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Taking Back The Sky

**Taking Back The Sky** is the sixth chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

1y7m AV, the Alpha-of-Alphas leading the Swarm-of-swarms kills and tastes its first human, a cause for great celebration among the Hunters.

2y5m AV, Captain Rylee Jackson makes the first human designed FTL test flight, piloting *Pandora*. As Scotch Creek's staff celebrate the milestone in Kevin's newly established bar, Kevin helps Tremblay by talking with him about his divorce. After extracting another human refugee, *Sanctuary*'s now-23 occupants (including Lewis Beverote) also receive the news of humanity's maiden FTL flight.

News of the test-flight soon reaches the Dominion council. Although most of the council delegates wish for the removal of the Sol containment field, Councillor Vedreg explains that the field's removal would put Earth at risk of attack by the Swarm-of-swarms and that the barrier should stay. It is decided that the information blackout around Earth is to be halted and that Gao should receive support for harboring human refugees.

Two months later, the first information broadcasts are transmitted to Earth from outside the field, including one from Kirk for Kevin. In the message, Kirk reveals that he supplied a Kevin with a better wormhole beacon than the one he tried to steal, how to use it to send *Sanctuary*'s humans home, and about the Swarm of Swarms.

## Jargon

### Date point

2y 9m AV

Major Bartlett and Captain Nadeau discuss the their most recent research in their Scotch Creek office. As they talk, a simulation running on Bartlett's computer "turns green", suggesting some sort of major breakthrough (implied later to be the theoretical basis for the jump array).

## Trivia

* Two of the scenes aboard *Sanctuary* were added in later revisions, including Lewis's introduction.
* Most of the acronyms in 6.5 Jargon were revealed in the comments of the original reddit thread:
	+ **ERB**: "Einstein-Rosen bridge" (a real acronym).
	+ **IBM**: The company IBM (also a real acronym) however here referring to an IBM-built supercomputer.
	+ **ESF**: "Electro-static fields", referring to the use of electricity to create static forces, i.e. forcefields, kinetic pulse weaponry etc.
	+ **ISD**: Not revealed in the comments but presumably "Induced spacetime distortion", i.e. FTL travel, stasis etc.

## Links

* Chapter 6: Taking Back The Sky
	+ Original reddit thread
	+ Current version at deathworlders.com
* 6.5: Jargon
	+ Original reddit thread
	+ Current Version at deathworlders.com
Tnaes

Tnaes is the a senior software engineer of the Igraen House of Codes. He leads the SUPERSIM project, developing a means of true digital intelligence.

## Character Summary

Tnaes was born out of the same spawn pool as Praomn, and the two of them shared a friendship from early life through adulthood. Their career paths differed, and Tnaes entered the House of Codes without his friend.

Tnaes's natural talent as a software engineer enabled him to have a successful career in the House of Codes, eventually working his way up to senior engineering lead. Before the war with the V'Straki, Tnaes was assigned to the SUPERSIM project, collaborating with Btoan and Kraol to bring about an end to the war.

Despite his successes, Tnaes is deeply insecure about his own personal well-being. Chief among these concerns is a fear of the Madness, the hidden genetic disease that secretly afflicts all Igraens.

As physical Tnaes dealt with mutually-assured destruction of the war, a digital version of him pioneered a new social and command structure that would enable Igraen society to live on as digital constructs. This command structure was the Hierarchy, and Tnaes himself was the first 0001.
Tensions

Tensions is the seventh chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

3y AV, Terri drives to Scotch Creek to see Kevin, their first meeting since she split from the convoy. When she arrives, she gives Kevin a USB stick containing the last 30 months of her work: a list of every human abductee still outside the system field. She reveals that simply by giving Kevin a copy, Terri is breaking her employer's trust and Kevin promises to forward the information to the base's higher-ups. Over the following ten days, they have sex together several times before Terri returns to San Diego.

Rylee is now performing her fifth FTL flight, this time to the Earth-Moon L1 point, where she releases a wormhole beacon for the transit of Embassy Station 172. Ten days later, Rylee meets the GRA's chosen ambassador to the Interspecies Dominion, Doctor Anees Hussein. Together, they travel to the Embassy, with Rylee piloting *Pandora* and Hussein being flown in one of the Embassy's supplied shuttles, refitted on Earth for ambassadorial transport. When they arrive, Hussein is whisked away to the station's council chamber, while Rylee makes friends with Goruu, a Gaoian fighter pilot, as they discuss *Pandora*.

As Hussein enters the assembly chamber and takes his seat, his first order of business is to simply read out the emergency broadcast of the Swarm of Swarms ultimatum (presumed by the dominion to be concealed from the humans, though probably supplied through Kirk's message to Kevin).

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Current version at deathworlders.com
Blood and Ash

**Blood and Ash** is the 26th chapter of The Deathworlders by Hambone.

Chronologically, this chapter takes place concurrently with chapter 27 and focuses primarily on the events of EMPTY BELL.

## Synopsis

Ava receives DEEP RELIC briefing from Darcy, before heading out with a military detachment of Roy Vinther (BARKEEP), Anthony Pavlopoulos (HANGOVER), Coombes (BOUNCER), Walsh (DRINKIN' BUDDY), Murray (GUINNESS), and Firth (LIGHTWEIGHT), to Six's gold mine. Six interrogates Ava (ASH) on how she could be at so many of the Hierarchy's pivotal moments. Just as he gets his answer, a convoy of Hierarchy biodrones attack Ava, the military convoy, and Six's Cabal biodrones. Warhorse and Baseball HELLNO in to assist, but Vinther and Pavlopoulos are killed. Six escapes with a digitized copy of Ava's consciousness, which he effectively tortures.

