows an autocratic reign under the full authority of the Emperor. While the selection of a ruler typically follows the patriarchal lineage system, most of the Emperor's children are adopted, and only a few Emperors were actually related by blood to their predecessors.

Other political entities exist to provide support on the Emperor's work and minimize effort and strain. Voted governors are assigned to each continent and perform management duties. The Emperor-chosen Zetariah Senate, composed of representatives from each country-sized provinces, formulate and suggest laws for the Emperor to approve, which he can be repeal at a later time if desired. Both parties also advise the Emperor on some matters, and their members can be removed from their seat due to incompetency, treason, reformation, among many others.

Emperors and heirs are well-trained and disciplined enough to steer away from tyranny. In fact, only a few despots have reigned over the course of the Canza's history, and their failures, their humiliation, and their demise at the hands of coups served as lessons to future rulers.

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Military
The Armed Forces of the Empire is basically summed up by the phrase "quality over quantity". While their military assets are meticulously designed, highly-graded and refined, consequentially their production and numbers suffer as a result. The Canza excels both in offensive and defensive capabilities, but is vulnerable in dealing with large amounts of enemies that are too excessive for the point-defense systems to handle and destructive AoEs that will either destroy a closely huddled fleet or force them to disperse. Because of this, the Canza is putting its focus into colonizing worlds abundant with resources, and is employing mass amounts of skilled Plebitor in their factories.

They have a large focus on projectile weapons, with explosives of any sort (nuclear, particle, conventional) embedded on the rounds to further ramp up firepower and occasionally piercing components to deliver internal strikes. Railguns, missiles, shells, and any other sorts are within this standard. They are commonly installed on heavy ground forces and combat spacecraft. Due to this, the Canza tends to possess advantages against armored units and most opponents overall, but tends to suffer when ammo supply becomes limited. Other weapons aren't neglected, however; at least quite many point-defense systems use laser weaponry and some forces use experimental energy weapons (which are either unpredictable or unstable) at their preference.

In regards to armor, the Canza uses alternating layers of austenite steel, durable stainless materials, cushioning, and insulation, stacked over each other with short supporting rods and arranged similarly to the Walls of Babylon, with varying thicknesses per "wall" depending on terrain (Space generally requires more thickness than ground and infantry, which is about 4 inches individually to block meteors as well as attackers themselves. Ground units often do not require layer-group stacking.) and purpose (Some tend to be a whole meter thick. Generally, domestic spacecraft do not require stacking.). Research is currently underway to manufacture graphene as an armor product, which is still in its VERY early stages.

As with most nations, the Canza has four military divisions: Gertu, Irtu, Satu and Matu, which are space, air, naval and ground, respectively. The Irtu, however, is being considered to be subordinated to the Gertu under planetary defense purposes, due to some redundancies between the two.

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Technology
The Canzanese scholars and intellects, despite the clearly rampant use of (2015) supercomputer-speed microcomputers, domestic fusion reactors, faster-than-light drives, and most other possessions that some races would see as advanced, consider themselves a primitive race. This is simply motivation to drive themselves further into research, and by most standards Empire technology stands within the average.

The Canza mainly use nanomachines in mining. They are poured on rocky, optionally mineral-rich ground, and within seconds, nanomachines separate a composing substance from the other substances, isolate into groups assigned for each mineral and carry back to the miner the materials that compose the rock, prioritizing the more valuable minerals such as quartz, uranium, carbon, metals, and the like. This may probably make them a formidable economic power, capable of making big profits from resource trade and exports. Weaponization of this technology has not been thought of yet, however, and if the Empire did put an effort into making it eat away armor soon, developments have to be made in order to be able to make it effective enough to douse it on ships on the go. Manufacturing nanomachines are still in the works, which is already in the prototyping stages.

Extensive genetic modification, climate-control technologies, structured farming, advanced preservation techniques and many other innovations have allowed for optimum production of foodstuffs, allowing effective distribution of food towards the entire Canzanese populace and making malnutrition outbreaks rare. In fact, so much has been produced that over hundreds of millions of bushels are in storage, and probably ready for future trade with whoever they may encounter.

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Culture
Remarkably multicultural and diverse, the Canzanese Empire has an astonishing capacity to create a sense of shared identity among all peoples for a very long period of time. Cultural leisure centers and communal spaces helped foster a sense of unity and citizenship to all, expanding the Empire's influence to almost every individual.

Generally speaking, the Canzanese value system is rooted on communion, obligation, patronage, discipline and family. Parents are expected to act as role models, and raise their children appropriately. Likewise, children are expected to follow Ties between individuals are encouraged, fostering development of numerous associations and fraternities such as cultural and veteran's guilds, religious sodalities, drinking and cuisine clubs, entertainment groups, and other similar societies.

The Great Empire of Canza is probably one of the few space-age races where religion is still highly prevalent. While none is officially followed by the government, the dominant religion is Qasterity and its subfaiths (subfaiths: as Catholicism and Protestantism is akin to general Christianity), which composes 2/5 of the total populace, succeeded by Escerianism and its subfaiths which is 1/5, minor ethnic religions compose another 1/5, and atheism, once again, 1/5. Quasterity is a polytheistic religion with over six gods in worship, while Escerianism is monotheistic and has only one recognized deity who has no relation with the gods of Quasterity whatsoever. Both, while still having some conflicts with each other, are much more peaceful and tolerant in comparison to certain ethnic faiths that tend to wage terror in the name of their beliefs.

Castes divide the people based on their roles, and has been in use since the first emergence of the Empire.

Corator: Refers to the highest, most prestigious caste, consisting of all of the Emperor's family.
Valator: Consists of all the government heads, including the governors and the Zetariah. The Valator are well-respected, much like the Corator.
Tyritor: All military figures ranking higher than the Sergeant equivalent and has command duties belong here, and is respected most especially by the Fernitor.
Akadator: Considered as the brains of the Canzanese Empire, and does all the scientific work. They also work in schools as teachers, parting their knowledge with the young.
Yerator: Wealthy and respectable individuals that mostly qualify in the Plebitor caste, but has amassed wealth to gain notability.
Fernitor: The rest of the military of the Canzanese Empire, subordinates to the Tyritor.
Plebitor: The regular, common people of the Canza Empire, which include industrial workers, farmers, traders, mere household dwellers and other jobs.
Disdetor: Criminals, barbarian species, and captured enemies, which are either sold to slavery or put behind bars.

It is not uncommon to find former Disdetors becoming Valators, and some Emperors even once were slaves that have redeemed themselves. Some Akadators may also be part of the Tyritor, and the same with most other castes, although a Yerator, a Plebitor, or a Disdetor may technically never be part of two castes as they are technically reclassified (A Plebitor being "part" of the Akadator simply means they are an Akadator, not both Akadator and Plebitor.). It can be said that climbing up or falling down the castes is without most restriction, and is quite loose.

Slaves still retain some rights, as they are subject to abuse protection and are sometimes paid, albeit only a measly sum. While they don't have privileges to own most properties, they have rights to possess and use money for their general needs aside from those provided by their owners. Slaves are freed after some amount of time in their sentence, if not sentenced for life.

