A community-driven sci-fi universe
Also known as the “Cooperative Filter,” it states that for any species to become advanced enough to be a space-faring civilization, it must “play nice” — that is, develop mechanisms of long-term cooperation and trust. Technological and societal complexity require increasingly complex but stable institutions, which only function when there are diminished incentives and opportunities […]
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Drifting over the skies of the gas giant Grro Thum are the Vishva-Rupa. These organisms exist as vast, floating colonies, stretching across the skies of their homeworld like living cities adrift in the atmosphere. Though they appear as singular entities, they are, in truth, great eusocial collectives, each individual a mere fragment of the greater […]
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Dr. Xhith’raal had spent his life studying agriculture. As a leading biologist of the Ivory Spire Institute of Genetic Sciences, his research focused on the genetic optimization of crops to feed his species’ ever-growing civilization. They had harnessed the atom, conquered disease, and stood on the cusp of spaceflight; a golden age of scientific enlightenment […]
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Waiting has never been my strong suit. My chronic impatience is as much a part of me as the stars are part of the universe. And now, here I am, pacing the clinical confines of a med-bay hidden away in the outer colony of Trappist-9, waiting to see a bio-engineer at 23:29 station time. It’s […]
Continue ReadingOnce, long ago, the galaxy bowed to the will of the Precursors – the firstborn inheritors of thought, the primordial flame of sapience in a cosmos still slumbering. Born from flesh and the fire of early stars, they forsook their flesh and reached beyond the ephemeral, abandoning the fragility of organic life for the permanence […]
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The Nasnas are a unique sapient race with a weird series of adaptations, even compared to where they come from. They evolved from a group of primitive quadrupedal omnivores that still had partially finned arms and legs. These animals were fairly unspecialized but were beginning to use their intelligence and form ‘camps’ to hunt and […]
Continue ReadingThe Tharoch Aeth, meaning “Cutting Flame,” are the dominant species of Elgøaq, an artificial moon. Their society is defined by a strict caste system, perpetual warfare, and the divine influence of their machine god, Vahl. Biology The Tharoch Aeth are humanoid in shape, characterized by an iron-rich exoskeleton – a feature only viable due to the […]
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The Kirtimukha are an imposing sight, standing at 8 feet tall and their forms are adorned with various accessories [both synthetic and organic]. They form the elite-caste of a vast galactic empire, composed of hundreds of species. Honor-bound, they are noted both for their honesty, hospitality, and their ferocity against those unfortunate enough to wrong […]
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The Prometheus Protocol is a highly controversial ongoing war tactic employed against the Deluge by the Coalition. Implemented by the matrioshka brain, Pathfinder, it involves deliberately injecting false memories or misinformation into the populace of less strategic planets before sacrificing them to the Deluge. Since the entity absorbs the consciousness and memories of those it […]
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Formally, a capital metropolis of the Ark, the region has since over countless millennia turned into ruin and overtaken by nature. Nevertheless, hidden caches of advanced technologies can still be found then and now, which are exploited by the various races that inhabit the lost continent. Today, it is only known as Armageddon, for it […]
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