Meanwhile, Kevin and Moses discuss plans for BGEV-11, and Powell is introduced to Bozo.

## Links

* Link to chapter at deathworlders.com
* Discussion thread at r/HFY
Deathworlders:Contributing

Please adhere to these guidelines when contributing to the Deathworlders Wiki.

Edits that do not adhere to these guidelines will be reverted or overwritten. Editors who repeatedly fail to adhere to the guidelines may have their editing priviledges revoked.

Wiki content should be drawn from canon material only.

Do
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* Use proper spelling and grammar.
* Provide proper attribution/credit for images

## Don't

* Post unfinished, incomplete, or "WIP" content

## Style

* Character pages should be titled after the character's full proper name. A redirect page may be made for nicknames.
* Hierarchy agent pages should be titled after the character's four-digit rank, including preceeding zeroes.
Qinis

Qinis were introduced in chapter-12-direct-delivery.

Alien Species that resemble Humans.

" Qinis were tall, taller even than Vzk’tk, and their slender bodies were an exercise in long, gently curving lines that made the human form look positively squat and gauche. They had large, expressive eyes set in their noseless faces above surprisingly feminine lips, and even though the eyes were slightly too wide-set and aimed apart to grant broad peripheral vision at the expense of binocular range-finding, the overall effect was, in an exotic way, actually rather appealing to the human sense of aesthetics."

large, pointed ears, not warriors at all - too fragile, too slow, too gentle and esthetic.

Function as the industrial base of the Celzi Alliance.

## Qinis

### Defining Characteristics

Slender bodies, Large wide set expressive eyes, pointed ears, noseless faces above surprisingly feminine lips, wear expressive clothing

## Species Characteristics

### Colonized Planets

unknown

"Siding with an open rebellion had seemed like a very strange move from them, but in fact they had become the industrial base of the entire Alliance, having long since mastered the engineering arts of automated assembly and resource extraction, keeping all the heavy lifting and physical exertion safely on the far side of a sturdy entourage of robots and drones. One Qinis engineer could mine asteroids with her left hand while directing the construction of a battlecruiser with her right, all while relaxing at a party wearing a stately and decorative robe of diaphanous fabrics hung with gems and loose-wound wire."
Christof Lehmann

Christof Lehmann is a German native, previously employed by the Moses Byron Group as a construction worker. At some point in his life he got a ceramic Corti brain-implant, presumably to fix his epilepsy. In 9y AV however, this implant got overtaken by Hierarchy agent 0084, turning mister Lehmann into a biodrone, used to kill Sara Tisdale. After the murder, mister Lehman was left alive by 0084 for unknown reasons.

Following those events, Christof Lehmann was debriefed by "Steve," a government agent and psychiatrist. Mister Lehmann did not take the news of him being an unwitting accessory to murder very well, and "Steve" recommends to put the man on a suicide watchlist.

Since his implant cannot be removed, and the public opinion brands him a murderer, mister Lehmann is now housed in Camp Tebbutt Biodrone Internment facility, together with other ex-biodrones. Considering the state of his implant, this appears to be a permanent arangement.
Battles

**Battles** is the 17th chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

Kirk gets the crew back together who rescue Vedreg and learn about Igraens, Powell and his men rescue some human refugees, Ava gets uptight about skinny dipping and things get weirder on Ceres.

## Links

* Original reddit threads
	+ Part 1
	+ Part 2
	+ Part 3
	+ Part 4
* Current version at HFY Archive
Gabriel Arés

Father of Adam Arés and adopted father to Ava Ríos. Gabriel was first introduced as a homicide detective with the San Diego Police Department, investigating the shooting of the biodrone Mr. Johnson in Terri Boone's apartment.

He later investigated Boone's murder, and was permanently wounded by another biodrone during the capture of Six. Once healed he took Adam and Ava on vacation to Orlando, Florida two days prior to the San Diego's destruction.

Kevin Jenkins pulled some strings for him and he was offered the position of Chief of Cimbrean Colonial Security, a role in which he still serves as of 14y AV.
Code names

The code names used (mainly by the military) throughout the series, fall into two broad categories, namely Operations and Intel(sources). They are always written in FULL CAPS, just like call signs. Please note that while a person could have both a code name and a call sign, they are not the same thing. Code names are used when talking about a person, for compartmentalization reasons, while call signs are used to address a person. If the code name you're looking for does not appear in this list, consider checking Call signs or Abbreviations.

## Operations

A short overview of the operation is given, as a refresher. For more detail, refer to its proper page.

* CARDBOARD SCALPEL : The large scale plan to cleanse the Gaoians of Hierarchy influence.

* EMPTY BELL : Operation in Egypt where Ava meets Six 10y4m1w4d AV.
* GOLD BREES : The SNOWTOPS mission to covertly steal a system shield from a transport 12y1w4d AV.
* GAMETIME-FOOTBALL-TOUCHDOWN: Genshi's operation to steal 3 system shields, disguised as an SOR anti-piracy raid 11y9m AV.
* HOLLOW BIRD : Covert operation on Perfection to abduct crew of Negotiable Curiosity 10y4m1w3d AV.
* NOVA HOUND : The Capitol Station Mission 10y0m0d AV.
* SILENT ARCHER : Second JETS mission on Messier 24 to retrieve data from the Entity 13y11m AV.
* SWORN BEACON : Unspecified Pre-SOR mission in Ukraine involving Akiyama and Sikes.
* ZODIAC KEYHOLE : JETS Operation on Messier 24 to infiltrate the Hierarchy network 13y9m AV.

