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This thread is meant to be a quick reference for players and GMs alike. Magic, supernatural phenomenon, and high technology are allowed in this RPG and it is up to the GMs what is available at the locations that they create.

Each GM can feel free to post in this thread. I would like for each planet and city to have its own post. If you want to add information to an existing place posted by another GM, PM that GM and they can edit their own post. Players can also contribute by PMing GMs, Fenrir Songmoon, or myself.

Lovely form. You can leave out bits of the form that you don't need:

Location:
Galaxy: ?
Solar System: ?
Planet: ?
City: ? etc.
Location Details: Name of the place and a brief description. Remember to make separate entries for large cities and the like.
Technology Level: Compare your technology level to a real civilization and time period, or list a few examples of common technology.
Magic Level: Give your players a basic idea of what types of magic, if any, are available to their characters.
Playable Species/Cultures: List the species but put the info in the Species sticky.
Languages: Official language of the government? Can all of the above species talk to each other easily?
Availability of Basics: Is this a place in a drought, do people have to stand in line for shipments of food? Running water?
Government: Names of important positions, ministries, or buildings that characters will need to know.
Climate: Is it usually rainy or sunny? Lots of earthquakes, tornadoes?
Strange Phenomenon: Any weird things like, you can't see the stars at night?
Strange Creatures:

Location:
Galaxy: Alpha Galaxy
Solar System: Jinial
Star: Jini
Planet: Terris
Satelite: St(o)
Location Details: St(o), Terris.
St(o) is a satellite (moon) of the planet Terris, colonized by Terrisans 5 generations ago. Terrisan colonists are also called St(o)ns. The moon has been a base of Breeze travel since before it was colonized by Terrisans, the position of Terris being within easy reach of several other planets by Breeze standards. St(o) provides a more concentrated area for Breezes to meet now that there are people there to bother.
Technology Level: (Futuristic). Terrisans have launched many things into space, but St(o) is the only place that they have colonized. They are not aware of other inhabited planets and have concentrated their technology and resources into colonizing St(o). St(o), by comparison, is a mix of high technology needed to keep them alive, and harsh living conditions.
Availability of Basics: Food and water are both tight for all St(o)ns, though vitamin supplements shipped from Terris help. St(o)ns are more likely to die from equipment malfunction than from malnutrition. Fashionable Terris goods are quite rare as every shipment from Terris is first filled with necessities, and there are no frivolous factories on St(o).
Magic Level: St(o)ns believe that they have magic, but they do not. The high concentration of Breezes there has made them very superstitious, and the Breezes purposefully feed into the superstitions in order to make St(o)ns' emotions more predictable. St(o)ns believe that writing vowels is bad luck, which is why I'm writing it all funny here, though they have a different writing system that uses a symbol for every phoneme.
Playable Species:

• St(on)s (Terrisans) -
  
• Breeze -
  

Government: The colonies are overseen by Terrisans that are regularly sent up from the planet, each one to replace the last overseer. The overseer makes sure that the colonies mete out the basic necessities to every member. In extreme cases the overseer might send a colonist to Terris for medical help or to rid the colonies of a nuisance.

Each colony, in turn, is run by a governor elected by the colonist. The governor oversees day-to-day living but reports to the overseer on matters such as law and the flow of materials. St(o) has a single settlement constitution that also served as a settlement agreement between the various countries that settled people there. This constitution carves out basic law, land distribution for the colonies, and of course the role of the overseer. Although each colony was original settled by different countries, and still remain differentiated, St(o)ns now consider themselves part of one country, St(o). In spite of this it is still possible for an incident on St(o) to cause international conflict on Terris, and this is one of the things that the overseer sees to.
Languages: There is no official language of St(o) and most inhabitants are bilingual. See languages of Terris:

