[OOC] Interstellar ~ Ascension

[AlienBastard]

WilsonTurner said
who r da ceph?:b

Cheesy!

I know its you.

[null123]

Reading over Monkeypant's app the only thing I see about the Greater good is that the nation comes firsts, and it doesn't seem to be a major part of there culture. And while service to the Lance Union is a way to get higher up, its mainly intelligence, so you end up having the Goverment Lancian dominated.

Also I don't see any mention of anti-matter weapons.

[AlienBastard]

I think the Lance are different enough; they seem more of a interstellar Orwellian style police state as opposed to the honor based meritocracy of the Hau.

[null123]

Yeah
The Greater Good is used as a excuse to squash out freedoms and spy on everyone like crazy. All communications are state controlled or monitored, and everyone has microchips that can track there every movement.

[AlienBastard]

Are they state capitalists by any chance?

[null123]

Oh and the lack morals and ethics
I said this elsewhere but in-case ya missed it, we see anesthesia as cheap, but because they lack a proper currency its considered a unnecessary expense during cybernetic augmentation or synthesis.

So they operate on people with procedures more painful then regular surgery without anesthesia.

AlienBastard said
Are they state capitalists by any chance?

Edit:

"The Lance Union does not possess a normal economic system. Resources and industry is all controlled by the Government. In place of normal currency, citizens are issued points for there work, which can be exchanged for food and other items. The Government tends to keep currency from there closet neighbors on hand however, when doing trading."

[darkwolf687]

Duck, you done stole my nation from another rp. A thousand hells await you

[null123]

Its inspired by, and a lot of your stuff is ripped from other stuff or common tropes in writing.

[darkwolf687]

True enough ;p

[WilsonTurner]

AlienBastard said
Cheesy!I know its you.

well
duck thinks I'm RogueSteeler
And uh
my mom thinks I'm an alien that replaced her son
so uh
idunno
i'm wilson. Wilson Turner.

[Isotope]

EDIT: More relevant info.

Terminal told us what was up and we came up with this crude map. Note that all distances are arbitrary and not accurate, this map is for directional understanding ONLY.

[Darkmatter]

I haven't been active last 24 hours nor will I be for the next 24 hours. To allow for this I am extending the submission deadline to the 26th.
However, this is final; in or out by that date.
I am not changing the for the start of the IC. I'll still have that up day after tomorrow.

[AlienBastard]

Name:
Harmonious Network

Overview

The Harmonious network Is a group of factions collectively connected by a virtual reality that has evolved beyond the control of those who originally made it around 800 .loi87ior so years ago.

Major Species

While there is no one dominate species in the network, there are three species who are the most populous and tend to be the most commonly seen in the network.

The Harmonics

Overview:
The Harmonics are a species of noise; they make heavy use of echolocation and have over the course of thousands of years developed from a chaotic powder keg that came on the verge of self-destruction in at their dissonance, to becoming a very harmonious society and going on to be one of the two first species involved in the forming of the Harmonious Network.

Despite their somewhat bulky build, they

Culture:

The linguistic information of the Harmonics is not based in 2D text, but rather a brallie-like script. Alongside the cultures that developed such script are cultures that made strong use of rune-like etchings that the nature of Harmonic echolocation can “see”. However, oratory was the most common form of speaking in their civilization for thousands upon thousands of years much like the human Incas.

Another thing to note is that due to the lack of sight the Harmonics have, all their art is sculpture based and designed in ways to “feel” through the reverb the sculpture gives back. Another major art for them is music, which has been used as a “language” of its own to extents not even humans have used music to convey information. Their music even today still makes heavy use of cords and string based instruments like the Fulzi, although the digital revolution had augmented the nature of these instruments significantly in the same way a keyboard became a synth.

Harmonics have a deathly fear of silence, and despise isolation preferring to always be in the company of others regardless of who or what they are since constant communication and action keeps the silence from creeping on them. The worst punishment a Harmonic can be dealt in the harmonious network is the silent room where they are forcibly muted and placed inside a cold, dark metal sphere for long periods of time. In captivity they constantly are known to talk themselves at a very frequent rate, and constantly make noise in order to keep the silence away even if they have barely any energy to do so. Their innate fear of silence is well expressed in the following quotes from millennia ago in two of the ancient texts of pre-network harmonic civilization of Bjiros;

“Nothing is as crushing to the inner sense as the void that results in the absence of sound. The crushing emptiness, the isolation… All soulless things wrought upon our kind when too much stability is at hand.”
-[circa 2100 BC] The Speaking of the Noisiest One, location 7 line 15

“Silence is the result of inaction. It is the result of crushing boredom and uselessness.”
-[Circa 800 BC] The story of Viko, location 1 line 30

Harmonics as a species naturally are very tolerant of other life, mainly since other life regardless of what it is, proves to be better than silence. However, discrimination on ideological grounds and guilt by association for a atrocity are sadly very common in Harmonic nature. Politically they only have ever been unified by force by conquerors, and usually not for long as such monolithic unification is seen as order. Order being not a good thing, as order leads to silence, and silence leads to the spiritual death.

Religion: The current harmonic faiths date from around 3000 years ago, and the dominant religion of the harmonics is belief in the divinity of the patterns. Such belief entailing that there are a multitude of patterns that constitute the meaning of existence, and that there is a cosmic sonata that is never ending- and that the meaning of existence is to keep the symphony going by keeping the music of existence in a harmonious state.

To keep the cosmic symphony going, there must be harmony. Harmony to the Harmonics being the state in which chaotic/dissonant forces and stable/silent forces are balanced through there being suffering and happiness in equilibrium to each other, and in a rhythm of balance.

Average Lifespan: Even with medical technology, they only live up to 200 years on average. Mind this is with medical technology, and used to only live on average about thirty years. Their short lifespans can be attribute to their metabolic needs.

