Taravor

Taravor is a nation in Abexilas, it is made up of five districts called Shards. Each Shard hold control over it's own territory and can build freely inside it.
== History ==
For over a thousand years, all of the different races, religions and groups that lived on this continent fought in an eternal struggle for power. Wars were never ending; As soon as one group would attain some semblance of power, every other group would quickly knock them from that pedestal. This would all change when a new foe that no one had ever encountered entered their lands. These creatures, for one could call them anything but were large and shadowy, and took no solace from the pain and agony that they caused. They were not there to conquer, but to simply eliminate all those that they felt were inferior. 
Multiple groups were quickly extinguished, and because most had no communication with the others could not fully prepare for the hell that approached them. This would change when one man, unknown to all, would have a premonition that would change the fate of them all. 
To meet this threat, the many different tribes that once fought came together with one purpose - survival. They united against their common enemy, and forged an alliance that could not be unbroken. A singular prophet rose from all of the different peoples, and using their foresight and an apparent divine connection, led his people to victory. 
In the aftermath of the conflict, the visionary man, the leaders, and the diverse groups faced the monumental task of rebuilding. However, the lessons learned during the struggle for survival became the foundation for a new era. Taravor was born – a nation built on the principles of unity, cooperation, and the shared understanding that only by standing together could they overcome the greatest challenges. Rather than go their separate ways, they all saw the power that was brought with unity, and decided that they would embark on a new path together. 
This would not hold true over time however, as time is the greatest enemy to every great idea. Over the hundreds of years, the different groups once again grew further apart and diverged from their common goals. Each developed in their own way, and while they never fought, their differences once again became more powerful than their similarities. 
This would all change with The Comet - Hundreds of new peoples entering their ancestral lands one thousand years after the great war. Some came in peace, but most came to conquer. A new prophet learned of the original history of Taravor, and in order to face this new threat he brought all of the different peoples together to face this new age together. When all of the groups had originally come together one thousand years ago, they planted a tree to symbolize their unity and strength. This original tree had died, however many smaller saplings were scattered throughout the lands and one of these offshoots was found, and replanted by the prophet in a grand ceremony. 
== Culture ==
=== Art ===
Many works of art have seen the day in what is now considered taravor, this include a portion of the old Engerdal and Hallandren library as well as various architectural buildings.
=== Events ===
==== Taravor Potato Party ====
The Taravor potato party was a small gathering that started in the house of megamasterbloc in the Tree, players traded gifts and ate potato and cake. Following this they went to the Taravor space port to see the launch of Li-03 and explored some of the other towns such as Ball's city and Arkadia. The event saw around 7 participants including international guest.
==== Tea Parties ====
Tea parties are regular events hosted on saturdays by megamasterbloc, generally in her small tree house. During those events, various foods and drinks are served, as well as commemorative lored items. Many players from Taravor attend this event although most of them are european based players, due to the time at which the events take place.
== Space program ==
The Taravor space program is one of the first space program of Abexilas, it's development started in the first few weeks of the server. It consist in a family of various launch vehicles named after the periodic table as well as civil and military satellites. The Taravor space port consist in multiple launch facilities along with the necessary equipment to launch multiple families of rocket.
=== Hydrogen rocket ===
The hydrogen rocket family is the first line of rocket developed by Taravor, it is a dual stage sounding rocket used as a test platform for sub orbital launches and characterizations of flight components. The hydrogen launch complex is located south of Ara, near Arkadia and Neverwinter.
Flight number	Result 	Description 	Image
H-01 	Partial success	The first test launch of the Hydrogen sounding rocket took place shortly after it's integration on the Hydrogen launch pad, just a few hours behind schedule due to poor weather conditions. The first stage lighted up correctly and worked as expected albeit with a small undershoot in altitude due to an incorrect flight path. Failure of separation between the first and second stage due to a faulty pyrotechnic caused the flight computer to terminate the mission. This mission is still considered as a partial success as it demonstrate the capabilities of the first stage as well as the launch complex. 	
H-02 	Success 	Some changes to the separation mechanism were made in between H-01 and H-02, hopefully improving it's reliability. Flight H-02 took place early in the morning due to telemetry constraints. The flight had no major issues and the separation between the first and second stage showed no signs of failure. A slight under pressure in the oxidizer tank may indicate an helium leak but more investigations are needed to fully understand the root cause. The payload was a dummy load as the science team didn't want to loose the backup probe if a similar incident as flight H-01 happened a second time, the success of this mission should hopefully allow us to perform science on the next launch.	
H-03 	Success 	This is the third and last flight of the Hydrogen sounding rocket family. The entirety of the launch system has been validated and development of the Helium rocket has started. Flight H-03 had a very similar flight plan as H-02 but with an active payload which necessitated a new payload bay. All flight parameters were within our ranges. The science date that was recorded from the flight will be used to further improve our atmospheric models. 	