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Climate: The air of St(o), held on by permeable containment fields, is thin by comparison to Terris, preventing those with respiratory problems from living there. The containment fields are thin layers of cells held together by Terris-made webbing, and must be repaired any time a large object accidentally flies off St(o). The fields repair themselves for smaller objects. St(o)ns keep stores of concentrated gases in case an emergency lets loose too much of what they already have. The oceans resemble shallow lakes melted from the icecaps and supplemented by shipments from Terris. The combination makes for few storms but also little warmth. These shallow lakes are heavily irrigated for crop production and any waste liquid is recycled if possible.
Strange Phenomenon: The air containment fields make for a translucent robin's egg blue which blocks some of the otherwise harsh sunlight. Day therefore covers 4/6ths of the satellite instead of only 1/2. One can actually look up at the sun without damaging one's eyes.
Strange Creatures: Bacteria have incorporated into themselves broken bits of DNA left over from long-dead micro-organisms, released by melting ice, etc. In the past generation, a few plants have also adopted new DNA from bacteria, increasing diversity in a place colonized by mono-cultures. This can cause any thing from glowing plants to crop death.

• H(i)sh(a)w -- A variant of the grainy h(i)s(o) plant that is no longer very tasty but may now be good for textiles.
  
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Location:
Galaxy: Alpha
Solar System: Jinial
Planet: Terris
Location Details: Terris Planet, a terrestrial planet.
Technology Level: Terrisans have launched many things into space, but St(o) is the only place that they have colonized. They are not aware of other inhabited planets and have concentrated their technology and resources into colonizing St(o). Available technology includes:

• Hover boats
  

Magic Level: None, though there are plenty of charlatans who pretend to see the future, speak to the dead, etc.
Playable Species/Cultures:

• Terrisans
  

Languages: Cheti, Nyant
Availability of Basics: This will depend on the country. Some countries still cannot produce or important the basics for their entire population. There are still untapped resources available for speculation, especially in less developed countries which do not have expendable capital for such speculation. Charity is controlled mainly through religious organizations and most governments do not involve themselves in foreign aid except as a pact for something in return.
Government: No world government, though there are many international projects, such as the settling of the moon, which affect the whole world.
Climate: Blessedly, weather is fairly predictable due to current technology and currently stable world-wide climate systems.
Strange Phenomenon:
Strange Creatures:
World History:
The Cheti people attempted to conquer the world, believing that other continents would be free of people. The conquest was stopped by the resistance of the very natives that the Cheti did not expect to find, and by technology of the time that made communication and travel fairly difficult, cutting off even successful colonies from the main country. Colonies were released peacefully after many years of chaotic war-- basically, when the conquest was officially abandoned. Because the Cheti released their colonies peacefully, they were able to continue migrating to foreign continents and perpetuate trade with many former colonies. In most places, animosity towards the Cheti is a distant memory.

Just before and during the Cheti conquest, the religion and language of Nyant also spread, uniting nomadic peoples and small tribal systems against Cheti invasion. In the beginning, such unions rarely succeeded militarily, but served to clot propaganda and assimilation efforts in conquered states. Once the Cheti had spread themselves thin, and Nyant had made its way into far away lands thanks to Cheti's own soldiers, Nyant became the single most important force credited for stopping the Cheti world conquest.

Throughout history, no civilization was as successful as the Cheti at outright world conquest and world-wide infiltration.

(It might seem awfully detailed for something so new, but the truth is, it's all from a story I was writing a long time ago but never finished. Hope everything's in order. Will do a Location post for the city of the first mini-RP soon. The angels and demons of Drasil will also be described in a Species post. I wonder, should I do all the Location stuff in separate posts, or edit all of them into one post, but keep them in separate forms, for minimal space-wasting and easy reference?)

Location:
Galaxy: Alpha
Solar System: Patria
Planet: Drasil
Known Countries: Athrop, Dachrea, Grack Isles, Harch, Viret, Yemet

Location Details: The planet Drasil is characterized by a few peculiarities. For one, over 75% of the planet's population subscribes to a religion known as the Drasilian Orthodoxy, a monotheistic religion built around the belief in an infinite and perfect God known as Tsefos, or the Vater. The religion is largely based on the teachings of the Prophet, a man called Versiver, who lived approximately three thousand years ago in the nation of Athrop. Versiver's teachings, and some earlier works by other minor prophets, are serialized in what is known as the Holy Writ, and it is from this book that the Orthodoxy draws its tenets.