Physical Characteristics: [TBA]

Harmonics do not really sleep, and apparently lack any of the side effects not sleeping can bring instead they constantly are purging bad chemical build ups in their head. Diet wise instead of eating a few large meals, they constantly snack and as a result fast food for them has been a tradition going back thousands of years and eateries like those humans have are relatively uncommon, but wherever they show up they tend to be built with social space in mind and generally have musicians playing in them.

History: Harmonic civilizational history pre-warp and pre-network can be summed up in five phases- Silent, Classical, Global, Digital and Stellar

The Silent Era lasted around a several thousand human years and is mostly irrelevant as in these times the harmonics were but primitive stone age civilizations living in darkness and obliviousness of the stars thanks to the poor eye sight of harmonics and the thick atmosphere of their world whose view of the universe was completely dark and superstitious. Due to the lack of much surviving written record form the time and the only things of their civilizations left being surprisingly impressive stone ruins built into the walls of the clay desert canyons and dense alien jungles that characterize the hot and very humid climate of Roika these era often is considered the Silent Era.

The Classical Era is notable for the increased use of tools, and the invention of the many intricate woodwind and string instruments found in many of the classical cultures of Harmonic civilization, most notably the Fulzi. As well the first concepts of harmony, at least in the proto form, which assumed divine beings were involved, come from these times. The classical era ended when every culture begun to eagerly interact with each other and create a global network with Iron Age technology.

The global age was a complex and strange age. First it was relatively peaceful beyond the wars of succession colonial powers that eagerly went about assimilating the less technologically fortunate civilizations. However, at some point the age became incredibly violent as famine and constant plagues struck the world. Even worse, the world was inexplicably heating up. The discovery that the universe was far different that previous cultures and civilizations could ever imagine did not help the increasingly nihilistic philosophies that spread to pretty much every civilization.

As the world heated up, so did the nature of war between the petty harmonic civs. War after war started over the small tracts of land still unclaimed that could be farmed, family lines between diplomatic marriages falling apart as suddenly every nation claimed parts of other nations and the stability being scorned by those who believed the world was going too silent led to a very violent world. Seemingly overnight, the Harmonics went from a stable multi-polar world to a dissonant mess of warlords and criminals who desired nothing more but to make more and more drama in the name of keeping a purpose to existing. Yet in the chaos of the late global age, there was a harmonic civilization relatively safe from most of endemic warfare.

That civilization to gain technological superiority over all the rest thanks to their digital technology allowing them to organize their forces beyond what the steam punk tech using civilizations in most the world had and took over with their own more sophisticated, and better built airships.
and in the mess left by the rest of the world managed to sweep through and take over every nation with relatively little resistance.

In doing so, the First Domain managed to unite the world in conquest and bring about the digital age as they spread information age technology throughout the world.

The digital age started with the First Domain focusing their efforts on consolidating the world and cleaning up everything, to balance the dissonance that the previous centuries had and later focusing on trying to escape their high gravity planet as the world became more and more inhospitable. They managed to succeed when the first warp drive was made, a technology that allowed the Roika to voyage to worlds far beyond their little planet once thought to be all of creation and by the year 2300 the first Harmonic colonies on other worlds began to emerge starting the stellar age.

The stellar age usually is considered to have started with the fall of the first domain and the rise of the second domain, as well as multiple other competing harmonic factions in their corner of space. By 2400 contact with the Octomanos took place, a species who would innovate rapidly through diplomatic spies and managed to bridge the tech gap between their three competing military protectorates. However the harmonics liked the Octimani for no other reason that making space loud again with their existence.

But peaceful contact was short, as an octomani colonial ship ran by a particularly inept organization massacred a developing Harmonic colony and inadvertently ignited a major war called the Perpetual Stellar War in the year 2460 that would result in the fall of the second domain as it fell to Octimani occupation. The other factions of Harmonics would manage to fight the war to a near stand still through a coalition that managed to “liberate” the Second Domain. However, the war by that point started losing its purpose by the year 2550 as the inertia that kept the war going at first died down and cultural contact/trade continued between the various factions who now begun having mixtures of both species.

By the year 2600 the Harmony Project between the four factions left after the Perpetual Stellar War was collectively proposed by the Third Domain, of which the Octimani would surprisingly enough said yes to- and in the year 2700 all the factions would become part of the Harmonious Network.

Octomani

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Race Info
Culture
Religion/Beliefs
Average Lifespan
Physical Characteristics
History- Before contact with the harmonics, the octimani from the start lived on a world that was arid and mountainous,

Here’s a convenient picture of one of them for the time being:

Custodians

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Race Info:
The custodians are a race of virtual beings that came as a accidental result of the network.

Culture- Custodians,
Religion/Beliefs
Average Lifespan
Physical Characteristics
History- The custodians appeared in the Harmonic Network around 400 years ago after centuries of evolution within the network and the amassing of data that eventually allowed for the creation of intelligent programs that overtime became sentient enough to act among the other species of the network and even carry out the collective proposal to the network very spectacularly about 350 years ago.

Overtime the custodians took on a unique role in the Harmonic Network that has made the network what it is currently- a Decentralized Cybercracy as the custodians gave themselves roles that no other species had, for instance they managed to

Minor Species

While all species are equal, there are some species of which there is simply less of. This section will hold any minor species known to have been discovered by the network of notice. The policy with planet bound civilizations tend to vary, but depending on ideology tend to either be leaving them alone in their own world or to have them integrate into the network through collective proposal. There is no limitations put on integrated client races at any stage of their development, but generally they have major culture shocks from the vastly more advanced network in comparison to their stone age societies.

Factions

There is five major factions, unified by the Harmonious Network, but beyond that have serious cultural/political deviations and demographics separate from the whole. There has been war between the factions, although rarely have these gone total with a couple exceptions [mainly the Great Divorce]. These five factions hold around 84% of the population as citizens to them second to the Harmonious Network. Travel between the factions tends to be easy thanks to the network apparatus.

