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Table of Contents:
1 - Introduction
2 - Table of Contents
3 - Rules, Story, and Language
4 - Grutain Backround
5 - Yoan Backround
6 - Mauchi Backround
7 - Bam Backround
8 - How to Join
9 - Accepted Players

The Grutain is the centre of trade in the galaxy. It spans across three planets, the second largest country of the time. It is as close to a Utopia as possible and it is only because they had the sheer luck to have good leaders to begin with. Now it is almost entirely secured in its wealth and safety. It is a good place to live.

Brief History

The Grutain was started as an exploration band for the Great Yuran Empire. They plotted two heavily resourceful planets and reported back. The Yuran Emperor ordered them to join a settlement team to build a camp and, in time, the first city. They did so - but three days after landing they were attack by "massive reptiles in the skies." They later became known as dragons. The settlers however remembered nothing of these beast from the ancient Mauchi times and fled. A few refused to leave such a resourceful planet however. Those who fled took all the choppidu (space craft) instead of just the ones they needed leaving everyone else stranded. That was the last they were heard of for two hundred years.

When they suddenly reappeared on the scene the Yuran Empire was long since gone and the rest of the known galaxy was in chaos. They quickly established their place in the galaxy - control of an entire planet. The rest of the countries insisted that it was madness and a few of them attacked the planet - with no success due to the defensive advantage of having no immediate neighbours. Protecting an entire planet was easier than protecting a large portion of one.

The leader of the now named Grutain demanded a council among all known countries - three hundred and twenty-eight countries across twenty-eight planets. There he established the Galactic Nations, which formed a rather loose knit bond among all the countries and stood until the rediscovery of the Noumer Planet which still had the Mauchi country just as it did when it was lost nearly two thousand years before. They accepted the planet into the Galactic Nations (though some of the countries entered rather grudgingly) and still, a hundred years later, the Galactic Nations and Grutain still stand.

Technology

While the Ichun are the most advanced technology, the Grutain have traded with them so much that they are nearly caught up. They travel around the planets in two ways; through the air in things similar to aeroplanes or in car-like vehicles that work on screws. The flexible screws allow them to go from land to water and back again easily, so going across seas is easy (if you know what you are doing). Due to the terrain tearing result of the screw cars their roads are easily noticed red gravel paths with traffic laws similar to our own. Also the areas where they may be used are restrict to "preserve natural wildlife".

They do not have televisions, instead they use holograms and have made them look so realistic (to the point where the images do not actually look like lights) that they have created the most realistic virtual reality in the galaxy. (Admittedly this technology was used by an assassin/serial killer who tortured victims by placing them in these booths with out them realising it and putting them through hell.) Their "laptops" are flat at the bottom with short sides sticking out at an angle to display the holograms. One works it by touching the images either with their finer or with a thin metal stick. A holographic keyboard is displayed when typing is necessary.

Space travel is always done in sphere shaped craft call a choppidu. One moves about a choppidu in the same manner as one moves around a planet only the curve is much more noticeable. A seven hundred square foot space (which for middle class people is enough for six people) including walls and height of rooms makes a thirty-three foot tall choppidu. One climbs in through the glass at the top and drops into the cot pit. Then they leave a planet and are in zero gravity for a few seconds until the gravity generator activates. Then they are to enter coordinates before creating a sort of temporary wormhole. Once they enter the worm hole, the craft only needs some guidance and anybody who is not watching its progress is free to move about the rest of the craft. Even with the created wormhole it can take days to move from one planet to another.

Space stations/capital warships have several spheres built around one another, the centre sphere always being the bridge. The outermost sphere is the dock and launch sphere. Choppidu attach to magnetic docking tubes and not actually inside the stations. Still, these craft are large enough to be minuscule moons and are not designed to land. There are exactly four cities built like this, orbiting a planet in space. One is around each of the Grutain planets, and the last one is the largest and a small country all its own.

Type of People

The type of people that come from Grutain are rarely poor (there are almost a thousand programs designed to help the poor from the government alone) and don't see much adventure unless they travel. Those who have lived in Grutain all their life hear about the trouble and near chaos of the rest of the galaxy, but never believe they could get caught up in it. They have peaceful lives, though quite a few dream foolishly of lives of adventure. Anything beyond that entirely depends on the character.

This is the simplest and least technologically advanced country, and yet it has the most fantastic history of any country. It is small in content though rather large in square miles. It contains the small mountain range, about a dozen spread out villages, two small lakes - and one ancient and immense forest.

Brief History

The Mauchi is the oldest surviving country in the galaxy. It stretches back to even before Harud Duklum, who was thought to be some sort of sorcerer of terrible power. The earliest record tells of the three great civilizations of the time: the Mauchi, the Durien, and the Bauile. The three civilizations co-existed in peace due to a peace-keeping order that was even older than the countries. The peace-keepers in the order were said to be so powerful that no man other than another one of the peace-keepers could match one of the peace-keepers. This is said to be true because of a supernatural power that they could use. However a war broke out between the countries. The Durien, the most simple among the three, was destroyed and the Bauile, the greatest of the three, was crippled and started falling apart after the war. As the Mauchi were recovering sufficiently well another war erupted, this time from a completely new source. It says that a man named Harud Duklum attacked the country with swarms of hideous creatures that they named "bocru" and the peace-keepers called "irch" but their real name was gerrin. There were also other things besides the goblin-like gerrin, but few quite as fearsome as the creatures known as the kular by the peace-keepers and just as the shadows by the Mauchi. A mere touch could put you in a irreversible sickness and if it held you for long enough it would drain all the blood from your body. Even the peace-keepers had trouble keeping such an army at bay, but quite suddenly Harud Duklum vanished and his army was scattered. The kular vanished shortly afterward along with most of his more cunning officers, but the more dim-witted ones formed lose knitted attacks on the country's cities. The peace-keepers disappeared into the Mauchi Mountains and since then it has become impossible to reach the centre of them.