Another peculiarity of Drasil is that, except for the Grack Isles, all known countries are a part of the same continent. As far as anyone knows, the rest of the world is simply ocean. Legend has it that there is a land of dragons far to the north, across the sea, but the Orthodoxy discourages such rumors, and no explorer has ever come back to land after more than a few days at sea. No reliable record of the existence of such a place has ever been found.

Technology Level: Roughly modern. Some nations, such as Dachrea and Harch, are slightly more advanced, with such phenomena as personal levitating crafts or the Incendiary Quadruplicate Radioactive Arm (IQRA) personal-sized chemical laser weapon; and other nations, such as Athrop and the Grack Isles, are less advanced, and are limited to more antique technologies. The countries of Yemet and Viret are more or less similar in technological capabilities to modern-day America or Japan. The more advanced nations of Drasil have achieved space travel, but are not yet capable of interplanetary or interstellar travel. They've landed on the moon, and sent automatic craft and satellites to outlying planets of the Patria System, but that is as far as they've gotten.

Magic Level: The Drasilian Orthodoxy condemns all forms of the supernatural except for Tsefos, their God. However, supernatural abilities are available to angels, demons, and humans who receive gifts from these beings. A human receiving such gifts, though, is extremely rare, due to the persecutions of angels and demons. (see Species)

Playable Species/Cultures: Human; Grack; Angel (Primary), Secondary, and Tertiary); Demon (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary).

Languages: For approximately thirty years, there has been a universal Common Tongue that people are encouraged to speak; There is also Melck, the traditional language of the Drasilian Orthodoxy, and in which language all Orthodox ceremonies are conducted. In addition, all nations have an Old Tongue that is particular to that nation. Most people speak their own nation's Old Tongue and the Common Tongue; and many heavily religious or high-ranking people speak Melck.

Availability of Basics: Varied. Dachrea is a very military and sparse nation that encourages work for the sake of glorifying the Vater, and as such, people have only what they earn. The more well-to-do citizens have no shortages of water and food. Harch is a very generous nation, and it has a very thorough public welfare system; Viret and Yemet are both comparable to modern-day America, except that Viret is a much colder and slightly poorer nation; Athrop is an extreme desert region with very little water or vegetation except in certain oases. The Grack Isles are largely unexplored, and all that is known of them is that they are populated by the murderous and cannibalistic Grack, a species somewhat like goblins or gremlins.

Government: It is easiest to compare Drasil's government to real-world nations. Dachrea is somewhat like Nazi Germany, with Christoph Himmelsmund in the role of Fuehrer, though his official title is Prime of Dachrea and of the Drasilian Orthodoxy. Dachrea's government is almost entirely centered around the Orthodoxy. Harch is a constitutional monarchy with very liberal principles, placing very high value on human life and civil liberties. Yemet is a constitutional federal republic headed by a Congress, President, and a House of Representatives voted into office from each of several different provinces. (Think USA and you've got it.) Viret is a constitutionally socialist state that emphasizes working, but strives to never deprive any citizen of the necessities of life. However, slothfulness in Viret is tantamount to a crime. Athrop is something of a monarchy, but in fact is divided into so many warring factions that it is easier to say that it has no government at all. It is unknown if the Grack Isles have any form of government whatsoever.

Climate: Variable. Dachrea has a typically mild climate with warm but reasonable summers, and cold but reasonable winters. Athrop is a scorched, dry desert all year round. Yemet is a warm country that rarely freezes, even in winter, and tends to get quite hot during the summers. Viret, on the other hand, is a fairly cold nation, and is icy for most of the year, often thawing out during the summers, but never getting very warm. Harch is a temperate nation with few extremes as far as temperature is concerned, but it is a fairly wet country with a great deal of precipitation. The Grack Isles are tropical but sparse in vegetation due to the rocky soil of the islands.

