[OOC] Gardens of Jalaryias(Small-scale interplanetary Nation RP)

[Sigma]

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Garden Worlds:Full
Aurolia(Sigma)
Joord(Klomster)
Erelvath(Oraculum)
Tremara(BilboTheGreat)
Terra(JaceBeleren)
Itium(CaptainBritton)
Holy Grail

Non-Garden Nations: Open
Concordat(Ozerath)
Taeryn

Factions: Open
Rossyan Directive(Darkspleen)
Arkay

The Peoples of Jalaryias
Iti’Okh
Iti’Ni
Human
Xenor
Assar-Rhen
Janari
Aldzir
Ishkaan
Rothan
Klek
Draon
Schäferkin
Iurrkhal
Vraslil
Tak'a'dis


Human life, the process of millions of years of successive and random mutations giving rise to modern man, a marvel of natural selection. This process occurred as it always did, but this time it didn't happen on Earth as we know it. Another place, another time, serendipity would have it that a system perfect for life in every way came into being. The plum pearl of Jalaryias' crowing rings of asteroids, barren and inhospitable moons, and seven gardens besides. On one of these gardens, not only did man came about, but others too rose from the primordial depths to the heights of intelligence.

On the other sister gardens, so too did life rise to those heights, seven worlds with many thinking beings in a place where the future held limitless potential. Time passed, the children of these worlds squabbled, not all survived. Yet now another chapter has come about, the dream of traversing the worlds has come true. sister Moons, asteroids and the great mother herself are ripe for harvest and now the united peoples of those seven once separate worlds will come to terms as they race towards it, the endless bounty of space.

Explanation
This RP takes place in an alternate universe where Humans arose in a system dominated by the lone large gas giant of Jalaryia and in tandem with several other species(or not, depends on the player's wishes). The backstory of this RP is intended to be created by the players as they write the history of their nations and species, how did they fight? Why? The stage is set for any number of situations, and only you can decide what may come about!

Regarding Garden Races and Non-Garden Nations
Since the scale of the rp is quite small compared to others, we will of course have a limited number of species native to the Garden Worlds, each of the seven garden worlds can host up to three native species at most, or less depending on the player's wishes.

Once all Garden Worlds have been taken, none-garden players will have various options, from playing as a colony of several varieties, from Space Colonies like those seen in Gundam, Asteroid Colonies, colonial settlements on the barren and environmentally inhospitable moons and even floating Installations within the Gas Giant.

Players may also have the option of playing as nomadic fleets and smaller scale factions(such as pirates, mercenaries, terrorists, etc). The overall downside of course is that non-garden players will not be able to make their own species and will have to choose from the current roster set up by Garden Players.

Rules
1. You are expected to post at least once a week, at most, twice a week if you can manage. Any more and you are liable to burn yourself, and others, out and any less and the RP will move along too slowly. If you do not make a post within two weeks with no prior warning I'll unfortunately have no choice but to drop you from the RP.

2. This is an Advanced RP. I expect correct grammar and spelling in your posts, at the very least. One or two mistakes per post is fine, and expected, but if I see ten “teh”s in your post we will have a problem.

3. Please don’t join if you are going to disappear after one or two posts. I expect a certain level of commitment once you join.

Sheets

Garden Sheet
Nation Name:
Flag:
Government Type:
Leadership:
Offworld Holdings:
Persons of Importance(Optional):
Species and Demographics:
History:
Military:
Other:

Non-Garden Sheet
Nation Name:
Flag:
Government Type:
Leadership:
Persons of Importance(Optional):
Homeworld(s) of Origin:
Holdings:
Population Demographics:
History:
Military:
Other:

Faction Sheet
Faction Name:
Profession:
Emblem/Banner:
Affiliation:(optional):
Leadership:
Personnel of Importance(Optional):
Military/Civilian Assets:
History:
Other:

[Ozerath]

So I'm working on my NS, and I'm faced with two options for the Concordat's history.

1) Make my own garden nation and species for them to be an offshoot of. If I did this, I'd probably make it so that the original species is now extinct, wiped out by the Concordat, because I don't want two nations.

2) Make the Concordat an offshoot of someone else's garden species/nation.