Freeborn women, although lacking the rights to hold political office, vote or serve in the military, are still considered citizens and may own property, engage in contracts, enter business, and serve as Akadator and perform research work. A woman's obligation to subjecting to her husbands's or her father's authority has been largely abandoned since the Empire's industrial era, and are free to do whatever they will as long as they don't get involved in politics. Feminist movements are almost absent from the Empire; women are pleased with the way things are running currently.

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History
Founded in the Renaissance of the Maratigal races, the Empire began as a merger of neighboring Adarro states that jointly suffered a civil war beforehand, resulting from the long-term effects of a Dark Age brought on by the collapse of a massive preceding mixed-race republic in the hands of Jitan conquerors centuries earlier. The event intensified prejudices between the two species that never vanished even until now.

It took decades for the new empire to cope with its earlier sufferings, and a century to establish its place as a world power. The Great Empire mainly acquired lands through absorbing influenced states or purchasing them, although sometimes war became a choice. And in an occasion when it did a few hundred years later, where modernization was widespread and information technology was rampant, the consequence was a massive, 30-year worldwide Great War where the Empire itself emerged as the sole survivor (Although other allied states were present at victory, they were soon absorbed.). The event marked the beginning of the Canza's rule over the entire world of Maratigal, and set the stage for a Golden Age that began as soon as the Empire coped with its losses from the war.

A few decades later, the Empire began emerging as an interstellar power, starting with the colonization of Certhaul. Today, they hold over 4 worlds, with Maratigal and Orius fully developed, Certhaul partially developed and Aius in its early colonization stages. 3 more worlds are in sight for the Great Empire of Canza, and currently covets them for future development.

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Others
Owned Worlds
Maratigal - Homeworld, Star: Dessier
Primary Resources: Multiple, Partly Drained

Orius - Cold Desert, Star: Dessier
Primary Resources: Industrial Metals, Luxury Stones and Metals
Secondary Resources: Glass

Certhaul - 80% Water, Multi Biome, Temperate, Star: Ediranth
Primary Resources: Crop Food, Habitation, Luxuries
Secondary Resources: Fresh Water

Aius - 70% Land, Desert-Dominated, Temperate-Warm, Star: Callas
Primary Resources: Animal Food, Habitation, Fuels
Secondary Resources: Industrial Metals

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>Keyguy
>Ever getting around to approving NSes

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EDIT: Wait, this isn't the OOC!

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[Keyguyperson]

League of Spacefaring Nations

Species: The LSN is made up of Rissan, a species very similar to humanity. The main difference are their ears, which are pointed and jut out from their heads instead of being more or less flush to them. Aside from that small difference, the two species are the same externally. Internally, however, they are quite different.

Rissan have a larger heart and an extra lung, likely the result of a lack of mounts to hunt from. Due to this, their endurance is much greater than that of a human. One of the oddest things about them is their blood, which is based on iridium. Thanks to the more complicated lung structure this requires, they also have only one kidney. Their skin is unanimously dark, in order to shield their blood from light. Since albinos tended to die in a few months, they see white as a color of death. Green is seen as the color of war, as blood left out tends to turn from an orange to a green.

They have a different skeletal structure in their central torso as well, since the kidney must be more protected. Their ribcage extends down to it, which is located in front of the stomach. Their liver is also smaller, and thus they have a much lower (physical) tolerance for alcohol. An amount that would cause mild problems in a human could kill a Rissan.

Rissan have more pronounced sexual dimorphism than humans, with men having significantly more upper body strength and women having more lower body strength. This is likely a result of their slower advancement, with the hunting/gathering roles going on for much longer than they did for humanity. This adds the odd quirk of most couriers being women, as it is seen as a traditional role.

Description of government: The League is extremely similar to the UN of our own world, being a collection of nations that ratifies and enforces international law. The difference is that the LSN holds far more power than the UN, and can change anything from human rights laws to the global minimum wage. Another departure from the UN is that they can stage a military intervention at any time, and do so far more often than the UN.

The League Council is made up of delegates from all nations, all of whom has an amount of votes proportional to the population of the nation they represent. This leads to the sidelining of most smaller nations, though interplanetary operations are generally carried out quite well.

Description of military: The LSN military is known as the "United Military Initiative", and is made up of multiple different forces donated by member nations. These donated forces are split up into four different divisions:

League Peacekeeping Army: The ground forces of the LSN, this force acts as both the Marine Corps and the Army of the LSN. They are often considered the most important force during wartime, due to the long tradition of ground warfare the LSN has. Their soldiers sometimes use weapons from their home country, but most opt for the usually superior standardized weapons provided by the League. These so-called "standardized" weapons all have origins in specific countries, but are only produced for the League in order to give it an edge over the other countries.

League 9.AR(l) Rifle:


League 3.SM(l) Submachine Gun:


League 1.SR(o) Sniper Rifle:


League 21.P(f) Handgun:


League Peacekeeping Army Uniform:


League 1/4.BT(l) Battle Tank:


League 2.MT(k) Main Battle Tank:


League 3/8.LT(k) Light Tank:


League Naval Patrol: The Naval Patrol is the oceangoing force of the LSN. In recent years, it has seen very little conflict and only has to deal with pirates.

League 21.PT(l) Patrol Boat:


Leauge 1/2.LRS (l) Missile Submarine:


League 1.NC (l) Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier:


League 13.DV (k) Destroyer:


League 6/2.BB(l) Battleship


League Air Patrol: The Air Patrol is second only to the Army, and receives extensive funding. Their extensive training and resources makes them a formidable force, even against more advanced craft.

League IF-3(l) Interceptor


League RF-2(l) Recon fighter


League MB-12(o) Bomber


League SB-7(l) Strategic Bomber


League Scout Corps: The Scout Corps is the exploration division of the League, and have always been the first to land on and explore new planets. They have little to do now with the last expedition heading towards the Outersystem Cloud, but tend to do odd jobs around the system. Things like contracted experiments and transport jobs. They operate Foundation 1, the largest Rissan-made object in the system and essentially a giant city built using hollowed out asteroids, on-site mined materials, and imported luxuries such as soil. On this self-sufficient station, they also have the only officially registered negative mass generator.

Катюша-Class Science Ship


Sutā Hikari-Class Nuclear Pulse Rocket


League Self Defense Starfleet: Finally, the laughingstock of the League: Starfleet. The only reason this division even exists is government paranoia concerning still untranslated radio transmissions from space. Starfleet vessels are generally incapable of unassisted interplanetary flight, instead relying on Sutā Hikari-Class vessels as tugs. Due to the size of the tugs alone, these vessels tend to be gigantic. They tend to take the form of insanely large multi-role vessels constructed using materials mined and refined in space. No two ships are exactly the same, but they all have similar characteristics. Starfleet vessels ubiquitously use missiles, and cannons are equipped only on small skirmisher craft. The larger ships also have giant hangars, which carry torrents of fighters and bombers. For obvious reasons, this division is nothing more than a supergiant black hole for funding. The Council is even rumored to have given them a negative mass generator, for all the good it would do the simulator jockeys.

League Spaceborne Multipurpose Strike Craft


Technological Overview: The technology of the LSN is extremely primitive by galactic standards, with computers in particular being in their primal stages. Civilian computers are extremely expensive and never go over a few hundred kilobytes of RAM. The military uses much more powerful computers for things such as missile launches and space operations, though even the most powerful military computers are well behind today's PCs. Handheld weapons all launch gunpowder-propelled bullets, and no enhancements (genetic engineering or cybernetic) exist.

