[CHAR] This galaxy isn't yours! - The reboot

[Ciaran]

Name:
The Glorious Providence of Arlan

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Type of government:
Theocracy

Government description:
The Providence is headed by a Grand Theurge, a simultaneously religious and political leader. Each Grand Theurge rules until death or abdication, and is chosen by the previous Grand Theurge to take over after them. They wield absolute power, but a council of twelve Lesser Theurges advises them, and vote on decisions in the rare absence of a Grand Theurge, such as when they die before they get a chance to choose a successor. All thirteen are said to have a special relationship with the Iratoc's cheif deity, Ashula.

Main race:
Iratoc - A bipedal, humanoid race with blue-white skin, elongated ears and three horns. They are well adapted to the intense cold and near-constant snowfall of Arlan, but have difficulty sustaining themselves in hot environments. Additionally, having spent large amounts of their lives underground, Iratoc have naturally good night vision, but find sunlight and other bright light difficult to see in and slightly painful.

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Minority races:
Just humans.

Demography:
60% Iratoc, 40% human.

Religion:
As a theocratic society, Iratoc religion is very important. They worship deities of the sun, Ashula, his three sisters, the moons Kaluseth, Alunen and Batret, and the stars, which hold a place similar to Abrahamic angels in the real world. Most are unnamed, barring a few exceptions such as Jarallian and Noellus, but are collectively known as the Valeston. Ashula rules the sky as a chief deity and the creator of all, whiles his sisters and their Valeston army guard his world for him when darkness preys upon it.

Culture:
Most of Arlan at any given time is completely covered with snow, in some places going up to a hundred metres deep. As such, surface travel is awkward, and ground vehicles are practically useless, while the entirety of Arlan's civilised locations are deep underground, in the rock below the snow. Food is produced primarily from fungi and other plantlike sources with low light requirements. Every Iratoc (and some humans) follows the same religion, and any who can make a pilgrimage to the surface in order to see the sky for themselves.
For a typical citizen of the Providence, life is dull, but not harsh. Everyone needs to do their part for it to survive as a whole, but as long as they do, things are generally uneventful. They have their role, they perform it, things continue safely. They do, however, have a strong sense of identity. They do not call themselves "The Glorious Providence" because they wish to serve the humans' interests over their own. Questioning the Providence's religion is a sure-fire way to get oneself treated poorly on Arlan, and outright denying it is a crime.

History:
During the invasion, the Iratoc hadn't yet ventured into space. The humans largely ignored Arlan, as the planet's climate made settlement difficult, and the Iratoc were undetectable to basic scans. It was only a few years later, when Arlan was considered for mining, that a mineral scan revealed huge underground networks wthin Arlan - the Providence's cities. The Providence fought the humans in a guerrilla war. They knew the tunnels better, and were more used to fighting in the darkness. Eventually, though, the humans' superior technology and numbers defeated the Providence.
Since then, a number of humans have settled in existing Iratoc cities. They were initially treated with animosity, but they made themselves useful, allowing the Providence to expand. They eventually reached high enough numbers that they could spare some materials, and began selling metals to the Empire. Ultimately, the Providence has largely benefitted from the humans, gaining significantly in technology and wealth, but these are beginning to fade. The Empire is driving a harder bargain on its trade. A few of the Lesser Theurges think they could do better alone, though so far they haven't said it aloud. Many Iratoc think those "faithless humans" could do with a conversion.

Important characters:
Grand Theurge Kalwara - A young but willful Iratoc, chosen by the previous Grand Theurge for her cleverness and ability to improvise. Having lead the Providence for four years, it has so far proven to be the correct decision.
Utwarn, Lesser Theurge of the Eleventh Seat - It is no secret that Utwarn is the elder brother of Kalwara, and her most trusted advisor. He is a zealous believer of the Providence's faith, next in line to be the Grand Theurge, and one of the strongest believers that the humans need to be ousted.
Joseph Clint, Lesser Theurge of the Eighth Seat - The decision to allow humans to become Lesser Theurges was controversial, but there has been no reason to regret it so far. Joseph is the first and only human Lesser Theurge, and an Iratoc sympathiser. Despite this, he has had difficulty in gaining any real influence on decisions.
Field Marshal Maltarn - While the Theurges hold political power, it takes someone with military expertise to command an army, and Maltarn fulfills this role. While there have been no major conflicts in the recent history of the Providence, war games have shown Maltarn to be one of the planet's brightest.

Description of military:
While the Providence is lacking in ground vehicles, its infantry are strong guerrilla fighters and have a massive advantage in dark conditions (assuming the enemy isn't using night vision equipment). In addition, their defensive capabilities are second to none. What's a missile to them when their fortifications have to hold back several tonnes of snow anyway? And that would only be relevant if the enemy knew where they were in the first place. In terms of ships, it has a good presence of fighters and small ships, but very few large ones.

Technology:
The Providence is approximately fourty years ahead of real-world technology. It still uses ballistic weapons and armour, albeit relatively advanced ones. Most of its power comes from nuclear sources, and so containment methods have been advanced to make this safer. Technologies useful underground, such as mining and the farming of low-light flora have been advanced out of proportion to other technologies, for obvious reasons.

Additional:
It is worth noting that there is no difference in power between the seats of the Lesser Theurges - the numbers are purely to differentiate between them (i.e. the Lesser Theurge of the First Seat is neither the most nor the least powerful simply because their seat is first).

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Flag: Dark Perennials (Fungal) | Light Perennials (Floral)
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Entity/Organization Type: Alien

Societal Basics

Main race: Plant/Fungal Based parasites
The Perennials are far from a single species raised to dominance like that which are found on other worlds (humans for example). Instead, they are a conglomeration of species that have risen to sentience together through a long and brutal evolution. An evolution that creatures of meat were late to the party for. Perennials take many forms, and that which could be called the part that is the perennial is a spore-based parasite that infests a host. Once infected the entire being is reformed and a Perennial is 'born'. Spores that are ingested or breathed into a creature then take root and blossom; integrating into their physiology and dominating the subject's mind. While the drifting or nonintegrated spores themselves are no more sentient than a man's sperm, or a woman's ovum, a creature so made joins the collective of Perennials. Individually spore may share sensory data, such as temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions experience through touch to the Great Web.

Throughout their evolution the surface flora and the subterranean fungi have been at war for untold generations. That all changed, however, with the arrival of the humans. Apex predators in their own right the humans made too tempting of a target for the surface flora to ignore in their ever continuing fight for dominance. However, the humans that colonized the Perennial's world quickly became aware of the Perennials abilities and brought fire to the world. In that act the fungal Perennials became the dominant species of the two.

History(what you did under the rule of the empire for roughly 300 years):
They evolved.
Being only a matter of time before the humans discovered the subterranean Perennials, they scattered into far flung space, by pollinating other worlds with their spores. In that time they they evolved resistances to humans, and their technologies, as well as adapted countermeasures to the humans' native immune system using the few lost explorers, miners, and other foolish meatlings to over extend into their territory that they could find.

From their first interaction onward the Perennials undertook purposeful evolution to overcome any and all weaknesses that the Humans could exploit (at the time of first contact) and perfected their evolutionary advantage to infest humans. Though, they were careful not to expose many healthy humans to the spore as to prevent their own exposure, and the humans from adapting a natural counter. Instead the Perennials focused on developing an exploit in the human genetics associated with deficiencies in the immune system (that not all humans possessed).

Culture:
Infesting the flesh and animating it is a difficult conversion process. A subject does not always survive, and in this way the parasites have generated an image of being both a plague, and their meatlings being a form of undead. As a result they are a very closed, secretive society, that keeps outsiders at the proverbial arms length, and have erected many societal barriers to give the allusion of normalcy. Prior to the arrival of the humans, the Perennials had little in the way of a culture of their own, and adopted that of those they infested. As a result they were tribal and primalistic as was the nature of the avian and animals they incorporated. When humans joined their collective, however, they brought with them all manner of culture, technology, and most importantly: ambitions.

To outsiders the Perennials appear to be a singular alien entity spread across many bodies and forms. For the most part this is true, however, that truth is dependent upon the level of incorporation into the collective. The Perennials tightly observe a genetic caste system, not unlike that of the insect kingdom, as insects were the first to consume the Perinnal's spores. Fully integrated meatlings are little more than drones, or warriors, whereas only partially integrated meatlings fulfill other roles.

Societal Specifics

Type of Government: Confederacy with Caste System, Partial Hivemind
Description of Government:
The government is a strict genetic caste system as one would see in any natural species. The Great Web rules over all, and instills this system into all whom become infected with a Perennial spore. Among the less integrated extremities of the web's reach there is a facade of Confederacy. Collonies operate under a web of their own which may become instantly integrated in the Great Web when their strength grows large enough to facilitate the connection. The Thralls also present a facade of normal human behavior, to the best of their ability, but only when being observed (or expected to be observed) by other humans. Each infection of a human is done so with a purpose, and that purpose rarely results an a radical shift from the human's everyday normal behavior. It has been known to have entire colonies infested just to practice presenting the facade of of being normal human beings, and increasing the Great Web's wealth of knowledge.

Minority races:
There are no minorities in the Perennial Society as all are one in the Great Web. Meatlings, however, make up a minimalistic amount of the species composition. while many different types of people (and animals) may fill the same caste, within that caste there is a fairly egalitarian view of other caste members.

Religion:
To become one with, or to return to, nature is a romanticized fiction of the very real Perennial dogma. Many human religions that possess this as a central tenant have found their way into the Perennial society as a form of meatling bait. While the Perennials themselves do not practice a religion, per se, they have invested considerable resources into integrating themselves into the religions of men to grow their numbers. And, while the dogma is a romanticized fiction it's reality is not far off. The Perennials are in effect living both the heavenly bliss, and hellish damnation of what has been a common galactic thread among other species.

Demography:
It is a matter of legacy that only the minority of Perennials infest a human body. The slave caste often incorporated animals for labor. Though human machines have greatly outpaced and out performed those animals, they are also obscenely conspicuous, and require technical understanding that is hard to come by for the Perennial infestors. While a minority of Perennials are humans, a meager 20%, they do fill the most various of roles which results in them seeming more populace than they actually are. Humans most typically fill the roles of thralls, collectors, and harvesters. Humans also provide a face for the species to interact with other humans, and non-aliens. Of all perennials the thrall caste has the most varied levels of connection with the Great Web. They're often afforded the ability to keep much of their personality as there are many human ideas the Great Web can only comprehend vicariously through its human parts.

Animals make up another twenty to forty percent of the Perennials' species and vary wildly depending on demand. Infesting an animal is a trivial task, however, their life spans are short and their utility is limited. Animals also typically are able to remain incognito, hidden in plain sight, and provide little resistance to reporting back to the Great Web.

Heroes, Primes, and Elites:

Leadership:

The Great Web

All that is infested is a single cell in the Great Web. Its rule is absolute and it is as much a congress of minds as it is a single mind into and of itself. It possesses no singular body and is the will of the Perennials as much as the Perennials are an extension of its will. The Great Web is everything and nothing and there is little else to say about it. It is revered as a god and dismissed as myth depending on how well a creature is incorporated into it.

The title of strategist and supreme leader is insufficient to describe what the Great Web is and does. However, it does fill these roles as all Perennials are part of it, and it is part of all Perennials.

Aria Summers - Grand Matron (Priestess)

A dedicated Thrall and grand matron, Aria is at the helm of much of the species' religious outreach. She has little autonomy, but one would never guess by looking at or interacting with her. She has lots of personality, and access to a complete understanding of the religions incorporated into the Perennials hive consciousness which gives her an air of wisdom not found elsewhere in Perennial (or possibly all of human) society.

Further, she has been genetically modified by the Great Web to produce pheromones that aid in the allure of her message in the same way that even venomous briers may produces flowers with an alluring scent. The scent is not one people consciously become aware of, and is not one that radiates any more than normal human pheromones, but they have been specifically designed to be more potent to those especially susceptible to the Perennial Spore transformation.

Aria plays as important a role to maintaining the perception others have of the Perennials as Gretchen does, and may be regarded as a diplomat of another kind: incognito, and appearing unaffiliated.