## Not-operations

For lack of a better name, these code names describe everything that isn't an operation. These can be intel sources, intel packages or items retrieved from or required for, certain operations.

* BAKER : Vedregnenug
* BEEKEEPER : Martin Tremblay
* BIG HOTEL : The Hierarchy or their drones/troops.
* BLOWN ASH : The intel gained from Six in Egypt (also used to refer to Ava Rios by Kieran Mears)
* DEEP RELIC : The secret intel on the Hierarchy and their operations
* DISNEYLAND : Gao and its colonies.
* FOOTBALL : A Guvnuragnaguvendrugun system shield.
* GALACTIC VACCINE : The Coltainer Program, specifically the anti-Von Neumann function.
* HEATHEN BUTTERFLY : Kevin Jenkins
* RANDOM THRONE : Krrkktnkk a’ktnnzzik’tk or 'Kirk'
* RECIEVER : Genshi (within the context of GAMETIME-FOOTBALL-TOUCHDOWN)
* RIDLEY  : The Hunters
* SACRED STRANGER : Documentation on SOR capabilites and responsibilities.
* STOLEN GHOST : Codename for Ava's digital copy 'Entity'.
* YOGI : Daar
Clan Stoneback

Clan Stoneback is the oldest of the male clans founded by Great Father Fyu. Although they are best known for being a deeply traditionalist labor clan with interests in many foundational industries, such as civil engineering and agriculture, the Stonebacks stay true to their founding mission, the protection of the Females. As such they wield a small but potent military force which impresses even the SOR.
Dude

Human

Selvim

The unnamed protagonist of Humans don't Make Good Pets, **Dude** (also **Cqcq'trtr**, **Human** or **Selvim**) is human abductee who has variously been a pet and plague-bringer to a freighter of Vzk'tk, a soldier in the Dominion military, an errand runner for the Contact, and god of the Gyorsu.
Vulza

Vulza, in short, are space-dragons. Yes, you read that right. Giant winged reptiles, complete with spiky tail, lots of claws and even more teeth. They can't actually breath fire, and their "flight", is more of a jump-and-glide kind of motion. On planets with higher than average gravity they tend to be almost entirely ground bound.

## Origins

Vulza originated on a deathworld (the presence of vulza alone is probably enough the classify any planet as a deathworld). At some point one of the old races decided they could be a valuable military resource. Therefore vulza populations were planted on multiple mid-range planets, where they soon dominated the food chain, and thrived. This program increased the number of vulza at a rapid rate, making them into a fearsome and not entirely irreplaceable weapon of war.

## Present Day

Vulza are an uncommon, yet noteworthy sight on the battlefields of the Dominion/Alliance-War. Almost exclusively fielded by ruthless Alliance generals, they tend to create havoc and slaughter both sides with near equal gusto. While the Alliance supposedly trains their vulza for battlle, the only part of their training that seems to somewhat have stuck, is to not attack Alliance tanks and vehicles. If it weren't for the fact that they eat *just slightly* more Dominion soldiers than they do Alliance, they would probably not be used at all.

Unless a Dominion platoon is backed by heavy vehicle support, they tend to turn tail and run as soon as they spot a vulza. The only known Dominion victories on battlefields were vulza were deployed came at the hands of a human, who pretty much did all the heavy lifting.

## Trivia

* At some point during the middle-ages a ship carrying several Vulza lost its cargo on Earth. This is the likely source of the dragon myths in popular culture.
* A now-dead 0000-level Hierarchy agent decided that Vulza weren't deadly enough as is and fitted his pair with fusion claws, pulse guns and even remote-control. Adrian Saunders however, did not care.
* First seen in Humans Don't Make Good Pets - XII
Warhorse (chapter)

**Warhorse** is the 22nd chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

At over 113,000 words, Warhorse is by far the longest chapter of The Deathworlders released in a single installment, (the next longest having ~62,000) and as such is split into six parts, representing the six years the chapter takes place over.

## Synopsis

### The First Year

Dr. Hussein makes a deal with the Corti, Adam applies for pararescue, the SOR is revealed, and Adam and Ava lose their virginity.

### The Second Year

Adam starts the SOR pipeline, Ava starts her journalism course in London, EV-MASS is unveiled, Byron procures some FTL comms, and the first cracks begin to appear in Adam and Ava's relationship.

### The Third Year

The invention of Gravball, the V-Class starships are launched, Legsy goes home for Christmas, while Adam and Ava continue their education and drift further apart.

### The Fourth Year

Ava starts an affair with Sean, the SOR officially begins, and Adam visits Ava in London, and Rylee talks about JETS on a talk show.

### The Fifth Year

The San Diego memorial is completed, John confronts Ava about her affair, Ava graduates and ends the affair, Adam tries to propose but Ava refuses,

### Operation NOVA HOUND

Hunters attack Capitol Station and the SOR come save the day.

## 22.5: Outlets

### Synopsis

Major Jackson and Major Powell develop a romantic relationship.

## Trivia

* Due to its length, this was the first chapter not to be posted directly to reddit, instead being hosted exclusively at the HFY Archive.
* Chapter 40 is longer than Warhorse, but it was released over a series of five installments.