Explosives use simple chemical reactions, with only large-scale missiles utilizing more advanced technology. Even then, it is only nuclear, with antimatter only being discovered thirty years ago and being impossible to produce and contain on any significant scale. Spacecraft use basic rockets, with only a few of the largest craft using nuclear pulse propulsion.

Spaceborne weaponry consists of extremely finicky heavy cannons (prone to jamming due to the microgravity environment), and missiles. No antigravity technology exists, and spacecraft are either constructed using materials mined in space or launched in an expensive process. The only reason the LSN actually matters is because of its FTL technology. They discovered basic warp field geometry at a surprisingly early stage of development, and unlike us, had a "Chicago Pile" moment with negative energy. No ship using this drive has been launched, however, due to the still high costs.

Cultural Overview: Rissan culture varies wildly from country to country, though the general global culture ranges from nihilistic to existentialist. The war took a great toll on their collective mindset, and they turned to space in what was practically an effort to find meaning. Aside from that shared mindset, there is no unifying culture.

History: To understand the history of the LSN, one must understand the history of the Rissan, and their homeworld. There was never a point in their history in which there was a single supercontinent, nor were there any land ridges between the two major continental groups. As a result, the Rissan were confined to only half of the world until the Age of Sail. The area where they evolved happened to have no pack animals, and as such, their civilization took much longer to develop than that of humanity's.

Without pack animals to pull carts and wagons, Rickshaws became a staple of their culture. Teams of people took the place of horses, usually in a small merchant team that split the profit evenly. With the advent of intercontinental travel, pack animals were brought over from the uninhabited "Second World" as it was called, making Rickshaw-type vehicles obsolete. This also jump started their economy, with pack animals, they could do the work of five people for the price of barely half a person.

At that point, capitalism as we know it today began to emerge. Cooperative teams became one man with a horse, a whip, and orders from his employer. Colonization of the second world continued unimpeded, with no other civilizations to compete with. The Empires spread across the second world like wildfire, and all of it was controlled for nearly a hundred years.

Then came the rebellions. Be it because of taxes, cultural differences, or simply disliking the monarch, the Second World colonies rebelled. Strong cultural ties between the colonies caused them to unite in their cause, the whole of the Second World organized against their rulers. With the First World powers still fighting amongst themselves, the organized colonial revolutionaries gained their freedom.

In the aftermath of the revolts, the former colonies of the Second World created the Federal Republic of Litvan. Some of the First World powers tried to reclaim their colonies, but the combined might of Litvan pushed them back every time. They were truly independent.

Over the years, Litvan grew to rival the power of the entire First World combined. After the construction of multiple canals, Litvan found itself controlling trade to the Eastern First World nations. Combined with their immense size, they seemed invincible.

Litvan itself is an interesting case of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". The Eastern and Western powers had both colonized the Second World, and while the two began with very different cultures, after a hundred years the barriers had been broken down quite a bit. There was a "Colonial Culture", which was a melting pot of both Western and Eastern cultures. After the revolution, the predominantly Western Litvan adopted one of the character-based Eastern languages simply because most of the colonists spoke it anyways.

With the advent of air travel, the natural mountain range between the two halves of the First World became less of an issue. Fearing that their monopoly would be dismantled, the Litvan government offered subsidies to any global air transport company. Through this, they kept their stranglehold on the world economy.

The First World nations quickly found themselves completely overtaken by the FRL. To combat them, they built the First World Transcontinental Rail Service, which connected every city in the First World by rail. It was a monumental undertaking, requiring years upon years of labor. The mountain range in the center of the First World didn't make things any easier. Still, desperate to stay competitive, the First World nations completed the railway.

The railway was the great equalizer for the First World. No only did it allow them to trade without paying fees to Litvani transport companies, it brought them closer together. The former racism between East and West faded into memory, with those lining in the mountains even commuting between the two halves of the First World. Slowly, the First World began to come closer together like Litvan.

Then the Twenty Year's War began. A minor political figure in a small and insignificant First World country was assassinated, sparking a war that would have remained insignificant if not for a chain of alliances. Karstat, one of the most powerful First World nations, took advantage of the war and invaded Gelrique (one of the other major superpowers). Oczheva and Brinios were pulled in against Karstat, and the lines were drawn. For years they fought, with neither side able to achieve victory. Litvan was perfectly fine with sitting on the sidelines and selling to both sides, waiting for the war to end.

The thing was, it never did. A decade into the war, everyone realized that the only way it could end was total genocide. The population of the First World had been decimated, the war taking the lives of far more than its apparent human analogue ever did. Finally, after yet another decade of weary fighting, Litvan reacted. Joining with Brininos, Oczheva, and Gelrique, they greatly outnumbered the opposing forces.

With the superior Litvan numbers and technology, the face of the war changed. Up until then, the focus had been on defensive weaponry to reinforce the trenches. Litvan, however, had been developing new offensive weapons. They had been the only country to even consider tanks, and already had vehicles on par with those from the human Second World War. With their massive advantage, the allies rampaged across the First World, eliminating the enemy armies.

Within mere months, the war was finally over. After over two decades, peace had come to the First World. In the aftermath, Litvan forced the formation of the International League to preserve the peace. The rebuilding of the First World was a long and expensive process, but was finally completed at about the same time as the first spaceflight. Ever since that first flight, the Rissan have been Pushing out into space.

Other: The League has fully colonized the moon of Futaskai (The Rissan homeworld's name in Litvani), and is currently working on a project to develop the nearest planet. A giant mining colony exists in the asteroid belt, with a population of just under eight million immigrants. The League put all of their efforts into practical and immediate projects, preventing the development of more advanced propulsion systems like those normally found at such a stage of development. However, with the Starfleet Project become more and more important as they explore, technological development has begun to exit its stasis.

[Willy Vereb]

Principality of Krugstahl

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History

Krugstahl is a human colony originating from Earth's early interstellar history. It was supposed to be the first large-scale interstellar exodus vessel, propagating humanity in the distant reaches of the galaxy. For this purpose it mounted a gigantic and still experimental black hole engine which powered its "Jump Drive", design 80% identical to Warp Drives yet working by a different wormhole-type mechanism. All trials were a success and live-testings went perfectly. The next step was launching a wholly equipped colony to the Horsehead Nebula. The giant colony was equipped with a scaled up Jump Drive and blackhole engine and by 2092 it gained the shocking number of over 100 million inhabitants. Unfortunately Kurgstahl's systems suffered a critical malfunction during its maiden voyage, making the entire colony disappear. People were rightfully assuming the worst and this tragedy led to the ban of blackhole engines and the abandonment of Jump Drives. In truth the system was successful, maybe even too successful. The Jump Drive overloaded and sent the colony Krugstahl with its millions of residents to the edges of the Milky Way. Having no way to replicate this feat and return to Earth the colonists declared this world their new home, eventually growing into an entire fleet of wandering colony vessels.