Strange Phenomena:

~There are three cities in Yemet that hold a special fascination for the Orthodoxy; Origin, Nexus, and Terminus. Origin, a dead city of ruins, is supposedly the place where the world began, and was built out from that place. Nobody lives in Origin, due to the Orthodoxy's strict prohibition of any non-high-ranking religious persons from entering the city. Nexus, the capital of Yemet, is a thriving city, and supposedly symbolizes the existence of the universe as it was created by the Vater. Nexus is also known to many Drasilians as 'Life'. Terminus, another city in Yemet, is populated mostly by monks and clerics of the Orthodoxy; supposedly, it is in Terminus that the Vater will send His Prophet, Versiver, back to the world, to warn of the Apocalypse. In other words, Origin is the beginning of the world; Nexus is its life; and Terminus will be its end.

~Angels and demons are not considered to be related to the Vater in any way, but are uniformly hated. Primary and secondary angels and demons are rarely seen, but tertiary angels and demons are all over the place, usually trying to hide from the Drasilians who try to annihilate them. It is unknown precisely where angels and demons come from, since they do not seem to give live birth (or any other kind of birth for that matter), but rather seem to simply crop up randomly. Neither angels nor demons are considered people, and they are ruthlessly persecuted wherever they are found.

Strange Creatures: Angels, demons, and the Grack.

Location
Galaxy: Sector Z (Called the Ascension Sector by locals)
Solar System: Celestial System Z-278536
City: Haven
Planet: Utopia
Satelite: None
Location Details: Haven, Utopia. Utopia is a beautiful, lush, super technology planet colonized by people originating from earth. However, it's been so long that the humans have forgotten earth exists, and earth never even knew the project occurred. Haven is the center for activity. There is a check in desk for anyone coming in on a spaceship, and otherwise there are beautiful white and blue buildings that stand among the 100 foot trees in the jungle that covers Utopia. The city has beautiful waterfalls and other landscapes. All people wear white and blue outfits, uniforms for officials and togas for civilians. It is a harmonious place where the people are well cared for by the government.

The Ascension system is at the edge of known space, for that reality. Beyond the Ascension Galaxy there is impenetrable darkness that supposedly holds things trying to destroy all reality. Somewhere, many years away, there is earth, but those in this system have long forgotten about it. Now they focus on ascending the human soul through technology and conformity.
Technology Level: Super technology. They have spaceships; their money is all placed upon one plastic card that all people use to keep track of their balance; all people are tracked through a government system; surveillance consists of invisible eyes; there is cloaking; a climate control system regulates the planet; several large screens around the city play continuous ads for different companies, safety standards, how to live, and how great the government is; and several other super techs.
Magic Level: Technically the science is at a degree that it's just as much magic as technology. The science shouldn't work, but it does. However, anyone suggesting that they use magic quickly finds themselves on a missing persons report.
Playable Species/Cultures: Humans. Alien races exist, and may find their way into Utopia, but the people are exceedingly xenophobic, and all humans native to Utopia would quickly turn in an alien species.
Breezes. Unfortunately the government has ways of finding these entities, and they exterminate them with extreme prejudice. Fortunately the equipment required is highly specialized, unwieldy, generally looked at as mystical nonsense, causes a lot of panic in the otherwise complacent populous, and the only reason they employ it is they know that a Breeze is in the area. In a hundred years they have only found two.
Languages: English
Availability of Basics: There are no shortages of goods. All people on the planet are provided for with everything they could possibly need, and there is no poverty.
Government: There is no need for a government. Everyone does their job just fine. People volunteer for the positions that need filling, and the population is never higher or lower than it should be. This is primarily because all surplus is sent into space upon the capital ship Ascension. This ship is the primary war ship of the sector, patrolling for anything outside known space. It is the primary defense for all reality.

Those in the army seem to strangely have more freewill than those on the planet. They can make crucial decisions on missions, where as the civilians follow set protocols on how to act. The military when they are in Haven reacts in ways that usually offend, or at least turn off, the civilians. Younger civilians, generally teens, find these acts attractive. Despite the rough and uncivilized nature of the military personnel, they find no issue connecting with weekend lovers.

