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An experimental roleplay inspired by Taleisin’s In The Wake Of The Autumn Star , which reminded me of Star Fox, so I figured to mix such ideas and see what happens. This setting consists of merged concepts whilst keeping the roleplay’s setting simple and limited yet thorough.

Credits

are a form of galactic currency, usable by all sentient species.

All sentient species are capable of space travel, cybernetics, mechs, communication, and generic sci fi themes commonly found.

Omnitool examples

Blue Sun

, the solar system (simplified and magnified)

Clockwise from the lower right: Ksetra/Gaia, Gchimikinaak, The Krasnikov Tube, Izinyanga, Eye of Terror, New Mars, Blue Sun, Ískald, Halo, Webway, The Asteroid Field, An Old Ring, The Purple Way

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Known as Ksetra by the Vaghas but as Gaia by the Sávras, the largest planet also possesses two moons. Both the planet’s sentient species have been at war with each other since their Iron Age, entrapped in an evolutionary arms race both biologically and technologically. Past hundred years, the wars have drastically reduced.

Vagha mercenary

Vagha coastal cities are immense and impressive, relying on tidal energy, most of which is underwater and even capable of obtaining energy from typhoons, whirlpools and tsunamis, which empower antigravitational technology to redirect watery threats away.


Satara, most powerful Vagha city

The Vagha civilization consists of independent city states often stuck in inter-city wars and civil wars amidst even more wars with the Sávras, though these conflicts continue declining to an extent that the species do not consider themselves at war, viewing occasional gunfights, skirmishes and serial killings as the norm. Nevertheless, the Vagha are a territorial, warlike people, reflecting their panther biology. They tend to be nonconforming, selfish, wrathful and violent, making them difficult to control amidst a self-policing society.

Vaghas are explosively powerful and fast, capable of extreme bursts of physicality and emotions, though this also means they gas out quickly. Males grow around eight feet tall and weigh around five hundred pounds.

Beyond the cities, the wildlife is exotic, beautiful and brutal,

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Sávra (far right) with Human mercenaries
Immense yet lithe, this reptilian race is well-suited to an amphibious lifestyle, capable of holding breath up to twenty minutes, and use their tails to guide or boost swimming. Their large tails and scaly bodies means they are not agile but they are very tough, and can use their tails as anchors or clubs. Sávras tend to live in higher altitudes, their mountainous homeland dark, stormy and decorated with lakes, rivers and caves. Their lungs can handle low oxygen environments better than any other race. Reptilians grow throughout their lives and live several times longer than humans.

Unlike Vaghas, the Sávras do not build a multitude of cities, instead constructing megalithic citadels encasing entire mountains that are flanked by skyscrapers and pyramids, which are then surrounded by slums

Most live within the mountainous citadels in communities that work together, as in Sávra culture, those who live peacefully without desire for money reside in the main mountain structure and are actually also soldiers, managing laws and regulations, and mining the mountains for ores while creating underground bunkers and factories.
The working class and merchants reside in skyscrapers, managing economy.
Religious individuals live in the pyramid and oversee cultural norms.
Instead of imprisonment, criminals undergo religious therapy but if that fails are simply banished to the slums; if caught anywhere else they are hunted by volunteering soldiers and outright killed. Indeed, Sávra culture is straightforward and simple!

Ironically, despite emotionless benevolence, Sávras lack empathy and tend to do their own things quietly.

Mountaintop military base
Mountains are dangerous for gigantic animals, where a small fall often means death. The main predators up here are gigantic pythons, who claimed the lives of many unfortunate victims

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Gchimikinaak

, homeworld of the Arathkones
Arathkones are a small, arboreal race, around five feet tall only. Since they are so small, their only protection from the giant carnivores were the trees. Thus, their cities are integrated with immense forested cliffs, making them look like something straight out of a fairy tale.
Due to the presence of many predators, and the fact that Arathkones are tribal and violent, it is not uncommon for an Arathkone to have a cyborg arm or leg, or be missing an eye or a few ribs.

Gchimikinaak is a popular tourist destination due to its fairy tale-like geology and vegetation. Since their planet is so dangerous, making resource extraction difficult, many stick to tourism and hunting as a means for credits. A beautiful planet masking a difficult life.

Wilderness

The Krasnikov Tube

is one of four wormholes in the solar system. It is named after a Human scientist who discovered it was a wormhole and not an evil entity as previously thought by other races, who used to refer to it as Blue Spinner and avoided it for fear it was like the Eye of Terror. When a ship flies in, all imagery of space twists and deforms, allowing the vessel instantaneous travel through spacetime to one of the other wormholes.

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Izinyanga

is the homeworld of the Umkhombes, the largest and most physically powerful race in the solar system.

Always ready for war, an Umkhombe is a stalwart warrior.

Often arid and merciless, Izinyanga is a cruel planet where only the strong survive, something an Umkhombe is well-evolved for. Growing up to a dozen feet tall and weighing half a ton, Umkhombes do not possess the best technology but their sheer size makes up for that. Their culture is tribal of which elders and warriors choose a king who rules them from His Pyramid.