I'm really interested in doing #2. Shoot me a PM if you'd like to collaborate on this. Who wants a violent cyborg revolution in their history? :D

[Klomster]

I'm considering on joining in.

I'd play as a nation i've created for a future sci-fi setting featuring war, trade and stuff.
The species would be the Schäferkin, bipedal dogs with a violent history. And violent feelings inside themselves.
Their nature is the same as dogs though, so they are friendly unless angered. The violence comes from their history.

So bipedal dogs, potentially warlike.
What's the verdict?

[Sigma]

@Klomster Sounds pretty good, you'd actually fill in the last slot for the Garden Nations. You're also welcome to add in two more species alongside the Schäferkin, if you wish to add any more that is.

@Ozerath Option 2 definitely sounds good. Would they be human at first or would you be more open to other options? My nation will be federation between it's three native populations(and a significant immigrant population from other worlds). My main race for the federation would be the Ishkaan, aka Not!Turians :P

[Oraculum]

I should have a sheet ready by around Saturday myself. Seeing as each garden seems to be capable of supporting more than one species, I may add the fungoids' by now eternal arthropodal bio-engineer friends as well. Though this time I may go for a less monolithic nation than the Coalition of old. Perhaps something more similar to a glorified trade agreement.

[Klomster]

Considering how my species probably evolved, they seem to be a slave species of humanity, a human sub-faction or a completely different race.

Whom have lost control of their loyal attack dogs, literally. :P

I can start writing and fill in the blanks later.
As for more species than the Schäferkin, i'd say it doesn't make sense to have other major sentient lifeforms that have evolved alongside them.
I'd also claim that Schäferkin is a very young species. They have overtaken their planet from previous lifeforms. An ancient and wise civilisation so to speak :P
(Don't worry, they'll make sense.)

Pm or thread for putting up sheets for inspection?

[Ozerath]

@Sigma Oooh Not!Turians! They could be a perfect origin for the Concordat. I'll shoot you a PM.

[Sigma]

@Klomster No problem really, all up to you :)

As for sheets, you can either PM it to me or just post it here.

@Oraculum Ah, the near return of the Not-really-Coalition-but-close-enough :P

[Klomster]

Great! Then i'll post it here.

As of writing this, if someone wants to use the Tak'a'dis as a species, go ahead, but don't expect to make friends with the Schäferkin. :P
And your civilisation was destroyed, and conquered. So you'd have to live with that.

Also, feel free to have knowledge of the Alpha uprising, since the Tak'a'dis were the prominent species, and was violently overthrown and destroyed in a comparably very short time.
Having previous contact with the Tak'a'dis makes a lot of sense for other species, so go nuts with that if you want.

Schäferkin

Nation Name: Schäferkin [Shaefer-kin]

Flag: None yet.

Government Type: Meritocratically selected Alpha.

Leadership: A system with the Prime Alpha at the top, followed by the Silver Alphas, followed in term by the Gold Alphas. One cannot be born into being a silver Alpha, but one can be born to become a Gold Alpha. But must still one day perform the takeover from the last Alpha. Albeit having it far easier having been schooled how to be a good Alpha.

Offworld Holdings: None. They hold only Joord.

Persons of Importance: Raghis the second, Prime Alpha of the Schäferkin.

Species and Demographics: Schäferkin.
Schäferkin demographics are distinct since they are often bred for a certain task and are named for the task at hand. However a Schäferkin isn't forced to stay in their demographic, but most find it the most fitting.
Example demographics. Battle-born, Defender-born, Beauty-born, Herder-born, Gold-born.

History

History: The schäferkin is a species of bipdal canines whom have been bred to perform dangerous tasks and war.
Created by a bygone species, the Tak'a'dis.

The Tak'a'dis was a humanlike species whom had heavily evolved to be amphibious (but not aquatic) a rather succesful species, intelligent, scientifically profficient and had all the required qualifications to become a succesful space faring race.
They had even begun travelling to other planets when the Alpha uprising happened.

