Mythology

## **Planet D/Arkadia**

**The Myth**

*All life in the galaxy was created by the god Ramo'Lack on the world of Arkadia. For a time, Ramo'Lack and his servants lived together with the mortals. This period ended when the dark lord Ayarosh and his minions managed to escape their realm. (The dark underworld of Zavor.) This led to a war between the armies of light and darkness. Eventually, Ramo'Lack slew Ayarosh and the armies of darkness were defeated. But at this point, the world had been reduced to ashes. The survivors then spread across the galaxy and became the current races.*

**The Lost History**

*Humanity was living on Arkadia when an alien race called the Ramo'Lack settled on the planet. The Ramo'Lack wanted slaves to serve them, but Humans were not suited because they could not breathe the Ramo'Lack atmosphere. So the Ramo'Lack turned to genetic engineering to create slaves instead. The Humans, however, realized that it was only a matter of time before the Ramo'Lack attacked. So they stole the Ramo'Lack's spaceships and launched the **Lone Expedition**. This expedition settled Earth.*

*In revenge, the Ramo'Lack created the Proto-Kaldorans and ordered them to attack Humanity. However, a scientist called Ayarosh had sabotaged the creation of the creatures. Instead of fighting, the Humans and Proto-Kaldorans became allies. Ayarosh was found guilty of treason and executed. Knowing that it the Ramo'Lack would try again, this alliance developed FTL-capable ships and left the planet. This is was the **Joined Expedition**. The Humans settled on Med and the Proto-Kaldorans became the Kaldoran.*

*While the Joined Expedition was underway, the Ramo'Lack did indeed try again. The result were the Dorcons. This time, however, the Ramo'Lack had created a menace beyond their control. The Dorcons turned against their masters and killed them. Eventually, the Dorcons developed spaceship of their own and left. This was the **Final Expedition**.*

**The Myth Today**

*The fascist state that rules the Psychons declared the myth forbidden knowledge back in the 1940's, resulting in barely anybody even knowing it. The few that do know it, no longer believe in the Myth. On the Dorcon side, the myth is still in the history books. However, only a handful of people still believe it and those are split into two camps: **The Pro-Earth camp and the Anti-Earth camp.***

## Aliens and Earth

* **Dorcons:** The Dorcons have charted Earth and know it is habitable. But they have never visited it. This has led to the split in the few people that still believe in the Myth of Arkadia. Because of the Ultima Thule colony, the people of the Union of Space Stations know that Earth is not Planet D and is inhabited. But they refuse to share this knowledge this the planet-side Dorcons out of spite. The Dorcon leadership is not interested in Earth, focusing on wiping out the Psychon in order to prove their superiority (and add the Psychon worlds to their Empire).
* **Kaldor:** The Kaldor learned of Earth when they stole their spaceship from the Dorcons. They don't care who lives their already or if it is Planet D or not, all the want is to get away from the Dorcons. They believe that Earth is the last chance of saving their species.
* **Med:** The Med are unaware of Earth.
* **Psychons:** Because the true history of Arkadia has been lost, the Psychons don't know Earth exists.