Government/Society/Species

Principality of Krugstahl is a nomadic civilization that lives entirely in space. To their belief "gravity weights down human souls" thus they refuse to live in natural gravity wells, instead prefer their own colonies and space vessels. Indeed, over the centuries Krugstahl's population evolved to live in their low gravity environment. The vastness of space also had an unexpected effect on the people as many of them developed heightened sixth sense and at times even beyond, showing various psychic powers. Legend says their historical first leader the visionary Karl von Krugstahl did predict this, and called them "Neue Mensch" or Newtypes. According to him the Newtypes would be the next step in human evolution and would bring a great era of peace. Unfortunately neither of his theories proven right. Krugstahl's people are still warlike as ever and their once democratic system devolved into a feudalist principality, with the aristocracy taking all power. Newtypes are the government's favored tools for war and oppression. Unless born aristocrat a Newtype can only have two career options: Join the military and become a Panzergeschickt pilot or join the principality's secret police and use their psychic powers to spy on their own people. Some Newtypes choose the third option and go into hiding but they have no chance against their well-trained and experienced comrades. The principality is ruled by Duke von Krugstahl while the nobles are his loyal vassals. High-class nobles can lord over an entire colony or even oversee a cluster of colonies. They enjoy considerable autonomy and these can be considered small kingdoms. Colonies are cylindrical space vessels with the average length of 20 kilometers and the diameter of 4 kilometers, each holding at average 5 million people, making them effectively like a tiny country each. The only exception is the original colony Kurgstahl which is over 90 kilometers long and 16km wide, with the staggering population of 254 million people. Aside from regular aristocrats there's a military branch called Knights. Knights sire from aristocratic roots who pursue soldiering. Their title reflects their rank and influence within the military. Mere Landeritters (common knights) are just little above common troops, at best leading a Panzergeschickt squadron. Rittermeisters (Knight Lords) were owning colossal warship-castle colonies called Kriegschloss that made the heart of Krugstahl's military. There's also the unofficial title Oberrittermeister (Supeme Lord of Knights) who control multiple Kriegschlösser and thus effectively lead more than one Knight Order into battle. Knights are free to ally themselves with any aristocrat of sufficient status and it's a matter of prestige between barons to own the most Kriegschlösser with the best knights available. Still, while the aristocracy hold great power, even combined they could barely match the Duke who traditionally rules Krugstahl and owns close to one-third of the other colonies.

Technology

Having separated from humans during the early ages of interstellar travel, the Principality was forced to develop on its own. They have large self-governing automatized factories which can produce all their needs with various mining bases providing the required resources. Hydro-farms can cover all the population's need of food. Nanomachines are widespread in medicine and diseases are almost unheard of. Their primary source of energy is pure fusion reactors, gathering their fuel from stars and gas giants. Colony ships and Kriegschlösser have a controlled singularity engine as their main power which is also essential for their jump drive mechanism. No Principality ships smaller than a Kriegschloss are capable traveling interstellar distances. Weapon technology is sufficiently advanced with their fusion warheads approaching matter-antimatter reactions in power. To protect their crew from shaking and great accelerations they use inertial dampeners which Panzergeschick pilots also use to rapidly change vectors thus improving their combat maneuverability.

Military

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Just like their government, the Krugstahl military is in the hands of nobles. Knights of various title fill up nearly every leading position within the army who are free to swear their allegiance to any deserving aristocrat who. Yet in times of war Duke von Krugstahl can rally all nobles under the Bundeswehrmacht, often abbreviated just as the "Bund". In addition there was the duke's own personal army the Zentraler Kriegsmacht or just "Kriegsmacht", reserves kept exclusively for war while the central colonies were protected by another forces called the Reichswehr. These three organizations together formed the core of the Krugstahl military. Because interstellar travel capability was limited only to their largest vessels the Krugstahl military doctrines also concentrated around these. Using civilian colony habits as war carriers was foolish thus they developed a new kind of vessel, their mobile castles AKA "Kriegschloss". These were the base of operation for each knight order and the forward bases during military campaigns.

Kriegschloss

Name: Kriegschloss, Mobile Castle
Classification: Mobile Military Base, Military Factory, Fleet Carrier
Dimensions: Length: 4km, largest diameter: 1.2 km
Mass: c. 12 billion tons
Maximum Capacity: 120.000 people (while usually less than 12,000 of them being soldiers)
Hull Material: Durametal Alloy Composite
Powerplant: Compact Singularity Control Engine
Propulsion: Gravity Drive, Thermonuclear Thursters
Defensive System: G-Field, plasma screens
Interstellar travel: Jumpgate Generator
Weapons (highly variable per castle):

• Durametal Ram (frontal spike made of solid durametal, also used for landing operations)
• Missile Ports (launching thermonuclear missiles)
• Interceptor Pods (launching swarms of smaller interceptor missiles)
• Gun Turrets (armed with railguns, mega-particle beams, heat rays and other means)
• Point-Defenses (smaller scale gun turrets, or laser emitters fit in flexible ball-mounts)

The Kriegschloss is a sturdy warmachine which is also the home of an entire knight order. It's a colony just as a warship, serving as the soldiers' habitat outside combat. It's also a carrier, holding and servicing multiple warships and hundreds of Panzergeschickten. It has habitat modules, hydrofarms, mining modules, refinery systems, factories and even more. Overall it possesses everything to support itself thus if required a Kriegschloss can act independently for long. Their versatility also make them preferred to send out for establishing mines and other installments which help Krugstahl to sustain itself. Kriegschlösser are too big to be produced in regular factories and instead made in a certain colony which was hollowed out to be transformed entirely into a shipyard. Due to this Kriegslösser are rather expensive and replacing even one of them could take a considerable time.

Mobile Castles are the heart and core of the Krugstahl warmachine. Their loss is a great blow for the fleet as they suddenly find themselves with no support, neither any means to leave the system. If Kriegschlösser are the core of the military then Panzergeschickten are the backbone of any offense. These are 10-15m tall humanoid machines armed with various weapons. They're fast, agile and surprisingly powerful for their size. It's said that their compact mega-particle rifles approach the firepower of a warship-mounted mega-particle cannon, thus in groups they could be a considerable threat. The tradeback of these machines is low combat endurance. Their thermonuclear reactor are overclocked and eat reaction fuel quickly. Their mega-particle rifles use energy packs which quickly empties out. Yet their utility in combat is unquestionable, so much that warships are forced to remain in support role. Panzergeschickten are versatile which is shown by the fact these machines are often Krugstahl sole form of land warfare, too. Krugstahl has infantry and posses few other land vehicles but the single most common military unit on the frontlines are the various types of Panzergeschickten.

[Inkwell]

UFC

Name of nation: The United Federation of Clans (UFC)

Species: They call themselves Vix both singular and plural. The average height of a Vix is about 6 feet and they weigh slightly more than a human of similar height. There brains are very different from most species in the galaxy. Their brains are very large for considering the size of a Vix but they are no more intelligent than your average human instead their increased brain size just helps them multitask by allowing them to process more information from their sensory organs. They are carbon based lifeforms which breath oxygen with an atmospheric mixture of 25% oxygen, 74% nitrogen and 1% other gases. There hands and feet are very similar to humans except for there lack of prints. Vix need more food than your average human does to function as their larger brains have more activity than a human does so they need more energy. In fact the Vix consume on average twice as much as a human does. The present day Vix are all female since there male population died off. The tendrils on either side of a Vix's head are left over sensory organs from when they where burrowing animals and where used to feel there way around. Hearing is a thing a the Vix struggle with as they only have a small hole on either side of their head.