=== Helium rocket ===
The helium rocket is a dual stage rocket designed for orbital launches, it is a direct evolution over the hydrogen rocket and was supposed to launch our first payload into space. The program was a total disaster.
Flight number	Result 	Description 	Image
He-01 	Failure	The helium rocket family is based on the first stage of the hydrogen sounding rocket but use a brand new second stage, increasing it's capabilities to true orbital launches. The first flight, flight He-01, suffered from an unidentified critical failure mid flight and terminated it's flight shortly after. The ground team is still reviewing telemetry data and will publish a report once findings show a clear reason. The next flight, flight He-02, was already planned but will be postponed due to this incident. 	
He-02 	Failure	What did you do greg.... Early in the morning, flight engineers erected the second model of the Helium rocket onto the launch pad. Weather conditions were very good and initial telemetry showed no abnormal signs. At two seconds after ignition, while the rocket was just 3 blocs above ground, at fuel leak was detected and quickly ignited, causing a major deflagration and permanently destroying the rocket. Major pieces of the launch pad and other ground infrastructures were damaged. Correlating those results with flight He-01, we have identified a defect in our oxidizer tank, causing the two failures. Major changes would be needed to correct this defect, as such the decision was made to stop the development of the Helium rocket.	
=== Lithium rocket ===
The lithium rocket family is a multi stage rocket, specifically a triple stage rocket with variable third stage configurations, it is meant to launch small payloads into orbit although in the end of it's lifespan it has launched heavier payloads than what it was initially designed for. The lithium rocket prooved to be one of the most reliable launch vehicle that we have launched to date.
Flight number	Result 	Description 	Image
Li-01 	Success 	After the repeated failure of the Helium rockets, we have made the choice to go with a completely different design. both stages were redesigned and now use potato-sourced ethanol as a propellant. the flight computed has also been upgraded in order to increase our telemetry bandwidth as necessary per our new goals. This first flight also demonstrated our next generation of launch pads, which should be more resistant against failures like we saw on flight He-02. After a few hours of delay due to the weather, Li-01 successfully launched and delivered our first satellite, Ptto-1, to orbit. 	
Li-02 	Partial success	This is the second flight of our Lithium lineage of rocket, following the success of the previous mission we decied to go for an early launch of the next model, Li-02. The rocket itself is nearly identical but the launch facilities have been upgraded in order to accomodate for our faster launch pace. The launch took place slightly before midnight but the weather was good. The first part of the flight was flawless however the second stage underperformed due to unknown reasons and the payload, Ptto-2, was put in a very elliptical orbit. Nevertheless, it performed the science it was supposed to do but will likely reentry before Ptto-1. 	
Li-03 	Success 	The main goal of this flight was to test out the capabilities of the new flight computer introduced with the Lithium familly, pushing the rocket to it's limit and to gather important data for the future development of our rockets. Due to the risky nature of the flight, the only payload was a spherical passive retroreflector that will be used as a tracking reference. Surprisingly, the flight saw almost no major problem except for increased vibrations but nothing that would dammage the payload. Future flight will instead focus on payload capabilities, including GEO and SSO. 	
Li-04 	Success 	After a long period of testing of the second stage motor, an investigation concluded that the issue in flight Li-02 was caused due to a conversion error between the raw potato count and the processed potato count which caused the ethanol to be less concentrated than needed. This error as well as some others were fully resolved for this flight. No major changes to the launch complexe were made since flight Li-02 but talks are already engaged to move the space center to a more suitable location. The payload for this mission is classified. 	
Li-05 	Partial Success	Although this flight is still classified under the Lithium family, the rocket that flew was extremely experimental. It's first and second stage engine used a modified turbopump and a new regenerative cooling design which was drastically different from the last rockets. Needless to say, we knew the launch was risky. More strangly, is that the failure does not seem to be caused by any of the extensive modification that we made on the rocket, but rather on a pressure valve that prooved to be quite reliable on our previous flights. Nevertheless, the core of the mission was performed without major issues. 	
Li-06 	Success 	Unlike the previous flight, Li-06 used the standard Lithium plateform and should be more reliable than flight Li-05. As for the pressure valve issue, it seems to be a random failure, very unlikely but still possible. As such, no changes to the design of the valve will be made. The flight had a little bit of a delay due to a bad hygrometry but was still close to schedule, and still used the same launch configuration as flight Li-04. The flight was mostly flawless as our team gather more data on the characteristics of the Lithium launcher, which is a huge improvement compared to the disaster that was the Helium lineup. The payload on this missions was a passive retroreflector that will be used in the future to perform precise geodesic measurements. 	
