A community-driven sci-fi universe
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 […]
Continue ReadingA lush Gaia planet of perpetual daylight, the Imperial home world was located near the galaxy’s center. The planet was largely unimpacted by the Fall but the planet’s abundance proved to be its curse. Cut off from the rest of the galaxy, innovation stagnated and inequality grew. And with it, the contempt of the privileged […]
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The Howlers were one of the successor species of the ancient Yinnari and by far the most successful. They stemmed their origin from within the Great Rift, where once was a massive planet-sized space station orbiting a black hole. For a time, after the Fall, life at the station continued normally. Yet, cut off from […]
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The Human-Bea’viskarian War was a brief conflict between the two species. Following contact, the human mission, in an attempt to impress the Bea’viskar, showed them the ‘internet’ – calling it their greatest creation. However, the outcome was not as intended. The Bea’viskar was deeply affronted by the contents of this ‘internet’ and, within one solar […]
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Known in history as the bloodiest human rebellion against the Bea’viskar rule, the conflict lasted for nearly 15 years and left nearly 30 billion people dead. The insurrection is named after its chief instigator, YeXXx. After failing in his ambition to become a rapper, YeXXx fell sick and became bedridden for several days. During that […]
Continue ReadingThe first advanced civilization to inhabit Earth was the Aness which resided on the planet some 2.2 billion years ago. Nothing is known of this species save that it was driven to extinction along with all complex life during the Second Cataclysm.
Continue ReadingThe Yinnari were the first organics to achieve space flight some 2.9 billion years ago. Within 100 million years, they had spread to cover almost all the galaxy. They achieve technological advancements far beyond that of any other species that would come to emerge in the Milky Way. Yet, for all their progress, an event, […]
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The Deluge is a corrupted and mutated entity descendent of an ancient race called the Yinnari. It/they are responsible for the first and second Great Cataclysm that befell the galaxy. To everyone bearing witness to the Deluge, they are a horrifying force of nature, a true eldritch horror made manifest, consuming all life it encounters […]
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