Description of government: The government is a democratic republic with representatives elected from several constituencies that have to contain a certain number of people. This means that new constituencies can be created let's say when a new world is colonised. However a new constituency can also be created if a constituency has double the required number of people and half the population vote for a new constituency to be formed. Elections are held every 4 years and voting is mandatory and so no one has an excuse half the population has the day off one day and the others have a day off the next day. The legal voting age is 20 years old.

military

Description of military: The military is structured into one central command that makes decisions for the entire military. The command hierarchy depends on if the mission is on land, underwater or in space. Basic infantry is trained in both low and high gravity environments which means they are very versatile but take considerably longer to train. Combat vehicles used by the Vix are basic four legged mechs with the top having completely interchangeable parts so one day it could be artillery the next it could be a troop transport. Submersibles are still used in small numbers by the Vix military to check the ocean floor for any alien activity. Disruptors and plasma missiles are the most common weapons used by the military but they do keep small supplies of other weapons for more specialised missions.

The military also has a home guard which is used as a defensive force and for police work. Their are regular armed patrols conducted to unsure the safety of citizens and arrest trouble makers. They also have bunkers and defensive fortifications doted about the city in key locations in every city. The home guard also has a large number of mechs, mobile fortifications and some aircraft.

This section contains general information about Vix ships. Sleeping quarters on ship usually contain a bunk bed, two lockers and two laptops the crewman can use for work or recreation. The bathrooms are communal with one on each floor where crewman can shower and relieve themselves. However on decks with no living quarters there are only toilets. Only officers get separate quarters with a bathroom. Every ship also has a central dining area with kitchen attached. Every ship also has a recreation room where crewman can sit down play some games and have a chat. Ships are designed with many interconnecting corridors so there are several ways to get from bow to stern and from side to side they also have elevators and ladders spread around the ship. Blast doors are at every junction and they have similar things in their elevators shafts and ladders so they can seal sections off incase of decompression. Every crewman wears an armoured space suit however they don't equip helmets unless battle stations are called.

Thunderbolt class shuttle - Named for the sound it makes when it enters the air. The shuttle is fairly robust and well armoured and can carry 20 troops and equipment but it can also be made to transport supplies. The ship is armed with light disrupters and it can be fitted with hard points for missiles:

Reaper class fighter - So named for its massive main gun located on the underbelly of the craft. It can be used in both an anti fighter role and for attacks against large ships. The Reaper is actually controlled by one pilot who controls the main gun and the secondary ball turret which has a heads up display in the cockpit. The pilot can handle this much information due to the Vix's natural ability to multi task. Other species will find it hard to fly due to the sheer amount of information the pilot has to contend with:

Raider class bomber - Meant for fast strikes against enemy targets that is the reason it was given the name Raider. Raider class bombers can carry a variety of missiles from bunker busters to incendiary. The ship has a bombardier and a pilot who handles the guns:

Dagger class destroyer - A ship named for it's roll as a light and fast weapons platform. The ship is lightly armed and armoured to make the ship faster. There is also a small shuttle bay which usually only holds one shuttle:

Berserker class Cruiser - Named for its immense amount of firepower. This class of ship also carries two shuttles in one underbelly hanger. This class of ship has more compacted living space as it needs more space for all its weapons and their systems. The Berserker is actually only a bit larger than a destroyer:

Zin class battle cruiser - Named after admiral Zin a national hero of the Vix after he died retaking Dimir. The Zin class has only a significantly more fire power than the Berserker class cruiser but it is also much larger. In fact the ship is 2/3 the size of the Phantom class and for its size it may appear a little sparse on weapons compared to the Phantom. However it is a lot more armoured than the Vix usually have their ships and it has been equipped with a lot more shielding. The ship also has a under belly hanger with 4 fighters and 2 shuttles:

Phantom class battleship - Named because of it's ability to jump into a hostile area and destroy the enemy before anyone knows. It is the most heavily armed class of ship currently used with its main batteries the same as the ones used on military stations. In fact the main batteries both have their dedicated scaled down fusion reactor. The ship also carries 4 shuttles in two separate side hanger bays and 6 fighters in an under belly hanger. For its size it is also very fast and manoeuvrable thanks in part to its large array of engines and a state of the art power plant. The ship can also be self sufficient for an estimated two years:

Hive class carrier - Named after the small homes that some insects make. This ship usually has 24 fighters 4 bombers and two shuttles split between its two hangers. The ship also carries spare parts for all its smaller ships. Unlike most races they don't have a dedicated carrier and the Hive class actually has almost as much fire power as a destroyer:

Titan class bulk cargo ship - Named after the legendary creatures that they call Titans which legend said where the size of islands and could carry away entire fleets of ships. They are lightly armed but they do have excellent amounts of amour and shielding and can be made to carry anything from medical supplies to troops. The ship also carries 20 shuttles located in a central hanger:


The Vix have a militia of sorts that is used as a last resort. Each city has weapons caches stored all over just incase they need to arm the citizens of the city in order to defend it. The government also offers training courses for citizens so they can be prepared for an alien invasion their is also a group for young kids like army cadets. These groups and training courses have high number of attendants especial the courses for young kids due to their parents wanting them to be able to defend themselves. Mainly the slogans used by these groups on TV are along the lines of "aliens don't care for citizens" with images of the Vix colonies destroyed in the war.

technology

Technological Overview: The main weapons technology used by the Vix are disrupters and plasma missiles. Disrupters require high amounts of energy to operate the weapons but they are wroth it for they are truly devastating. Disrupters work by ripping apart the bounds that hold atoms, molecules and lattices together. Plasma missiles hold inside of them superheated and compressed plasma which on impact is released this can burn through enemy hulls and the charged particles can also cause damage to electronics. However other specialised missiles exist in smaller numbers for special missions such as incendiary for carpet bombing and stealth versions. Vix disrupters are one of the technologies they are most advanced in.

Defensive systems technology used by the Vix are shields and reflective armour. Shield technology is only in its infancy so they can't take much damage before packing in and ideally the idea is to make the battle end very quickly. However after there shields have failed they are not defenceless as they still have the reflective armour. The armour works by reflecting most of the energy back out and away. The armour can usually reflect 75% of most energy but that still leaves 25% which can still do significant damage. There reflective armour is probably the Vix's most advanced defence technology and very unique by galactic standards as most races focus on shields.

Power distribution and generation technology. To generate power the Vix currently use fusion reactors which have been been around for about 100 years. They are fairly average and so far research has only been invested into producing more efficient and powerful fusion reactors they have yet to investigate alternative fuels and power generation. Their power distribution systems consist of super conductors that are effective at room temperatures but they preform better with mild cooling.

FTL and sublight propulsion systems. They use impulse engines that eject highly pressurised plasma simple but very effective. There FTL on the other hand is a very effective and efficient form of travel which they call Hyperdrives. The ship essentially emits a certain type of energy into space which opens a portal into hyperspace. In hyperspace everything is compressed into a smaller area so great distances can be covered quickly. In hyperspace is a fluidic liquid that is very thin and does not impede a ships progress. The way you navigate in fluid like space is by the storms which are caused by the objects in are reality and there gravitational field. A small asteroid will cause a ripple in hyperspace but a star will cause a storm that can rip apart a ship if it gets to close. The ships range is only limited by the supplies on board theoretically a ship could stay in hyperspace for ever however there is a problem as plants for some reason will not grow in hyperspace and no local life has been found. Although the range a ship an travel may be greater than most races FTL drives it takes much longer for them to travel the same distance. They also send long range communications through hyperspace which means it also takes longer to both send and receive messages.