From the beginning.
The Tak'a'dis evolved upon the planet of Joord (meaning roughly earth, soil in their language) they lived somewhat peacefully, like humanity they faced war and famine, scientific discoveries and dogmatic beliefs. The species evolved to such a degree that they were the dominant species on Joord, putting everything else under them through scientific means. They began to make the technology and the species of the world work for their enjoyment.
The focus went from groundbreaking technologies, to providing more and more comfort. First all the workforce was exhanged with simple machines, everyone was provided for with the socialistic system so everyone could live in comfort even if only some lived in wealth.

There were however some work which couldn't be performed with machines, dangerous work or social work which no one else wanted to do.
So after many advances in genetic science, they found the solution. A subservient species.
They created the Schäferkin.
Canines were used according to the Tak'a'dis for their subservient nature, bipedal to mimic their own appearance, but not reptilian in decent since the Tak'a'dis didn't want social groups to want to give them special rights in society. (Which still happened, but to a much smaller degree than if they'd been more similar to themselves to begin with.)

At first the Schäferkin project was a massive success, they were properly coerced into performing the tasks with only minor encouragements as rewards.
Every Schäferkin was owned property, regulated by the state. Each and every one regulated through paperwork and electronic chips.
However, the Tak'a'dis had misjudged the Schäferkin, what they had seen as servile nature, was loyalty to an alpha, a concept the Tak'a'dis didn't fully grasp.

Initially the owners were able to keep their pets under control, but as time passed the true nature of the Schäferkin slowly emerged.
Their lifespan was shorter, a Schäferkin usually never getting older than 50. Also their pregnancy period was much shorter, only 4 months. With each mother nursing roughly 4-8 pups.

It didn't take long until a few Schäferkin couldn't stand their masters, mentally wired to follow a strong Alpha, the Tak'a'dis were almost never strong individuals, when a Schäferkin challenged their superiority it was seen as aggression and they were punished.
The concept too foreign for the Schäferkin to comprehend, to follow a weak individual only because he or she has a paper? Proving ownership.
So on top of being spiteful for beings slaves, their mentality screaming that the entire system was wrong. This was a greater problem than the Tak'a'dis had ever imagined.

It didn't take long until some Schäferkin escaped their captors, most were hunted down. But some managed to damage their chips, had faulty ones or none at all being bought on the black market.
With a sense of freedom, the Schäferkin formed small communities with strong alphas to lead them.
Hearing of these free communities, captive Schäferkin got even more freedom hungry as the Schäferkin population boomed out of control once they were'nt properly controlled anymore.

Schäferkin eradication units were formed, massive atrocities were performed by both sides until one day, the first Prime Alpha emerged.
It is from this time that this title heralds and it stands to this day as the title the Alpha of the Schäferkin holds.
Raghis was his name, a cattle herder from his tribe whom had risen to alpha in his tribe. But now giving the Schäferkin a new concept, Alpha packs.
A grouping of the Alphas of other packs, whom in term have an Alpha that leads over them, not directly but still somewhat directly.
This concept worked remarkably well for the Schäferkin, Raghis being a very strong and intelligent individual managed to gather enough tribes to finally grab a foothold over a city. Followed by a country, then a continent.
The uprising was now an all out war.
However, the Tak'a'dis couldn't keep up with the Schäferkin breeding, nor the amount of training needed too make a Tak'a'dis trooper, and also how much technological backing and cost was involved in making a trained special forces Tak'a'dis as dangerous as a natural born and simply ferocious Schäferkin without weapons.
With weapons they became even more dangerous. With combat training they became hopelessly complex foes to defeat for Tak'a'dis troops.
Learning their own tactics and using them against them, looting their weapons and remaking them to suit the needs of Schäferkin soldiers.

In the end, the hatred and bloodthirst ended up in the annihilation of the entire species of the Tak'a'dis. Not even those who fled into the ocean cities were spared as their cities was continously pounded with depth charges to oblivion. The few who were spared then having died of age now, since the war ended roughly 300 years ago.
It took several generations until the Prime Alpha concept was refined enough so larger societies of Schäferkin worked after a strong leader died or was superseeded.
It was Tossmim, the beauty-born who came up with the concept of Gold Alphas. A gold Alpha was an Alpha that would usually have been the leader of several other Alphas, under the command of the prime Alpha.
However, when the previous Prime Alpha was superseeded or died, the gold Alphas were not allowed to bring in any others to take over like they had done in the past.
Having too few steps between Alpha and Prime Alpha, the Silver Alphas were created working on the concepts lady Tossmim had created, Silver Alphas being directly beneath the Prime Alpha and the ones who fought to become the Prime Alpha, through strength and wits, intelligence and skill.