Li-07 	Success 	This is the seventh launch of a lithium rocket and while it it quite reliable compared to our previous families of rocket, it's limitations are starting to feel quite restrictive. With this in mind, the science and engineering teams will debut a series of test launches that will push the capabilities of the lithium launch vehicles to it's limit. The payload that was selected for this mission is an experimental telecommunication satellite provided directly from Riptide and will be used as a test plateform for the next generation of civil and military communication systems. In addition, the science team has used the important bandwidth offered by the satellite to implement a weather surveillance payload, although it will stay as an experimental subsystem. Due to the increased payload we had to refine our potato-based fuel even further and the first stage had to be modified in order to better distribute the loads. The rocket launched early in the morning, as the weather was gonna delay the flight for a few days if it wasn't done sooner than planned. Our launch control team did managed to fit it in extremis in their schedule. The flight had some issues related to the excess weight but ultimately put the satellite in the planned orbit.	
Li-08 	Success 	This is the eighth flight of the lithium rocket and the second of our extended payload program. Unlike our previous flight, structural loads were deemed less of an issue as the payload was within the limit of the original specifications altought very close to it. As such, no structural reinforcements were deemed necessary and the added efficiency from our fuel has been used to slightly decrease the launch mass of the rocket compared to flight Li-05. The payload for this missions was a pair of small sattelite that will be used for relaying future data while in space. This is, however, the first time that we have launched two different sattelites in the same mission. Part of the mission also included in-flight verification of the newly designed satellite separation structure. 	
Li-09 	Partial Success	As we are launching more and more rockets, the need to strengthen our launch pad was deemed necessary in order to avoid or at least reduce the downtime that could result from rocket failures. This caused a short delay in the integration of the Li-09 rocket but still provided enough room to not mess with our tight schedule. Ultimately, Li-09 launched during the night but with a clear sky. The payload on this mission is a passive satellite that will be used to gather data about in-space aging of multiple components and materials, improving our understanding of the space environment and allowing us to launch longer duration missions in the future. The main issue with this mission was caused by the upper stage who misfired, as such the payload was delivered in a very elliptical orbit. 	
Li-10 	Success 	Make it 10 ! The lithium family is an extremely successful and reliable family of rocket, it is the first to deliver payloads to orbit and it is of a great importance in the scientific and military program of Taravor. Yet, it's capabilities are rather limited and even our extended payload program proved to have it's own limits. However, considering the short lifespan of our previous lineup, the helium launch system, it is still extremely impressive that it mannaged to go this far. As such, this tenth flight will most likely be the last flight of a lithium rocket as the construction of the beryllium launch pad is already underway. Despite all of this, the flight was an absolute success, leveraging the legacy of our previous flights to further improve the efficiency of the flight plan. For this mission we choose to launch a second telecommunication satellite that will be used as a demonstration for in-space communication between our satellites. 	
=== Beryllium rocket ===
Despite the technical advancements in the overall manufacturing and design of this new generation of rocket, cost cut eventually led to a premature end to the program. It is the last and final generation of rocket to be launched by Taravor.
Flight Number	Result 	Description 	Image
Be-01 	Failure	This is starting to look like Helium all over again... With the first beryllium rocket erected on it's launch pad, the ground crew was very enthusiastic for this launch, after all it's not every day that we launch a new familly of rocket. For this flight, all of the standard procedures were applied, of course, but we also made sure to check everything once more in order to avoid a potential failure like we saw on He-01. Let's just say that it did not worked as planned. The rocket launched in the morning with an average but tolerable weather, the ignition was good, the first few minutes followed the flight plan very closely. But during the separation of the first and second stage, we observed a rapid increase in throughout of the second stage rocket engine, which damaged the first stage and ejected a small debris which hit the fuel tank of the second stage and created a rapidly growing fire. After a few seconds the flight was terminated and an investigation will follow up. For this mission the payload was a simple passive retroreflector so it's not a major loss.	
Be-02 	Success	After the previous failure on flight Be-01, some critics were raised and an internal investigation was performed shortly after the flight. This analysis concluded by saying that the failure was likely due to human error during the fuel onloading of the second stage which did not follow the procedure and caused an incorrect reading, leading the flight computer to erroneously increase fuel throughput to the engine. Due to this failure we have reworked our internal procedures and updates some test from the flight computer to increase reliability. All of this lead to our second flight, Be-02. For this flight we were quite confident that we could reach orbit and so we put a real payload into this flight. The rocket took off near sunset during a cloudy weather but it did not impact the flight as we expected such weather. Unlike the previous flight, no major issue happened during the flight and our payload reached the SSO orbit that it needed to be put on. 	
== Religions ==
The Abexillian Church of Lavvythia is the name of the Religion which worships the Goddess Lavvythia and is based around conservation of the seas, pollution and revenge. She is the main religion of Hallandren after the events transpiring the poisoning of Stechpalme. In which supposedly, the Lavvythia poisoned the oceans around Stechpalme causing the lush island to fade into a purple where mycelium and fungus thrived. To this day, some players still worship Lavvy although the faith has largely gone extinct.
== Geography ==
Taravor is made up of six towns and city in the mainland as well as a small island named Riptide and over sea territory. The de facto capital is Ara while the population center is Cyathus.
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