Artificial insemination is a technology the Vix would go extinct without. It is a very simple concept you simply take the DNA from two Vix mix it together two make the beginnings of a brand new Vix. After this point it can either be implanted for a natural birth as they call it or it can be grown in a tube until fully grown with the last option being the safest.

The Vix also have basic artificial gravity which can simulate the gravity of the Vix homeworld. Another thing that has been invented from this technology is the Repulser Drive. This can be used to make a ship hover in the above a planets surface. However a lot of power has to be transferred to the drive to make it work.

culture

Cultural Overview: In Vix culture they paint their faces as a way of decoration. The more intricate the pattern the better however too many colours in Vix culture makes one look tarty. The Vix do not wear any jewellery except for marriage necklaces that have lockets with little messages expressing each other's feelings for one another. Speaking of marriage most Vix go to mixers where they paint their faces and try to meet someone. Though Vix will not usually propose on the first mixer they will keep their options open and go meet several times with their potential candidates. After many Mixers the Vix move on to one on one dates. If things go well a Vix will propose by opening the hands and raising there arms if the other Vix accepts they will do the same and then hug.

Social interaction among the Vix happens in their recreation centres where people can get together relax and make new friends. These centres are run by the government and are self funding. Most Vix will usually try and bound over another game a Vix is playing or something they are reading. They will engage by saying hello to the person if that person is interested in company they will reciprocate and engage in a traditional greeting where two people touch foreheads then rub their tendrils against each other's heads. Then the talking begins and it's up to them where things go from their.

When it comes to religions the Vix have very few with only two major religions dominating their culture. The biggest is The Church of Accession which believes that after you die you move onto a higher plane with the previous plane being just preparation for the next. The Church of the Undying Circle is the second largest and they believe in reincarnation. There are several smaller religions and cults but they are mostly just spin off religions of the main two. However 70% of Vix do not have any religion not caring much about what happens after death and more about what they do know. Though 17% still follow the The Church of Accession and 12% follow the The Church of the Undying Circle. Lastly 1% are divided into the smaller cults and religions.

Depending on where you are in the Federation you will see different design styles and lettering. On Rinn, Salus and their newly colonised system you will see similar design and the same language on the signs which is traditional Vix architecture and language. The buildings are usually cylindrical or curved and have interconnecting walk ways and a tube system. They are very large and are usually self contained communities. The main colours used are orange and green. However on worlds that the invaders made there cities the layout is very different. The Vix chose not to change the cities because the resources it would take and new buildings are made to look similar due to the Vix hate their buildings standing out. The buildings are more jagged and bold with more angles. The most common colours used on these worlds are gold, silver, copper and red. Also the buildings are not self contained with services spread all over. The signs on this world are also in the invaders language due to it being to much hassle to replace the old signs and reprogram the computers. It is now the main written language on these planets.

There are only a few spectator sports on their home planet. Biggest spectator event being basically simulated ground combat where contestants put on suits and are given guns which just have laser pointers in them. When one of these laser pointers hits the suit it restricts the persons movements sometimes immobilising a limb. When an opponent can no longer move or surrenders the match ends and the suits reset. Also war games are televised and are considered a sort of sporting event with many picking a favourite admiral and supporting them like one would a football team. The last major sport the Vix love is body ball which is a very simple game were all you have to do is get the ball into the opposing teams net. The only rule is that ball must keep moving and you can't stop with it or its a foul. Also there are zero gravity versions of the game.

history

History: From what can be gathered by scientists the Vix evolved from a burrowing mammals that rarely ever came to the surface. The general consensus on why these animals moved above ground and evolved into modern day Vix is that their under ground food supply had gradually become more scarce forcing them above ground to scavenge. The first adaptation was a drastic increase in brain size that made the Vix of today great at multi tasking. This was so they could forage for food above ground while also being able to keep an eye out for predators.

Like most species the first signs of civilisation were small groups forming. However unlike most species on other planets they had to discover basic farming earlier as the Vix needed a lot more food than hunting and gathering could provide them in their larger groups. Before the discovery of farming groups of Vix usually had 15 people in them and they struggled to feed themselves. After the discovery small villages started to form and the first fixed buildings where being made. At this point the Vix where able to provide food for a population of about 100 people. This was the beginning of the first clans.

It wasn't until the medieval era that wars between the clans started. By now most settlements had grown into small towns with populations of about 700 people. The wars were mostly over territory so they could grow more food to feed their much larger populations. The wars mostly went back and forth between the different clans and sometimes the balance of power in an area would be disrupted by dissatisfied citizens leaving the clan to go join another or set up their own. This period ended when a man invented the steam powered plough which improved speed at which crops could be planted. This improved the food situation greatly and the man had more money than a king.

However this was only a small break in hostilities as the population in the settlements grew and they were back at each other's throats fighting over the same things as they always had. It wasn't until their equivalent of the 1940s happened where proper population controls where put in place and meaning the clans never became to over populated. This put an end to the on and off again wars that happened in between agricultural innovations. After this wars were rarely fought over land or food but rather over clan pride. The clans to prove there superiority started to come up with bold new inventions and ideas to prove their clams superiority. The most important event that happened in this time was the first space launch which started off a space race.

Fast forward 200 years and they had small colonies all over their home system. The clans still fought each other but the battles where completely simulated so no one got hurt but honour and prestige were still earned. Many even bet on the outcome of clan battles and it was like a spectator sport. However some clans still wanted to expand and explore so plans were in motion to send a mission to of star in there binary system about 1 light year away. But around this time the outer mining ships started going dark. No one knew how wide spread the issue was because the clans didn't mention these sorts of things to each other as it could make them seem weak. It was only when the outer world of Fina went dark that any one paid any attention.

It was several weeks later when they found out what had happened. Their system was being invaded by an unknown alien race. The images taken by the recon ships showed that the entire colony had been destroyed. Every Vix was now at war with these mysterious aliens. Many of the clans tried to take on the enemy fleet on single-handedly but their ships were always outnumbered so the enemy always destroyed them quickly. Two months after the war had begun the outer solar system had fallen. A month after that Dimir had fallen to the enemy advance. It was at this point the clans gathered and decided to combine what remained of their forces into a central command. Finally they started winning battles slowly pushing the enemy back.

After 5 years Dimir was back in Vix hands and they began to gain momentum. After another 20 years the enemy had been pushed out of the Vix home system however it was decided that they had to take the fight to the enemy so they could ensure the safety of every Vix. It was discovered that the aliens where from the star binary other star in their binary system a distance that could not be traversed without FTL. So the Vix started researching FTL technology putting their greatest minds on it and offering big money grants to any one with credible research. It took another 45 years before they had a working prototype. It was another 5 before the invasion force was ready. During this time they had been constantly harassed by the invaders. The Vix invaded the enemy in force launching simultaneous attacks on all the planets in the enemy system catching them off guard unaware that the Vix where FTL capable. However the enemy had been working on there own weapon to win the war and although it wasn't ready they released it in desperation. Unknown to the Vix the aliens had released a biological weapon into their own atmosphere. The Vix won the day the enemy was dead but they were unaware of the price they had payed.