Expanded Motivations

Aria's importance to the Great Web is expanded upon as she was one of the first humans consumed by The Great Web that does not possess the genetic abnormalities that they have been explicitly targeting. More importantly she became a member by giving herself unto it. As such she brought with her some very 'hippie' philosophies of live, and let live. To peacefully coexists and be be one with nature. This has given the Great Web an understanding that it can coexist with humans but her willingness to become a part of nature has been a bit misleading for the Great Web as it does not accurately represent the motivations of all humans. Evangelicals proclaim that humans are temporary. Ethereal. And that (individually) their souls are more important than their meat.

To an evangelical humans are engines of war, and of peace, depending on what wrong needs righting if any.

Boar - Ground Assault (Prime)

An actual pig, and one of the oldest surviving members of the animal-warrior caste, Boar is a hearty and resilient leader that inspires the submission of other animals. Boar has since evolved the ability to speak and understand human tongue as required, but rarely does so, as his instinctual and tenacious nature has been only lightly tampered with. More importantly, Boar is the pinnacle of battle evolution possessing a hard skin, redundant vital organs, sinuous fiber sheathes around nerves, and mycelium enhanced muscles. His saliva possesses a powerful paralytic, and his quills a noxious poison. His tusks are hard and fragile, they regenerate quickly, and shatter in a foe leaving sharp shrapnel in anyone he gores.

Boar has seen a numerous amount of victories over the humans in the early days of colonization which has lead to the Great Web's investment into his development.

Research and Development:

Dr. Xaith Calhound - Technological Interface Specialist

A mathematician with a specialty in Complexity Theory, Xaith is the inventor of simulated intelligence, a special kind of AI with unique characteristics. Unlike true artificial intelligence a SI is a being of modular intelligence: that is in being modular it is highly reconfigurable. It has no qualms about being unpluged, reconfigured, or turned off. Additionally it is able to simulate the true identify of a manifested AI based on the informational networks it is provided.

Dr. Calhound is among the lightest integrated into the Great Web, with his connection being largely one way, and is unaware of its influence on him. Instead, the Great Web utilizes his models, theories, and mechanical creations to advance it's own self design and improvement. In relation to computer and interface design, as well as his mathematical field of study, Dr. Calhound is well known. However, his connection to the Great Web is undiscovered (even by himself).

Dr. Calhound is a double-agent of sorts and does not live in Perennial society. Rather, he serves more as an insecure access point to human society, technology, and research. The closest thing he has to contact with the Great Web is only through pawns manipulated by Alalia Wallice.

Expanded Motivations

Simulating human intelligence is not something the Great Web itself can do and that is the specialty of this Complexity Theorist. Dr. Calhound's experiments and creations require a hard, unemotional, and unbiased look at humanity for what it is and the Great Web could not ask for a better source of information. For as much as the other Human Primes do to interact with the societies of the humans, and their population, this human helps the Great Web postulate on what it means to be human.

While the good doctor is not a point of contact for the humans to interact with the Great Web, he is none the less an important link to the humans for the Great Web.

Wing - Biological Interface Specialist

Like Boar, wing is among the eldest of infestations and predates the time of humans. Unlike Boar, however, everything that was human from the early days was poured into Wing and it was ever frequently modified to become and appeal to humans as a representative (that is until Gretchen was incorporated) resulting an peculiar avian-humanish hybrid form. After an extremely long development and evolution path wing has picked up a sense of Perennial integration. Wing's mind is incredibly sophisticated but wing possess no formal training the way humans truly do. Instead it has had a patchwork miss-mashed assortment of memories poured in and scrubbed out. Wing is an intuitive and instinctual being that communicates with biological components on a subconscious level. Noting that, for many of the components of technology not yet integrated into the Great Web, the subconscious level is all that exists. Wing possess the ability to fly and sing, as it always has, as well as an appearance that most humans find unsettling.

Wing's primary purpose is to provide oversight regarding deep incorporation of new Perennials and Perennial Tech into the Great Web.

Myriam 'Mac' Makenzie - Salvage Specialist

Also known as "Mac&Cheese" Myriam and wheel-rat Brianna (Brie) are 'acquisition specialists'. Mac operates a salvage yard and serves as a fence for unscrupulous people whom have little concern with whom they deal. Her connection to the Great Web is tentative, and her genetic advancements are sleight, possessing a more parasitic bond than actual incorporation. This happy-go-lucky girl from the school of hard knocks has developed the ability to sustain herself on eating just about anything. She's also more resistant to infection than any of the other primes save for Boar himself, and her body quickly adapts to the conditions she finds herself in, as well as the toxins found in her work.

Mac is a mechanic of unquestionable reputation and her lose connection to the Perennials has granted her an unparalleled instinct when it comes to diagnosing and fixing mechanical things. Of all of the primes she is the least connected to the Great Web, but has been subconsciously seeded with an amenable disposition to their agents. While other primes are designed to be double agents, she is most closely represents the actual reality of the term, and the interests of the Great Web are represented through her to criminal organizations. Despite her not being the central nexus of a large criminal (mostly human) organization, she is the Great Web's access point to it.

Myriam's most defining characteristic by far is not one that the Great Web could impart, and that is the Luck of the Irish.

Diplomatic Corps:

Gretchen Gravage - Diplomat (Prime)

A kindly old lady from the first generation of infestation there has been little effort in hiding her evolution. It was also well documented that, in her initial turning, she died. Her reanimated form speaks a cautionary tale to those whom would engage with the Perennials. The focus of her evolutionary path has made her quite hard to dispose of in nearly all non-combat capacities. Much of her meat has been replaced with more hearty plant and fungal components, and her immune system itself has undertaken a complete overhaul. While she cannot sustain the vacuum and cold of space for long she enters into hibernation instead of dying out-right.

Personality wise, Gretchen is the least dominated by the Great Web, with only the command to represent it to the humans. As a result she has been granted unparalleled latitude in terms of anonymity and autonomy. An ex-colonist and designated baby factory, elevated to high station in the Perennial society she understandably possesses a very "well this is my life now, I guess," mentality and serves with dedication and distinction. She knows full well that any treachery will result in her loss of self and absolute reversal of fortune. Even with that threat over her she is a very loyal, and candid servant.

Gretchen possesses access to any human experience within the Great Web that she deems necessary for the conducting of her duties and her access to them, as well as her own, are heavily monitored but rarely interfered with. She is the face of the Perennials in every regard. While extremely difficult to kill outright, she is also extremely difficult to use outside of her role as ambassador, possessing none of the battle enhancements (such as strength and endurance) that any militant fighter would.

Expanded Motivations

A woman of humble beginning, Gretchen has become the fruit of the the other three human's experiences and philosophy. By herself she's an unassuming old woman, and nearly an empty shell. As a Prime she's been filled up with--and built up as--the Perennials' ideal human. While on a galactic scale she's little more than a sock puppet, she serves as a gauge for what the Great Web considers humans to be. When humans interact with her and find her disconcerting that is because there is a discrepancy between what they think they are, and what the Great Web thinks they are. Because the Uncanny Valley is a thing, there will always be discrepancies.

Alalia Wallice - Spymaster and Master Spy

As integrated as one can be, and still retain some semblance of personality, Alalia has an absolute understanding of what she is and whose agenda she is furthering. Alalia is an extremely successful marketing agent, and has free access to the many doctorates of psychology, and physical education, that the Great Web has incorporated. She has also been modified on the cellular level to possess both extreme beauty, as dictated by her understanding of physical beauty, as well as being extremely capable physically. In a word she is a modern day ninja, acrobat, and athlete all rolled into one buxom supermodel. Alalia boasts the pinnacle of human perfection in every aspect that the Great Web could endow her with without raising suspicions of her true Perennial nature.

It is very difficult for Alalia's genetic augmentations to be spotted, by comparison to Gretchen's, as Alalia's uses only base human genetic material for the evolved physical improvements. While the perfect human, by Perennial standards, she is far from the perfect Perennial and is antithetical to their design. Because of her design most Perennials do not recognize her as one of them, and only does so if the Great Web identifies her to them individually. Alalia spends most of her time among humans doing her super spy thing.

Whisker Wishes - Scout

Once an ordinary house-cat Whisker Wishes has been evolved only slightly to fully utilize its role as an infiltration arm of the Great Web. It possess all the training and ability to perform expected of that of a service animal, and a performance animal. Whisker Wishes can easily slip into any place that humans cannot go, that her physical form can accommodate, and easily blends into any place that animals are allowed or expected to be. Whisker Wishes has had her scent glands redesigned to produce Perennial Infestation Spores and can introduce them environments or people otherwise unreachable.

Whisker Wishes is very similar to a witches' familiar in that it can behave as one would expect of an animal, or as one would expect of a person pretending to be an animal, as needed by the Great Web. Unlike Alalia, Whisker Wishes is not designed to infiltrate societies for complex missions, and instead is designed for general reconnaissance.

Organizational Expansion

Description of Military(ships and ground troops)

Unlike most other species there is a focus on biological integration of ships, and an unabashed use of biological warfare. Perennials have encountered and infested numerous types of toxins in both flora and fauna over the course of their evolution and have a genetic memory (in the Great Web) of them. They approach the use of biological warfare in a very utilitarian way, in that: if it works use it.

Much of the Perennials' technology is also stolen, and the finer points on how it operates still escapes its understanding. Insufficiencies in this area are countered by biological adaptation. This has resulted in the development of bio-mimetic technology for the installation and infestation of the Great Web into ships of both organic, and non-organic design.

The specifics of their ships are as wide and varied as any other species if a bit dated in design. They, like any other part of the Great Web, each fill a specific role and function. While not performing that function they may be adapted to serve another as ship technology is difficult to recycle in any other way.

Additional Detail:

Technology

Biochemical Purification:
The foundation of all medicine and biological science is controlled breeding. While humans have developed other advanced methods of extracting and refining plants, animals, and other natural resources for the production of medicine their control over the art pales in comparison to that of the Perennials: a species that is the living embodiment of that scientific process. The Perennials medical technology is unrivaled, even if many of their processes may seem barbaric. Though few who understand the nature of the Perennials may feel comfortable being operated on directly by them, their supplements, supports, chemicals, acids, poisons and so on are all top tier.

Bio-Technological Substitution: Bark Armor, DNA Computers, etc.
Unique to plant and fungal species, especially species that infest others, this armoring is the pinnacle of grown form. It follows a central design of Regenerative Leaf-Plate styled forced evolution wherein living plant and fungal tissues were forced to evolve in a way that allows them to ingrain in non-organic technology and feed off of it. The hulls of many a ship have been painted green with the seed-paste and over time the armoring has fed on the minerals therein, weakening them but also growing in strength and flexibility. Given enough time non-organic components are replaced by organic ones, and have grown the ability to heal from damage and injuries.

Similarly circuitry is replaced by specially evolved strands of plant-matter that conduct like neurons, and are more resistant to tampering and damage their alloy-based counterparts. Where one may see copper and silica in a human's technological design, the same circuit in a Perennials' tech may have mycelium and algae slime.

Following the central theme of the Perennials, and their biological development and subjugation to the Great Web, the technology that has been fully integrated is extremely difficult (neigh impossible) to compromise. The Great Web's primary function is information warfare and security, and is biologically incompatible with most "standard" forms of interface-technology. For example: the average Apple user isn't going to be able to 'Independence Day' their way into a Great Web integrated computer.

Middle-ground Intolerance:
Technology outside of the biological domain, however, leaves much to be desired. Most forms of technology they possess are considered "last generation" by other species because acquiring, installing, and integrating with the technology is a process that take as much time as the natural advancement of technology. Both biological and technological development follow the same exponential curve, resulting in deviations between the Perennials' technology and that of the meatling species. Anything fully integrated in technological substitution may be considered to be on par with "this generation" level of tech but is generally completely incompatible with it.

Similarly, any piece of technology not being integrated in the Great Web that can be operated by thralls of it may find itself in the hands of Perennials; suffering the associated pros and cons of each. Such technology rarely stays unincorporated for long.