## Links

* Current version at HFY Archive
* Announcement thread on reddit
* Later discussion thread on reddit
Hephaestus

Mining and resources

**Hephaestus Consortium** (formerly **Hephaestus LLC** and **Ceres LLC**) is a company created as a joint-venture of several large corporations including BAE, Red Bull, SpaceX, Lockheed Martin and more.

Hephaestus rose to prominence founding Ceres Base 4y AV. Ceres was initially established as an asteroid mining base, with low-gravity shipyards established soon after, establishing the company as the largest human space-defense corporation.

11y AV, Hephaestus established Armstrong Station in orbit around Cimbrean-5 as a trading hub between human space and the rest of the galaxy. As of 15y5m AV, Hephaestus are planning to begin asteroid mining in the Cimbrean system.

## Assets

### Locations

* Ceres Base
* Armstrong Station

### Ships

* HCS *My Other Spaceship Is The Millennium Falcon*
* HCS *Put Back Together With Bits Left Over*
* HCS *Actually Three Smaller Ships In A Trenchcoat*

### Staff

* Adele Park
* Dog Wagner
* Drew Martin
* Drew Cavendish

### Products

* *Firebird* fighters
* V-class destroyers
* Weaver-class dropship
* USS San Diego
Nava

## Physical appearance

> “It’s a **bug** as big as ***my*** arm!” - Adam Arés
>
>

The nava grub is the larval stage of the nava insect,

originating on the planet Gao, pretty similar to several varieties of larvae on
earth. Like Earth flies, the majority of adult nava are flying insects, the
exception being fertilized females, which stay in larval or grub form.

The most notable difference between Earth larvae and nava
larvae, is the sheer size of the nava grub. While they start out as tiny larvae,
smaller in size than your common housefly larvae, the fertilized females reach
sizes of up to 30+ centimeters (or about the length of a human forearm) and a
mass of around 12kg/26.5lbs.

In part to their shape and drab brown color, they have been,
on occasion, described as “resembling a [giant] turd.”

## Reproduction & farming

The nava grub is a parasitic life-form, and reproduces through
a process called matriphagy. In short this means that the mother consumes massive
amounts of nutrients and quickly gains in mass and size. Offspring of the nava
then gestates inside the mother, after which they proceed to eat their way out,
consuming the mother in the process. This ensures the offspring early-life
nutrition and protection from the elements, two factors that are a risk to new-born
life on a colder planet like Gao.

Domesticating and farming the nava has been part of Gaoian
culture for as long as anyone can remember. Harvesting the nava at the right
time is the key to farming them. Ideally a nava grub is harvested at its
biggest possible size, but before nucleation of the larva. Timing it right
ensure the most nutritious ‘meat’ in the largest quantities. Failing to harvest
the nava before nucleation results in a normal reproductive cycle which means
the ‘meat’ is no longer usable.

In addition to the tricky timing of the harvest, the nava ‘meat,’
once harvested, spoils at an alarming rate. However, thanks to the modern-day
invention of the stasis fridge, this is mainly a problem of the past.

## Preparation

> "It’s
> gotta be on the little sticks" - Daar of clan Stoneback
>
>

Nava ‘meat’ is a staple of Gaoian cuisine, and is processed, served and cooked in a large variety of ways. Like most insect-based

foodstuffs, it’s high in protein and tastes somewhat ‘nutty.’ In addition to
the ‘meat,’ the small nava larvae are a popular snack food, at least when dry-roasted.

Common ways of serving nava ‘meat’:

* In cutlets, raw or cooked, as a part of a complete meal
* Roasted cutlets on little sticks, seasoned with sooba paste, similar to chicken-teriyaki sticks on Earth.

* Ground into a versatile paste, which in turn gets used in a large variety of dishes.

Kobe's, an Asian/Gaoian fusion-restaurant in Folctha, uses a large variety of Gaoian foodstuffs, but nava is not one of them. Despite the popularity and omnipresence of nava in Gaoian cuisine, this choice was made to accommodate human diners.
Humans Don't Make Good Pets

### Link

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/2flz4o/oc\_humans\_dont\_make\_good\_pets\_i/

## Final Part

### Date

2017-09-25

In **Humans don't Make Good Pets**, an unsuspecting human whose name has yet to be released is abducted by an alien race known as the Corti. Humanity seems to be a little more than they bargained for, and because of their carelessness, Dude is launched on an adventure around the galaxy where he is thrown into many absurd and interesting predicaments, including but not limited to being a pet to a species who can't seem to figure out that he's intelligent, becoming the inspiration for a bio-weapon, and being drafted into a conflict which he begins to reshape in ways only a human can.

As of September 2017, Humans don't Make Good Pets has 34 full parts along with two interludes; the series is still ongoing despite the indefinitely long hiatus.
Owen Powell

## Appearance

When first introduced at the rank of Captain, Powell was a wiry, tough man of average height and build with thin blond hair, a Roman nose and startling ice-blue eyes.

Since undergoing the training to become a HEAT operator, with its associated intense regimen of Crue-D assisted physical training, he has gained plenty of muscle mass and a few inches. He is the smallest man on the HEAT, but this still makes him a large and heavily muscled man.

## Personality

A taciturn and gruff man at the best of times, Powell appears to be stern and unapproachable. He has a dry, deadpan sense of humor and shows his emotions in understated ways.

Underneath that exterior lie deep and warm emotions, and Powell regularly seeks counselling to help him cope with the pressures of his command.

He enjoys writing and poker, is a firearms enthusiast, and supports Sheffield Wednesday.

## Relationships

Powell is in a committed and exclusive romantic relationship with Rylee Jackson. Both of them are committed to their careers first however, and are stationed on different planets. Their relationship is therefore a long-distance one and looks set to remain as such for the foreseeable future.