Despite the lack of technology compared to other races, Umkhombes continue to build, eager to show their galaxy what they are worth. Since they are so huge, they do not fear predators, many forming hunting parties and even going after the largest carnivores of their world! Such a bull-headed attitude means they can extract raw resources for continued construction and export.



Some cities are built inside ravines to shelter from sandstorms.



Wilderness


After droughts, severe rainstorms pummel the planet, blessing the world with water and vegetation critical for survival.

The Eye of Terror

is an avoided wormhole. Within are nightmarish forces that can drive crewmates to insanity, kill them, or destroy entire vessels. Nevertheless, it still works as one of four wormholes in the solar system.

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New Mars

is the homeworld of Humans, a hardy, resourceful, intelligent species who are not native of this solar system. Humans originated elsewhere, far beyond the known galaxy, but where they truly come from is a mystery, one that they themselves have forgotten long ago.

Humans are forlorn foreigners but possess the intellect to produce some of the best technology. They lack uniformity, using military equipment ranging from ages past to modern.

When Humans first appeared, all that is known is that the other sentient species refused to help them fully, instead shrugging them off to the barren planet with rings that Humans would later rename. The Humans were expected to die off but instead survived. Impressed by the Humans’ adaptability, the Sávra sent multiple convoys of raw materials and spare resources as a gift, forming a slight friendship. Sávra employed Human mercenaries, and vice versa, as a result in the years to come.

New Mars is a global wasteland, kept alive by two crossed rings covering the entire planet, which create an artificial atmosphere. Who made these rings is also not known, though Humans figured out to get them working again, though many years of terraforming are ahead.

On the surface, superheavy wind turbines empower enough equipment and life support to allow Humans to build a few cities here and there.


They also made cities underground,


The City of Phasis, the capital of New Mars,

Blue Sun

is the sun of the solar system. It lets off UV light in the blue spectrum, hence its name.

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Ískald

is the Úlfur homeworld, a planet of much ice and snow most of the year. Most Úlfurs live simple, tribal lives, residing in rocky forts with modern conveniences within. They often go longhunting and spend lots of time outside. The cold limits the size of carnivorous reptiles but blizzards and avalanches are just as deadly.


Úlfurs are an extremely hardy lupine species capable of running all day, everyday, for days on end and not ever seeming to get tired! When under severe pressure, stress, starvation or anger, they are incapable of feeling fear. Fighting is common amidst the populace but death by violence is rare. As such, it’s not uncommon for an Úlfur to be missing an eye or have had a broken arm, leg, neck or head.

Despite most living in humble conditions, their military bases, equipment and vehicles are high quality. Their planet has vast resources and superior metals, it’s just the planet is an ice cube half the time! Úlfur soldiers, pilots and mercenaries are of the toughest S.O.Bs out there, capable of enduring grievous wounds that would normally be deadly for most. Úlfur have been known for fighting entire battles even after a chunk of their skull was blown off!


Wilderness
Wintertime


Summertime

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Eldar, like humans, are not native to this galaxy. According to their oral history, they once ruled the universe but a cataclysmic event destroyed it. Some survivors fled through the Webway and ended up in this galaxy, lost and forgotten. The elders who knew the whole history refused to speak of it, keeping it a secret until their deaths--their true history died with them.

It is assumed that the Eldar elders reworked their damaged motherships into what is referred to as a Halo, a structure serving as a rudimentary ring-shaped planet. This orbits the small solar system to the lower right of Ískald. There are only beneficial plants, herbs and mushrooms growing there, as well as various cattle and pets gathered throughout the solar system.


Mercenary


Soldier

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Webway

is one of four wormholes in the solar system, created long ago by an unknown race but somehow leading to this galaxy. The space it originated from is inaccessible, forever a lost mystery.
Warping through the Webworld:

The Asteroid Field

Lots of minerals and metals can be found in these asteroids, and since so many are so huge and seem to be numberless, all races go forth and extract as much as they want. The area is popular for anyone looking to make good money as a worker, bodyguard, mercenary, or pirate.

A mining colony on a large asteroid


Asteroid cracking

An Old Ring

is a gigantic vessel of some sort, of unknown origin, seeming to be of the same technology as the crossed rings of New Mars. It attracts resource-rich asteroids into a vast area and causes them to slow down and steadily orbit itself, as if guided by some powerful technology, subsequently allowing anyone to mine them whilst cleaning up the solar system of debris, too.

The Purple Way

is one of four wormholes in the solar system, allowing vessels to warp between them.

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Bio

Name:
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Age:

Appearance: (height, weight, colors, scars, tattoos, etc.)

Psychology: (personality, traits, behaviours, etc.)

Equipment: (weapons, armour, gadgets, tools, etc.)

History: (backstory and reasoning behind character's purpose; anything else that doesn't fit the prompt can go here such as training, class, origin, immigration, abilities, Psyker powers, beliefs, education, etc.)





The Story Begins!

Having arrived at Miliways! for whatever reason by however possible, go order your breakfast and hope for the best.

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