Additional Notes

Due to their emphasis on infestation and adaptation they do not conduct war in the normal manner. Rather than engage with a perceived enemy their preference is to simply consume them. Also, they do little to extend their reach to worlds they cannot control. As a result their boarders are incredibly small, but the thoroughness by which they are controlled is staggering.

In case it has not yet become abundantly clear the Perennials are a subversive and pervasive lot requiring non-linear thinking to play. Rarely do they engage in hostilities unless required, and are as amiable to trade and diplomacy, as they are to war and planetary consumption.

Perennials were inspired in part by the Zerg, the Borg, and many species from the D&D monster manuals.

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The Ubi Vermis

Name: Ubi Vermis (Latin for worm)

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Type of Governement:

Hive-Mind

Description of Governement:

All Ubi Vermis submit to the all knowing will of the Matriarch. Free will between the ubi vermis is considered taboo.

Main race: Ubi Vermis

The Ubi Vermis are a worm-like race that live within their hosts most of their lives. From the moment they exit the eggs laid by the Matriarch, they are hers to command. While mostly defenseless while outside a host, they become stronger when infecting a creature. As soon as they enter a host's body either by entering through an open orifice,an open wound or by making a small incision with their small but sharp teeth, they make their way to the host's brain and assume complete control. When the control is established, the host's body starts changing itself at DNA level and 'thus enhancing the host's natural abilities. Be them simply a greater physical strength and a higher regenerative ability or changing the host's DNA in a way that would make him a monster in the eyes of his brethren.
Ubi Vermis can enter the host's body and stay in a "latent" phase for as long as the host doesn't die / make an X-ray control 'thus making the worm visible.
In their natural form, a Ubi Vermis can withstand extreme temperatures (from -100°C to 150°C), have a high tolerance for radiations (think cockroach resistance). They can burrow into the ground using their teeth while also being able to cut through ice and low level materials (plastic and the like).

Minority races:

Uninfected humans, Ubi Vermis that have not infected humans, Fugere Explosiva and Lupe Demona

Lupe Demona

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The Lupe Demona are a race of wolf-life creatures that can survive in the harshest conditions due to their natural habitat being the "Wasteland" as the humans now call the third habitat of Aes 3. The Lupe Demona's are the first race that the Ubi Vermis infected when they first evolved, making them the creatures they are now today. Once they had fur and no claws but their ability to run for an extended time made sure that they could hunt for their food even if it meant exiting their natural habitat. Now that 99% of the Lupe Demona's have been infected and the rest original Lupe Demona became extinct, the Lupe Demona evolved in what they look like now.

Fugere Explosiva

Fugere Explosiva are the second race that the Ubi Vermis infected. Flying creatures that are akin to flies from Earth except for their natural ability explode at will, spewing their acid blood in a 1 meter radius and their size (big enough to be able to hold a human on their backs).

Demography:

25% humans, 50% latent Ubi Vermis infected humans, 5% Ubi Vermis, 10% Fugere Explosiva and 10% Lupe Demona

Religion:

The Matriarch is their Goddess

Culture:

The Ubi Vermis don't have a culture per se. Because of the Hive-Mind is their will and thought. The Ubi Vermis adapt to the culture of the hosts they inhabit so that they pass undetected.

History:

Before the Empire:

Planet Aes 3 was the homeworld of the Ubi Vermis since their evolution 2000 years ago. The planet itself is split in three different huge habitats. The first habitat is a huge jungle in which the Fugere Explosiva evolved and expanded on the whole planet from there, the second habitat is a rocky zone with valuable minerals beneath the earth and is the reason why the Empire colonized the planet and the third habitat is considered a dead zone because of it is a massive radioactive desert with quicksand and occasionally glow-pits (a glow-pit is basically a big hole in the ground covered by radioactive sand and at the bottom of the pit acid floods the pit).
The third habitat is the place from where Ubi Vermis first appeared on the planet and slowly started to search for different species to infect.
They took control of most of the Fugere Explosiva race and continued their infection-spree. That is when the Empire came to colonize the planet. At first, The Matriarch gave the order to study the humans and then infect them but soon retreated back to the Wasteland where humans couldn't survive. Seeing the power of the humans, a plan was formed by the Matriarch. Remain hidden until an opportune time would present itself.

After the Empire came:

After a few years of hiding in the deep sands of the Wasteland, the humans expanded and built giant machines to dig into the earth, eating away it's minerals. The Matriarch waited still for the moment to strike and it soon presented itself. A group of human colonist entered the Wasteland to explore it. Using Lupe Demona to attack and confuse them, Ubi Vermis larvae slowly but surely entered the human food and as soon as the humans ate it, they became The Matriatch's subjects. The Matriarch extracted the information they had on the human mining colony and then sent the humans back to their colony, making the Ubi Vermis inside them latent so they could pass undetected.
200 years later, the Matriarch watched the humans take control of most of the planet and retreated even further underground. The Lupe Demona became "domesticated" by the humans as hounds of hunt but unbeknown of the humans, they all served the Matriarch and she used them as silent spies and egg carriers. Ubi Vermis would exit their eggs from within the bodies of the Lupe Demona and infect the human masters while sleeping then going into a latent phase.

Important characters:

The Matriarch is the overriding will of the Ubi Vermis. She is their leader,spy master and Goddess.
*IF ALLOWED IF NOT SIMPLY IGNORE THE FOLLOWING PART*
Several security officers and the Chief of Security of the Aes 3 are infected with Ubi Vermis.

Description of Military :

The Ubi Vermis do not have much in the means of the military but they can use anything that their current host can use so that means basically anything the Empire has and one of the infected human knows how to use it's usable by any Ubi Vermis infected host.

The two major military-like uses that the Ubi Vermis are the two minor races that live on Aes 3.
They use Lupe Demona to attack and confuse attackers while Fugere Explosiva attack from the sky and if needed sacrifice themselves to kill the enemies of The Matriarch.

Technology:

Ubi Vermis specialize on bio-tech, evolving their hosts beyond their normal form. Different creatures mean different evolution possibilities.
Before the Empire came, the Ubi Vermis's technology would be somewhere under the technology of the Neanderthals from Earth but as soon as the first human was infected the Matriarch understood that the galaxy is much bigger than they would realize and more races exist to be brought under her overriding will.
For the use of Empire Tech or other races, the Ubi Vermis must enter a host that knows how to operate the said technology to be able to use it.

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Theme song because why not?

[Eventua]

Name: The Iukkoth Triumvirate

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Type of Government:
-- Traditionally, a sort of collectivist meritocracy - since the Last Stand of the Pariah, however, they are officially an imperial colony at the whims of the imperial government.

Description of Government:
-- Prior to the Last Stand, Iukkoth's numerous clans and nomadic tribes were united by a set of three governments that functioned independently of each other but worked together due to their specializations. The result was somewhat difficult for outsiders to follow due to its complexity, but essentially proved to be a stable - if occasionally corrupt and easily exploited - government with three distinct 'branches'. Following the Last Stand, however, much of the government's power has been turned over to the imperial government and all Triumvirate decisions are rigorously screened and evaluated before approval is permitted.
---- The Landmarker's Coalition is currently the most authoritative of the Triumvirate following the events of the Last Stand, since its primary purpose - organizing the distribution and arrangement of territory, property and resources belonging to the Yaephath's many tribes - is seen as the least dangerous and intrusive form of independence. Primarily made up of government appointed Scout and Soldier-caste Yaephath, it is a bureaucratic nightmare that is widely disliked by the majority of Yaephath who live more traditional life-styles, since the hunting of wildlife and growing of food are tightly controlled and food shortages amongst smaller tribes are often caused by their mistakes and biases.
---- The Starspeakers/Yae'thon (Children of Yae) are the religious branch of the Triumvirate and have always been moderately powerful, since they represent the boundaries between life and death, land and sky, past and future, memory and oblivion. Since most tribes hold to a fairly common set of spiritual beliefs, the Starspeakers consist of shamans and priests from most tribes and attempt to achieve some sort of common ideas and teachings through debate and discussion. The imperial government, however, insists on closely monitoring their discussions after their role in the Last Stand, and much of their traditional theology has been deemed dangerous and heretical, with many shamans bowing to the pressure to work in worship of the human God Emperor into their discussions. Worship of the God Emperor is common across much of Iukkoth and wider Yaephath society.
---- The Trailblazer Council is the largest of the three branches and consists of representatives from all major tribes of the first through till twenty-eighth generations (IE up to twenty-eight degrees of 'we got too big and had to split off into a new tribe'). It decides on matters of lawmaking, inter-tribal conflict, education, childcare, medicine and most forms of industry or scientific research (though the study of physics and anything strongly related to space travel is controlled by the Starspeakers). It is also traditionally the seat of authority for anything involving military action between multiple tribes, though they lack the authority to take or order such action unless requested to do so by the imperial government. They are under the heaviest scrutiny due to their open rebellion during the Last Stand and their inaction during the earlier Moon Rebellions.

Main race: Yaephath
-- A seemingly reptilian species that reproduces through spores, they traditionally live nomadic life-styles across the vast plains and valleys of their dark and volcanic home world. Though they are hermaphrodites, they are born into reoccuring and distinctive Servant, Soldier and Scout castes focused on specific aspects of survival and function in a wider community and thus their languages frequently use distinctive terms or pronouns to define individuals (and often other organisms, machines, inanimate objects and even abstract concepts) according to this 'rule of three', sometimes with fourth or fifth variations for 'without caste' or 'containing all castes', respectively.

Fig 01, containing sample members of the three castes, from left to right: Servant, Soldier, and Scout

-- Though not technically nocturnal, the thick atmospheric clouds of their home-world - coupled with heavy pollution caused by their own industry and the arrival of human mining operations - has left it a permanently dark and unpleasant place. Although they struggle to form deep one-on-one bonds, their survival instincts and deeply ingrained senses of low self-worth lead them to naturally step into line by the opinions and decisions of those considered to be either 'older' or 'more numerous'.
-- At the front of their skull is a series of organs designed to produce high-powered 'clicks' and to then detect the echoes from such and interpret the data received as images. Echolocation is a key sense for their species, even more so than their eyesight, which though widespread due to the width of their eyes, can only see in a smaller spectrum of light and cannot pick out fine detail with the effectiveness as human eyes. The shorter and more stoutly-built Servant caste are very distinctive for their complete lack of eyes, instead possessing a second set of forward facing ears and a more refined echolatory system that makes them excellent wardens and miners. Traditionally, this extreme distinction in their body-structure was often seen as a sign of being more 'in touch' with the universe, and most traditional Yaephath religious beliefs hold that the Servants are 'closer to the ancestors'. For this reason, many tribes and clans reserve the position of 'shaman' or other religiously and spiritually significant roles for Servant caste Yaephath.
-- Their Soldier caste are the genetically most common and 'typical' of their species, the most adaptable, tallest and physically strongest, and traditionally become 'leaders' in their communities. However, following the Last Stand, imperial decree states that all tribes are limited to no more than 20% of their population to be of this caste, and abortions, cannibalism or abandonment of Soldier caste infants is extremely common. There are rumours that many tribes ignore or minimize this requirement, however, and the number of supposed 'accidents' at imperial mining facilities has drastically increased following the introduction of this law.

Minority races:
-- Humans, who mainly live on mining stations or military and research outposts. A small imperial fleet is based at the Iukkoth moon station due to the planet's valuable strategic location and the risk of future rebellions. It seems that, for reasons not fully understood, there is a higher than usual concentration of anti-Imperial sentiment amongst the humans on Iukkoth.
-- Klideu, a species of spindly, many-jointed, six limbed crustacean like creatures. Naturally short-lived and isolationist, they were often outnumbered and existed in a bitter rivalry with the Yaephath for thousands of years but were slowly dwindled away by their larger, more numerous and technologically advanced rivals. Although their role in the Last Stand nearly led to their extinction at the hands of both human and Yaephath, a sustainable population exist in specially cordoned and monitored 'Klideu Homelands' in a number of river deltas - carefully patrolled by the imperial army, these are little more than work camps and breeding grounds, the Klideu brainwashed and genetically engineered from birth to serve the empire and then used as highly effective engineers, surgeons and fighter-pilots across the galaxy.

