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The Sprawl

This looks amazing! This is merging one of my favorite parts of the world with one of my favorite genres. Definitely joining.

War of Seven Suns (Scifi Character/Faction RP)

I don't know : (

everyone has worked too much on this for it to fail!

Imperial Palace Officials

Ah, okay! Definitely gives me something to look into. Also, I don't have a specific period of art or dress that I'm particular too--however, I will say that the Tang (along with the Ming and Yuan) is my favorite era of Chinese history. I love how cosmopolitan the court was, and how their clashes with Central Asia and beyond affected everything. It's really one the most interesting periods in history to me. Silk Road is my jam. But yeah, that sounds like a great time to set it. I'm cool with topknots for sure :P I also see some potential for a cool overarching plotline, with the Li family seizing the reigns of the empire from Sui--is that what you based the premise on?

Imperial Palace Officials

Sooo excited to get started!

I do have a question though. What era or dynasty, in general, will we be drawing influence from? I know a little bit about Imperial Chinese history but I'd like to
research and learn some more about the high court, family dynamics, etc.

Also, I had the thought that we could make a Chatzy or something to communicate with each other more easily but whatever you want to do ^u^ Going to get started on my CS!

Officials of the Imperial Palace RP

This sounds awesome! I can't wait to get started!

War of Seven Suns (Scifi Character/Faction RP)

Thanks! I'm glad you like him. I meant to coordinate with you and a couple days ago and see if I was in the right ball park but I forgot : | Glad I hit the mark.

I'm excited though! I hope we're able to get the ball rolling soon and start the IC.

War of Seven Suns (Scifi Character/Faction RP)

Elof in Vrasës HALOP stealth armor

Pseudonym(s): Yëwe, Elof, Ndalma
Gender: Male
Height: 6”1
Age: 42
Race: Vatani
Alignment: Ascendancy
Physical descriptors: Elof (the appellation most commonly applied to him), is tall and lithe, with slender legs and lean musculature. His face is likewise thin, with an aquiline nose, skin of a dull dark grey, eyes of cold lavender, a set of small horns, a taut jaw, and long, cinnamon-hued hair. In short, his appearance is rather typical of Vatani males.
Background: Elof’s appearance, however, is the extent of his typicality. Elof is of the Vrasës caste, the enigmatic order of Vatani assassins. Little, if aught, is known about his adolescence—a characteristic quality of the Vrasës. As with the Luftëtari, the acolytes of the Vrasës have carefully cultivated over the course of centuries the caste bloodline. The typicality of Elof’s face is no genetic accident—rather, its intent is obvious. The Vrasës are trained in not only martial and physical arts, but most effectively in the subtler arts of espionage, among them deception and infiltration. A plainer face is one more easily forgotten, or more simply accepted. However, unlike the Luftëtari, the individuality and curiosity of a Vrasës is not suppressed. Oftentimes, though Vrasës protocol is magisterial and encyclopedic, one cannot simply play it by the books in a precarious situation. Thus, not only is a Vrasës’ martial ability honed, but also most keenly their mental acuity and acumen. A Vrasës is the perfect amalgam of deadly force and cunning, capable of near unrivalled adaptability, range, variety, and efficacy. Elof’s career in the order has been one marked by continued success and elimination of high priority targets. For the bulk of his tenure he has worked in infiltrating the Vatani expatriate communities of NAR, particularly those with separatist or revolutionary leanings, as well as in conducting counter-espionage and devoting extensive research into the All-Party and their supposed affiliated terrorist cells in NAR. There is also rumor that he and his cohorts were in fact intricately involved with the bombing of Esmara--as apposed to the UF. With the inauguration of the Covenant, Elof’s superiors ordered him to ramp up his operations, particularly on New Arcturus and Aurolia, though warned him not to endanger the Covenant, at least for now. As he delves deeper into this web of espionage, he quickly finds himself beset on all sides, whether from NAR counter-spies, enigmatic transorganic agents whose allegiance is at best murky, or UF blackops.
Personality: His true nature is probably unknown save for by his compatriots and superiors. Otherwise, his outward personality is mutable, ever adapting to new roles and situations.