Association of Worlds for Absolute Free Trade

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Information- The AWAFT is a arachno capitalist experiment gone horribly wrong in short. In long it used to be one of the most prosperous
Government Type- Technically a region dominated by corps who act like governments too and criminal organizations who have taken root.
Demographics
Economy
History
Other

”Syndicate of Hands”

Information- A bunch of corporatists working in state corporation that is organized from ground up. They specialize in data collection and espionage, as well they are well known for their industries and research departments. Often a freelance group from the Syndicate is usually called in when an espionage mission needs to be carried out. The syndicate is also known for their entertainment industry.

Government Type- State Corporation with multiple Organizations that compete for representation in the Regional Council.

Demographics- 70% Octimani. 18% Harmonic, 8% Fozin and 4% other.
Culture-
Economy-
Other-

”Octogonal protectorate”

Information- A regulated state capitalist economy that has sophisticated mining industries led by the protectorate. They are a very specialized faction, and generally specialize in production of hardware so to speak, often making the best vehicles the HN has to offer and have made strides in synthetic technology in their collaborations with the syndicate of hands.

Also known to engage in low intensity ritual warfare with the Sector of Commerce.

Government Type
Demographics
Economy
History
Other

”The Third Domain of Roika"

Information- One of the oldest factions in the Harmonic network, being the second successor state of the domain that unified the Harmonic species. Their domain unified the
Government Type
Demographics
Economy
Other

”Sector of Commerce”

Information- The sector of commerce are a faction that is very merchant-based in nature and follows a loosely regulated trade model, and is the most prosperous of the factions from a financial standpoint currently, although the economy of the sector of commerce is notorious for its frequent and near unpredictable fluctuations. Despite this, they have been the major hot spot for people from the failed faction AWAFT as well as other less rich factions in the last 100 years contributing to the Sector of Commerce’s increasing power.

Government Type- Aristocratic Republic; the institution is pretty much a bureaucracy ran by lobbied politicians who are puppets for the mega corps that base themselves in the system of commerce.

Demographics- 41% Octimani, 24% Harmonic, 25% Fozin, 10% Other

Economy- While loosely regulated, the corporations in the area tend to make use of heavily inflated currencies and tend to also manipulate

Culture- The sector of commerce is a very high culture part of the Harmonious Network, but historically has had a economy that is either boom or bust and has led to a multitude of

Other-

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Direction From Galactic Core [near the Hau, Technocracy, Varn and FKS]

Politics, Power & Economy

Head Of State- The Council of fifty

is chosen by the custodians based on the information they’ve interpreted on what kind of people are needed in the current state of the network. The council tends to be made up of folk from around the whole network, and they act as a think tank for the whole faction. While the council think tanks try staying secret, the transparent nature of the civilization and the data obsession of two of the major factions usually means that ever so often a leak will happen. However, there is also quiet a bit of misinformation that flows around the HN council’s meetings.

Government Type/Operation/Description- Confederate Cybercracy

Economic System/Prosperity – Their economy is a multi-layered economy that has three levels:

-Planetary
-Faction
-Network

The planetary level economies tend to run off various more simplistic forms of economy, and tend to have their internal currency systems, but when dealing with the faction economy have to use the faction currency which can vary which has many times led to economic catastrophes for individual worlds, especially those who are less adapt at riding the ebb and flows of their faction's economy.

Empire Size: (Population estimate)- Last Annual demographic count of registered member races clocked in at about 1,287,556,566,045 members of the Harmonious Network, or around 1.3 trillion.

Empire Power: Major regional power.

Type Of Power:

Industrial- The industrial productivity of the Harmonious Network, between all five of the sub factions is astounding in the amount of products produced. Entire asteroid belts are regularly strip mined for resources by the many powerful corporations that employ billions of workers. The varied economies between the sub factions also have given multiple routes in which industries develop, although some economies are better managed than others.

Social- The Harmonic Network is a very diverse civilization, and has enjoyed a large diversity of minds thanks to its population and high rate of idea exchange through the net work. Atop of this, diplomatically the factions of the HN are surprisingly open minded and usually will try making what deals they can to obtain data before resorting to calling in their sophisticated espionage firms.

Economic- The average civilian of the HN generally lives a very good life thanks to the high standard of living in the majority of the factions. Atop of this, thanks to the unique cultures and amount of man power of the

Other: Interspecies relationships are probably among the most common in their corner of the galaxy.

Technological Overview

The technology used throughout the network is incredibly diverse, with a multitude of gadgets sold in planetary markets across their civilization and the heavy use of fusion batteries and a plethora of technology collected and stolen from other civilizations by various corporate groups and organizations and from there usually distributed throughout the net work due to spies spying on spies.

However, there are a few notable technological achievements that define the harmonious network, as it exists today.

History- At some point a millennia ago, there was four regional factions, three of which harmonic, one of which Octomani. As civilizations go, they had many tensions but even this early only cooperated to achieve harmony in the Harmonic’s sense- ritual warfare being a common norm for centuries in these archaic interstellar times.

The Harmonious Network Itself

Pictured above: A visual representation of the Harmonious Network.

The harmonious network is a powerful interstellar network that transports objects through a virtual medium and living entities through a sprawling worm hole network that connects the parallel reality across a vast sum of space. The nature of the harmonic network however, has made it out of control by everyone but the Custodians.

The harmonious network is around eight hundred years old, and is ran by the custodians who have considerable power over the whole network even if they do not bother with politics of the factions instead just happily dwelling in the virtual space and keeping the network secure from anyone who tries to hack or subvert the network. After eight hundred years of development, the network has by now transcended those who made it, being improved not by Harmonic, Fozin or Octomani technicians but instead the Custodians who are native to the network itself.