Demographics:
-- Yaephath (~58%)
-- Human (~41%)
-- Klideu (<1%)

Religion & Culture:
-- Traditionally ancestor and star worship, whereby the two concepts are tightly linked - each star in the sky is a Yaephath to be or a Yaephath that was. While modern science has refuted much of this, it is often justified with the idea that stars either contain the resting place for Yaephath souls, or else that the frequent death and birth of new stars somehow correlates, usually through very complex deductions, to the birth and death of tribes.
-- Cannibalism is a common motif and cultural tradition tied up with a number of religious beliefs that has drastically increased over the last few centuries. Since the stars are so difficult to see, it is feared that new souls will struggle to arrive and old ones will fail to leave. For this reason, most funeral rites involve consumption of the dead body by a close relative, which is said to ensure the soul will survive through the relative as a sort of 'host body'. Critics note that this would mean current generations consist of 'hosts' for dozens of souls each at least, and the subject is hotly debated by the Yae'thon, with some claiming this explains why the current generations live longer lives - apparently ignoring advancements in medical science that have eradicated several diseases and made many formerly fatal injuries no longer fatal.
-- Especially since the Last Stand, the empire has placed a great deal of pressure for the Yae'thon to spread the ideals of Emperor-worship, and although it is often unpopular - especially amongst the more traditional tribes - it has slowly been gaining traction in more densely packed (and military controlled) areas. Ironically, most Yaephath will, if asked, openly pledge their allegiance to the God Emperor, but their description of his personality will usually sound an awful lot like the personality of some key founding member of their tribe or important ancestral figure, and they'll all swear that the Emperor is some sort of reborn ancestral figure or a well of Yaephath souls. More apockalyptic shamans will often claim that the Emperor is soon approaching a sort of critical mass of
---- tl;dr Yaephath religion is complicated and often contradictory, but they'll still swear by it because that's what every other Yaephath does, and if every other Yaephath does, it's got to be right, right?

History:
-- Pre-Imperial
-- Initial Resistance
-- Moon Rebellions
-- The Last Stand of the Pariah
-- Post-Last Stand

Important characters:
-- Manak Li'Roe, head speaker/representative for the Landmarker's Coalition, a blue-speckled Scout caste of the Kure tribe. Fears the slow extinction of the Yaephath species, and has been working to redistribute resources for the creation of mass medical supply depots and more widely available check-ups, something that some Imperial officers have discouraged on the grounds of 'unnecessary spending'.
-- Avaz No'Kure, main representative of the Starspeakers/Yae'thon, a shaman with the special title of 'Voice for the Stars' who holds great weight on the Triumvirate. A Servant caste of the Roe tribe with a prominent scar across zhyr front-left ear, sister tribe to the Kure. Is a fiery and impassioned speaker, which draws some criticism from other members of the Yae'thon but has made zhyr popular with the common people.
-- Varaz Moln, main representative of the Trailblazer Council, a dark-red Soldier caste of the Moln family and rumoured to have been a veteran of the Last Stand. The Triumvirate denies that xe had any such connections to such events, however, and xe primarily now just works in the oversight of (imperial sanctioned) mining operations.
-- Kree Jamieson, chief 'ambassador' to the Imperial garrisons stationed on the planet and in orbit/on the moon, originally 'adopted' by an imperial officer following the end of the Last Stand. A dark blue/purple Scout caste from an extinct tribe.
-- Iuon'Ka Nden'Wi, a member of the Starspeakers responsible for managing the Yaephath used as workers on the orbital stations/fleet used by the empire. A very loyal, mid-green Servant caste.

Description of Military (ships and ground troops):
-- Prior to the arrival of the empire, the Yaephath lacked a large-scale military. Individual tribes handled their own defense and rarely used anything more powerful than simple pre-industrial handheld weapons for hunting or intimidation of enemy tribes. During the initial invasion, the larger city-states - known as the 'crossroads' for their highly multicultural and loosely governed nature - did attempt some larger and more organized resistance, reconfiguring a number of powerful non-military mining and exploratory technologies to create bombs and artillery, but these were ineffective in the long-term in comparison to the Empire's far greater resources, manpower, and military-focus.
-- During the Moon Rebellions - and later during the Last Stand - the tribes were able to produce and use a surprising quantity of both stolen Imperial weapons and 'home-made' vehicles of surprising durability and containing impressive firepower at a large number of secret facilities managed by the Trailblazer Council. This coupled with clever guerilla tactics, human collaborators and a short-lived alliance with the remaining 'free Klideu' nearly granted them independance... only for it to be crushed by the empire with renewed and brutal vigour.
-- After the Last Stand, the Triumvirate lacks the authority to organize or produce potentially dangerous military technology without strict supervision by imperial officials, and individual tribes are no longer allowed to carry personal or handheld weapons unless they apply for an imperial-allocated license. That said, a number of tribes residing in less heavily controlled regions are noted to flaunt these rules or find loopholes, and many tribes have used the imperial-provided technology for 'neurological harnesses' (a kind of mind-control through implants/cybernetics, provided by the empire to help calm fears that with less access to firearms the tribes would be unable to hunt safely or protect themselves from criminals/rival tribes) to bend the will of the wildlife on their planet.
-- In the totally hypothetical (and in no way realistic because they'd never try it again) situation that the Triumvirate was to seize enough power to start a new wave of rebellion and take another attempt at independence, their forces would likely consist of a mixture of secretly produced or stolen Imperial armoured vehicles and massed part-time/volunteer/civilian infantry, using tamed/harnessed/augmented wildlife as shock/support-troops and making heavy use of guerilla warfare or sabotage long enough to establish some sort of heavy anti-orbital or orbital defense against Imperial retaliation.

Technology:
-- This mostly consists of Imperial tech that has been built using available Yaephath materials and resources, resulting in an often hardier but less power-efficient variation. The introduction of Imperial technology has theoretically improved the lives of Yaephath on the planet, but in practice the advancements in medicine, transportation, communication and infrastructure are limited to the Yaephath living in human managed towns or facilities, with the average Yaephath nomad not living much different from xyr ancestors a thousand years ago - accept some stranger from an alien world gets to decide what's best for xyr entire social circle, culture, and family member.

Additional:
-- Will start off very much as pawns of the Empire with little autonomy, but will likely rebel given a number of circumstances or the arrival of outside help.

[Wildman13]

The Rarians

Name: The Ramian Republic

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Flag: Numerous flags have been made but none have truly symbolizes the Rarians

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Type of Government: Clan Council.

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Rank of a Rarian

Legionary: Legionary is the term used to categorize the citizens under the rule of a dragon. Rarians under this category is separated by what role they play in society. Legionnaires that work primary for a living are called Legio, while those who fight are called Legiona.

Spirit Tamers: Spirit Tamers are the spiritual leaders and philosophers of the Rarians, collecting and storing the relics and knowledge of the past and at the same time enlightening the minds of the Legionary.

Adventurers: Since the advance of science has impacted the Rarian world so much a new class has emerged, the adventurer class curious entities that with the help of the tamers has found answers, where those answers led to innovations, causing technology flourish.

Dragon: Dragon are the leaders of the Rarians from every aspect of Rarian culture there will always be a dragon to lead a legion. This is the second most important class as they make the decisions. Because of the success of this kind of system, the concept of democracy didn’t rose to prominence.

Dragon emperor: The highest rank a Rarian could get, the strongest of all the Rarians. The emperor is the leader of the dragons, that rules each region of the world. His/her word is law to the legion and those that don’t agree have limited choices to show her/his oppositions, as most of them leads to death.

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Description of Government

A council of the most well-known and strongest of all the Rarians led by the strongest and most cunning they call the Dragon emperor. As of now the organization has been underground for some time there are open rallies and organizations position all around the galaxy pushing for the spread for Rarianism an ideology they have developed and the independence of Ram their homeworld. It was rumored that a famous Rarian professor is the leader of such movement.

Rarianism: Is an ideology that all that are strong are Rarians and all those that are weak are not. This also pertains the spread of their culture and currency. The Organization has been peaceful and quiet for some time and have not aggressively attacked any of the humans or other races.

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Races

Rarians (Beast men)- Rarians are not only composed of one race or species; they are composed of numerous different species.
The Giants

-The Minotaurs: They have a reputation of being the toughest and stubborn Rarians the empire has to offer, towering an impressive height of 20 to 25 feet or a two-story building for an average adult, but some have been reported to have grown up to 30 feet or a three-story building. With their enormous strength and build, they make good engineers and architects in times of peace, but in times of war they will take up the very tools that shaped their civilization to the front lines, where they will soak up most of the damage. Despite this, they always manage to get the first strike.

-The Bears: They utilize their claws or their weapons to strike fear into their enemies, though they aren’t as useful during the day, as they usually sleep and don’t train as much as their counterparts.

They have been turned to chefs. Cause, when they were forced to be slaves it was either to be miners or easy go lucky chefs for the slaves. So being the lazy race that they are, they went to the kitchens and gained renowned to the humans, as now having a personal bear chef is a sign of your wealth and statue.

-The Pandas: While the others use brute strength to win, the pandas use technique to win the day, preferring to fight in secluded and hard to get areas to get the upper hand. They are the archives or the historians of the Empire, keeping the knowledge and wisdom of the legendary Dragons.

Now they are exiled and hunted down by the EOM as their presents is a threat to the church and have been known to instigate rebellion where they are present. Now in hiding in hidden tunnels they record and preserve what little culture the Rarians have.

-The Rabbit morphs: They are mostly the scientists and farmers of the Empire, experts in cultivating and maintaining the land. Because of this expertise, they provide most of the food the Empire needs. They are characterized as extremely agile and silent, and are often employed as assassins or saboteurs. They believe that there is more to strength than just brute strength, and as such, they are referred to as the daggers of the Empire.

The Rabbit morphs have now become farmers and factory workers. They are the third race that has the largest population and their calm nature and patience attitude has enable them to be interact with humans, though with a lot of hostility the Rabbits are the Rarians that have co-existed with the Human.

-The Naga: The Naga are the rulers of the seas and the ones that provide the most meat of the Empire. They specialize in aquaculture, keeping the Empire well fed from the cunning snake morphs to the mythical tireless but few Krakens, while keeping the Empire supplied with fish. They have been said to be the makers of the once vast and unstoppable race of the Rarian empire, as well as the spears of the Rarian empire, due to their numbers and adept vigilance.

The Naga has been one of the hardest race to control as their numbers and their sheer variety has made them a force to be reckon with. As the arrival of the largest Rarians to have fought and been documented by the EOM. The Krakens. Monstrous creatures that have been known to grab and drag spaces ships that have wandered too close to the sea down to the depths. But, with ships always keeping watch of the seas the Naga have been barred from the world.

The Krakens are titanous creatures of the depth, that can grow as big as mountains and even their eggs are as big as building. But since the second rebellion the Krakens have been all wiped out and those that did survive have retreated to the abyss leaving their comrades and their young to the mercy of the EOM.

-The Dog Morphs and Cat Morphs: The dogs and the cat morphs are the most numerous and plentiful of all the Rarians in the world. While the dogs value brutish strength, the cats value skill to win the battle. They share a slight animosity with each other, however, when faced with a bigger force they are known to cooperate in defeating it, thus earning them the title as the Shield of the Empire.

Just like the Rabbits they have adapted to the human’s way of life and have volunteered to serve the leaders of the church, serving as loyal bodyguards and assassins, that mercilessly hunts down the enemies of their masters.

-The Avians: The Avians are the bird race of the Empire; once the Elites that served the strongest clans, now reduced to slaves working on plantations in mountainous planets, moving cargo between continents or transporting heavy equipment into hard to reach places. They work to the brink of death and they desire only revenge.

The Avians are a proud but few, race. They are the very few that denies living the way of the humans, constructing settlements near cliffs and other high places. As a slave race they are used as transport units and spies in places where technology is still limited. As soldiers they are excellent marksman’s as their sharp eyes have played an important role in both the armies of the Rarians and the armies of the EOM.

-The Reptiles: The Reptiles were once known for their resilient and near endless strength working in the flooded mines and as experimental test subjects.

Now a slave force that fights and works for the EOM, this massive beast can survive under extreme conditions like submerged mines and etc. They can sneak into enemy lines and spread as much chaos and fear before dying.