The Mauchi technology did not grow much over the centuries, though it was on the other side of the world. They forced any outsiders out of their country and never got a hint of the first space launching or the first choppidu launching. When they finally opened up to rest of their planet, it was not much different than before; some unknown event had caused their technology to decline so that they weren't much ahead of the Mauchi. Within the last century they've had contact from other planets - the descendants of the explorers had found the planet that their fathers had come from, not that they knew it. The Mauchi were slightly wary of join what the Grutain called the "Galactic Nations", but the two superpowers of the planet, Geam and Lucida, insisted and they finally agreed to sign. Now they have one, single spaceport but still no easy means of land transportation. They are still the ancient Mauchi.

Technology

The Mauchi are very simple though there are some technological advances seeping in such as an occasional carbon-steel building among the stone ones and guns are as much a norm as swords, but all-in-all they are still low in this area.

Types of People


The Mauchi tend to be raised with a very strong connection to their own community and mistrust of outsiders, so they don't travel much. But then there are a few odd balls who simply love to travel and meet new people. Since the sudden appearance of the Grutain there have been technological extremist on both ends of the rope, so any type of person can come from here. Still the norm are mistrusting and untraveled people.

How to Join:

If, after reading all of that, you wish to join PM this skeleton filled out to me with Derebro in the subject. If there are things to be smoothed out, I might have to correct you on a few things, but generally you should be accepted.

Character's Name: (family and then given name)
Age:
Sex:
Weapons:
Bio: (will not be displayed on role play, I just need to make sure it checks out)
Appearance:
Languages: (each country except for Bam has a different language; the Bam speak Grutain)
Lives Now: (a country or lives on the road)
Other:

The Story Begins:

Morrie Rio forced his way through the endless crowd, desprately trying to make his way to a food stall that was only twenty feet away. It had been nearly seven hours since he had last eaten anything and dealing with a tight knit crowd of faceless people on an empty stomach was enough to get anyone's temper up.

To his immense relief, the crowd parted allowing him a clear passage to the stall labled "Fine Lucida Foods". He jogged up.

"Oi," he said to the owner to get his attention. "I would like ah ... goat liver with a side of pork rines. And some yamzoa soup. Oh, and a bottle of mineral water and a cup of orange juice."

The stall owner looked at him a little strangely when he mentioned the mineral water, but when inside his building to get his order ready. Rio sat himself down at the bar-like table in front of the stall and waited. He looked around in saw that, after at least an hour of maddening crowds, the food street he was on was almost deserted except for a few people.

"Here you go." The owner had returned. "A order of goat liver with a side of pork rines and yamzoa soup with a cup of orange juice and a bottle of mineral water." He set everything down in front of Rio as he spoke.

"Thanks mate," said Rio, paying the appropiate amount of money. He started pouring the mineral water into the cup of orange juice. "Oh, do you know where everybody went? The whole street seemed to have emptied."

"Ah, I thought you were here for 'em," the owner said conversationally. "It the Galactic Games Final taking place in one of the inner levels tonight."

"What are the Galactic Games?" asked Rio, twitching with curiousity.

The owner looked shocked. "Ya' don't know! The Games are the best thing ever! Anybody participating has to be good in every feild that nobody really uses. Flying, running, swimming, even a bit o' martial arts."

Rio couldn't help chuckling at this; he used every single one of those "feilds" on a daily bases.

"Now the last eight are going to face off tonight and there is going to be a twist - there always is."

Rio nodded, though not really all that interested. "So do you think you know who is going to win."

"I'm positive that Mudeil is going to win," the owner stated confindantly.

Rio looked up, his interest finally aroused. "Mundeil - do you mean Mundeil Ha - "

The ear-splitting scream of tortured metal inturrupted Rio and knocked the poor restraunt owner right off his feet. Rio jumped to his and quickly drew out the gun on his left thigh. The noise and shaking faded, but Rio switched off the safe nonetheless.

Chris walked through the crowded market, He thought that he could hear someone shrieking from what seemed miles away. Chris didnt think anything of it, He found a foodstand that had some strange looking food hanging from the tents flap, The food smelled delicious so Chris took one and was suddenly grabbed by the back of his shirt. Standing in front of him, Was the stall manager who looked at Chris with his eye's of grey steel. The manager looked menacingly at Chris and said, " What are you doing, Stealing my food and eating it without paying i bet." Chris looked up at the managers face and said in a harsh voice, " Dont touch my crossbow unless you want your face injected with led..." The manager stumbled back a little and shakily stood back up. Chris gave the manager some money and began to eat when he suddenly heard the same shreiking as before, Chris's eye's filled with dread as soon as he heard the shriek. He quickly withdrawled his crossbow and inserted 3 iron tipped arrows into it.

Chris Stared at Rio and squinted his eye's trying to see what was happening. Chris then said,"My name is Chris, I have been traveling along the roads while trying to find my brother whom killed my family." At the thought of his dead sister and parents, Chris almost immediatly broke down crying. Chris held back the tears and stood up inside the elevator. The elevator stopped in the docking bay and the two boys got out of the elevator. Chris turned to the boy who grabbed him and took him in the elevator and said, "Ok, Can someone please tell me what in the hell is going on? What happened up there and why was there a shrieking sound outside of the dome?" Chris then turned around and looked at the ship that was left in the bay. A feeling of fear and panic suddenly hit his heart as if something evil and menacing was coming towards them.