For the Harmonious Network is not just a internet, it’s a parallel reality in effect. It’s not a server that is run, it’s a parallel nature of its own accord that has internally consistent properties and laws, and while parts of the network can be modified to suit the regional needs of a colony world within the HN,

By this point the network uses a connection system that allows for a brain to flow into the system and transfer themselves to other parts of the network a the speed the wormhole connections can allow. Atop of this are the wormhole networks themselves.

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Avatars

Avatars are incredibly common within the Harmonious Network, to the point where a good portion of the Harmonious Network have completely done away with their physical bodies and instead inhabit the digital network with the custodians through the synaptic network that allows one to transfer their consciousness to the network without actually killing anyone. Avatars come in insanely diverse forms, ranging from tiny insect-like walkers to gigantic spaceships controlled with a consciousness on the fly.

The avatars are made use of frequently in wargame scenarios and in espionage missions using the aggregated data on how each species behaves and acts, and copying the appearance of a individual is no hard task for the megacorps that dominate in the systems of commerce and

Modular Technology

The weapons and vehicles of the HN are incredibly modular by their nature, and generally military corporations within the network will work together to make their devices compatible with each other, however feuds between major military corps Bluetech and IFK interstellar have led to weapon technologies that while modular are intentionally built to be completely incompatible in their attempts to force consumer loyalty in the mercenary market. However, in general thanks to deals and mutual action generally corporations will keep things compatible or at least steal other corp tech and make a version compatible with their own weapons.

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[Isotope]

We got so many apps

[Monkeypants]

Almost too many to keep count!

[null123]

I have the technological overview left to do, and then its off to Darkmatter
/sidenote a Ship and unit catolauge will be done later, as it takes digging to find decent starships.

[AlienBastard]

There is never too many apps when you got a deadline!

[null123]

General Info and Location

Name:The Lance Union

Capital System:The Alas Prime System.

Dominant Species: Lancians

Client Species: Irikav, Kzukix

Direction From Galactic Core: Anywhere North, doesn't matter to me. However I would like them a distance aways from anybody else, to the point where they should be isolated and not have meant anyone yet.

Politics, Power & Economy

Head Of State:The Grand Council

Head Of Government:The Grand Council

Government Type/Operation/Description:
The status of a person within the Lance Union has to do with two things, intelligence, and service to the Lance Union as a whole. The Grand Council serves as both the head of state and head of government, making most major decisions for the Union. The Government and the union also operates on the basis of the "Greater Good".

This means that people are expected to act for the Union as a whole. Propaganda and indoctrination methods are also used to make sure everyone stays to the idea of the greater good, and often is hard for someone from the Lance Union to adapt to other cultures due to this indoctrination.

The Lance Union's government also might be described as totalitarian, as the greater good doctrine is often used a excuse to spy on people. Micro-chipping is mandatory for everyone, and is used to track and keep watch on every citizen. There is also no normal trial system, as the police act as judge, jury, and executioner. Also on a last note religion and worship is strictly outlawed, and anyone found practicing it is sent for "re-education".

Economic System/Prosperity: The Lance Union does not possess a normal economic system. Resources and industry is all controlled by the Government. In place of normal currency, citizens are issued points for there work, which can be exchanged for food and other items. The Government tends to keep currency from there closet neighbors on hand however, when doing trading.

Empire Size: (Population estimate)
200-500 billion

Empire Power:
Major Regional Power – Dominant Influence in a region

Type Of Power:
Science is a number one priority.

Military is also a major focus.

Industry is also a major focus, but below science and military.

Lancians

Average Lifespan:500 years

Physical Characteristics:Lancians are tall, and there body colors can vary widely. They can be blue, red, green, or purple. Due to this there are some other species that actually refer to them as the rainbow race. There hair tends to be short, or non-existent, but when a Lancian does have hair it is either black, gray, or white. Lancians are very frail, with the strongest not even reaching average human strength.

To make up for this they are extremely intelligent, which allows them to advance at a faster rate then other species. Lancians also are less capable of reproduction, so there population growth tends to be a lot slower.

Abilities:As mentioned above Lancians are extremely intelligent, and usually think of situations logically. They are like other species still subject to there emotions, but less so. Lancians are also a species of psionics, a ability based on there intelligence and willpower. However unlike other psionics, the Lancians psionics is based of energy. Energy in the body is needed to cast psionics, and energy can be moved around or absorbed into the body. The Lancians can store more energy in there bodies and there bodies use it more efficiently. This also means psionics can be used to do more then just shoot bolts of blue energy or mind control, examples include creating fire or with enough energy wounds can be healed.

Religion:The Lancians have no religion. Do to there logic and extreme intelligence they see it as illogical, and often refer to nations and species that still possess it or actively endorse it as primitive. There was thought to be a belief system at one point, but it was likely squashed early on in the Lancians history.

Culture:The center of Lance culture and a dominate influence in it is the idea of the Greater Good. The idea of the Greater Good is that the individual should work for the the good of the group as a whole, rather then work for themselves. This idea is enforced throughout childhood and well into adulthood, resulting in a heavily indoctrinated society. The Lancians also heavily believe in the ideals of unity and peace, however individual freedom is often looked down upon, as it is thought to be counteractive to the greater good.

Despite them believing in peace, they aren't afraid to go to war, and have the habit of using weapons other species would never think to use during war, such as biological and chemical weapons, or weapons capable of devastating vast swaths of planets. Another important aspect of Lancian culture is using logic to reason through everything, and taking a the long term solution rather then short term ones.

History: The Lancians grew up the world on of Alas Prime. They advanced quite faster then most other species did, quickly involving from a tribal society to more organized nations. While they did lack strength there psionics gave them a advantage, allowing them to fight from afar, or bring food to them. While the idea of the greater good did prevail through almost all Lancians during there modern and industrial eras, although the nations were often at constant war, fighting over who should lead all the Lancians towards the greater good.