-Elephants and the Rhinos: These enormous beasts were once the mace of the empire but now reduced to slave miners in asteroid belts.

Once renowned Rarians have served the enemy as shocked troopers while some have taken up education as their profession and have been teaching in mankind’s universities.

-Deer morphs: wise and cunning they bring terror to the enemies of the empire. Once the known as staff of the empire.

Missing and unseen for some time they are presumed to have all died off. But, some are still said to exist somewhere in Ram.

-Chitans; Are a docile and at its early development and start will be friendly race. Describe as an domesticable Ant race, this race can and will reproduce with others races and the children created by crossbreeding are powerful and faster version of the other race. This race has a queen but they do not function as a hivemind instead they follow hierarchy ranks and they have a will of their own and are not depended on the queen.

The race has baffled the researchers of man as they can’t explain how this race evolved and matured to the point of how they have virtually the same DNA of the Rarians and have evolved to something so different from all the Races in the world.

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Demography: 50% Humans ,30% Rarians, 20% Chitans but, the Rarians multiply so quickly that this can drastically change in a few years.

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Religion

Before the fall

Temple of the Dragon

The Rarians follow the teachings of the legendary Dragons of old, worshiping them, even training to be their followers for the day they join them in the afterlife. Their training is preparation for their final battle against the ones they call the gods.
The Temple of the Dragon teaches that all Rarians are the descendants of the mighty Dragons of old, and to avoid corrupting the strength of the Dragons, they won’t allow for weakness, frailness, and cowardice, even to the point of outright killing them in the spot if deem so.

After the fall

The Church of the Dragon of mankind

A product of the assimilation campaign of the EOM. This temple is designed to convert the Rarians to the side of the humans. This church focuses on the recruitment of the Rarians to serve in the armies of the ever-growing EOM. Telling the Rarians that the Emperor is the current dragon emperor and that the legion should serve him and only him. Now being the most dominant and

Temple of the dragons (Rarianism)

An ideology that seeks to revive the Rarians or to find the truth as this time the EOM has certainly wiped out most aspect of their culture, replacing or modifying some aspects of it. Ruled by a dragon and have been known to accept humans that has embraced the teachings of what a Rarian should be. They have been peaceful as of now and have not used weapons to forward their beliefs, unlike the church.

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Culture

“Those that are weak must die, and all those that are strong are Rarian” is the common phrase that a Rarian must live by.
The culture of the Rarians is very militaristic, valuing only the strong. However, they still possess a culture outside of warfare, as some factions have said to be worshipping gods other than the temple of the dragon while others have their own beliefs on the legends of the dragon: traditions that define a member of a clan (rituals, coming of age, proving, challenges, festivals, architecture, food, etc.) as their culture can only be defined by one word and that is the word people.

Because of the anti-culture campaigns of the EOM, most of their culture has been forgotten and have been completely been erase. As now a huge portion of them worship the emperor as a god and the dragons are what they call owners and leaders and the whole rituals and traditions of the dragons have been lost.

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Economy

The currency that the Rarians use. The humans living in the planet operates under that but only with paper money with a gold stamp to signify the value.

Renown coins: The primary currency of the Rarians there is the legendary, gold, silver, and tin.

-Legendary- the coin with the highest value. Worth a hundred gold coins

-Gold- is the second highest. Worth hundreds of silver coins

-Silver -the most common of all the coins, as silver can get you right about anything that you need to survive

-Tin- the lowest of all the coins. It is only used to get the barest necessities for one to survive their everyday life

Favors are used only by people that are under the ideology Rarinism.

Favors: favors are the secondary money and probably the most popular one. The Rarians use these to get necessities and equipment. Primary tattoos of their victories, or a souvenir that proves their exploits. is what a typical flavor would look like but there have been cases of vehicles, tapestries and palaces that have been used to be proof of favors owned by a person. This means that if a famous person wants bread, then he/she can get it by showing a proof of a famous battle he has been part of.

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History

Before the Fall

The Military council or the council of dragons, is a council that comprises of 14 of the strongest dragons, usually chosen through a worldwide tournament that is held annually. The winners of the tournament would get a chance to challenge one of the council members in a one-on-one duel, and if he/she wins the challenge, he/she will replace the defeated dragon of their place in the council. The council is completed only when there is an emperor presence making the council 15. They all vote on; what policy would pass. Needing a minimum of 8 for it to pass and in turn become law or implemented to the nation.

As the Emperor makes decisions for the republic, his/her dragons make sure that the legions follow the law. Though dictatorship like the emperor can be opposed anytime any place and any kind of intervention is taboo and forbidden, once the duel has started.

The council members manage their own lands and have the privileged to uphold nation changing policies. But, when their land becomes too poor or underdeveloped or have been proven to have damaged the unity and the attacked beliefs of the Rarians. A public duel between him/her against the current emperor. As the emperor makes sure that everything runs smoothly and the nation flourishes.

If the dragon survives he/she will regain the trust and honor that they have lost. But, if they didn’t then they will be fed to the legion. But, performing badly in the duel like running away or cheating, will result in exile or in some cases the decision will fall to the emperor.

Early conquest

With the collapse of the Republic, the Rarians have reverted to following local lords, with only the strongest in an area will be made the lord or ruler of a region. Because of this the Rarians couldn’t unite under one banner, as the first signs of unification was put down with excessive force by the local garrison.

But, even still numerous small tribes or groups have survived with this method of governance by adapting a guerilla style strategy and the domestication of a newly discovered Rarian race called the Chitans. An ant-like race that have a talent for metal making, construction and mining, the discovery of this creature changed the game for the rebellious Rarians that wished so much for independence.

Rebellions spurted out from all around the massive world, with the Rarians now well-equipped with guns has openly started attacking EOM soldiers and at a time they were winning. Until, the skies fill with massive ships. Volley after volley of explosive shells impacted the legion, decimating the rebels in one go with them an endless supply troops and armor.

Marking the end of rebellion, and the introductions of the race to mankind. Adding to the list of enslave races of the Rarians that are scattered throughout the world. Because of the death of numerous lords and rulers in one go, mankind stood unchallenged for decades, leading to the establishment of a puppet government in Ram, composed first by humans.

At first there was tons opposition but, with the humans heavily dug in and fortified around major cities. The Rarians had no way of opposing the humans, resulting in a massive migration of humans to the massive home world of the Rarians. And with this the start of the assimilation of the Rarians.

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Middle Conquest

With the continued expansion of human settlements around the planet, the Rarians have no choice but, to serve under them. And as time pass by, they would see some part of their culture vanish or disappear. And with the establishment of the dragon of mankind, the Rarians lost one of their most important aspect and identity.

Their religion and their culture, buried under the propaganda and brute force of the humans. And soon enough the religions and crusade against the gods all became a memory and worse yet superstitions. The religion priest and priestess are only humans.

The temple of the dragons(Rarianism) countered the New religion. The temple was not meant for worship but, the revival of the Rarian ways, unlike the church Humans and Rarians can become their spiritual leaders and teachers. But, despite the relentless effort of their followers and leaders. As of now they are no match against the church.

Now, with human expansion on the rise, the Naga rose up from the depths and have openly attack any who opposed them even the Rarians and with them the mythical krakens of old. The Rarians fought with the humans as they battled to protect their cities and after 6 months of fighting the mixed human and Rarian races have earned the respect and trust of the humans and some Rarians were given ranks and a place in the military.

And with this some rights have been given to the Rarians. Like the right to own and establish their own buildings and house but, still under heavy regulations. But, unlike before they have rights and can function and interact with the humans unlike before.

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Late conquest

The present time, the Rarians are still a militaristic race as their culture retains, some aspect of their culture but, have been the next generation thinks that all of it is superstition and false beliefs, increasing the number of followers for the church of the dragon of mankind. Now numerous and well known schools have opened up and have been educating the Rarians but, the service is still too expensive and the requirements are too

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Important characters

Minotaur.

Karduke Dragon fist: University teacher and leader of the temple of dragons, he teaches at one of the human cities in his nation and is scheduled to leave for the capital as a teacher. He is a competent leader and has survived during the great war for Ram against the Naga.

Rabbit morphs.

Jake the hermit: A scientist that is plan of the rebellions that is under the temple of the dragon.

Lulu the swift: Leader of the Hidden dagger leader of the rebel cell in the temple of the dragon

Luke the brave: Lulu’s second in command, a military expert and is well known to wield any weapon.

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Military

Military:
Before the EOM the Rarians have modern day guns and have been fighting one another until an clear dragon emperor can be found. And due to the constant wars the Rarians have become a militarized race, with numerous tactics and strategy that can be even used today.

Rarianism military.

They call themselves the true Rarians and have been known to excel from close to long range combats but, have no to little capability in terms of ship combat. They are warrior and capable soldiers but, the way they do things is by well thought of and lighting fast missions that is designed to cripple and isolate targets.

The Emperors Rarians.

Are powerful and well equipped Rarians that are zealots and will die for the glory of the EOM. And they are capable and experienced in navy combat, due to the long-life span of a Rarian contrast to a human, they have encounters and participated among numerous wars for their beloved emperor and as time has proven they have not rebelled and have remain loyal and only loyal to the emperor.

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Technology

The Rarians as a race have only reach up to the modern era before the EOM arrived and conquered them. Now, because of conquered and now have been living with EOM technology at their side, though still a slave race they have experience a few rights that allowed them to use the said technology.

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Additional

Planet Ram is 20 times bigger than earth if allowed of course and there are numerous secrets about the Rarians in their planets. Half breeds are a thing for the Rarians but, are considered normal and common in the worlds they live in. As, there have been instances where man has had intercourse with one and have produced a half-breed between the two.

True Rarians call their home world Ram, while humans and Rarians that aren’t true Rarians call it Raria.

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THE MIRRODIN CONCORDAT

"Heia Huzzah!"

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Government

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GOVERNMENT

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Type of Governement: Military Trade Concordat

Description of Governement:

The Government operates with five different worlds in an imperial controlled sector of space near the fringes. These five planets Mirrodin II, Typhus VI, Ahnron, Spehis, and Polyserak. These planets constituted the seats of power in the Federal administration. They are often military leaders and officials of their union, overseeing production, commerce, naval doctrine, army doctrine, and recognition of other alien species as part of the Concordat.

The Concordat consists of roughly 10 planets and assists the Empire in financial and military support. The Concordat also has many other worlds under its fold used for other industrial, agricultural, or other purposes. These are mostly slave worlds, colony worlds, puppet worlds, and assimilated worlds.

Demographics

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DEMOGRAPHICS

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Main race: Human

Minority races:

Gulgaran

Gulgaran’s, the Ice warriors of Nordos Prime. They were once hostile towards human occupation, viewing them weak and incapable of command, they were of course crushed by human forces within the course of three days. The Gulgarans respected the strength displayed by the humans. For the Gulgarans, the first battle determines their opinion of the people they meet, they of course liked the human forces enough to agree to being an auxiliary force after their short tussle.

The Gulgarans are massive, a full two feet taller than the tallest human. The Gulgaran’s believe in honor through both servitude and action, they would rather die in combat than survive a lost battle. They have a slim, tall, but muscular build; they are hairless, and their skin and complexion is similar to that of humans, with color being the only thing that differs. They were not adapted to cold climates, but their planet’s climate shifted rapidly, the Gulgarans needed to adapt. They used their technology to create underground, geo-thermally heated, super-cities; for traversing the surface, they used suits that were armed to the teeth, they were a warrior race, they were always prepared to fight, even in the harshest environments. In fact, their climate was caused by their warfare. The last great war on Nordos Prime ended with gigantic explosives caused by their superweapons, hundreds of thousands crashing into specific areas at once.

The people who were spared from the war continued on for several centuries, most of the radiation has subsided, but their climate has not improved since the war. Being under radiation for so long, the Gulgaran’s might have developed a resistance to the effects, though this has not been thoroughly researched. The Gulgaran’s serve the Emporium loyaly, revering them as gods, masters, prophets. The Gulgaran’s worship humanity to the point of Zealotry. Some Gulgaran’s achieve the rank of War master within the Concordat military due to their sheer loyalty to the Human cause, their loyalty is rewarded as such and used as propaganda to further propagate the Emporium's influence.