These happening when a new Prime was to be selected became massive world events, taking place in arenas and massive lecturing halls. Being showed to the public, the most succesful tv-entertainment of the Schäferkin.

The Schäferkin just took over the working infrastructure of the Tak'a'dis, and made it their own, many of them being the workers who had constructed the buildings and worked the factories since the Tak'a'dis were either seeing the tasks as dangerous or they were too lazy to perform them themselves and got a Schäferkin to do it for them.

Over the years the Schäferkin has formed a powerful technological base, working from the designs and legacy of the Tak'a'dis and figuring out some things of their own.

An important thing to mention, is that Schäferkin keep to the tradition that the Tak'a'dis did and use selective breeding. Their genetic material highly suited for it. Making the Schäferkin perhaps the most internally diverce species in the solar system.
However gone are the purely decorative breeding which took shortcuts through health problems to create the envisioned Schäferkin, now the breeding is done to ever make themselves stronger.

They also kept the name they had gotten from their conquered masters, Schäferkin meaning those who tend to the flock or their own, they found the name highly befitting their nature and use it as a further insult to their old masters.

Military: Schäferkin martial tradition consist of two major things, shock and awe martial prowess and guerrilla warfare.
Schäferkin hold a certain sense of honour, preferring to fight on equal terms if the foe is an honorable one. And always leaving non-combatants alone. However, like in the Alpha uprising if a foe proves to be dishonest weakling with no honour, it doesn't take long before the Schäferkin turn to violently efficient eradication.

Schäferkin have weapons designed for their framework, preferring forearm mounted weapons since their broad shoulders as well as preference to run on all four makes conventional firearms bulky and annoying for them.
The usual firearms are plasma blasters, twin barrels on each forearm. Packs a punch but is inaccurate as well as dissipates on long distances. Preferred range is about maximum 30 metres/yards.
Their already sharp natural claws are encased with alloy blades of great durability and strength, capable of ripping gashes in steel plates and walls with ease.

On top of their already impressive agility and strength, the Schäferkin wear powered armour with excellently designed and crafted elements which gives the wearer the same mobility as his own while enhancing his strength.
It is powered with a compact fusion reactor. Made so that it is very safe, only once in history has one exploded when worn in combat.
The armour gives great protection against all infantry weapons, especially plasma fire.
The armour stops at the skull, it encases the back of the head, but leaves the Schäferkin's ears and snout free, to let them use their own senses and to leave the ears able to move. Schäferkin language works heavily on ear movements and even the Schäferkin aren't good enough armourers to create armour for their highly movable and complex ears.
The way that Schäferkin decided the best to defeat this armour was to get into melee and rip their foes asunder as well as martial wrestling. Known as Schäferschlacht. Which emerged in the civil wars that followed the death of the first Prime Alpha.

However, the Schäferkin is a highly meritocratic society, and loathes the idea of conscripted armies. So their elite forces are thankfully comparably small.
Their nation is a highly martial one though, so their army has always been large for being a career army.

Vehicles:
Schäferkin have very few vehicles, only coming up with a vehicle if it is necessary to solve a practical problem. So they have no troop transports for ground forces for example.
They have a few vtol flight transports. They also have assault claws which are launched at enemy fortifications or vessels, grab hold of them and cut their way inside and unleash their cargo of elite Schäferkin warriors.

Other: Beauty-born are the entertainers, diplomats and faces of the Schäferkin.
Their armies are almost exclusively Battle-born or Defender-born. The difference between those is that defender-born herald from back in the slave-age when they were used as property safety.
While battle-born were born and raised free, or the select few who were commandos for the Tak'a'dis megacorps.
So think guard dogs or mastiffs. Although the battle-born are actually the slim fast ones while the defender-born are the sturdy ones.
Often seen as a bit too sluggish for being in the armed forces.