It was however the Lance Union, a union of several smaller unions that united into one that rose in power above all other nations. They marched over them, and it wasn't long before it was obvious they would be the ones to unite the planet into one. They were responsible for the current system of government where intelligence and service were what allowed one to advance. The Lancians, after having been united under one banner begin a quick ascended into the space age, and it wasn't long before they were exploring other systems and colonizing them. They sought to spread the Greater good and unite many other species under one ideology, that of the greater good.

It wasn't long before they discovered the Kzukix, a minor species still trapped on there world and in a constant state of war between each other. They were a large and strong species, but they were brutish and lacked intelligence. The Lancians decided the Kzukix would be a perfect target to begin there goal of united the galaxy under the Greater good, and invaded the planet en mass. It was also of note that not very many Lancians landed on the planet, instead preferring to use robotic forces. The Lancians crushed the Kzukix easily, there superior technology and robots easily laying waste to the Kzukix.

Using Psionics, propaganda, and a method they refereed to as "re-education", the Lancians began rapidly spreading the Greater good to the Kzukix and squashed there religious beliefs. They use the Kzukix as a main stay of there forces, they did this by turning them into what they called synths, horrible creations of both genetic and cybernetic engineering.

It was a few years after the met the Kzukix that they met the Irakiv. Due to the fact that the Irakiv weren't as warring as the Kzukix, diplomacy was used a method to try to augment them into the Union, however while the idea of the greater good did appeal to a few Irakiv, mainly atheists and agnostics, religion was a important part of the Irakiv culture, so they refused.

Following there refusal the Lancians committed to a invasion of the Irakiv home world, backed by a few loyal Irakiv. The Lancians had to use weapons and methods they did not use on the Kzukix, do to the fact that the Irakiv had more advanced weapons and defenses then that of the Kzukix. The invasion of the Irakiv home world was the first recorded instance of the Lancians using biological and chemical warfare in combat, with the exception of instances on there home world before they ascended into space.

It was also one of the instances were the Lancians mass murdered civilians. On a demonstration to the Irakiv government they used a anti-matter bomb on a major city, destroying it completely and many smaller cities nearby. The Irakiv finally submitted after this, not wanting further bloodshed. The victory was paraded by forces through every major city on Irakiva, the Irakiv home world. The same methods were used to indoctrinate the Kzukix were used on the Irakiv, and instances were chemical and biological weapons were used on the Irakiv during the invasion are heavily censored or removed from history lessons completely. The use of the anti-matter bomb was also completely forgotten, and the site where it was dropped it strictly off limits.

The Lancians began spreading out, seeking to become a dominate influence in there region. They believe themselves to be the only space-faring nation in the galaxy, as due to there location within the A-1 Galaxy(the name given to the Milky way by the Lancians) they are isolated from most others.

Irakiv

Average Lifespan:90 years

Physical Characteristics:
Irakiv are your average humanoids. There strength is around human average, with a 2in taller average height. Irakiv are mostly gray-skinned, with a few rare white-skinned ones. There hair is always darker colors, and there eyes can be any color in the spectrum. They tend to have slightly skinnier builds as well as more rounded and pudgy faces.

Abilities:
What makes the Irakiv unique is there ability to lie and deceive, and there out of the box thinking. The Irakiv are good at crafting fake personalities and weaving intricate webs of lies to hide what they are doing. For this reason they often act as spies and agents of the union gathering information on targets or weakening a target using bombs, or other methods such as biological and chemical weapons.

They are also very persuasive, and are used in cases where Lancians do not want to use psionics to rip apart a potentially valuable target's mind.

Religion:
The Irakiv, being under the union, don't have a religion, however prior to there asborbition into the union they had many gods similar to that of the romans and greeks early in human history. These gods would represent various aspects, such as water, or war.

The Irakiv would make sacrifices or prayers in the name of these gods when doing activities related to them, in hopes to boost there success in those activities.

Culture:The Irakiv culture has been heavily modified since there inclusion into the Lance Union has to get on the track of the Greater Good, but parts of it were still kept when they became apart of the Union. Irakiv culture focuses on honor and trust, mainly due to there amazing ability to lie.

The Irakiv culture also focused on the ideas of creativity and art, often making the Irakiv some of the greatest painters, writers, actors, and musicians. This particular part of there culture was not squashed when they joined the Lance Union, but the state does heavily monitor anyone who takes part in those activities, to make sure there work isn't counter-productive to state propaganda, or rebellious to Lancian ideals and the greater good.

History:
The Irakiv developed on there home world of Irakiva. There pace of development is comparable to that of say humanity, however during certain parts of there history, most notably during the industrial eras and medieval era there tendency to use deception and lies and there amazing ability at those slowed progress.

The Irakiv's amazing abilities at the arts developed during the later years of there industrial era. The later era was seeing more a focus on peace and trust, and several writers, artists, actors, and musicians focused there works on inspiring others and encouraging the arts as a method of expression. Most Irakiv could be considered proficient at least one type of art, whether it be music, writing, drawing and painting, or acting. Due to this there was often a much higher minimum standard for the quality of various pieces of art.

It was when the Irakiv entered the modern age that cooperation and trust became important. Before the Lancians had found the Irakiv had established there version of the UN, as well as several international organizations that cooperated on various fields.

After the Irakiv were conquered the ones loyal to the Lancians right after there conquering were used as agents to spread Lancian ideals. The Irakiv also could be considered the right hand men of the Lancians, due to there tendency to act as agents and spies of the Lancians.

Kzukix

Average Lifespan:50 years

Physical Characteristics:
Most Kzukix stand at 6ft or 7ft. They are extremely strong and always have bulky builds, however they do lack intelligence, with even the smartest Kzukix barely reaching above what would be considered above average for a human. Kzukix are hairless, despite a unusually large amount of chest hair, which is either brown or black. The Kzukix refer to themselves as the the Earthen peoples, as they are always a shade or tone of brown, black, or green.