The civilians have some emergency response teams, but even they react based on, more or less, programming. This doesn't mean people don't have a sense of humor. They laugh and cry, but it would seem fake to a normal person. It would feel as if they respond that way because they were taught to. Breezes are considered a threat, because they can break the programming, and usually an individual acting very strange is what causes Breeze searches to begin.

The top civilian as far as status is the Receptionist. She is the gateway in and out of all of Utopia. When the military personal returns, they first see her. When they leave, they have to get through her. She has a list of all humans on the planet, and is given the most freewill of any civilian position. Below her is the Media, a man in a white uniform who sends propaganda through the planet, making sure everyone knows proper protocol. The final important person is the Specialist. No one speaks of him, though everyone knows where he is. He wears a white suit, white hat, and black sunglasses, clothing that sticks out amidst the other civilians. He makes sure that people are following protocol, he hunts down aliens, and he investigates possible Breeze sightings. No one speaks poorly of him, but nor do they speak pleasantly of him, for they do not speak of him at all.
Climate: Perfectly warm and sunny.
Strange Phenomenon: A population of three million human beings is happy, loves their government, and works in perfect unison.
Strange Creatures: On the planet there are none. Everything is perfectly safe. Those who end up spending a lot of time in space helping secure more planets, and patrolling the boundaries of the galaxy speak of horrific creatures. The creatures are always an inky, black substance, though they take a multitude of shapes. They drive most survivors insane, though any survivor is a rare one.

Location:
Galaxy: Alpha
Solar System: Columbus
Planet: Plymouth

Location Details: Planet Plymouth, a terrestrial planet.
Technology Level: Extremely advanced, though all technology in the planet is now broken beyond repair. Even if anyone could get to it, the technology would be of little use.
Magic Level: Whatever magic there once was is no more.
Playable Species/Cultures: None.
Availability of Basics: Neither plants no animals can currently survive on Plymouth, meaning there is no food to be had. What little water there is lies frozen and non-potable.
Climate: Plymouth is constantly under a state of nuclear winter. A large cloud blots out any light from the sun, killing all vegetation and freezing the planet. It is constantly "snowing" ash down upon the surface. The blanket of radiation that covers the planet beneath its atmosphere is deadly to most living creatures within a matter of minutes.
World History:
Not much is known about the race that used to live on Plymouth. They were an advanced race, as evidenced by the technology both on the surface and orbiting the planet. It has been suggested that they knew some magic, as a number of recovered bits of technology seemed to be missing key elements. It is thought that the race living on Plymouth fell into a state of planet-wide war that led to the total destruction of the planet.

Location:
Galaxy: Alpha
Solar System: Patria
Planet: Drasil
Country: Viret
Capital City: Kastan

Location Details: The city of Kastan is unique in Viret, for it is more wealthy then the rest of the cold nation, perhaps because it is where the seat of power lies. However, it is as cold as the rest of the country, and is typically hidden by snow or ice.

It is, however, as heavily religious as the rest of the nation, with over 75% of its population subscribing to a religion known as the Drasilian Orthodoxy, a monotheistic religion built around the belief in an infinite and perfect God known as Tsefos, or the Vater. The religion is largely based on the teachings of the Prophet, a man called Versiver, who lived approximately three thousand years ago in the northern nation of Athrop. Versiver's teachings, and some earlier works by other minor prophets, are serialized in what is known as the Holy Writ, and it is from this book that the Orthodoxy draws its tenets.

Technology Level: Roughly modern. Viret is more or less similar in technological capabilities to modern-day America or Japan. The Viretan military recently had a breakthrough in the design of the Personal Electromagnetic Launcher (PEML) weapon, a weapon roughly the size and shape of an RPG-launcher, but it is still in its testing stages. Viret has achieved space travel, but as of yet has only landed on the moon, and is nowhere near capable of interplanetary or interstellar travel.