[Sigma]

@Klomster I gave it a read, and you're set to move the sheet over to the character tab.

[Sigma]

Also as a small nudge of a reminder for remaining players that the OOC is up. How go your sheets?
@Asura@WaryBeatle@ONL

[Willy Vereb]

I strangely don't see any human factions yet.
If that's so I might pick them with a bit of flair. I am fine with not being the only human faction and actually even encourage this.
But I can work out something even if I play as the sole human faction.

[Oraculum]

@Oraculum Ah, the near return of the Not-really-Coalition-but-close-enough :P

@Sigma

As of yet, I have never actually had the chance to properly develop it, which is why it obstinately rears its shapeless head every time space is mentioned. In this iteration, I may opt for Covenant as a name - somewhat pompous, but Concordat is already being used, and I must preserve the continued alliteration in some manner. Plus, it is still using the original purple tank and ship models (despite me knowing nothing about that Covenant besides the fact they are villainous aliens).

Additionally, we may see some more familiar faces, or what passes for them, in the subterranean vaults...

They also kept the name they had gotten from their conquered masters, Schäferkin meaning those who tend to the flock or their own, they found the name highly befitting their nature and use it as a further insult to their old masters.

@Klomster

Ah, and there I was, wondering why a dog-like species would be named Schäferkin...

[Ozerath]

So so I'm assuming since this is all one solar system and space travel has been around for 300 years, all our nations will already know about eachother?

I'd certainly like the Concordat to be known, I plan to have some of them kicking around just about everywhere. I also plan on having a very diverse population with members of every species if folks don't mind.

The Concordat also offers its super advanced medical services and cybernetic implants to everyone for free to the more impoverished citizens of the Jalaryias system. Of course, people have learned that folks who receive those implants tend to be...different afterwards, so it's a bit of a gamble. Sure, the Concordat can cure your wife's incurable horrible deathly illness, but she might leave you to join them when it's done.

[Sigma]

@Willy Vereb ONL is possibly playing as the human homeworld of the setting. Your faction could be derived from there as exiles or such.

@Ozerath Oh yeah, the "system"(more like the orbit :P ) is quite interconnected and everyone is pretty much aware of each other.

@Oraculum I'm very much looking forward to your sheet!

[Oraculum]

And here it is. I have for the moment remained rather vague as concerns the vaults, but can prepare a description swiftly enough if necessary.

The Iurrketh-Vraslir Covenant

The Iurrketh-Vraslir Covenant

Government Type:

The Covenant is, properly speaking, not a nation itself, but rather a commercial union between two distinct states which has long since outgrown its original purpose and spread to incorporate both of the original governments. While the latter are certainly not vestigial and still do effectively manage their respective countries, the Covenant's Administrative Council, aside from completely regulating interactions between them, holds significant authority, being able to propose motions and policies to either of them, as well as exert a hefty veto on their own. Furthermore, the Council is merely the core of what is fundamentally a diplomatic agreement given a political body. Bridging the metaphorical gap between the two nations, the Covenant is a vast bureaucratic structure, housed in citadels which can effectively be considered its own domain, having access to uniquely hybridised research facilities and commanding a security force, comprising experimental designs and units not found elsewhere, to rival the armies of regular states.

The partially constituent states themselves follow certain peculiar political designs. The Iurrketh Combine functions as a form of merit-based technocratic oligarchy, with distinguished scientific personalities rising through the social ladder in proportion to their professional accomplishments. It is to note, however, that the highest positions are usually only attained by those who have displayed, along with the aforementioned traits, a measure of administrative skill; those without such a distinction are typically awarded with exclusively honorific titles. The government is altogether highly centralised, with a committee overseeing nationwide activity and exerting a firm control over it by the means of a rigid power structure. Sacrificing the personal for the common good is broadly encouraged among the lower classes, and numerous avenues of putting individual ambitions to the service of the collective cause are presented wherever possible.

In stark contrast to it, the Global Vraslir Union highly prizes individual initiative, although its methods of governance are not exactly democratic. Its overall population is divided, by geographical criteria, into several Swarms, each of which has a distinct internal hierarchy. A rather loose core government exists in the form of an assembly of prominent members of each Swarm, but its effective authority, though not quite limited, is rarely fully exerted. The principles of social advancement within the Swarms are baffling to human minds, relying on a complex and seemingly contradictory set of values and evaluation parameters; the only general constant to be observed is that older individuals often, though not invariably, occupy higher positions.