Abilities:
The Kzukix do not possess any unique abilities beyond there great strength, but they make excellent farmers. 40% of all Lance Union food production comes from farms manned by Kzukix.

Religion:
Again, being in the Lance Union the Kzukix lack any form of religion, but prior to them being absorbed they attributed most accounts that were out of the usual to spirits.

Culture:
Kzukix culture is very war-like. The idea of gaining honor through combat was very prevalent, and a male Kzukix would have to prove himself in combat before he could gain a mate. This was mostly squashed upon the Kzukix's entry into the Union, however the idea of honor through combat was kept, but it was instead directed at the idea of gaining honor through defeating the Union's enemies.

History:
The Kzukix grew up on a mostly desert planet, with a few scattered oasises where vast amounts of food could be grown. Do to the Kzukix's already violent nature, there strength, and the need to secure the oasises for the survival of there tribe or nation, Kzukix history is often covered in blood.

When the Lancians found the Kzukix they had yet to even ascend to the start of a industrial era, with gun-powder weapons only recently being developed. The Lancians saw the Kzukix as a easy target to conquer, as there strength would be a great asset to there military, and if they could get the barbaric Kzukix to accept the Greater Good, then the could get anyone to.

The Lancian invasion of the Kzukix lasted a mere few hours.(the Lancian name for it World K-1, as the Kzukix nations and tribes never agreed on a single name to call it). Major Kzukix population centers fell within a few minutes to the robotic hordes of the Lancians, and with the planet secure, the Lancians began a major uplift of the Kzukix, heavily reforming there culture and society, as well as updating the Kzukix with new technology.

It was relatively easy to reform them, and with there capture they became a valuable asset. They were used for heavy labor and became the first race to have a Synth version made. They became a main-stay of ground troopers for the Lancians.

While they haven't any major significance since there inclusion into the Union beyond becoming a majority of there ground forces, a significant number did serve during the invasion of Irakivia.

Technological Overview

Anti-Matter:
"In the name of the Gods tell me what the hell just happened to that city!?"
-A Irakiv Soldier observing the destruction of a Major population center on Irakivia by a anti-matter bomb

Anti-Matter is used for two things within the Lance Union, as power, and as weapons.

The way a Lance Anti-Matter Reactor works is rather simple for the technology required for it's use. A small amount of anti-matter is placed within a chamber, then a small amount of regular matter. After the two annihilate specialized devices are then used to collect the energy from the annihilation. It is considered to be one of the more in-efficient ways of energy generation, but due to the energy one annihilation creates it does not matter.

The other use, and the one that is more obvious upon encountering the Lance Union is there anti-matter bombs and missiles, missiles epically so due to there destructive power in space fights. The anti-matter is usually contained within a magnetic field at the center of the bomb or missile, and upon contact with the target, the magnetic field drops and releases the anti-matter, allowing it to annihilate with regular matter.

Cybernetic Augmentation, Genetic Augmentation, and Synthesis:
"NO! I WON'T! NO NO NO *screams of pain*"
-Irakiv being dragged off for Synthesis then operated on.

Cybernetic and Genetic augmentation are quite common throughout the Lance Union. Frequently used in military applications, and if a civilian is high enough in society the may choose to get cybernetic augmentations or genetic augments. If a civilian chooses genetic augmentation is to also note that they are sterilized, due to the adverse effects on a baby created by augment DNA.

Also in cybernetic augmentation if being used on a military soldier is used. Anthesia is considered a unneeded expense in augmentation and those who join the military are considered to be able to handle the pain of such a operation. Anthesia is used in civilian operations. Also those who enter the military and choose genetic augmentation as a route are made biologically immortal, as a standard set of military-grade augments is expensive.

Synthesis is the process of combining both genetic and cybernetic augmentation, creating very monstrous creatures that would not be recognizable from whatever species they were created. The process usually requires a mind wipe, as it often is a very negative and mentally destabilizing experience. Synths are also made biologically immortal, as they can be expensive.

The scariest of all Synths however, are the so called Necro-Synths, these synths are not made out of a individual, rather dead biological matter is gathered then processed, and the best bits are used to from these synths. These synths lack much intelligence, and make up some of the larger units in the Lance Union. It is also of note that the Lancians use whatever dead bio-matter they can gather, which means the bodies of there enemies can be tomorrow's warriors.

Quantum Tunneling:
"Safe, efficient, effective, and nearly untraceable.
-A Lancian Scientist

Quantum Tunneling is the Lancian's main form of FTL, it involves opening two portals that are connected like a tunnel and do not regard time or distance when traveling, allowing for near instantaneous travel. Also the portal closes automatically after a ship enters it, making it nearly untraceable. However these tunnels do require pre-set coordinates, so standard Warp drives are used to scout and explore, with ships constally documented coordinates for each and every area.

"Re-Education":
"I WILL GLADLY FIGHT AND DIE FOR THE UNION!
-Kzukix after undergoing "Re-Education"

Re-Education is probably one of the scarier pieces of technology in possession of the Lance Union. Individual are inserted into a tube, full of a strange greenish liquid, a special helmet is then placed on to there head. This allows them to re-program the individual, hiding there old memories, and allowing them to give the individual entirely new personalities and memories. It is possible for a individual to see past this however, if they are intelligent enough, which only the Lancians are, or they are genetically-immune to the process, which of the entire Union there is very few, and any found capable of this are automatically executed.

Plasma:
"That green stuff, it just burned right through him, I don't think he will ever see the light of day again."
-Irakiv Soldier after seeing his comrade hit with a tank mounted Plasma cannon.