He is Bozo's nominal owner.

Powell is intensely loyal and affectionate toward his men, but the practicalities of command and military convention forbid him from being as close with them as he would like. For their part they are fiercely loyal to him and respect him as a father figure.
OmoAru

The OmoAru are a declined and nearly extinct former federation of republics and democracies that extended across ten inhabited worlds at its peak. A founding member of the Interspecies Dominion, the OmoAru were technologically far ahead of where the Corti are now when the Corti themselves developed their first warp drive. Their culture practiced cybernetic augmentation to an incredible degree, eventually reaching an end state where even their embryos were already enhanced with a nanoscale scaffolding of self-constructing technology that was carried on the parental zygotes. This scaffolding greatly enhances an OmoAru's physical and mental capabilities, pushing them up into performance territories otherwise only occupied by Deathworlders. However, this has also rendered them totally vulnerable to Hierarchy influence.

Physically, an OmoAru is between 3.4-3.6m tall and vaguely humanoid, though humans tend to make comparisons to leopard geckos and flying fox bats when considering them. They have a long and agile tail with a tuft on the end and tough, dry scaly skin of a sandy hue, mottled with vivid patches of colour such as ochre and turquoise which becomes thicker and more vivid around the base of their huge furry ears.

## History

The OmoAru had a longstanding cultural taboo against excessive automation, and so uplifted the non-sapient Allebenellin and Versa Volc to perform menial labor on their behalf.

## Society

Their civilization has declined almost to nothing by the time of humanity's first contact, and the last few thousand surviving OmoAru can be found disinterestedly living in the ruins of their ancient cities. They will speak to visitors but seem to take no interest in their own survival or anything beyond sitting around and simply enjoying whatever stimulation they can find.

One OmoAru gave Lewis Beverote the Huh.
Coltainer

Developed by Lewis Beverote and the team at Mrwrki Station, the **Coltainer** (from 'colony container') or *’*Von Neumann Colony-in-a-Can’ is a deep-space automated probe that searches for habitable planets of classes ten to thirteen. Upon discovering one, it would do everything within its power to satisfy itself that the planet lacked native sophonts of any stage of development and, once happy that the planet was not inhabited, it would survey for and identify an ideal spot for a new colony to be built, based on a complicated equation that took into account variables like clean water supply, ocean access, arable land, grazing land, forestry, local geology and mineral availability, climate, drainage, defensibility, proximity to *other* suitable locations and the feasibility of constructing roads between them, and more.

That done, it would mine some local asteroids or moons for raw materials, build an exact duplicate of itself, send that duplicate on its way in search of a new project, and then finally lay the groundwork for human colonization by sending down drones that would simultaneously excavate and print a basic colonial ‘hub’.
The Ox's Plan

**The Ox's Plan** is the fourth installment of The Xiù Chang Saga by /u/hume\_reddit.

The Ox's Plan (Part 1/2) Original Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/2kf0i0/jverse\_the\_oxs\_plan\_part\_1/

The Ox's Plan (Part 2/2) Original Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/2kf59c/jverse\_the\_oxs\_plan\_part\_22/
Baptisms

**Baptisms** is the 19th chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

This chapter is the first featuring characters from The Xiù Chang Saga including Regaari and Ayma, after /u/hume\_reddit stepped back from the series.

## Synopsis

The *Sanctuary* crew search for Xiù; Julian and Allison go on a date; Moses Byron steps in to fix the skidmark; and Sara makes a fatal mistake.

## Trivia

* Though Xiù Chang is mentioned throughout the piece, she doesn't appear until the following chapter, 20: Exorcisms.

## Links

* Original reddit threads:
	+ Part 1
	+ Part 2
	+ Part 3
	+ Part 4
* Current version at HFY Archive
Giymuy

Late Mother-Supreme of the Gaoian Clan of Females. Venerable even when she was first introduced, Giymuy reached an extremely old age by Gaoian standards and her fur was silver from eartip to hindpaw by the time of her death in 10y AV.

She was known to collect ornately decorated walking sticks and had a fondness for Habera Cakes, a bitter Gaoian treat that is apparently something of an acquired taste.
V'Straki

The V'Straki are a race of reptilian sapients that evolved on Earth prior to Humanity. After becoming embroiled in a lengthy war with the Igraens, the V'Straki were eradicated when meteors were launched at all of their main worlds.

## Notable Individuals

* Drassik - Originally a communications operator, Drassik was recruited into the V'Straki military, where he ultimately executed the sabotage of the Igraen food supply
* Vezzik - The Grand Warmaster of the V'Straki military was unwittingly scanned into a digital entity, where he passed critical information to his physical counterpart.
* Xagh - Captain of the Zhadersil
* Xayn - Son of Xagh. Xayn used a stasis pod to outlive the extinction of his species. He was recovered by Adrian Saunders sixty-five million years later.
The end of spell casting episode 1

The episode starts with Blaze Golden inventing the first gun his brother Roderick Golden watching impressed at his brothers invention. Then later they sell thier guns and convince people not to listen to Ambrose. Later Balthazar shows up and muders Ambrose. Then in Migard academy Kiriko is seen looking around for Jiriku. He is angry that Jiriku was messing around with summoning cards and he summoned a Dragon that ate all the food in the fridge. When he found Jiriku he scolded him for studying too hard and he invited some wizards for a party. But in the middle of the party Balthazar and Cody crashed it. Balthazar killed all the wizards at the party with no survivors there. When Jiriku and Kiriko go outside they are attacked by Cody. Cody tries to shoot Jiriku but Kiriko pushes him out of the way and Kiriko dies instead. enraged Jiriku kills Cody and activates his ifrit eyes and attacks Balthazar. When Balthazar was about to die he summoned the dark lord Terminus and he saves him. Off camera Terminus sends Jiriku to the home of doctor Hu.
Jenkinsverse