It took a year for the first signs of the virus to show. Males started falling dead all over no one could figure out why. After months of research they discovered that The Invaders as they had now been dubbed in the final years of the war had started taking Vix warriors prisoner and had experimented on them. The disease destroyed the male chromosome causing cell failure then death. It was discovered that the disease had no effect on women. This was because the invaders never took prisoners from colonies and only took warriors and the Vix military was all male. Instantly all efforts were focused on finding a cure.

After four years it was concluded that the disease was terminal and over 20% of the male population was dead and no males had been born in over two years. One scientist proposed a rash idea that would ensure the survival of the Vix in female form. His idea was an artificial insemination technique that could combine the DNA of two healthy female Vix and make a new baby girl. The scientist that can up with the idea had been working on cloning but had given up when he realised that it wouldn't help as men had no healthy DNA left to clone and it would only be a quick fix for the women of their species as eventually cell degradation would lead to their extinction. That's when the idea hit him that he could combine the DNA of two women and artificially making a baby. The child would be healthy and their were no long term problems. The only thing was that the children born this way would all be female. The idea was not exactly well received but they understood that it had to be done. So centres where set up all over and women where retrained to do men's work in the time the male population had left. It was also decided that the clans were no longer the best thing for the Vix as it had been shown by their combined military that the Vix where stronger together. So they set up the new republic system mapped out the constituencies quickly drafted some basic laws and regulations.

It was twenty years later when the last male Vix died changing the Vix for ever. He had been in the war and was a veteran of many battles and the last thing he said was "It was all worth it" those words to this day are engraved above the entrance to the republics hall of chambers. Ever since that day the clans are not important any more and all they do is help the Vix to remember the past. The Vix still have simulated battles but only to keep them prepared incase of another invasion. They still don't know if the invaders had colonies anywhere else. So to be safe they have been scanning space for any signs of them just incase but so far nothing has come up. A constant reminder remains of the invaders as the worlds they conquered from them and the worlds they took back had cities built on them. Instead of destroying the cities they instead moved there own people in. However their was a problem which was the alien signs all over and most people had to learn the language just to get around. After a while the main written language on those worlds was that of The Invaders. In fact new buildings put up were made to not only match the building style of The Invaders but also signs where written in the language and children where taught it along with the Vix's own language.

Present day it has been 188 years since the last male Vix died and the Vix have managed to rebuild and heal their society The Vix have progressed leaps and bounds since then inventing new technologies and progressing their society. The Vix have even colonised a new system beyond their own binary star system. Even moving on enough so that the idea of males . However the Vix have also continued to militarise their ships making them bigger and better so their ready for the next alien to rear its head.

other

Other: The Vix home system has a yellow star with three inner rocky planets called Rinn, Salus and Dimir. Rinn is the home planet of the Vix is a world a little bit smaller than Earth its landmass is mostly located on one super continent with some small scattered islands around the continent. Rinn has a large moon about 1/5 bigger than earths. Salus is a barren world where it snows every day it may have once been habitable but a run away ice age took place sometime ago. Dimir is a strange planet made of mostly metal though the planet is smaller than Rinn it actually has a greater gravitational pull. The outer system has one gas giant called Atos and a small dwarf planet called Fina. Atos has three rocky moons orbiting it that have warm cores that keep the moons geologically active and the colonies can actually be heated naturally by tapping into the moons cores. Fina is just a cold dead rock that is only useful as a launch base for mining missions to the asteroid belt located beyond Fina or as a listening outpost.

The other star in the Vix home system is about one light year away from Rinn. The system only has five rocky planets called Hellis, Voris, Nissa, Galas and Eclip. Hellis is a small planet that is tidally locked one side being an inferno the other an icy wasteland with a small band of habitable land inbetween. Voris a planet that is very much like the Vix home planet except for being slightly bigger with a smaller moon and only having 22% oxygen in the atmosphere. Nissa a planet that is barely habitable as it is entirely icy tundra and cold lakes. The low oxygen content in the air means that it is impossible to do strenuous activity without passing out. Galas is just a dirt ball with a fairly average composition of materials. Eclip is a super large rocky planet which is 7 times the size of Rinn and has two small dwarf planets as moons.

The New Hope system as it has been christened is the first system to be colonised by the Vix. It is a red dwarf system with only two inner planets and an inner asteroid belt then a gas giant with an outer asteroid belt beyond. The inner most planet called Tipo is a dessert world the only water being in the 13 seas or the rivers that flow from the mountains into the seas and the only plant life is in around these small bits of water shockingly the plants are all black. Tipo also has 3 small moons which are very small and not very noticeable from the surface. It is a hard world to live on but with the right clothing and equipment it is manageable. Second planet from the sun is Terris a world covered in swamps the only problem living here is finding solid ground to build on and usually they have to dig down several meter to find it. The last planet in the system is Danas a very small gas giant with 5 moons that are nothing special by galactic standards and colonies can use the same method to heat themselves as Atos's moons use.

Also when I used the word year I was meaning a Vix year which is 413 days. With a day on Vix lasting 23hours.

[Nilesapa]

(Plant aliens? Plant aliens.)

Not sure if i'll use this RP though since it seems dead seeing the lack of IC for two weeks. But oh well, here's my faction for if someone makes a new space RP like this one in the future:

The verdant Sanctum

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The Liliate


The liliate are really a composite of two species. The first species being the titular liliate, who are large, plant-like beings with many lily-like heads. The second species are the buzzies, who are akin to bees except come in many uniform colors instead of the yellow jacket color bees typically are associated with. Through millions of years of co-evolution the liliate have become a mutually intelligent being. The buzzies get a mobile home and food source in exchange for pollinating the liliate and carrying out tasks for the liliate.


The liliates themselves are large, plant-like beings whose many appendages, stems, leaves, vines and roots give them mobility as they wrap, pull and drag themselves around. They tend to move about in large capsule-like devices when inside spaceships or environments hostile to their kind, but on good soil they tend to go without the capsules. The lily-like parts of their bodies are akin to their heads in that they hold many sensory organs that allow them to see countless more colors than humans. Liliates also reproduce with their lilies, usually pollenating themselves when alone or pollenating with another liliate in close proximity. They don't have gender or sex, but have seen enough other animals and aliens to have a concept of what gender and sex are. Liliates are universally referred to in feminine pronouns despite not having human concepts of femininity. They're liliates.


Besides liliates, there are buzzies who co-evolved with the liliate. Buzzies, like mentioned earlier are like bees with multiple castes and a highly eusocial mindset. A liliate is a host to buzzies, usually having at least two dozen hives and queens who make their home somewhere in the liliate's large stems. These queens act as a consciousness for the liliate through a mode of communication not properly understood. Buzzies are around the size of a large bee on average, the queens being only 5 inches in size and have a whopping 12% of their body weight as a brain. They're not that smart despite that. The queens produce babies and relay commands from the liliate to the buddy drones to have them do all sorts of tasks. With advancements of technology, the amount of buzzy types has expanded greatly.


Liliates as a species are numerous, but the vast majority are commoners who lack the advanced biotech the higher classes of the sanctum carry about. Their high populations are more due to their long life spans as oppossed to age; a Liliate can live 3 centuries on average.


Their diets consist of water, sunlight, fertilized soil and dead, rotting corpses along with nectar and blood for the buzzies.