Kragat

Excellent engineers, they were discovered on Ronin IV, a small mining world. They lived dormant underground until they met the human explorers. The Humans immediately assumed a very weary action, however they found that the Kragat did not display any intention of fighting. It seems their world harbored little danger to them, with absolutely no natural predators and their strong sense of social unity, they completely went stagnant in terms of weapons development. They did however drown their free time in building and understanding the laws of physics with the very limited amount of knowledge they had.

Once the humans integrated English into the Kragat, they made it mandatory, the Kragat did not like this. However, over the period of time they were under the Concordat and the constant barrage of propaganda, overtime, the English in Kragat society became normalized, and the Concordat made sure that there were no records of the cultural purge.

The Kragat’s underground home was well lit by bio luminescence; they often harvested the creatures around them to create a well-lit environment. The Kragat are an arthropodal race with their DNA closely resembling that of crabs and other crustaceans and Isopods. They have slow metabolisms and require shedding their carapace every ten months. Their pacifism has made them easy to enslave, and with more well-placed propaganda and neo-colonialist tactics, they’ve been absorbed into the human workforce.

Their multiple limbs, high hand eye coordination, tough exoskeletons, and overall high dexterity and complex understanding of blueprints make them an amazing workforce for building and engineering works.

Furok

The newest of the subjugated races of the concordat. The Furok, also known as the businessmen of Azure Montal an artificial world – once the center of trade – where they would conduct business, they offered their starcharts and their business experience in exchange for their autonomy. They had no way of fighting, it seemed they were much interested in business and profiteering. The Concordat, being a military backed trade committee was very interested in what they could bring to the table, of course the negotiations were stiff, as the humans of the Concordat would take no less than 70% of their total profit, and on top of that all of their transactions must be overseen by a military presence.

The Furok agreed, they were not fickle with how much they earn, just so long as they could spend it. The Furok bought themselves a lofty life within the Concordat, and subsequently the Emporium. While to the dismay of humanity, they were the engines of commerce, and one could not argue that they were highly effective con artists and businessmen.

The Furok look short, around 3’6-4’4 in height; their build is somewhat bloated and their hair was short and white; their complexion was rough and warty and their skin was colored a light brown. They were sometimes called derogatory names such as “Frog Skins”, “Midgets”, and “Wannabe Suits”. They didn’t mind the names, they had profit, they had shares all over the Emporium, and a single rebellion could jeopardize those shares. They’d throw money at the problem, buying and funding whatever would make the bad thing disappear. The Concordat was perfect for these Shrewd, and repulsive businessmen.

The Anuvayash

The Anuvayash or in English, The Metal Ones, are a mere six percent of the entire population, the lowest of all the species that make up the concordat. They are an abandoned race of sentient computers and robots whose design was immaculate with clear intentions to make them serviceable to a public demographic. The Anuvayash and their creators were destroyed during the Triangulum war, and the Anuvayash were commandeered by the Concordat. Though the Anuvayash were sentient, they had no qualms, their main purpose in life was to serve. They made an excellent slave race, but instead of being put to use to construction, they were put to use in A.I. and ship design roles.

The Anuvayash’s creators were somewhat militaristic, however, their ships quickly fell to the might of the Concordat. The Anuvayash – a spoil of war – was quickly subdued, their creation matrix, studied, reverse engineered, and remade. New A.I. machines that were completely submissive. The Anuvayash’s creators were brilliant in making sure that the Anuvayash wasn’t too advanced, it couldn’t learn new things, it could only do what it was programed to do. The Anuvayash could operate individually without a signal and will only respond to authorized personnel. The Creators of the Anuvayash also contributed many other technologies, such as a new ship engine called the Electromagnetic Ion Drive (EID) and drone tech.

The Electromagnetic Ion Drive used an ionized field manipulated by an electromagnetic pulse to propel the ship, this method of travel used a fraction of the fuel compared to what the normal method of transportation used. The drone tech was much the same with the Anuvayash themselves, they could operate independently and obey orders by authorized personnel. Codes for Anuvayash controls would change every other day, and each code was unique for each officer of a certain ship or sector. The Anuvayash are also strictly controlled. They were dangerous in the wrong hands; thus they were monitored, and had to pass certain regulations, making them a luxury item in the Concordat. For military use, the Drone technology was further advanced and was used to help fill out the ranks of the Concordat starfighter corps; they also used EID’s on their ships to make travel more efficient.

Overall, the Anuvayash, are subservient, sentient, yet limited robots. In other cases, they are also used as security on some planets. Other times they’re used alongside Gulgarans as an assault force. They are however, extremely fragile, and only served as another weapon that could fire back at the enemy to soften them up before the main-force crushes them.

Demography(Min 20% humans):

Throughout the Concordat consisting of billions of individuals

60% is Human
13% is Gulgaran
10% is Kragat
11% is Furok
6% is Anuvayash

Religion & Culture

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Religion

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The Gulgarans believe that Humans are powerful beings, wise, old, and incredibly intelligent. They are nearly fanatical in their loyalty. The Gulgarans believe that if they serve humanity well and with honor, they will be rewarded in the afterlife; how they’re rewarded depends on how much they’ve achieved in their life, thus their fanaticism.

The Humans revere the Emperor, even more so than the Gulgarans revere the Human race. They believe him to be a god, a savior, an almighty force. They are Truly fanatical.

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Culture

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The Concordat is a human founded Autonomous nation that focuses on business, technological development, propaganda, and strong military presence. The Concordat culture is diverse due to the Xeno races that it managed to subjugate. The Gulgarans and Furok are the major contributors to these ethics.

History

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HISTORY OF THE CONCORDAT

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The Concordat dates back to the start of the war for the Triangulum. They were a human expeditionary and colony force. They ventured into unexplored territory when they were cut off from Emporium high command. There they settled five planets and grew outwards. They remained loyal to the Emperor, and with each conquered civilization, they found new technologies that solidified Imperial dominance in the Triangulum.

The Concordat was signed in Mirrodin, as without a governing force, they had to govern themselves for the majority of twenty-three years. The Concordat in that time span managed to defeat, exterminate, and dethrone entire empires. The leadership and resourcefulness of the Expeditionary Force’s commanders were more than a match to what the Xenos could throw at them. This led to them becoming reigning council members of the Concordat government system.

When the dust settled and they were reestablished with the Emporium, they were given special commendations and their region became autonomous. Their loyalty to the Emperor for the twenty-three years without contact was rewarded graciously. They had free reign to construct ships, explore, and subjugate any planet that interested them. Of course, the Emporium still sees the Concordat as part of the Imperial fold, and in many ways, they are. They are fanatical in their service to the Emperor, they see Xenos as lesser beings, albeit with a few exceptions, which the Emporium have found to be quite useful. They exert the demands of the Emporium when they are commanded to as that is their duty to the Emperor. Despite their similarities, their ships vastly differ in design due to the Twenty-Three year divergence, their entire time spent away from the empire as an Exploratory and colonial force was put to use. Their entire fleet was equipped to turn planets into bustling cities within months. Their military and first contact routines are also different, however they are still -as a whole- a lot like the Emporium, with demands such as “Surrender your planet” and “You are to only buy Concordat products” and other such things.

They have several planets, ten of which are considered Emporium loyal and are the source of power in the Concordat. Other planets and worlds have experienced population culling, rapid industrialization, enslavement, and planet stripping. The Concordat use all of these to free up real estate, create thousands of ships and products, provide a labor force for the emporium, and create a large resource pool to pull from. The Concordat’s main strategy is to use its military might to impose the will of the Emporium and subjugate a planet, they will then annex it using propaganda and culture culling in order to make the xeno population easier to manipulate, at the end of those processes the Xeno planet in question will no longer have the will and reason to oppose their rule. Some have openly invited Human colonization, others were just too easy to enslave, and others still bargained for their freedom. Those were the only exceptions that the Concordat ever made.

Important Characters

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IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

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JULIUS KAVERAN

Grand Magisterial Viceroy

Julius was an Ensign during the expansion wars in the Concordat. After twenty-three years and many dead officers, Lord High Marshal Kaveran became the leader of the Concordat. Back then, the highest seat of power was Lord, but when the Emporium came, they assisted with the governmental reforms; Kaveran became Grand Magisterial Viceroy, he was to be the iron fist of the emporium in their sector.

Kaveran himself was not a man of words, he was a man of action and he demanded such. The Concordat became his tool to better serve the Emperor, to better serve mankind and those who would worship it. He was cunning, smart, strict, and most of all, he was ruthless. He served the emperor like a lap dog, for this, he and the Concordat itself received additional benefits. But do not let his brutality fool you, he is as sophisticated and cunning as three Grand Admirals and has the same training and combat experience as a Gulgaran, a warrior race. Many find Julius to be a fitting leader for the Concordat and praise the Emperor for making him such.

Kaveran and the Emperor have had short discussions about the Expansion wars, he had to do some explaining as to why Xenos were given such liberties as they had given them. He of course answered, “because it was beneficial”, and found himself staring into the stars naming each and every system that the Concordat had exterminated life on, he continued with his explanation,

“The races of this galaxy are beneficial, I merely use them as tools – a means to an end. The Concordat gives these liberties simply because they displayed obedience and subservience. I simply rewarded their loyalty, they are after all tools, and even tools need a simple cleaning, a touchup, an upgrade. I believe they can serve us better in their current position and their current liberties, ensuring their loyalty, because even loyalty can be bought, however, the best kind of loyalty is genuine.”

He took a sip of his wine and afterwards wiped his beard, he then turned to look the Emperor in the eye standing straight as he did and continued.

“My lord Emperor, I have exterminated, purged, and purified many Xeno worlds, but that is only because they were deemed too radical to live; I have enslaved and subjugated a countless more, simply because they were weak; but the xenos that have liberties now have displayed an undying loyalty to not only the Concordat or the Emporium, but to mankind itself. They EARNED their way to where they are now, and they earned it after twenty-three years of loyal service to the Concordat which justifies why I gave them those liberties. However, if you would wish of me to get rid of them, or tighten up our leash with them, I will gladly do so my Lord.”

JAMES MOTT

Lord Grand Inquisitor

James Mott, a sly, shrewd, and secretive individual. He was inducted into the military at a young age, he became the interest of the intelligence bureau when they found he was able to steal enemy plans from behind their lines. He was not only an active agent, but he was a cunning strategist and he was a shrewd investigator. He masterminded the manipulation of the Kragats, and set up the devastation that brought the Anuvayash’s creators, the Adwani to crumble.

He was not renowned, he was never acknowledged, or thanked for his work, he was a spymaster, no one thanks a spymaster. As a person, James was overly talkative, he would spout things out, he was a blabber mouth; this did not contribute well to his esteemed image, but it put most at ease around him. It let everyone who didn’t know about his job, his work, feel comfortable sharing secrets with him. This allowed him, the Concordat, and ultimately, the Emporium know what their people were thinking, and it helped that he was also in good terms with a few Xenos as he was once a criminal. He knew people who would provide information based on his background, he was street smart. This made all the difference when determining which worlds to put heavy patrols on.

Because of his elusive and manipulative nature, he is called the “Whisperer” among his enemies. He incites fear, people are so afraid of him manipulating them they’re afraid to plan anything against the Concordat, fearing that he may be manipulating them into planning something. And most of the time, they’re right fear.

JULIA GREYSTONE

Lord Grand Admiral

She is the first, and only female officer to reach a lord’s position in any branch of the military. There are four branches and four lords, Lord Grand Arbiter, Lord Grand Admiral, Lord Grand Marshal, Lord Grand Inquisitor; the Lord Grand Arbiter looks oversees the Auxiliary forces, the Lord Grand Admiral oversees the fleets, the Lord Grand Marshal oversees the army, and finally, the Lord Grand Inquisitor oversees internal security and intelligence gathering, they are like spymasters but they operate as both sword rather than the needle.

