Galactic History Briefing
The Empire of Humanity stretches across the galaxy. Earth is but a distant and nostalgic memory. It came as something of a surprise to the humans that in this vast galaxy, they had been the first to achieve faster-than-light travel, they had been the first to colonize other planets and systems. They encountered many different species of intelligent aliens all of whom were technologically behind the Empire of Humanity. However, having overcome their violent history of colonial tendencies, The Empire of Humanity extended a helping hand, paving the way for the other species to develop quickly and peacefully. It was a golden age for the galaxy, an age of prosperity, trade, learning, and pioneering. But there was some resistance, as intelligent life pushed into the void, the void pushed back. At first it was thought to be simply part of the difficulty of space travel and space colonization, but the situation escalated with the discovery of the Skrarl, a race of murderous insectoids intent on destroying human outposts. Then the Omegans appeared, a race of artificially intelligent robots, and the Annu, strange otherworldly energy beings. What little communication has been made by the Skrarl, Omegans, and Annu came in the form of threats and ultimatums, and made reference to the Deep Space Dwellers, what could only be considered the 'gods' of these hostile races. Then the unthinkable happened, a cluster of human systems fell silent, and when communications were reestablished, the local government had been overthrown and replaced with a bloodthirsty and fanatical cult, an indoctrinated pseudo-nation that called itself the "Pathfinders", worshippers of a Dweller known as The Seeker. Their iron-fisted dominion wreaked terror on the local population, and it is from this terrorized population that they recruited, carrying out horrible experiments and brainwashing techniques to created soldiers and weapons with which they waged civil war against the rest of the Human Empire.
The Deep Space Dwellers
The Deep Space Dwellers are eldritch beings of immense power and even greater malice. Together they number twelve and conspire to eliminate or subjugate all intelligent life in the galaxy. Very little is known about them, though some data has been collected from the mad ramblings of a captured Pathfinder.
- Capricorn - Shpenthis, The Amalgam
- Aquarius - Lavtannoth, The Endless Ocean
- Pisces - Shreel, The Primordial
- Aries - Brangog, The Twisted
- Taurus - Granzazel, The Behemoth.
- Gemini - Simyanaymis, The Self and The Other.
- Cancer - Kraxiel, The Vice.
- Leo - Raumphenth, The Devourer.
- Virgo - Annuiyntar, The Untouchable. Lord of the Annu
- Libra - Omega Mammon, The Judgment. Lord of the Omegans
- Scorpio - Skrarlaphim, The Swarm. Lord of the Skrarl
- Sagittarius - Halgdurion, The Seeker. Lord of the Pathfinders
In their galactic expansion, humans had noticed that the slow process of evolution was beginning to show its effects on them in the form of 'psychics', those who could manipulate nature with their minds. While humans had only begun to tap into this potential, the races allied to the Dwellers possessed incredible psychic power akin to mythological descriptions of magic. It is thus hypothesized that the Dwellers are themselves incredibly adept psychic beings and that they impart their power upon their followers. In order to hope to combat this psychic threat, Humanity began the Stella Arcana Project.
Desperate to stop inevitable extinction of all life in the galaxy at the hands of the Dwellers, Humanity resorted to what they hoped would be mankind's last chance against the horrors of space, The Stella Arcana Project. While military forces staved off the Skrarl, Omegan, Annu, and Pathfinder forces, they were simply buying time to allow the Stella Arcana Project to finish. The project recruited young children from all walks of life, though some experimental subjects were specifically bred and engineered. The subjects were selected for many traits and qualities though high psychic potential was key among these. Intense training, mental conditioning and cybernetic enhancements would make these children, when they matured, into the ultimate soldiers, capable of piloting the ultimate weapons humanity could devise, the Arcana Frames, mobile weapons that drew their power from the psychic abilities of their pilots. However, an attack by the Pathfinders on the secret research facility ended the Project prematurely. Six subjects survived the attack, entered the Arcana Frames that had been customized to their personal preferences and fought back successfully. With the researchers and command personnel dead, the six subjects boarded the carrier intended to take them and their frames into battle. Fortunately, the carrier, called the Arcana Fantasia, was equipped with an artificial intelligence maintenance software named Stella.
This story is of the survivors of the Stella Arcana Project and their struggle to fulfill their mission, to do what they were made for, to defeat the Deep Space Dwellers.
The Stella Arcana Project
Desperate to stop inevitable extinction of all life in the galaxy at the hands of the Dwellers, Humanity resorted to what they hoped would be mankind's last chance against the horrors of space, The Stella Arcana Project. While military forces staved off the Skrarl, Omegan, Annu, and Pathfinder forces, they were simply buying time to allow the Stella Arcana Project to finish. The project recruited young children from all walks of life, though some experimental subjects were specifically bred and engineered. The subjects were selected for many traits and qualities though high psychic potential was key among these. Intense training, mental conditioning and cybernetic enhancements would make these children, when they matured, into the ultimate soldiers, capable of piloting the ultimate weapons humanity could devise, the Arcana Frames, mobile weapons that drew their power from the psychic abilities of their pilots. However, an attack by the Pathfinders on the secret research facility ended the Project prematurely. Six subjects survived the attack, entered the Arcana Frames that had been customized to their personal preferences and fought back successfully. With the researchers and command personnel dead, the six subjects boarded the carrier intended to take them and their frames into battle. Fortunately, the carrier, called the Arcana Fantasia, was equipped with an artificial intelligence maintenance software named Stella.
This story is of the survivors of the Stella Arcana Project and their struggle to fulfill their mission, to do what they were made for, to defeat the Deep Space Dwellers.
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