Government


Their society is a feudal society as the typical liliate has no concern for political troubles. They are much more inclined to enjoy a pastorial existence on a garden world than to go around conquering and empire building. They don't see the point in democracy since your typical liliate can live in the wild just fine, modifying it however they like.


The ruler of their civilization is the Verdant One, who is picked by assembly (ritual will be shown IC) from the elder patrons.


The elder patrons are the close knit circle around the Verdant One who carry out the will of the Verdant One and enforce policies domestically. Their jobs are also highly spiritual in that they will pick world sto bless with life, however the Verdant One can overrule any of the decisions a Elder Patron may make. Besides the additional responsibilities, they still carry the burdens of their lesser peers.


The Liliate who deal with political concerns are the patrons, who are called such due to their patronage of the arts and their patronage of life. Their main tasks are to carry out the more complicated tasks of the sanctum such as genetic modification, diplomacy, waging of war and management of the commoners. They do not own land like a noble, instead having a communal spaceship with other members of their pod they watch over a planet with.


The commoners have it the best, arguably. While the patrons in theory have absolute control over the commoners, the commoners in practice are simply tasked with making the world a prettier place. They are numerous and live on a planet without borders, tinkering with the ecosystems and biomes of a garden world or progressively designing and terraforming a wet enough desert world. They don't get drafted into wars except in situations of planetary defense where they may levied by the patrons to fight against a hostile intrusion.


Outside of the liliates (and their buzzies), many animals, using various types of mind control are manipulated to be used for many tasks in place of robots. While robots are still used in space-related matters, on a planet the liliate prefer using animals far more. These animals are diverse, for they not only contain animals from their own worlds but animals from any worlds they can collect and harvest life from.




Military technology


Their military is a mixture of organic and artificial technologies, but very lopsided towards organic tech with conventional tech being seen as a "necessary evil".


Their deadliest weapon is a powerful radiation array ("Sunshine" as it is colloquially called) that pretty much reduces a world to a blighted hell hole incapable of growing life. The liliate themselves find the weapon utterly horrifying and only use it as a last resort, only having a limited supply stashed on high level spaceships under constant watch.


Liliates specialize in biological and chemical warfare, with conventional methods not really gettuing nearly as much funding. Their vast library of deadly toxins and diseases is a well known secret of the Sanctum, and this library only grows as they expand and find new chemicals and breeds of bacterium.


On ground, their deployments of large creatures who are phermonic slaves to Liliate patrons, offensive terraforming and swarms of weaponized buzzies armed with microweaponry (like teeny tiny assault rifles) make them pretty much a death knell to civilian infrastructure. In space, their weapons are sub-par due to their ships being more carriers than fighters. They make use of laser weaponry and other conventional modes of ballistics, but all this is to defend a ship more than engage in a offensive war in space. Instead, the Liliate try to rush to planets they know the enemy won't be willing to glass (like a planet full of civilians) to get a leverage on their enemy.


On the defensive they tend to make use of multiple defensive platforms laden in conventional weapons and tend to dig very deep into planets (especially cave heavy worlds) in places where potential conflict may arise.




Technological Overview


The Liliate, as mentioned in the military section are biotech heavy. This applies to their less murderous applications of tech as well. For instance, they make use of neural manipulation (or mind control) to make beasts of burden bend to their every whim. This mind control is over-ridable by a sapient enough creature and requires being planted inside the creature to take effect.


They're pretty lacking in any form of psionics outside of biokinetics and some forms of telepathy (though their phermone-based mind manipulation tends to work just fine). Buzzies also are great at number crunching.


Their computers use a neural form of wiring that allows them to think through many different designs of creatures and splice them. Experimentation using these computers is a constant in their society.


The Liliate tend to terraform worlds that 'have potential' into garden worlds and can do so in a matter of a several decades because once a planet is blessed to be terraformed more and more common liliate will be transported to the world by the patrons.


Neurological technologies tend to be cased in metal with their drones for space-related combat being flesh boxes that attack and engage enemies. Fried brains anyone?


Number and industry-wise they're around average in terms of productivity when it comes to space ships. In colonizing and terraforming, they're very productive.


The FTL they use is standard with nothing unique about it. The cultural impact of FTL however, is what caused them to begin their quest to start seeding and terraforming any world they bless with their kind. Even if it's already in use, as the concerns of some meathead or metalhead only matter if they dare undermine the Verdant One's wishes.


Cultural Overview


The Verdant Sanctum's overall culture is actually quite artistically inclined, at least for the vast majority. They treat their ecosystems and biome modification as art, and therefore is not usually trying to be efficient in terms of sustainability or ecological harmony. The common liliate live in quite open conditions with the closest things to homes being shelter systems from harsh weather or incomplete worlds. Patronic liliate tend to live in spaceship terrariums, only being allowed to go on world by a elder patron. A elder patron is only allowed to go on world by the verdant one, who is rooted on the home world.


Liliate have a great interest in life in general, going as far as to raid and abduct life on alien worlds should there be no other means to obtain it. On several occasions already there are Liliate who have put multiple alien species on a planet and tried making a functional ecosystem out of it. They see technology as a necessary evil that has enabled them to spread life outside of their single star system and their relationship with technology is very mixed as a result.


Their economy is pretty much built around constant expansion, for they need to keep colonizing and terraforming more worlds in order to keep growing as a civilization and most Liliate go without money instead just having a simple barter economy. Patrons however, do have a system of wealth that is more based in favors than in actual currency- the better a patron is doing, the more they are allowed to commission to the common Liliate. Trade with aliens is done exclusively in barter, however.


Their relationship with other forms of intelligent life who have embraced metal-based technology to far greater degrees is not all that great, however they may find common cause with an ideologically similiar species. Their system of blessing worlds however, may cause them to get into major trouble with another society.


They have many other art forms beyond ecological art including art that humans would refer to as "art" like their large scale gardening, rock art, symbol drawing and painting (sadly these works of art can't be fully enjoyed, let alone understood by human eyes).



History


The Verdant Sanctum's History is one that started in tragedy, for the Verdant Sanctum formed only after their kind some several hundred years ago suffered a massive dying off known simply as "The Weltering" that nearly caused their species to fall back to the stone age. In what seemed like the end of their kind, the first Verdant One managed to bring together the anarchy that was consuming their world and in what should have been the end of Liliate civilization turned into a renaissance and cultural rebirth as their conventional technology managed to accidentally happen upon the Warp Drive. In this renaissance, the baseline for the Verdant Sanctum was born.


In the first explorations of space, a realm once seen as a empty void without any value to their kind they discovered that other planets also had life. The discovery of alien worlds with life lead to the first blessings of alien worlds as the Third Verdant one set down the foundations for which worlds may be blessed by herself personally.


The criteria goes like this:
1. Wet enough
2. Warm Enough
3. Sunny Enough


Over the following few centuries and to present day, the Verdant Sanctum has spread across dozens of star systems (moderate size civilization with dense population- tell me how big is balanced for this RP) and have made contact with intelligent life in the past century.


(History beyond this point will be based in history collaboratively decided on)


Other


(Will use this section for my characters- Yes, characters! Oh my god what heresy!)


Formulaic Patron of Skimming Light


A more scientifically minded Liliate of the Patron class who shall find herself in the wrong place at the wrong time.