Julia Greystone, is as ruthless as she is voluptuous, with fine red hair usually neatly tied in a bun, and rubenesque figure. She is strategically brilliant and aggressive, many Xenos now know her by the name of the Huntress. Her strategy is to chase down an enemy, even indirectly, in order to finish them off, not many have escaped her grasp. To the Humans, she is a symbol of power due to her gender, and her many triumphs. She is however headstrong, and will not retreat until she is absolutely certain that she will lose in combat, and because of this trait, many die under her command. She is also often referred to by her men as Julia “Gravestone” due to the many that have died for her pride.

VALARIAN MARDUKE

Lord Grand Arbiter

Valarian had the worst lords job in the concordat, but he was undeterred by this. Valarian prided himself with the discipline and coordination of his Auxiliary corps, he is known by the derogatory name of “Circus Master”. The Auxiliary consisted of Gulgarans, Anuvayash drones, and Furok infantry. The Furok, while short in stature, contributed their most able-bodied personnel, they were usually more well-groomed than a regular Furok, thus they were less warty and pathetic. The Auxiliary Corps always goes in first before the main army, and Valarian oversees the actions of each Arbiter in the Concordat.

Overly excessive losses were still punishable, even though they were just Xeno Auxiliary and drones. Auxiliaries still cost money, and further, the expenses to equip each Auxiliary is quite expensive, thus the Auxiliary have to be fairly decent. Valarian himself commands the Auxiliary to such a degree that the main force was never needed in most combat situations. Many downplay his actions, but not his fellow Lords. He was pragmatic about the Xenos in the military, sure they were Xenos but he thought, “Why waste a chance to bolster our forces?” and he has time and time again proven this to be necessary. Most men are still apprehensive about armed Xenos but they can’t deny that they enjoy the cannon fodder taking most of the fire for them.

WILLIAM MERLOCK

Lord Grand Marshal

William Merlock, a tactful, skilled, and disciplined commander of the Concordat armed forces. He, like many others have experienced successes that allows him to bolster his esteemed reputation. His calm, quiet, apathy allows him to out-pace his enemies, thinking several steps ahead even before the battle began; scenario upon scenario upon scenario upon scenario. He was precise and patient when it came to his duties as Lord Grand Marshal. He was held just as high as Julia herself, and as tendency of human culture, sometimes they're mistaken to be a couple. Merlock is also the one of the few who commend Valarian with his exploits. Auxiliaries to Merlock are as important as flour in bread.

William and Valarian work closely together, they often share ideas and have frequent exchanges in terms of tactics and strategy. However, it is clear that Valarian is the better of the two when it comes to guerrilla warfare. William is a posh man, he has standards, even in warfare. His enemies call him the “Red Gentleman”, his men call him the “Governor”, he himself likes these nicknames and continues to make these his traits. He is careful not to be too predictable, he has lost to Velarian because of his standards. Being the leader of the army, it couldn't have been more damaging for his reputation. However, he didn't mind, Valarian needed the recognition if he was to be seen as a competent commander.

MARION CUTTER

(Badass) Colonel

Marion Cutter, the Colonel known for his... Unorthodox tactics. He is not a stranger to the conventional types of warfare, but he is one of the only commanders to drop with his troops and fight on the front line with them. His fearlessness and his shit talking of the enemy forces keeps his troops morale high, it is said that he charged an enemy position on his own while holding a grenade bandolier and a Gulgaran enemy sword. He sent an entire company running away as his men watched on and eventually joined his charge. He earned the reputation of certified badass among his men, the gulgarans call him a true warrior, and the furok call him an effective weapon.

Marion has paid for his antics several times, some life threatening, though that never stopped him from standing right back up. His men looked up to him, he was the role-model of his battle group, and because of that, his battle group is considered one of the most effective in terms of statistics in the entire Concordat. His reputation is up there with the Lords themselves, rumors of the shit talking, hardass colonel, willing to charge into enemy lines alone and drive entire units back with his pure badassery. The Concordat is surely lucky to have him.

Military

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ARMED FORCES

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Navy

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THE NAVY

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CCC-20 CARRIER – HARBINGER CLASS

Also known as the Triple-C

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The Harbinger Class carrier functioned more like a mobile space station, it didn’t nearly have enough armaments for its size. It made up for its lack of armaments with an advanced repair station and a large fighter/bomber complement. It was usually used to occupy the space above a planet with two fleets of destroyers.

The Harbinger Class is rarely seen in battlefield. A Harbinger Class is only brought to a battlefield when the enemy in question either have too many enemy fighters or many large capital ships. The Harbinger Class can also fill in for the dreadnoughts, but without the weapons complement of the Dreadnaughts, they have a reduced fighting capacity.

10km Diameter
5km Height (At highest point)
150 Starfighters and Bomber squads
3500 point defense turrets
1300 Heavy Laser canons
2000 Heavy Railguns

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CDC-40 DREADNOUGHT – OVERSEER CLASS

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The Overseer Class dreadnoughts are large war ships designed to take on several capital ships and win. It is usually brought into combat when the fighting is too tough for the regular fleet of destroyers. The Dreadnought has a decent amount of fighters and bombers, not nearly as plentiful as the Harbinger, but it makes up for it with a number of heavy armaments.

The large ship is often what a blockade would use to deter escape. The ship, like many in the Concordat uses EID’s to propel themselves. The ship thousands of weapons allow it to destroy enemy ships, and due to its design, the ship can fire in almost any direction. Because of this many who have tried to capture a Dreadnought have failed, underestimating the sheer amount of fire power it outputs. The Dreadnoughts can be put down, but after a significant amount of fire. At that point, the Dreadnought control center dislodges itself from the rest of the ship and jumps into FTL.

13km Diameter
5km height (At the apex of the slope)
5750 Heavy Railguns
3950 Missile Batteries
1750 Torpedo Tubes
2150 Heavy Laser Canon Batteries
3300 point defense turrets
50 Starfighter and Bomber Squads

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CDC-40B DESTROYER – JUDICATOR CLASS

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The Backbone of the Concordat navy, the Judicator Class enforces Imperial rule in the galaxy, accompanying patrols, participating in battles, and enacting fleet actions such as orbital bombardments. The Destroyer is heavily armed, and has a decently sized fighter complement for its size. While the Destroyer is not as well armed as the Dreadnought, it is usually enough for any given occasion.

The Destroyer is a symbol of power in the Concordat and it is a ship to contend with, while not as armored as a dreadnought, its many heavy weapon emplacements make short work of an enemy ship, while its fighter complement allows it to screen enemy fighters effectively. The Frigates and cruisers serve support roles by screening enemy fighters or for providing additional fire power. The Destroyer usually comes in groups of three with several smaller ships, typically three frigates and two cruisers. Gulgaran ships can also be seen assisting Destroyers when needed.

2Km Diameter
0.5Km height
1500 Heavy Railguns
450 Missile Batteries
200 Torpedo tubes
510 Heavy Laser Canon Batteries
950 Point Defense turrets
8 Starfighter and Bomber Squads

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CC-40 CRUISER – ENFORCER CLASS

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The Enforcer Class is the planetary patrol ship, with a small fighter complement and an even smaller amount of weapons, it doesn’t pack quite the punch. It does however pack a sting, with several heavy railguns and missile batteries, the Enforcer can cripple a ship by aiming for its most vulnerable and important hardpoints. However, in a direct engagement, depending on the ship it’s facing, the Enforcer might take too much damage to continue.

The Enforcer usually travel in packs of Five, with three of those five being Enforcers, and two of them being Guardian classes, these are called hunting packs; they actively seek out enemy ships to cripple, and after doing their job, they can judge whether to call in a Destroyer or destroy it themselves.

0.5km Diameter
0.2km Height (At the apex of the slope)
500 Heavy Railguns
200 Missile Batteries
400 Point Defense turrets
2 Starfighter and Bomber Squads

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CS-4D FRIGATE – GUARDIAN CLASS

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The Guardian Class Frigate is small, it doesn’t have any major armaments aside from torpedo tubes and missile batteries. The Guardian Class acts as a fighter screen and assists hunting packs with their torpedo tubes and missiles, their point defense turrets also help filter the sky of unwanted missile projectiles.

The frigate also assists in landing operations, as it also functions as a small cargo ship. The Frigate is the smallest of the Concordat designed vessels, however, it is big enough to carry troops and large equipment onto the battlefield.

0.2km diameter
0.1km height
400 Point defense turrets
10 Torpedo Tubes
150 Missile Batteries.

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XM-55 GULGARAN CRUISER – CRUSADER CLASS

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The Gulgaran Cruiser is a ship that is smaller than the rest of the Concordat fleet. The Gulgaran ships were created with one goal, to wage war. Their design philosophy is vastly different from that of the Concordat. They designed their ships to be numerous and easily replaceable. The Concordat approved their designs and build them alongside their main fleet of ships.

The Gulgaran Crusader Class is often seen in non-standard formations of the Concordat fleet. They are often deployed in groups of five without the main battleship to assist in Concordat operations or assist in large Fleet battles.

0.5 Km length
0.1 Km width (At widest point)
10 Dual Heavy Railgun turrets
2 Mass Accelerator Canons
1 Dual Heavy Particle Laser Canons

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XM-100 GULGARAN BATTLESHIP – PURIFIER CLASS

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The Gulgaran purifier class assists in orbital bombardment, its large gamma burst weapon more capable of irradiating its target on the ground effectively glassing a small area. When they are grouped in large numbers they can cleanse the surface of a planet in mere days. The numbers required however is so large that it would take a few weeks to even begin having any noticeable effect.

The Gulgaran Battleship is decently armed, thus the Concordat assigns them to Hunter packs to cripple enemy ships. Their gamma weapon – which is can be aimed at a 45 degree angle – helps in weakening armor as it heats it up, effectively making it either brittle or soft.

1.2 km length
0.3 km width (At widest point)
1 Super-Heavy Gamma Burst Cannon
20 Heavy Torpedo tubes
150 point defense turrets
50 Heavy Laser Batteries
50 Heavy Rail Gun Batteries

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XC-2B GULGARAN FRIGATE – HUNTER CLASS

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The Gulgaran Hunter Class frigate is the opposite of its XC-2A counterpart. It focuses on its many weapons and strength in large groups. It is never seen alone, it accompanies hunting packs and Gulgaran Battleships. It participates in large fleet battles and is one of the most recognizable ships in the Gulgaran Fleet.

Their use in combat can almost be seen as downright brutal. The Frigate has a small crew and many weapons, but the armor is quite thin compared to most ships. When it is out of munitions, and the ship is heavily damaged, the crew will attempt to ram enemy vessels to inflict heavy damage. Often the crew do not survive.

0.3 km length
0.2 km width (At widest point)
40 missile turret batteries
50 point defense turrets
40 Heavy torpedo tubes
10 Heavy railguns
2 Heavy Laser Batteries

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XC-2A GULGARAN FRIGATE – PROWLER CLASS

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This Gulgaran Frigate is known as the Prowler for a reason. It’s sleek elegant design, coupled with an experimental stealth unit allows it to sneak up on enemy vessels and inflict heavy damage with its torpedoes. However this frigate is mostly used to stalk enemy fleet movement and will report back anything it finds through encrypted comms.

Since the stealth unit is experimental and is dangerous in the wrong hands, the crew of the vessel either resort to a ramming action or self-destruct sequences to ensure that the Stealth unit never falls into enemy hands.

0.5 km length
0.2km width (At widest point)
1 Stealth Unit
1 Super-Heavy Ion Particle Canon
20 missile turret batteries
10 point defense turrets
20 Heavy torpedo tube
4 Heavy Railguns
2 Heavy Laser Batteries

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XV-34 GULGARAN TROOP TRANSPORT – INTERVENTION CLASS

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The Gulgaran Troop transport, the most reliable vessel for ferrying troops and equipment planet side. Its thirty-five gunships allow it to quickly unload troops onto the planet. It ferries Gulgarans, Humans, and Furok infantry alike, the ship is often called the “nest” as soldiers leave it to go and fight.

The Troop Transport is reliable and dependable, but it has no notable armaments, only enough to protect itself. Its gunships are its best bet to make it out of a fleet confrontation alive, it was never designed to enter combat, it just ferries a large amount of troops.