Leadership:

The current composition of the Administrative Council includes about a dozen eminent personalities from both constituent states, comprising both High Administrators, wielding actual political power, and scientifically-minded Proto-Engineers from the Combine, as well as illustrious Swarm-Speakers and Cycle-Weavers from the Union. It appears that the Covenant has succeeded in assembling the most remarkable exponents of both societies under its aegis, as neither official government boasts members of such renown.

Offworld Holdings:

Although there are a number of mining modules and even some orbital laboratories, mostly Covenant-owned, spread in the environs of their home-world, the inhabitants of Erelvath (such the name of the Garden in question) have not attempted any dedicated colonisation efforts to this day, and thus do not truly have a relevant off-world presence.

Persons of Importance:

Decorated High Administrator Eullvallt: One of the major personalities within the Administrative Council, Eullvallt is something of an innovator, believing the Covenant and its associates would greatly benefit from more daring industrial and research practices. This has earned him considerable support within the Union, even though his own compatriots regard his ideas with wariness.

Cycle-Weaver Threzzir: A leading mind in the fields of biology and artificial genetic modifications, Threzzir adheres to the somewhat archaic philosophical creed of the Sanctity of the Cycle, and believes that all organic life should be “corrected” to attain a hypothetical sacred ideal.

Species and Demographics:

Demographics:

Iurrkhal - 37%
Vraslil - 63%

Iurrkhal:

Appearance

These fungal creatures, hailing from the largely barren and inhospitable, but mineral-rich super-tropical continent Iurrthellir, have a long history of struggling with hostile environments, which, combined with their lengthy gestation period, frequently threatened to thin their numbers almost to the point of extinction. Consequently, there remains in them an atavistic aversion to being exposed to physical danger, and a proportional willingness to decrease the chance of such an occurrence as far as possible. As their soft, malleable pseudopods, which can, in various circumstances, exert a firm grip or perform fine manipulations, render them naturally suited for occupations wherein such flexibility can be vital, Iurrkhal industry is Erelvath’s finest in terms of mechanical implements and technological advancement.

Vraslil:

Appearance

The inquisitive Vraslil developed in a rich and complex ecosystem on the equatorial continent of Verrselith, the entirety of which they still suspect they have not yet quite understood. Such a wealth of life never ceased to fascinate a great many of them, and, ever since the dawn of their civilisation, lead them to wonder how marvellous the world of organic forms might be if it were guided by a wise, calculating intellect - such as their own. Since the Vraslil seldom hesitate before passing from words to action, there scarce can be found a life-form on Erelvath which they have not experimented upon, and the products of their biological engineering are slowly yet steadily making their way toward wholesale employment in Iurrkhal as well as Covenant-controlled areas.

History:

The Garden-world known as Erelvath to its inhabitants was, to all memory, always inhabited by two sapient species, the Iurrkhal and the Vraslil, which developed in distant and widely differing environments and for long were unaware of each other’s existence. The growth of their civilisations seems to have begun at rather different points in time, with Iurrkhal society being more ancient by some centuries – which may explain its greater complexity – though their later development was largely parallel. Interestingly, the more intuitive nature of the Vraslil’s bio-manipulative scientific disciplines apparently enabled their technology to develop at a somewhat faster rate, causing the two species to be almost evenly matched in that regard.

Almost a millennium from the present time, Iurrkhal explorers reached Verrselith and established a first contact with the Vraslil. Initially, relations were understandably rather tense, as both required abundant resources to bolster their nascent industries, and both were largely unwilling to share with the other. A few minor conflicts took place, with varying outcomes and neither side seizing a definite advantage. It is as yet unclear how things would have progressed had these disputes not been eclipsed by a vast increase in private trade, which had been gradually consolidating all the while. Although such a method of resource (and knowledge) transfer was not quite optimal, it served well enough in maintaining the respective economies, until at length increased state interference brought about a series of major accords regulating the flow of commerce, as well as such aspects as taxation and border tolls.

