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The Tide Will Return (Space, Nation, Fantasy)

Before the Black Year, and the retreat of the Dracon fleets, Luminium circulated among the galactic empires. It came from Drac space, useful as emergency fuel and as a currency. Machines from Drac, from ship equipment to appliances like ovens, refrigerators, to power tools and power supplies, could be powered by Luminium.

Millennia have passed since Luminium could be sourced. Now, it's been turning up in the wild. The race is on.

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The Cosmic Empire, so called because they believe themselves to be the proper ruler of the Galaxy, conquers their neighbors and promptly vassalizes willing nations. Led by race of tentacled arthropods from the planet Odesion, which orbits the star Lacitra, they had a tense but ultimately friendly rivalry with the Terran Solidarity, who proved military might against them again and again, gaining their respect.

The Cosmic Empire consists of tentacled, squid or octopus-like rulers, and a more crab-like subservient people who provide labor and muscle, though their previously conquered territories have a wide variety of races.

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Warp drives were the method of crossing great distances between planets and empires. Naturally occurring hyperlanes between stars support the use of warp drives today, but such bridges are rare between galactic arms. There are the ruins of what can be around to be relay structures here and there, and just one remains active since the Black Year. Each system has a catapult, to facilitate warp travel by smaller ships. Or many of them used to, at least, but many now are broken.

The nomadic tribe of humans, a coalition of the very last remains of Old Terra, wanders the hyperlanes, seeking out anything of value to support their livelihood. They're a shadow of the civilisation they came from, but they represent what little humans have to call home. Ancient ships protect these people and ensure their safety.

Perhaps the only other people who remember the Terrans, perhaps only for the remnant at the edge of their territory, their nearest neighbor used to share quite a rivalry with them. Military skirmishes were frequent, though ships were given retreat and casualties kept low. A people who believe in honor and might, the Mioran empire was an collection of different races. Since the Black Year, their territory has been shattered, with smaller nations rising from the remains of the old power. The empire yet plans to once again conquer it's previous territory, but the struggle may be intense.

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There are a people in the "southern" quadrant of the Galaxy who are possessed of large, leathery wings and scaled bodies. They come in many varieties, but the ones most often encountered outside of their space are bipedal and approximately person-sized. As an empire, they managed to come out of the Black Year having fared much better than anyone else. They did have their hands full, and they certainly suffered their own losses, but they were not set back in the same way other empires were. Even so, they are a people that keep to themselves, and prefer to be left alone. Draconian ships have been a very rare sighting since the Black Year, when they all retreated to their own territory. More of a legend, these days.

Our story will focus on the eastern and northern quadrants, to start.

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@WolfHorns mmm. Hmmm. Yes, I see... Well, they are related, certainly. I should be able to fit your character into the narrative, although we might need to hammer out a couple things. I'll hit you up with a narrative and see what you think.

Nice ship. @HEAVY METAL

@Lurking Shadow That's certainly something a chunk of Scourge could do. A strong enough mind and spirit might even be able to control it for a while. I'm thinking about, maybe, Scourge-corrupted Luminium. I'll need to think about the implications of that.

Edit: oh, I got a message

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I suppose I'm just after some particular detail. What is it made of, how does it work, that kinda thing. We can discuss this over PM or discord. Maybe I'll put a server together, too.

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I'm not saying no immediately, but we'll talk about it. On that note, I'll describe my space crystal a little more.

Dubbed Luminium for it's considerable, slightly blue glow, one kilogram of this crystal gives off a constant, low energy signal, and results in high yield in a starship's reactor. It is not radioactive, and instead of experiencing a half-life, the crystal tends to grow after harvest. Not much has been discovered about the crystal's properties beyond it's use as fuel, though it doesn't seem to grow much in the barren, dead places it has been found.

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@Lurking Shadow Sounds pretty interesting, but there's a few problems some things I've yet to reveal have with that. Specifically the crystal. I already have a space crystal I'm going to introduce, and perhaps we can discuss your crystal in some more detail, but might I suggest a chunk of Scourge tech, or an entire crashed ship, perhaps? Of course, that introduces its own problems, but that may also give us some interesting options in the future.

Oh, wait, I think I did mention it. Haha, I threw myself off because I described it as a mineral.

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One scavenger and one, ah, undecided. Waiting for more juicy lore? Well, you shall have it.

The after effects of the apocalypse on galactic civilization have been far-reaching. Such wide-spread destruction and death set manufacturing and engineering back centuries in some places, introducing an era of technological decay. Some planets have enough old ruins that entire industries develop around salvage and repair, lacking the knowledge or technology themselves to reproduce the things they can find. Old space ships, from before the Black Year, are extremely valuable, and powerful, supposing the systems are in good repair.

Some planets have been sent back to pre-space eras, which spelt the doom of some settlements without sufficient agricultural or ranching infrastructure, or the natural resources to support a population. These graveyard worlds have been giving curious energy readings, but superstition keeps folks away, those stories if vengeful spirit and such that have been cropping up recently.

Edit: Oh, hello.

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I shoulda clicked on the user when I check the notification. Tsk.

@WolfHorns@HEAVY METAL you folks still there? Great to hear some interest. Did you have anything in mind for what you wanted to do?