Skills/Abilities
-Dexterous mental faculty
-Well trained in both hand to hand and martial arts as well as munitions
-Speaks a number of languages
-Highly adaptable to new environments and situations
-Biologically and synthetically augmented
-Calculating and efficacious to a lethal degree

Flaws
-Few known for certainty. The life he has led and his specific line of work has bred in him, as in all Vrasës, a coldness and lack of center
-Unflinchingly loyal to his own detriment, a lauded quality among the Vatani but one which may be somewhat undesirable in other races

War of Seven Suns (Scifi Character/Faction RP)

Name: The Unitary Supreme Kingdom of Makhinas (commonly abbreviated as USKM)
National Emblem:The royal crest of the Bur-Hina line
Population: ~900,000,000
Head of State: Her August Majesty Queen (or Pad) Ámahaçal Bur-Hina VI
Speaker of the Parliament: Beig Hém Dasi II
Government: Demi-executive parliamentary monarchy

Government

The government is structured around the demi-executive monarchy which is
checked by a parliament. Despite their popular image as cosmopolitan
merchants, the Makhina are still only beginning a reluctant experiment with
liberalism. Indeed, less than 100 years ago the planet was convulsed by a
brutal civil war between Royalists and Populists whose scars are still healing.
The result of the conflict was a victory for the Royalist party--however, the Queen,
in an act of propitiation towards the still incensed populace, deigned to defer some
part of her powers to a legislative body, which eventually became the Atlas
Parliament. Their relationship remains uneasy, at best.
The monarchy is an ancient and puissant tradition to the Yagbu species. Allegedly,
the royal line is descended from Yuhanó, the son of the union between the goddess
Yambalaç and the Blind-Wander-King, who led his disparate race in their shuffling
across the dunes. Yuhanó purportedly cured the Yagbu of their blindness and was
anointed as the King-Made-God. The royal traditional still smacks of ritual
to the pious Yagbu, and the monarch is venerated as the vessel of the
beneficence of Yambalaç. However, extensive contact with other worlds has cooled
the fervor of most Yagbu, and the notion of God-King or God-Queen is one that is
gradually, if surreptitiously, falling out of favor.
The seat of government is the palace-city of Makhina, located in the more clement,
and partially terraformed northern hemisphere of the planet. It is a planned city,
designed around the celebration of the moons, which is the Yambalaçi aspect.
The Lunar Fastness, thus, is the royal residence, and is said to be of a nigh
unparalleled grandeur--though certainly the Emperor would wholeheartedly desist.

Description:

Description

A small territorial power with far reaching commercial consequence, the USKM sits at a critical junction between Covenant space and Duchy territory.
For centuries, the USKM has been known as a shrewd and successful trading power, their merchants creeping their way into every nook and cranny
of the galaxy. Though it may not be a martial empire, the USKM has assuredly built a commercial hegemony in which all nations are fiefdoms.
Despite the earnest warnings of its best military advisors, the USKM, however, has never insured this vast trade network with an equally puissant
martial force. Their military is, at best, bare-bones; and the USKM, despite a past patchworked with internal conflict--vast planetary empires, subjugation,
genocide--they are not desirous of territorial conquest. Rather, they use their voluminous wealth as an impetus for further commercial growth, as a means
to fuel massive terraforming and industrial projects, and to bolster its trade fleet. The military, in the face of such things, is but a trifle.
Thus, it fell rather easily to the invading All-Party force. In a manner of days, the force smashed the pitiful resistance of the USKM and walked past the threshold
of the Lunar Fastness, capturing the Queen and her household in her apartments, and eventually consolidating the rest of the royal family and Parliament.
In the eyes of the Yagbu, the transorganics had committed the ultimate sacrilege: stepped foot upon the hallowed sands of Makhina, the same ground upon which
the lunar goddess Yambalaç had birthed Yuhanó from the seed of the Blind-Wander-King, where Huali had shaped their people from three grains of ozí rice--a privilege
reserved only for members of the Yagbu race. Without out any other course, Queen Ámahaçal capitulated to Covenant occupation. However, the monarchy was restored
by the Covenant, in an effort to make it appear to the outside that the USKM had joined the Covenant of their own volition and were providing subsidies to the war effort--an
act of propaganda. The Covenant continues to control the UKSM as a puppet government, and maintains a large occupying force. They have consolidated Hanapa's
Hanapa's shipyards, and all the while use the planet itself as a staging ground for their thrusts into Duchy space. However, surreptitiously, an underground resistance
movement is beginning to be kindled, and soon will set the desert ablaze.

