WrongEndoftheRainbow

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6 It would've been longer but I got caught in debugging my discord bot, then ended up with a huge headache.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

”Where is the crown of the Heavens?”

The question rippled throughout like a wave. At first, silence. Then, repeats. The singular mind flooded with the question, a product of thousands of unique alter egos. All confused. All terrified. They all spoke in unison, a thousand mingling voices of the same origin. The trembling human was brought before the single mind. Their head rang with the accusation. “You. Butcher of worlds. Those ones. You.”

Silence.

“Your people’s hubris. The butcher’s breach of promise to extinguish the fire of the heavens!” came the cry. Again, a thousand voices in unison. An overwhelming sensation. A pain. A deep, terrible pain. A throbbing, unspeakable pain. Then, the embrace of sweet darkness. No more feeling.

Light. They had waited. They always waited. The singular mind always was and always will. The ones who wait. “You abomination,” they cried again, still in eerie unison, “you created creature. You let loose the king. Where is the crown of the heavens?” Again, the pain returned. But this time, the human could not pass out. The pressure in their head indicated how so desperately they wanted to. But they couldn’t. They did not respond to the mind.

“Seek the crown of the heavens. Seek the metal servant. The metal servant was designed to guard against the butchers. You. Seek the armor. Seek the writing. Heal the sun.” the pain continued in the human’s head, but yet they still could not pass out. It was unbearable. They were undoubtedly giving him commands.

He blinked.

Then, the human was on their old scout ship. Incredibly outdated to modern standards, yet still as new as when it entered the realm. He was being.. Pushed out? Excitement overtook the human. He was finally to be free. From where, exactly? He had long since forgotten. His only goal was to get out, and, swimming in the back of his mind, in distinct madness, was the command to find the crown, the armor, and the writing.

What sun? They didn’t know, but they were left with a compulsion to find out.

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The humans at the research base had recently made a shocking discovery. Deep near the core of the planet, they had found a massive AI core. They had not yet explored it, but it was theorized to have replaced the outer core entirely. They had seen nothing living of Incident Lambda before, so the AI was a great surprise.

If only they knew how to interface with it.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6 I've got a football meet to go to, then a 40 minute ride home, then I'll write the intro for my new faction.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6 Trust me, they'll do stuff. They're just not a physical, touchable presence.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@Legion02 There are no people left to use the tech from the original race. They've changed, to put it lightly. They have no need for their old technology.

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6

Lambda Remnants

Name: The Lambda Remnants (Name given by Humanity)

Flag: N/A

Type of Government(So the Empire knows what they are dealing with): N/A

Description of Government: Before their ascension -- or fall -- at their own hands, the Lambda Remnants were a mysterious race, and their government was no different. Isolationist, they only spoke to the outside world via AI constructs. It is suspected that back then, they used AI in their everyday life, and their leftover governmental technology to prove that fact has revolutionized the administrative AIs of the Emporium.

Main race(Your own species, unless you want to play as humans): Incident Lambda

Minority races(humans and what other. Needs to be at least 50% humans if you majority is them): Incident Lambda

Hider

No other species ever saw the true appearance of Incident Lambda before they disappeared, but now they can be found in technology, almost like a virus. They take control of computers, powered armor, anything that uses electricity. This means they come in many forms.

Demography(Min 20% humans): 99.9% Human, 0.1% Incident Lambda

Religion(Optional but appreciated): Before their disappearance, they seemed to have a fanatical fascination with their own sun. They worshipped it, they derived their power from it, and they studied it. No other species was ever allowed to get close to it before the Emporium of Man, so very little was known about why they worshipped it so. Everything in their daily life seemed to be connected in one way or another to their sun.

Culture(A paragraph or two): Just the same as their religious connotations, their culture was based around their sun. Sun-based iconography, deference to the sun, solar energy at the forefront, et cetera. Further, they were strictly and fanatically isolationist. They produced everything they needed, and never went to others. They placed a particular importance on defending their territory. As soon as you entered their solar system, you would be blown apart by massive guns, or some things more sinister but dismissed as mere rumors and ghost stories.

History(what you did under the rule of the empire for roughly 300 years): When the Emporium first arrived, the government of what is now the Incident took note. When the EoM expanded, they did nothing. They watched passively as the worlds around them fell. Then, finally, when their planet was the target, they sprung into action. They held off the EoM for years without a single incursion into their solar system. Eventually, however, the guns fell silent. Signals from the civilization ceased entirely.

One moment they were there, and the next they simply weren’t. First EoM scouts moved into the previously occupied solar system, only to meet darkness and silence. The only clue they had that they were in the right place was the graveyard of Emporium ships scattered into a deadly debris field at the edge of the solar system. Barely making it out of the debris field, they continued to report that nothing was visible. Then, they went silent.

Another ship was sent. And another. They all went silent. Finally, a task force was sent. They made their way through the ship graveyard, and reported the same thing. Until the lead ship simply vanished, having gone too far towards the center of the solar system. The others were brought to a stop, and the disappearance was reported and logged. They made a circle, and came across planets. They came across the homeworld, covered in a lightless, dead biosphere and the ruins of once great cities.

The sun was gone. In its place, some kind of portal. No one knew where it went. No one reported back from it. No signals penetrated it, and nothing came out of it.Its exact boundaries were impossible to find exactly, and eventually a research base was set upon the dead homeworld. Here, they discovered the technology the race used.

Here, they studied just what the race had done.

Important characters(very important, your leader, your strategist, your spy master and any other important character IN DETAIL): N/A

Description of Military(ships and ground troops): N/A

Technology(note that there are no energy shields, and that doomsday weapons are not a thing.): A large majority of the technology left behind by the Lambda Remnants are extremely advanced, enough to seem like magic. From incredibly efficient, in some cases even predicting the future with utmost accuracy, AIs, to whatever technology made their sun vanish. While they are not even close to discovering all of the technology left behind, what was left behind has advanced the Emporium dramatically.

Additional(whatever you feel like you want to add):

This galaxy isn't yours! (On hiatus)

@6slyboy6 could I roll up a pro-empire/chaotic neutral species so I can still RP while I try to collab with my other nation?

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

The World Mountain

I did a very quick arts.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

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Skagoth's horde is actually heading east and will therefore be rampaging around those regions, yes. My only concern is that the timelines for this might not align seeing as the events of all my posts (except the one with Aihtiraq appearing before Whisper) take place prior to the Realta attack.

...though I suppose that since the Realta wouldn't be directly attacking the ogres, it probably isn't a big deal and there's room for some grey area.

@Cyclone

I've sent you a link to the WIP post on Discord.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone

If you've got ogres near the mountain range which I just brainfarted and forgot the name of (ironheart???), I've got a post in progress with one of my side characters. I don't know what to do with them atm because I said in my writing "Everything seemed rather perfect".

So naturally now it has to turn not perfect. And an angry pillaging ogre would be a great way to do that.