Post by spirogs on Dec 17, 2013 14:51:51 GMT -6
I'm going to put this general overview of current events, society, races and technology here as a set up for the likely upcoming roleplay.
This first post is mostly just here for setting info.
Havien is a planet in an unknown quadrant, in an unmapped region of space (at least by humans). The native races care very little about the space beyond the sky, and haven't branched their sciences into astronomy hardly at all beyond a calendar system based on their two moons.
Havien is a large planet, with a gigantic blue star as it's sun. The sun is barely the size of a blue christmas light in the sky, but lights the day rather brightly. Unfortunately, the distance from it's star makes Havien a very cold planet, which is covered in snow most of the year. Needless to say, most of it's inhabitants stick to the equator.
RACES:
Native races of Havien have a dense physical structure high in heavy minerals. They are very strong compared to humans, and hardy.
Ienka are one of the most prominent and technologically advanced native races of the world. They are also among the largest sentient races, towering at an 8-9' average height. Their skin is a pale grey, and they have dark eyeballs with brightly colored irises.
They build large cities on the planet surface, and seem to be built for running across the snowy planes.
Kamen are a far smaller (ranging at 3-4') race, originated from the same species as the Ienka.
They have a similar level of technology, but are particularly renown for having developed what they call the Ha-Bai, an energy pocket device which allows them to store physical objects within a smaller container in the form of pure energy. This allows for both storage, energy generation and even teleportation.
Humans arrived on the planet about 12 years ago. A small group of pilgrims from their supposedly "destroyed" homeworld.
They have a strange way of viewing the world, and other people. Very self serving for the most part, and usually not very trustworthy by native standards.
After helping the native people rid themselves of a hostile alien invasion, Humans were banned from using one of the pillars of their technology: Fire.
Being considered too dangerous to be controlled, and because of the devastation those few humans managed to cause with weapons based on Fire, they are now under strict watch by the authorities.
Humans bodies are not made for the heavy gravitational pull of Havien, or it's rough climate and so most wear an exoskeleton frame for movement, developed for them by the natives and powered by Ha-Bai technology.
Meganus are a hostile species of carnivorous aliens which laid siege to the planet 12 years ago, and we're resisted for 10 years before being nearly exterminated by a human developed retrovirus that killed off all their male drones.
This left only the females to worry about.
Female Meganus are the leaders of the hive, with a queen overseeing. Normally, a meganus female holds a telepathic hivemind control over a group of male drones, and is in turn controlled subtly by the queen.
Females have free will, and are constaly battling their mind against the queen, in the hopes of overpowering her and controlling the horde.
They still lay here and there in pockets, preying on small settlements, and anything they can get their hands on without their now destroyed army.
They have been slowly dying out in the last 2 years, as they have a relatively short lifespan.
This first post is mostly just here for setting info.
Havien is a planet in an unknown quadrant, in an unmapped region of space (at least by humans). The native races care very little about the space beyond the sky, and haven't branched their sciences into astronomy hardly at all beyond a calendar system based on their two moons.
Havien is a large planet, with a gigantic blue star as it's sun. The sun is barely the size of a blue christmas light in the sky, but lights the day rather brightly. Unfortunately, the distance from it's star makes Havien a very cold planet, which is covered in snow most of the year. Needless to say, most of it's inhabitants stick to the equator.
RACES:
Native races of Havien have a dense physical structure high in heavy minerals. They are very strong compared to humans, and hardy.
Ienka are one of the most prominent and technologically advanced native races of the world. They are also among the largest sentient races, towering at an 8-9' average height. Their skin is a pale grey, and they have dark eyeballs with brightly colored irises.
They build large cities on the planet surface, and seem to be built for running across the snowy planes.
Kamen are a far smaller (ranging at 3-4') race, originated from the same species as the Ienka.
They have a similar level of technology, but are particularly renown for having developed what they call the Ha-Bai, an energy pocket device which allows them to store physical objects within a smaller container in the form of pure energy. This allows for both storage, energy generation and even teleportation.
Humans arrived on the planet about 12 years ago. A small group of pilgrims from their supposedly "destroyed" homeworld.
They have a strange way of viewing the world, and other people. Very self serving for the most part, and usually not very trustworthy by native standards.
After helping the native people rid themselves of a hostile alien invasion, Humans were banned from using one of the pillars of their technology: Fire.
Being considered too dangerous to be controlled, and because of the devastation those few humans managed to cause with weapons based on Fire, they are now under strict watch by the authorities.
Humans bodies are not made for the heavy gravitational pull of Havien, or it's rough climate and so most wear an exoskeleton frame for movement, developed for them by the natives and powered by Ha-Bai technology.
Meganus are a hostile species of carnivorous aliens which laid siege to the planet 12 years ago, and we're resisted for 10 years before being nearly exterminated by a human developed retrovirus that killed off all their male drones.
This left only the females to worry about.
Female Meganus are the leaders of the hive, with a queen overseeing. Normally, a meganus female holds a telepathic hivemind control over a group of male drones, and is in turn controlled subtly by the queen.
Females have free will, and are constaly battling their mind against the queen, in the hopes of overpowering her and controlling the horde.
They still lay here and there in pockets, preying on small settlements, and anything they can get their hands on without their now destroyed army.
They have been slowly dying out in the last 2 years, as they have a relatively short lifespan.