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In the year 2023 humans celebrated as SETI discovered a signal which was unmistakably not human, yet intelligent.  It took them months to discover the meaning behind the signal, but when they did, the Earth was struck with fear.  It simply said "Surrender".

A week after we deciphered the message a fleet of alien craft appeared in the system.  They communicated in Earth languages this time, but their message was the same; Surrender.  We fought back, but even our strongest weapons were unable to do anything to their ships.  They landed and, though we were able to slow them down, the Reptilian Vs'Ks'Thi troops managed to capture the planet, save a few rebel groups, in eight days.  During their assault most of them used abilities that could be considered supernatural or paranormal.

They then informed us of our fate.  We were now a slave world of the Vs'Ks'Thi Empire, and the people of this world will be used by them or their trade partners the Chigani (essentially the Roswell aliens).  Any who challenge them will die.

Not long after the invasion was over, however, other ships full of members of other alien races arrived.  They were from the Freedom Alliance, a group of former slave worlds that had banded together to protect each other and to prevent other worlds from becoming enslaved.  Earth had been captured due to bad intelligence.  The Alliance believed they were going to capture a different world.  The Alliance would, however, aid the people of Earth in the planet's liberation.

That was one hundred years ago.  Many humans have since been freed, and many more have had their paranormal abilities unlocked, either through synthetic drugs or the Doma fruit, a plum-like fruit which grows on Thalla and contains a chemical which slowly unlocks powers.  We fly aboard the alliance ship "Washington" a privately owned ship owned by Captian Harris, a Human.  We are allowed to function within Vs'Ks'Thi and Chigani space only as a freighter, and should we show any hostile moves, if we are caught aiding rebellious slaves, or use forbidden technology, such as a cloaking device, we will be destroyed.

We intend to break all three rules.

[hider=History: How the Vs'Ks'Thi/Chigani Alliance was formed]
The Chigani used to rule over a quarter of the galaxy.  They had superior shields, reactors, weapons, and hyperdrives compared to every other race they encountered, and enslaved all other races within their territory.
On the edge of their space, however, they came across the Vs'Ks'Thi, a warrior race.  Though outnumbered and lacking in technology, they were able to drive the Chigani back, capturing much of their territory.
Fearing the loss of their territory, the Chigani offered the Vs'Ks'Thi Emperor a treaty.  As long as they didn't aid any rebel groups, they could move and act freely within Chigani space.  The Emperor agreed and soon the two former enemies grew rich and more powerful through trade and the subjugation of the other races.
That was over one thousand years ago.
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[hider=Paranormal abilities]
Every intelligent race can have powers, though various races tend to have different strengths and weaknesses, favoring various types.  The Vs'Ks'Thi, for example, almost exclusively use Energetic powers.  The Chigani mostly use Telepathy, with some Telekinesis and the occasionally ESP.

Powers are divided into five types:
Telekinesis: Moving things with your mind.  This also includes teleportation, though the ability is generally rare.
Telepathy: Communicating with the mind, altering the mind.  Also includes mental illusions, mind control, and memory alteration.
Extra Sensory Perception:  Knowing things through unusual means.  Battle sense, seeing the future, and psychometric are all examples of this.
Energetics: It allows you to alter the energy of your body to fit the pattern of another form of energy.  The types are numerous, including fire, ice, lightning, radiation, light and many other types.
Ethereal:  Manipulation of ethereal/transdimentional energy and communication with beings which are made of it. Summoning and communication with "spirits", ghost and otherwise, are the most common uses.

When a person's powers are unlocked they gain powers in a "set", a group of related powers which usually contains one each of offensive, defensive, and tactical powers, plus another power.  For example, someone with fire powers might get a firewall (defensive) power, a flame thrower (offensive) power, the ability to absorb heat (tactical) and one other, such as fire balls (offensive)
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[hider=Alien races: WIP]
Chigani: The basis for the Roswell aliens mythology, they are all naturally telepathic, though many also have telekinetic abilities and a few rare individuals have ESP abilities.  They rule a significant portion of the galaxy and have over 1000 slave races.

Vs'Ks'thi: An Empire of warriors, they rule and are ruled with an iron grip.  Anyone may challenge a ruler at any time, as anyone who cannot even defend themselves is not fit to lead, though failing the challenge means death.

Thalleen: The descendants of humans that were taken from Earth around twenty-five thousand years ago by the Chigani, they were forced to rely on their powers quite heavily in order to survive on their new world, a jungle/rain forest planet.  This lead to them being powerful users of paranormal abilities, but physically weaker than most races.  Their skin is light shades of red, blue, yellow, or occasionally green.  They are also covered in white, grey, or black hairs over their entire body.
Their home sun contains an energy based life form that many of them consider to be a god.  It freed them from the Chigani.
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[hider=Worlds so far]
Earth: The Human homeworld, it is a temperate planet with a wide variety of biomes.  It is a slave world of the Vs'Ks'Thi Empire.  Population 11.3 billion.

Thalla: The Thalleen Homeworld, it is a warm planet dominated by rain forests and Jungles.  It is a founding member of the Freedom Alliance, and is protected by a sentient plasma-based lifeform which lives inside its sun.  Population 1.6 billion.

Hat'ra: A world near the border of Alliance and Chigani territory, it is dominated by huge plains which are broken by relatively small mountains.  It remains relatively underpopulated due to the existence of Ground-Serpents, giant snakes which tunnel through the ground and eat the animals of the surface.  They cannot, however, tunnel through solid stone, so the planet's only settlement is built on the top of a mountain that was mostly removed by a meteor strike.  The planet serves as a trade, repair, and refueling hub for ships passing between Chigani and Alliance space.  (Secret: While it has a Chigani governor, a young man that was sent here after angering someone important, he spends most of his time managing the planet's grey market, goods that aren't illegal, but are difficult to get or restricted.  This has lead to the planet's citizens being relatively free, as he doesn't care what you do as long as you don't break the general rules in an obvious fashion and as long as you pay your taxes.)
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[hider=Character Sheet]
Name:
Race:
Age:
Appearance:
Powerset: Name (power1 (possibly a description), Power2 (ditto), etc)
Personality:
Skills:
Crew position: (if you are a member of the crew)
Bio:
Equipment: 
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