Plasma is used as the standard main weapon of the space forces and heavy vehicles on the ground, it is not used for Infantry weapons as the energy needed to maintain plasma in Infantry weapons would make the weapons to heavy for use. Plasma is super-heated gas, and is then fired. It is a bit slower then lasers, but not by much, and is a lot more effective. In place of Plasma weapons, accelerated projectiles are used by ground forces.

Other Technologies:
Rail-Guns(And there brother the Auto-Cannon, a weaker but automatic Rail-Gun)

Accelerated Projectile Weapons(Infantry Rail-Guns)

Warp Drives(Most phased out in favor of Quantum Tunneling, still used to scout)

Lasers(Not found that often, only on weaker older models of ships)

Holo-Projection(Used by Irakiv conducting espionage to disguise themselves)

Universal Psionic Translator(A device that can rip language from a alien's mind, and make it learnable to Lancians within a few moments)

Final version of my app for those interested.

[darkwolf687]

(WIP. I checked the accepted apps and seems nothing like this shows up, so...)
General Info and Location
Name: The Union of Hives
Capital System: N/A
Dominant Species: L'Er (Lit: One of Us)
Sub-Factions/Species: There are multiple hives that compose the Union of Hives, though the three most dominant are the S'Lif, the S'Rin and the S'Orp (Note: S' is a prefix noting hive status. S'Orp literally means: Hive of Orp)
Direction From Galactic Core: Largest concentration is 48 east from north
Politics, Power & Economy
Head Of State: The Tribunal
Head Of Government: The Tribunal
Government Type/Operation/Description: The government consists of a hierarchy with the Tribunal, a council of three made from the Minds of the most powerful hives, who use their psychic link to communicate with each other and lead the Union of Hives. The major hives come just under them. The major hives are generally minor regional powers, and the minor hives under them are mostly multisystem powers
Economic System/Prosperity:

Empire Size: "There is simply no way to accurately record the massive number of the Parasites that infest the quadrant"
9: Innumerable

Empire Power: Quadrant Power – Authority over an entire quadrant. The multiple hives, when brought together, meet the correct criteria for a Quadrant Power due to sheer size and strength. Inside their quadrant, there is no sentient organics left, as they have all been consumed by the L'Er
Type Of Power: Military- Their number is legion and their name is death. These parasites are a powerful force, though they are less effective against non-organic life forms or life which lacks a central nervous system, they are still dangerous to such life forms if they are able to acquire hosts or have pure forms at the time. As most creatures have a central nervous system or an equivalent compatible organ, it is often relatively easy to acquire a host
Scientific: Their assimilations of other species abilities and memories allows them to quickly adapt technology to their own ends. As the minds all have the same memories and the memories of their predecessors, they have built up knowledge on different technologies over the years and as such there is no overall design to their equipment, seemingly being made up of different workings. The technology they have assimilated (or more rarely, created) often tend to be mosty organic in nature, suggesting that their technology its self becomes part of the hive.