Capital Planet:[i] Makhina
[i]A planet dominated by the endless Tchanu Desert, a vast expanse of dune,
tableland, scrub, volcanic plain, tamarisk fields, and salt pan, unbroken save for shallow
endorheic lakes, The planet is reserved for members of the Yagbu species
only--trespass by foreigners is a heinous crime, punishable by death. Principal city is the
eponymous metropolis and center of government, Makhina.
Satellites: Inoké
The largest of Makhina's two satellites, Inoké is the principal commercial mechanism for the USKM,
serving as the port-of-call for all incoming and outbound trade vessels as well as the home of all
non-Yagbu residents of the USKM. Other than Yagbu, Inoké has massive expatriate communities,
mostly wealthy tradespeople and corporate moguls. Especially large is the community of augmented
humans. The moon was heavily terraformed, making it overabundantly verdant and tropical. A number
of foreign cultivars have been introduced to the moon to great success.
The chief city, Isé-of-the-Waters, sits upon the titanic artificial Lake Bhampa, from which all of the moon's rivers
draw their source.
Hanapa
A glorified lunar industrial complex, the engine
which fuels the USKM trade enterprise. Gas and mineral mines, large manufacturing
centers, shipyards, and even terraformed farm land dot its surface. Though the
planet itself produces the lucrative and ubiquitous foodstuff of Makhins, ozí
rice, without the larger scale operations of Hanapa, the commercial might of
the USKM would have been nipped in the bud early on.
Species: The Yagbu

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Physiognomy

Physiognomy: The Yagbu's outward physiognomy is surprisingly similar to human beings--however, their internal makeup differs greatly. Firstly, they have the remarkable capability of retaining water through a collection of four internal pouches called yama--an incredibly useful and obviously adaptive trait that allows them to
thrive in a massive desert with scarcely any potable water sources. The glands of the yama collect the waters from any solid food sources that are consumed, and
certainly from any liquids, processes them, and retains them. Studies have shown that, with a stable food source, the Yagbu could live their entire lifetimes without drinking
a drop of water, and often do. Additionally, the incredibly smooth skin of the Yagbu does not excrete perspiration, retaining even more moisture. However, because of this,
and despite their incredibly adaptations to their endemic climate, the Yagbu easily overheat. Thus, their dwellings are often deep underground.
The Yagbu display sexual dimorphism, with the females having darker skin, lighter eyes, flatter ears, greater height, and generally rounder proportionality than their male
counterparts. However, unlike other humanoid races, the Yagbu species has a third gender: makati . They are not totally sentient, but do definitively have Yagbu DNA. They are seen as life-givers, minor gods, and are venerated in shrines and temples. Yagbu males and females are naturally sterile, and require a third party, the makati, to fertilize the female ovum and the male sperm. The female, thus, does not bear the pains of childbirth often encountered in other humanoid species. Rather, the makati gestates and births the fetus--up to 10 at a time. [NEEDS MORE EXPLANATION. COMING SOON: MORE ON YAGBU BIOLOGY, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND HISTORY]

USKM Military

Ground Divison

USKM Light Winged Trooper

USKM Winged Captain

USKM Sappeur

USKM Heavy Winged Trooper

USKM Winged Echo Corps

USKM Intrepid Guard (Royal Household Guard)

USKM Echoblade Corps

USKM Mechanized Infantry

Space Division

Refitted Cargo Vessels

USKM Orbital Fighter

The HPAM Keímas

I'm going to be updating this tomorrow with a LOT more information. More on Yagbu biology, culture, history, society, and language, as well as an explanation of the Makhinas military, as well as some concept images to give you all an idea of how some of the locations appear (especially Inoke). However, I am just too tired tonight to finish this, but would like to put it out in the playing field and let you guys work with a little bit before I fill out more of the details and empty spaces in between. Sorry for the kind of truncated post but I hope that at least gives you an idea of the USKM and how you can work them into the setting.

Elder Scrolls: Terror of the Padomaic

Awesome!

Glad to be a part of it

War of Seven Suns (Scifi Character/Faction RP)

Will do