To enforce these regulations, the Covenant was founded as an independent, non-state-controlled entity, with a number of sweeping and, truth be told, ambiguously-worded (presumably due to the then-imperfect translation conventions) treaties granting it ample powers to fulfil that purpose. Ever since its institution, however, the Covenant has done far more than supervise inter-national trade: by subtly influencing the economic, and eventually political, power balance, it prompted the two states to grow more closely dependent on each other and exploit their relationship for an increased mutual gain, allowing for significant advances in various fields and a distinct improvement in diplomatic relations.

Nowadays, the Combine and the Union consider themselves staunch allies, their activity being tightly interwoven in numerous sectors. All the while, the Covenant’s influence over both has been increasing, and, though even most of its members may not be ready to admit it, the organisation constitutes Erelvath’s shadow leadership in all but name.

Military:

In war, the two nations of Erelvath adopt distinctly different approaches. The Iurrkhal, placing utmost emphasis on personal safety, only ever enter battle in heavily armoured vehicles, supported by legions of cheap, disposable semi-autonomous drones. Their tactics consequently tend towards favouring ponderous, straightforward frontal assaults, overwhelming foes with sheer numbers and particle-beam firepower. The Vraslil, on the other hand, rely on highly mobile detachments of physically enhanced combatants, armed almost exclusively with biological and chemical weaponry and accompanied by specially bred monstrous creatures. Under the Covenant’s command, the two doctrines complement each other, with typical strategies including Vraslil shock units pinning down and harrying the enemy’s flanks while the Iurrkhal main force delivers a crushing direct attack.

Fleet-wise, Covenant ships tend to be rapid, agile and numerous, if rather individually weak, with combat manoeuvers relying heavily on boarding operations to disable major enemy vessels while lesser ones are systematically hunted down and destroyed by dedicated wings and specialised craft.

Other:

Unbeknownst to the Combine, the Union or even the Covenant itself, below the surface of Erelvath lies a vast complex of vaults and tomb-like chambers of unknown origin, manifestly very ancient and guarded by nigh-incomprehensible devices. So deeply buried are they that, to this day, no traces of them have been discovered; however, with mining projects growing more and more ambitious, it is but a matter of time until someone stumbles upon them and unleashes the dark secrets that have slumbered in them for uncountable epochs…

[Sigma]

@Oraculum Excellent job! You may move the sheet over to the character tab.

[Sigma]

I'm really sorry to be a bother, just wondering if you've been working on your sheets. Although if you no longer have interest, that's no problem as well.
@Asura@ONL

[ClocktowerEchos]

@Sigma I have an idea for a race/planet and I'm wondering if it'll fit.

Alien race X (still a WIP) was once a really proud, aggressive and martial race who eventually began to want to fight with the other races. For a time they were pretty successful but for one reason or another, their enemies became too great in numbers or advancement and the tides turned. Not only where they beaten back, but the Garden world they evolved on was nuked and bombarded to hell that it can barely support life and that the term "fallen from glory" is a dramatic undercutting of its destruction. The race as a whole has gone through something of an existential crisis as their illusions of battle and war have completely collapsed on themselves after their antagonistic run of "solar system conquerers".

If this is approved, I can turn it up to 11 and have them still be at war with someone else who basically kicking them around for shits and giggles at this point with the Race now a dying race whose fighting a loosing war of survival. They have enacted all the things you'd suspect from a run of the mill evil militaristic government like rationing, thought policing, no personal freedoms and human/xenos rights abuses but its not because they're outward antagonists but because that's the only way they're survive for now.

Basically at one point they were space mongols that everyone feared but are now pointed at and lauded as primitive, backwards and unenlightened and are very much on the point of extinction. Proud warrior race that has had its psyche shattered and undertaking extreme measures to keep itself alive but without all of the hate directed towards others that you'd expect to see in a defeated nation/race (ie Germany post WW1).

[Sigma]

@ClocktowerEchos I love the sound of your idea :) Unfortunately at the moment we're kinda full on the garden worlds. Although I could make an exception and add an additional garden world if our two missing players report in. One more world wouldn't hurt :P