The **Jenkinsverse** (or **JVerse**) is the common name for the universe in which The Kevin Jenkins Experience and its subsequent spin-offs stories are set. Named after the first story's titular character, the Jenkinsverse grew to canonically include the series Humans don't make good pets, The Deathworlders, The Xiù Chang Saga, Salvage, MIA, The Lost Minstrel, Good Training and Deathworld Origins as well as standalone stories Henosis and Catechism of Gricka.

Canon status of stories in the Jenkinsverse is fluid, typically being decided by popularity on /r/HFY with the final decision of canonicity made by /u/Hambone3110. As a result, the Jenkinsverse is highly collaborative in nature, including work spanning several authors.
Forges

**Forges** is the 29th chapter of The Deathworlders by u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

The Entity is born from Six's scrapheap of disassembled copies of Ava; Vakno procures Bedu's services to find out who fed Perfection to the Hunters; Xiù, Allison and Julian, settle into "The Box", eventually getting over their awkwardness about seeing each other naked; Simon takes Ava to the airport where she reunites with the Tisdale family who are also returning to Cimbrean; Knight and Powell give the performance report on Operation: NOVA HOUND to the SOR; Adam and Martina run into Ava at Folctha's cemetery; the SOR purchase some Gauss rifles; Kirk resolves to get Lewis some help on the Coltainer project, letting Lewis design him a ship; Adam has a talk with a very broody Jack Tisdale;

Meanwhile, Regaari is set the task of dealing with the *Racing Thunder* by an opposing Father; since the ship technically deserted the Perfection fleet, the Dominion required the crew to be punished. As a solution, Regaari encourages some females, including Myun, to move to Cimbrean, then "banished" the Racing Thunder there. Since the ship is now protecting the lives of a healthy Gaoian population, One-Fang is unconcerned about sending the ship there, and Cimbrean gets an extra ship in its fleet. Arriving at Cimbrean, Regaari and the shipfather, Yefrig, greet the SOR customs detachment, however Knight is displeased with Regaari since the crew are mostly implanted.

As Ava settles into her new job at ESNN, she interviews Myun, writing a piece on her experiences with Xiù. The article is published only shortly before the decision of which team will pilot BGEV-11, forcing Byron Group's hand into choosing them over the other teams for publicity purposes.

Six and a new copy of Ava are devoured by the Entity.

## Links

* Link to chapter at deathworlders.com
* Announcement/discussion thread at r/HFY
Drew Cavendish

**Drew Cavendish** is an English deep sea diver-turned-spacewalker and founder of spacesuit manufacturer C&M Systems.

After working on North Sea oil rigs for many years, Drew became one of the first mining staff at Ceres Base, becoming the human known to have the most EVA experience. After being puppeted by a Hierarchy agent to sabotage the base, Drew had his translator removed and co-founded C&M Systems with Hephaestus colleague Drew Martin.
Earth

Cradle World of the Human Race, Earth is a high-end Class 12 deathworld that only narrowly escaped being ranked as Class 13 thanks to its low orbital eccentricity.

Also the home of the prehistoric V’Straki, before it was targeted by the Igraens at the conclusion of the Igraen/V'Straki war.

Gravity is 1.6 that of Galactic standard (9.8 m/s² in human measurements)

Currently protected by a impenetrable force field encompassing the solar system placed there by the Dominion as a cage meant to contain the human threat on the galaxy. Unfortunate for Humanity's foes there was a jump drive on an observation platform near Saturn, creating a gate for the humans.

## History

Some sixty-five million years before Vancouver, the planet Earth - then known as "Strak'kel" - was home to the reptilian V'Straki race. At the conclusion of the Igraen/V'Straki war, Earth was impacted by a meteor, eradicating all signs of civilization. Millions of years later, the Human race developed, making Earth one of the only planets to ever evolve a sapient species twice.
Gricka

An almost galactically known predator which had been accidentally transplanted from a deathworld to an undesignated class 6 temperate world in the Saggitarian globular cluster, ~ 60k years ago when the galaxy was still largely unexplored. It is a majestic beast with a sleek body, pointed ears, and a dexterous tail with which it could display nearly sapient levels of emotion.

It can be kept as a house pet by those who liked exotic and dangerous beasts. If you managed to domesticate it, it was one of the most rewarding pets due to its soothing, rumbling purr it would produced if you mastered the art of petting it; a skill in and of itself, although all who owned them said the first lesson was to never touch the belly unless it was presented to you, and even then with extreme caution. Indeed, the Gricka hated having its belly exposed to the point that if you dropped it with its back towards the ground, it would twist itself so as to land on its feet. Some people went so far as to say gricka *always* landed on their feet.

*”Non-sapients display animal-level intelligence, as anticipated. Although we have not yet roused them from the anesthesia field, the preliminary analysis from their natural environment finds that they are, locally, a minor predator adaptable as pets, in small family groups, and solitary life. Native diet appears to be primarily meat, with frequent additions of bovine lactation fluid. Side note - unconfirmed report of one consuming groundcover leaves and vomiting.”*

Canonized in Humans Don't Make Good Pets

Creatures From the Veil

and The Catechism of Gricka
0072

## Overview

0072 is a Hierarchy agent known for expert use of biodrones. It is responsible for operating the Mr. Johnson biodrones that interacted with Terri Boone.