Magic Level: The Drasilian Orthodoxy condemns all forms of the supernatural except for Tsefos, their God. However, supernatural abilities are available to angels, demons, and humans who receive gifts from these beings. A human receiving such gifts, though, is extremely rare, due to the persecutions of angels and demons. (see Species)

Playable Species/Cultures: Human; Angel (Primary), Secondary, and Tertiary); Demon (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary).

Languages: For approximately thirty years, there has been a universal Common Tongue that people are encouraged to speak; There is also Melck, the traditional language of the Drasilian Orthodoxy, and in which language all Orthodox ceremonies are conducted. In addition, all nations have an Old Tongue that is particular to that nation. Most people speak their own nation's Old Tongue and the Common Tongue; and many heavily religious or high-ranking people speak Melck. (The Viretan Old Tongue is based on Russian.)

Availability of Basics: Viret is comparable to modern-day America, except that Viret is a much colder and slightly poorer nation. The government strives to provide for all its citizens, but leechers and parasites are not appreciated.

Government: Viret is a constitutionally socialist state that emphasizes working as a virtue, but strives to never deprive any citizen of the necessities of life. However, slothfulness in Viret is tantamount to a crime.

Climate: Viret is a fairly cold nation, and is icy for most of the year, often thawing out during the summers, but never getting very warm.

Strange Phenomena:

Angels and demons are not considered to be related to the Vater in any way, but are uniformly hated. Primary and secondary angels and demons are rarely seen, but tertiary angels and demons are all over the place, usually trying to hide from the Drasilians who try to annihilate them. It is unknown precisely where angels and demons come from, since they do not seem to give live birth (or any other kind of birth for that matter), but rather seem to simply crop up randomly. Neither angels nor demons are considered people, and they are ruthlessly persecuted wherever they are found. The seat of this hatred is in Dachrea, the center of the Orthodoxy, but the persecution is practiced everywhere.

Strange Creatures: Angels, demons, and the Grack (rare).

Location: Zuria
Galaxy: Alpha
Solar System: Zuria
Planet: 5th
City: Meseta
Location Details: Meseta is the capital city on the capital world of the Zurian Sphere of Influence, which extends about 60 light years in all directions. It is a city has become a perfect blend of technology and nature, due to the Zurian civilian culture. No other city like this exists within the Zurian Sphere of Influence, other then other major cities around the planet. One of the stranger quirks was that if it weren't for the massive artificial, orbital rings, massive fleet traffic, and other cities on the planet, one would think that the city was in ruins and had been that way for thousands of years. Until you see the hover vehicles, and swarms of people. Meseta also has the largest civilian population on Zuria. Other worlds within the Sphere have larger populations but are towering structures that dominate the poison ridden landscapes.
Technology Level: Cybernetics are rampantly common. The Zurian tech base has gotten to the point where you could not tell whose been modified in anyway until you do an x-ray scan. Multiple Space Elevators that can move approxmiately one million tons per two hours anchor each orbital ring, which is a massive ring facility that houses the other half of the Zurian population. There are eight rings in existence. Each ring is the heart of Zurian capital ship production, trade, and other things of that nature. Each is anchored by eight Space Elevators.
Magic Level: None. At all. No psionics or magic has been detected within the Zurian genepool.
Playable Species/Cultures: Zurian, Breeze, Eliferian
Languages: The official language is Zurian, and since no other races exist within the Zurian Sphere of Influence and neither are the Zurians particularly diplomatic, they don't feel a need to learn other races' langauges. 'Sides, that's what A.I. is for.
Availability of Basics: Water, food, and shelter are a non-existent problem on Zuria or in the Rings.
Government: High Command is the major government structure in place, since the Zurian population is 90% military.
Climate: The northern hemisphere is a temperate environment, closely resembling that of Seattle.
Strange Phenomenon: You can see the Orbital Rings at all times, regardless of day or night. The stars in 'space' are not so much actual starlight but usually the naval traffic that's surrounding the Rings
Strange Creatures: The most dangerous creature on planet is the Mayaar. Even with the highly advanced technology of the Zurians, a single Mayaar could eat an infantry platoon for breakfast without even realizing it. They are mostly found in the wild and untamed southern hemisphere.