History, Biology & Society
Race Name: L'Er (Literally "One of Us" Note that this is their name for themselves, not one that is used universally by species they encounter. As the nature of such encounters tend to be with feral hives developing on one of their worlds, species often believe the L'Er to be a non-sentient disease at first glance)
Race Info: There is no way to accurately describe the entire race, as many, many different forms are constructed. The most common is the small "Spore form". These are arguably the most dangerous form as they possess the ability to bite their way into their host, their organic forms have no skeleton and thus can contort to squeeze through small openings in their host that they cause with their abnormally strong teeth, which are strong enough to bite their way through armour if given a few seconds. Once inside their host, they couple with the hosts central nervous system, making removal almost invariably fatal. It is sometimes argued that they kill the host outright, though there has been no reliable study to confirm this, so it is entirely possible the host is alive and maybe conscious. The host does not have to be alive for this process, a corpse will do. Whatever the case, the Parasite has full control and begins mutating the host. The hive will use the host for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to construction, reproduction and combat.
This host will now become one of two forms. The first is known as the "Battle" form, this involves the usage of the hosts natural abilities for combat, in addition to mutations to make them stronger, such abnormal muscle growth. This is often done at the expense of the hosts brain and specific organs. Little attempt is made for long term maintenance, as the host will likely be recycled after its purpose is served. The second form is known as the "Transport" form. The is essentially a walking reproductive center for the Parasites, growing new spore forms inside massive bulbous sacks, often mutating the host past what is recognisable. This form shoots the Spore forms out of its many sacks when it sights and approaches an enemy, and has two no way to defend its self except through these spores, although it has been known to fall onto beings which have gotten too close to prevent then from running. Both these forms are called "Impure" forms. There is a third form, though its existence is debated, known as the "Thinker" form. The theory is that certain hosts have their brains kept intact and, in some theories, boosted. These forms supposedly serve as tactical planners in pre-Mind infestations, as well as scientists of sorts or advisors to the mind. Since some intelligent behavior is exhibited in all combat forms, its argued that these are just abnormally intelligent combat forms rather than a new form, though no one is entirely sure.
The next forms are the "Pure forms" These are not mutated hosts but entirely new creatures made out of collected biomass from the planets, including recycled hosts and the bodies of their dead. There are countless different forms which vary from hive to hive. The most important pure form in any hive is the Mind. Without the mind, the parasite has little coordination, and their priority is to begin the construction of a mind. This is not to say they are stupid, they possess the intelligence of their hosts, and though it often degrades over time (with the exception of thinker forms), they are smart enough to coordinate basic tactics (Supposedly thinkers coordinate pre-mind stages) There are three stages (Four if one believes the Thinker Theory)
One: Feral. In this stage, they are uncoordinated and possess limited intelligence. They are still dangerous, but less so compared to later stages. Minor displays of intelligence, such as basic ambushes are known to appear but generally their intelligence is considered to be similar to that of animals at this level. They maintain knowledge their previous hosts had, so the use of vehicles isn't out of the question. They have a weak psychic link which is starting to develop to form the beginnings of a hive
Sapient stage (Thinker theory): According to the Thinker theory, this is the stage where Thinkers begin to show up. They apparently become smart enough to employ advanced tactics, and the weak psychic field between them apparently becomes strengthened to the point it can be used for communication and these thinkers become officers for the fledgling hive. Supposedly these thinkers can be capable of communication with other races, though intelligent communication is often attributed to a later stage, and at this stage it is believed to be simple taunting
Coordination stage: A partially functional Mind has been created. The psychic linked between the organisms has now strengthened to the point that they know each others status at any given time, and they are intelligent enough to communicate with other sentient species in a proper manner, although their previous stages have often resulted in such violence that further conflict is inevitable
Hive stage: The hive has produced a fully functional mind and joined with the other hives of the galaxy. In this stage the Mind has a psychic link with the hive that is so strong that it allows him to speak with others outside the hive across vast distances. The Hive is fully coordinated and can now operate as a proper nation. The majority of Hives are part of a single national entity, the Confederacy of the Hives
Average Lifespan: Varies
Physical Characteristics: The most common of this species is a small, ball like creatures with small tentacles protruding from it. It uses these tentacles to move, able to climb on surfaces thanks to their suction like design, and to couple with its hosts nervous system and seize control. Their colour varies depending on the hive, and this can be used to quickly identify which hive the Spore forms are from. They have a "beak" of exceptionally strong teeth underneath their tentacles, allowing them to bite they way in, and their lack of a skeleton, small size and relative "squishiness) allows them to fit through small openings they make in their host. They prefer to make such a hole close to the hosts nervous system in order to avoid excessive damage, but forcing their way up appendages is not unheard of
Dominant Society: S'Orp has long since held the most power in the Hives, followed by S'Lif and S'Rin. These are among the oldest hives in the Union of Hives. The colours of their spore forms are Grey, Tan and Green respectively, due to the locations of the Hives worlds of "origin"
Moral Values: The Hives don't have moral values, at least not how humans understand them. Generally, sentient species oppose the hives and treat them with a level of contempt that has driven a wedge between relations. It is hard for the hives to justify their creation to the sentients, as the beginnings of a hive are invariably brutal. The majority of large hives, and indeed the majority of the Confederacy, have given up on the hopes of relations with other sentients and make no distinction between sentients and non-sentients. There is a minor hive known as S'Eir which has the most attempts at peaceful communication have negotiation, most of which has inevitably ended in hostilities regardless. Another minor hive, the S'Ruk were able to reach a compromise with the sentient beings of their original homeworld which had the two species coexisting peacefully for a time, until the pact was broken and the two descended into a war which the S'Ruk ultimately won
The Union of the Hives exists to further the spread the L'Er, and believes that this is simply the natural way of things, which in their case isn't far from the truth, essentially being a disease.
Religion: None. "You gods will not save you, we bring your salvation."
History: The L'Er date back to evolution on a backwater colony of an interstellar nation. This "Super Parasite" was able to construct a Mind from the biomass of the rampant wild life where it was born. This Mind observed the colonists and their star ships and was able to deduce, after the assimilation of multiple individuals into the hive, that it could sneak aboard Spore forms and infect all the worlds of the species.
The Mind was able to infiltrate the ships with a small number of spore forms, each of which spread out to the species worlds. At the time, the Mind had little power as it hadn't been further developed, as a result its psychic power was weak enough that the spores that were sent off developed different hives. This separated them into three hives, the original S'Buk, and the successor S'Orp and S'Lif. Out of the three, the original was the most unlucky. The other two worlds of the species were much more developed and larger, and so S'Orp and S'Lif were able to become more powerful than S'Buk as they absorbed more biomass from the worlds and inherited more of the hosts technology, industry and infrastructure.
The Three Hives were able to slowly build up strength and eventually over run the three worlds, absorbing the necessary biomass and leading to the desire to use the host species space travel to find new worlds.
Over millennia, there were several more hives developed across the quadrant and the Union of the Hives was formed in order to advance the L'Er as a whole through inter-hive cooperation. Most of the mentioned new hives are only major to this day with the exception of one, the now Tribunal hive S'Rin. The S'Rin remained the weakest of the hives for many centuries, as they had achieved semi-peaceful relations with the sentients they had encountered and essentially sold themselves as weapons to them. The two species developed under one nation that was budding, and over time the S'Rin were able to gain more and more power, eventually changing from being a living weapon to being an equal partner in the nation. Their hive was weak compared to the others due to their lack of biomass due to having brokered a deal, one which ensured their hives survival but established a blocker to their success however the S'Rin had a plan. They developed a new type of pure form, still used by hives today, called the Worm form. This small form was microscopic and as such it was able to enter the sentients undetected and nestle inside their brain. From their it would secret its toxins to make the individual more susceptible to hive control and eventually place them under the hives control, assimilating them completely. The S'Rin used this on members of the armed forces, slowly bringing control of the military into the hands if the S'Rin. After the S'Rin had secretly gained control of the militaries minds, the organisation that had stopped the S'Rin from assimilating the species before was now on their side. Almost over night the S'Rin seized control using the military and began to assimilated the population into their hive, growing rapidly from a minor power and usurping the place of the S'Buk on the Tribunal now that they had become more powerful than their forefathers. Today, the S'Buk is only a major hive and the S'Rin still hold their place on the Tribunal.

Technological Overview
There is no uniform technology within the hive as they tend to use the technology of their hosts. As such, their weapons range from ballistics to anti-matter. There are a few examples of Hives creating their own technology if the need arises, but given their parasitic nature it is rare. It is known that, once they reach a coordinated stage, they will use any industry they capture to arm themselves. Their space craft range from organic creatures grown around a handful of systems, to entire functional ships that have been merged with and infested by an organic substance which is hostile to intruders, often attacking them where possible.

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