Following the capture and interrogation of 0006, US special forces attempted to raid a Hierarchy safe-house located in San Diego. To evade capture, 0072 backed itself up, then teleported five kilograms of antimatter into the safe-house. The resulting blast destroyed the city of San Diago and heavily damaged the surrounding land.
Deliverance

**Deliverance** is the fifth chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

Kirk immediately sets off on his new mission: to bring as many abductees home as possible. He collects Amir Bahmani, who had been cast away on an uncharted deathworld, Allison Buehler, who had been working as a bodyguard on an asteroid mine, and Maria Sadowski, a Polish woman who had been living in squalid conditions without a translator on a trade station.

Terri arrives in San Diego, finding her client had organized a chauffeur to take her home. When she arrives, she takes her usual precautions in searching for listening devices and finds none, however the reader is informed that while bugs were installed they were far too small to be visible. The next day, Terri meets with Mr. Johnson who offers her one million dollars to compile her own list of all humans offworld, noting that although Johnson states otherwise, he appears to working for a superior. After Terri has left, Johnson returns to his employer, revealed to be a Corti in a vat of liquid who wants the system field destroyed.

At Scotch Creek, Kevin is being questioned by Tremblay and Doctor Sung, the base's psychologist while Tremblay pores over Hazel Naylor's sketchbook. Kevin expresses his distaste of the galactic community and his fears about humanity entering into it. Once Kevin has gained their trust he reveals that he has in his possession a functioning wormhole beacon smuggled in from the Observatory.

## Ultimatum

### Date point

*Unknown*

**Ultimatum** is an interlude posted between chapters 5 and 6. The events are a direct response to the events of the ninth chapter of Salvage, Positions of Power.

### Synopsis

Upon hearing that 1000 hunters were killed by a single human the Alpha-of-Alphas sends one of its meat-slaves to deliver an ultimatum to the "prey" species: That all places harboring humans are to handed over, lest they be raided by the Swarm of Swarms.

Kirk and his refugees aboard Sanctuary are playing poker when a warning of the ultimatum is received.

## Trivia

* The section in which Kirk meets Allison was only added in a later revision: originally, Allison was mentioned only once in 5.5: Ultimatum before being introduced as a main character in chapter 17: Battles.

## Links

* Chapter 5: Deliverance
	+ Original reddit thread
	+ Current version at deathworlders.com
* 5.5: Ultimatum
	+ Original reddit thread
	+ Current version at deathworlders.com
EMPTY BELL

**EMPTY BELL** was an operation that took place in Egypt on Earth following Hierarchy activity aimed at trying to destabilize the Middle East through the use of nuclear weapons. It involved elements of the SOR, the CIA, and Special Operations Group Delta pitted against both Hierarchy and Cabal forces.

Commanded by MSG Roy Vinther, the operation was initiated based on contact from Cabal and former Hierarchy agent SIX. SIX collected Ava Ríos while she was on her way out of a house doing legitimate investigative journalism work. Robert Murray who was surveiling her noted that she "glitched", his word for an inexplicable jump 6 feet back the way she had come, and instant turn to a different direction. Ava was detained as well as her colleagues, Simon and Sean Harvey.

Based on her conversation with SIX, she was to meet him at a given location to talk. Ava (ASH), Murray (GUINNESS), Firth (LIGHTWEIGHT), Vinther (BARKEEP), Pavlopoulos (HANGOVER),  Coombes (BOUNCER),  Walsh (DRINKIN BUDDY) departed US Embassy Cairo, and dismounted at a mining camp some distance away. SIX had prior to the operation biodroned every adult in the village, observing that the children knew that something was amiss, and that their parents were no longer actually their parents.

ASH spoke with SIX alone in the small office trailer while the military forces and biodrones kept eye on one another. SIX wanted to know how she was connected to the Roller Derby Rink fiasco, how she survived San Diego, and how she was also present at the botched spaceport sabotage attempt on Cimbrean. In exchange he told her of a communications relay that would need to be compromised in an attempt to disrupt ONE when he was to be compiled.

Unknown to ASH, SIX was also performing a scan of her mind or conciousness with the intent of returning to Dataspace with it. Toward the end of the conversation with 0006, they were alerted to the approach of probably Hierarchy forces in a convoy of Toyota Hilux pickup trucks.

In the fight that ensued, the Hierarchy committed, and lost, its suspected lone remaining ship on Earth, as well as losing an unknown number of biodrones. Additionally an unknown number of the Cabal biodrones under 0006s control were lost. Finally, both BARKEEP and HANGOVER were KIA while dealing with the ship. Additional SOR assets including WARHORSE were deployed once the ship had been incapacitated, and final mop up and rescue of noncombatants could take place. SIX escaped to Dataspace along with the copy of ASH which would eventually spawn the Entity.

This operation also resulted in ASH being made privy to DEEP RELIC and brought her somewhat into the confidence of the CIA and re-established her contact with the SOR.
Mrwrki Station

**Mrwrki Station** (sometimes **Mwrwrki Station**) is a space station located in the Erebor system.

## Early History

Mrwrki Station was originally constructed as a research outpost by the Kwmbwrw, designed to accommodate approximately 600 Kwmbwrw. Designed for observing signs intergalactic travel and communication, it mysteriously disappeared from its orbit in the Lleyvian Frontier. Only minor spacetime distortions were found at its former position fuelling speculation, and a large bounty was placed on its discovery, but the station was never found...