0.4km length
0.2 km width (At widest point)
30 point defense turrets
5 Gunship Squads

Fighters, Bombers, and Gunships

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STAR CORPS

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SSF TYPE 22 FIGHTER-BOMBER – LOCUST

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The locust is an air superiority multi-role craft that can be armed with dual chin auto-canons and several explosive munitions. The Locust is one of the most reliable strike craft that the Concordat has to offer, solidly built and well maintained.

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ISC TYPE-3A INTERCEPTOR DRONE – HORNET

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The Hornet Drone, they are the smaller than the Type 22 and much cheaper to manufacture, they are launched in order to help fill the sky with fighters, overwhelming the enemy with superior numbers. They are very fragile, but with what they lack in durability they make up for in their cheap build and ease of use.

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ATG-45 TROOP GUNSHIP – CHARIOT

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The Chariot is a mobile troop gunship that can hold two squads of humans or four squads of Furok infantry or one squad of Gulgaran Warband. It has a dual chin mounted laser auto-canon able to suppress the enemy forces on the ground, and provide air support if needed. The Chariot is also highly mobile with a high top speed and agility that can match very nearly match a strike fighter. It is so effective with air support that some variants come with winglets that contain missile pods. Overall a very versatile support gunship.

Ground Troops

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GROUND CORPS & AUXILIARIES

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ELITE GUARDSMAN

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The Guardsmen are some of the most elite the Concordat have to offer. They are equipped with the best technologies and armed with the most intense secondary training that the Military has to offer.

Guardsmen are either selected straight from the Military academies or from the other regiments. The duties of a Guardsman is to garrison planets, protect government officials, and suppress local rebellions with minimal effort. The Guardsmen are few in number but are high in experience and training.

Among the Guardsmen are Gulgarans and Humans. The Gulgarans themselves make great Guardsmen, however, only the most ferocious and loyal Gulgarans are ever presented the opportunity to become a Guardsman.

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CONCORDAT SHOCK TROOPER

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The standard Shock trooper doesn’t have much in terms of equipment. They are armed with the basic set of armor, their weapons of choice, and a few grenades. The Concordat Shock Trooper are trained to excel in small group tactics, guerrilla operations, and sabotage. They are the second most numerable branch of the Concordat Army.

They are used for outflanking the enemy and harrying enemy logistics. They’ve been instrumental in many ground conflicts in the past. The selection process for a Shock Trooper is very difficult as the training will be twice that difficulty. The Shock Troopers get this treatment during their training to instill discipline, being behind enemy lines is dangerous and good training can make the difference between life and death.

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CONCORDAT TROOPER

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Trained up to the standard, armored to the standard, and armed to the standard. The regular trooper corps is the most numerous in the Concordat military. They are the main infantry corps of the concordat besides the Auxiliary. Their armor can stand up to .9 – 5.56 mm ammunition, they can discharge energy around the body and act like a faraday cage, and have a high resistance to temperature changes.

The Concordat cares for their troopers and actively seeks to improve their fighting potential. Like their versatile cousins – the shock troopers – the Concordat Troopers also have their choice in weapons, and a few grenades. The weapons available to them is much more diverse than what is available to the shock troopers, like Heavy Machine Guns, Rocket Launchers, Flame Throwers, Heavy Laser canons, etc.

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CONCORDAT SNIPER

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The Sniper corps is a branch of the Army that has its roots in the intelligence bureau. The Snipers of the Concordat are armed with various precision rifles, a modified helmet, and ITE-Cloak. The Modified helmet allows the user to see into the Infrared and thermal like the standard, however, the helmet also allows the user to see into ultraviolet and X-ray. The ITE-Cloak or Infrared, Thermal, and Electronic cloak, makes the user near invisible in the eyes of a thermal or infrared lens while also making electronic aids malfunction, such as cameras, scanners, and other such tools.

The sniper has been used in many situations such as government assassinations, espionage, and sabotage. They have been instrumental for the fall and subjugation of many worlds thus the Sniper corps is the third most numerous branch, yet the least well known.

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CONCORDAT COMBAT ENGINEER

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The Sapper Corps is armed as much as a regular trooper. An engineer is equipped with tools and an arm pad that has an in-built scanner. The Combat Engineer has dedicated anti armor roles, repair roles, sapper roles, and logistics roles. The Engineer can engage in combat in entrenched positions, repair vehicles and structures in a combat zone, disarm explosives, lay mines and booby traps, set up a forward operating base, and operate fixed defensive positions such as artillery posts and machine gun nests.

The Sapper Corps are the backbone of logistics and the powerhouse of the mechanized combat units. Without them, mechanized combat would be close to impossible against heavily defended positions and prolonged warfare would be near suicidal. It is well documented in history that Combat Engineers have played a crucial role in attrition based combat. In the documentation, Combat Engineers have contributed to a 44.25% decrease in casualties due to their role in both repair and defensive entrenchment. They are currently the hardest to apply to academically as the Sappers owe their success largely to their mathematics ability and advanced architecture.

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CONCORDAT COMBAT MEDIC

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The Medical Corps, the must have of any squad. The medical corps have helped many lives operating in and out of combat. They have been crucial in wars where weapons of mass destruction have been used, such as places where chemical, biological, and radioactive weapons have done a sufficient amount of damage. The medical corps operate not just on the humans but also the Xeno locals of the planet. This, coupled with propaganda, helps swing public favor.

Their actions have led to faction splitting in certain zones of combat, making some portion of the population Emporium loyal. With the support of the locals, most rebellions are short lived. The Medical corps are also responsible with reducing mortality rates in combatants, however, they are still counted in the casualties as W.I.A. (Wounded In Action). Depending on how severe the damage is, they will mark a dash and a letter. The letter’s NCE mean “non-combat effective”, meaning the wounds have severely crippled the soldier beyond combat fitness; the letters RCI mean “recovering combat injury”, meaning that the wound is enough to cripple the man, but not enough to render him unfit for duty; and lastly MUC mean “mentally unstable for combat”, meaning that a soldier has suffered trauma beyond physical injury and requires treatment in a specialized facility.

Soldiers have terms for these W.I.A. codes, NCE is often referred to as “Knocked” meaning Knocked Out; RCI on the other hand is referred to as “Rocky”, meaning the soldier’s condition is shaky but not knocked; lastly, MUC is often referred to as “Mucked” it is used with terms like, “Mucked up” or “Mucked in the head.” Soldiers are glad there are medics around, but they dislike the fact that medics now use these slang words in order to refer to a W.I.A.

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GULGARAN INFANTRY

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The Gulgarans pride themselves in close quarter combat, they are the shock-and-awe troopers. They are often very durable due to their exo-suits which they themselves develop. Gulgarans often drop with the regular Shock troopers to confuse the enemy in close combat, humans often watch in amazement as Gulgarans rip their foes apart in such ferocity with their hard-light Arc blades.

They also possess great weapons proficiency and operate well in small numbers. The Gulgarans are a prideful, honor bound race of warriors that train hard and willingly sacrifice themselves for the betterment of mankind. This has led to some troops considering them as close allies, however most find it quite hard to adapt to such loyalty displayed by a Xeno.

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FUROK INFANTRY

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Short, but armed, the Furok infantry display such tenacity in combat that it is hard to believe they are Furok at all. The Furok Infantry battalions adhere to such a disciplined fighting stance that it is almost reminiscent of old Human fighting styles, line formations, and unison firing. This combat doctrine is referred to by the Furok as a sweeping tactic. An overwhelming amount of fire in a single direction combined with the maneuverability of other forces to sweep away enemy opposition. This tactic works for the Furok because of their small stature, they can find cover much easier and traverse terrain with much less worry than bigger profile individuals such as Gulgarans or the Regular Human.

The Furok have been used to great effect with this advantage, however their short stature also means that they aren’t as mobile as Gulgarans or Regular humans. To counter this, the Valarian has made it so that the Furok hold choke points where their doctrine would be best suited to combat a given situation, they are then supported by much more maneuverable forces as they go around the enemy and outflank them – surround them. This has led to the Furok being known as the Gatekeepers.

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ANUVAYASH DRONES

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There are three essential Drones in this cast, the preliminary Scout Drone, the Ripper Drones, and the Combat Drone. These three combat, suited drones help in both engineering, reconnaissance, and air superiority. The Drones are only deployed when more troops can’t be spared to a given location. Their usage is very limited due to the Emporium’s fear of an A.I. uprising, however after several years in service, they have proven to be incorruptible and useful. They are however fragile, thus they are inexpensive.

The Anuvayash drones are more limited than their Ship A.I. cousins, thus they are less sophisticated and less creative. Their personalities are so suppressed and identical that they even mimic the monotony of the old ship computer systems. They are also susceptible to E.M.P. weapons, however this has not stopped the Concordat deploying more and more of them each year. The Drones themselves are just that, Drones, they are not as smart nor sentient as their A.I. cousins, which by themselves are also held back by the fears of mankind. The suppression of A.I. learning, and the short service span of A.I. lead to mass deletion of A.I. and remaking them using the Anuvayash Creation Matrices. These ensure that A.I., even when suppressed, never have the chance to learn beyond what it is capable of, and ensures that rampancy is kept in check. A secondary failsafe is installed in an A.I. and that is a corruption code that renders the A.I. inert and unable to function. Humanity closely guards these secrets in their research facilities, researching methods of suppressing the Anuvayash further.

The different drones

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SCOUT DRONE

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They were used by Combat engineers to a large extent due to their ability to remotely hack, survey, repair, and go into deep dark places that were too small for Engineers to reach.

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RIPPER DRONE

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Ripper drones are modified scout drones with many added combat features and swarm mentality. They added a direct command featured for field commanders and infantry. Their simplified A.I. will respond to the threat with anyway they see fit. They attack with such ferocity and barbarity that they are kept secret from public eye. This barbarity gave it the name "Ripper" as it rips its opponents inside out, tearing bone, muscle, entrails, flesh, etc. it can also rip apart armored vehicles with a laser drill attachment.

The Safety features that were added were FID tags, direct control option, and a self-destruct/mass shutdown of drones. Copies of the drones have been made, however the programming is difficult to replicate, thus it is very rare to see them being used by any enemy threat.

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THE COMBAT DRONE

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The regular combat drone is used by many private companies as localized security. The military uses slightly more advanced drones for protracted warfare. They are dispensable, weak, but numerous. The military uses them to supplement a numbers disadvantage and they've displayed to have remarkable accuracy. The same security principles apply to them as they do with the Ripper Drones.

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BRIMSTONE TANK

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The Brimstone T-76S has a large stature and thick armor and a huge caliber railgun that’s placed on the turret, loading heavy tungsten rods and firing them at Mach 2. The tank is unique because it also has an artillery mode, it lengthens the rails are lengthened and excess energy is driven into the firing mechanism. The tank fires faster, farther, and past Mach 4. The effect on target is devastating as the rod rips through its target and shatters the earth splintering into thousands of tungsten pieces.

The Brimstone is the frontline tank of choice for the Concordat. Though its design is old, it remains effective, and there is yet a tank to match its range and still remain reliable in all kinds of terrain. Artillery crew have disassembled and enlarged the tank’s rails and energy source to create their own version of the artillery gun. They’ve adapted the rod design to fit into a shell filled with high explosives. It was designed not to rip apart in flight and impact with more force than the tanks gun.

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ASSAULT WALKERS

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An old relic of the past, still used today with heavy modifications. They are useful for shock-and-awe tactics in open terrain, armed with their high caliber munitions and high explosives. They are able to lay down heavy fire, carry supplies, and support troops in urban combat acting as a mobile heavy weapons platform.

These assault platforms use the streets and alleys of the urban combat like hallways and corridors, often throwing grenades or partially blowing up structures to reveal enemy positions reminiscent of breach and clear operations. They are usually supported by gunships or sniper teams as they require some support to spot enemy targets.

Tech

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TECHNOLOGY

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• Experimental Stealth Tech
• Laser Weapons
• Electromagnetic Ion weapons (Energy swords and stuff basically)
• Electromagnetic Ion Drive (Advanced propulsion)
• Drone Tech
• Radiation Weapons (Gamma burst weapons/Glassing weapons/nukes)

Additional

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THEME

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