Golden People

The Golden People, later identified as, "Alusians" were a poorly documented faction of rp players and rp builders that once existed in gmod from around 2016 to 2018. Once thought to be a myth, their existence was finally proven through accounts provided by Blubbery and an anonymous sponsor. Before this, the only source for the Golden People's existence was through relatively obscure stories of encounters and run ins with the Golden People, which have been quietly circulating throughout the meta for years until eventually reaching Crysis and Xenoscooty, who decided to kick off a search for the illusive golden people in order to uncover the truth as to what happened to them.
== The Kingdom of Alus ==
According to Blubbery's friend's account and the anonymous sponsor's account, The Kingdom of Alus or the, "Gold People" were a collection of rp players, rp builders, and some sandbox players. They existed solely as an entity to protect the servers they held in their control, they highly valued respect and strength, but their definition of strength was very open to interpretation (fighting, building, planning, leadership, ect.) but their leader (unidentified) was full of his own self-hubris, only really tempered by a more compassionate Princess named Alleriia. They had a strict no outsiders policy because of incursions from the known meta into their servers (these invaders have not been identified as of writing this), with the king/prince calling the sandbox meta a, "toxic badlands" despite the objections from the princess, who hoped that one day she could reach out to the meta and make first contact. They had advanced australium painted architecture featured in their bases, palaces, and cities. They also possessed advanced ACF technology completely painted in australium described as, "fantasy themed war machines with figureheads and regalian shapes" with one of their most noteworthy being a tank that was just a sailing ship on wheels. The Alusian people themselves were completely covered in australium, accomplished through the use of their advanced PACs, even their tools and weaponry were covered in the material, hence why they are often erroneously referred to as the, "Golden People".
Due to currently unknown circumstances, the Kingdom of Alus completely vanished, leaving little evidence of their existence behind, and other than the handful of information we have of them, we know nothing else about their culture/customs, art, music, history, society, etc. However, we are able to partially reconstruct what their culture was possibly like, for example, according to TF2 lore, australium is a highly-coveted gold like material which is said to bestow incredible intelligence, strength and other abilities. Which means that the Alusians possibly believed that enriching themselves with australium would grant them special abilities, possibly forming a sort of hypothetical religion around the material (analogous to the Athenian worship of the legendary alloy known as Orichalcum). The Kingdom of Alus also probably had a high emphasis on medieval/fantasy aesthetics and 15th to 19th century European art, music, and culture given how they decorated their bases and vehicles.
== The Legendary Protectors ==
The Legendary Protectors were a former superpower faction within the micro-meta of SCI Servers and the first group to be identified with the gold people, however as of writing this, their connection to the Golden People is not confirmed, though they did bear many similarities to their description, such as donning golden weaponry and bases, which gave rise to an interesting possibility. That the TLP is actually a descendant or close cousin of the Kingdom of Alus, given their undeniable similarities. Although Blubbery never actually encountered the Golden People, there is enough evidence, which if true, would prove TLP to be a descendant of the Golden People. The most remarkable evidence so far is the architectural similarities of Legendarygamer11's golden city and known Alusian architectural designs (according to an unknown friend of Blubbery), which gives further credence to the theory that the TLP and the Kingdom of Alus are connected.
The United Legion of SCI was founded by Phil as a rebellion against TLP, which after gaining popular support, completely devastated TLP in the air and sea with neurotec.
== Failed Expedition ==
With the search for the Alusians being resurrected on the 30th of September 2022, plans were laid to mount a massive expedition force of volunteers to search for the Alusians on 5 servers of interest. These plans were put on hold due to low confidence in Legendary coming back or if anything would be found at all.
== Contact with Legendary ==
On Christmas day 2022, Crysis to his delight and total surprise discovered that Legendary had added him back on steam. While a full conversation has not been held yet, it is expected within the next 24 hours that major developments will dramatically change the current search effort, either confirming or debunking current theories. The biggest theory expected to finally be confirmed or debunked will be the TLP-Alusian connection, with the verdict likely being a partial or full confirmation based on evidence provided by Blubbery, his friend, his second friend, and the anonymous sponsor.