## In The Deathworlders

While on his early human collection missions aboard the *Sanctuary*, Kirk discovered the station half-embedded in a moon in an uncharted system near Nightmare. Recognizing Mrwrki's value, Kirk instructed the station to repair itself and used a system containment field to protect the station.

Returning ~7 years later, Kirk with Vedreg and Lewis settle into the station with the intent to use its assets, including multiple large nanofactories, to fight back against the Hierarchy and the Hunters. From these efforts, the Coltainer program was born and allied human military assets were brought on-board to further their development. As the number of personnel at Mrwrki Station grew, the scope of its mission grew too, coming to encompass many top secret R&D programs.

As of 15y AV, people currently stationed at Mrwrki include:

* Krrkktnkk "Kirk" A’ktnnzzik’tk
* Vedregnenug
* Lewis Beverote
* Lt. Col. Claude Nadeau
* Sgt. Lee Jun-Seok
* Sgt. Lucy Campbell
* Vakno
* Darcy

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 24
2. ↑ Chapter 27
Guvendruduvundraguvnegrugnuvenderelgureg-ugunduvug

**Guvendruduvundraguvnegrugnuvenderelgureg-ugunduvug** (Also referred to as **Guvnurag-One**) is the homeworld of the Guvnuragnaguvendrugun and the capitol of the Guvnuragnaguvendrugun Confederacy. A class-9 planet, Guvnurag-One is famous for its Ugunduvug-vanrundrneg or World-Storm, an enormous fierce planet-wide storm that consumes the entire planet every few years, caused by its unusual configuration of moons.

The name translated literally as “Place where all life is welcome and thrives as one, harmoniously.”

- An Eventful Month

The planet was almost totally obliterated by the Swarm of Swarms at 12y3m AV leaving few survivors.

## References

1. ↑ http://hfy-archive.org/book/deathworlders/chapter-35-event-horizons "Fortunately, both systems are secure against the kind of attack that hit Guvnurag-One, but…"
2. ↑ http://hfy-archive.org/book/deathworlders/chapter-15-hornets-nest
3. ↑ http://hfy-archive.org/book/deathworlders/chapter-35-event-horizons
0001

## Overview

0001 is a digital gestalt that functions as the leader of the Hierarchy. 0001 is rarely ever compiled and run, remaining dormant most of the time. On occasions when 0001 is running, it acts as a purely democratic decision-maker, disregarding all logic and reason in favor of majority rule.

At all other times, 0002 acts as the commanding agent.

## History

The gestalt entity currently known as 0001 was created by Tnaes near the end of the Igraen/V'Straki war. At that time, it was assigned to slot 0002 within the newly-formed Hierarchy, with Tnaes himself in charge as 0001.

At some point after this, Tnaes passed on. All Hierarchy agents were promoted by one position, and the gestalt assumed the title of 0001.
Interspecies Dominion

The Interspecies Dominion is the self-appointed governing body for all sapient species in the galaxy. The Dominion claims sole ownership of all un-colonized planets, and sells colonization and development rights to member species. Planets that host "promising pre-sapient fauna" are held in trust, with ownership given to the race when it officially achieves sapience.

## Membership

All races are automatically given membership in the Dominion when they achieve sapience. The official definition of legal sapience used to be the development of FTL travel. However, after Kevin Jenkins made galactic headlines with his single-handed victory over a Hunter raiding party, the threshold for legal sapience was lowered to the development of calculus.

The Dominion Charter establishes that the Dominion has authority over all sapient races. This has not gone uncontested. In particular, the Celzi, having grown frustrated with the Dominion's increasing prices for planetary expansion and settlement, launched a secession with several other races. Additionally, the Human nations of the United Kingdom and the United States, not having independently ratified the Dominion Charter, categorically reject the Dominion's claims of authority.

## Currency

The Dominion mints and distributes two forms of currency: Credits, and Development Credits

### Dominion Credits

Dominion Credits are a fiat currency used for everyday transactions, both inter- and intra-species. Like human currencies, Dominion Credits can be converted to any other fiat currency through a currency exchange.

### Dominion Development Credits

Dominion Development Credits are a specialized currency used to manage the technological development of new member races. In order to prevent economic collapses, distribution of new technology to new races is restricted. New member races are given an allotment of Dominion Development Credits, which can be used to purchase advanced technology from established member races. Additional Dominion Development Credits can be acquired by selling technological advancements to other races or to new member races.

## Member Races

* Corti
* Gaoians
* Guvnuragnaguvendrugun
* Humans (according to the Dominion)
* Locayl
* Kwmbwrw
* OmoAru
* Robalin
* Rrrrtktktkp'ch
* Vzk'tk
Where We Stand

**Where We Stand** is the 25th chapter of The Deathworlders by Hambone.

## Synopsis

Julian, Allison, and Xiu develop a polyamorous relationship; Mwrmwrwk is taken host by Eleven; Regaari makes a meme out of Warhorse and Baseball; Ava, Sean, and Simon travel to Cairo to investigate Hierarchy activity but are both intercepted by Six and detained by allied military (feat. Murray and Firth); the rest of the SOR apprehend the *Negotiable Curiosity*'s crew, when communication with *Caledonia* is lost; Darcy and AEC give Six's meeting with Ava the go-ahead; and Lewis begins his plan to save humanity.

## Links

* Link to chapter at deathworlders.com
* Discussion thread at r/HFY