Sigaea

Sigaea is a far-flung world at the edge of cosmic nowhere, and the primary setting of all AEGIS games. Once a barren planet, it was terraformed thousands of years ago, and more recently, colonized by humans. After terraforming, Sigaea bares some resemblance to Earth, though it is smaller, with shorter days and longer years.

## History

Because humans arrived long after the planet became habitable, little is known about Sigaea before terraformation. Across the planet exist megalithic structures and odd geography that appear to have been created, but the creators are long gone. The giant "bird baths" that the Empyreal Realms' sky cities sit upon, and the structure the Sector Authority's space elevator is built into are examples of this.

Once the AEGIS Robots arrived to transform the planet, they recreated the landscape, oceans, atmosphere, magnetosphere, life, and other aspects to more closely match Earth, before going dormant.

After humans arrived, they built nations and societies, but soon found themselves under siege from rogue robots, in an age that lasted quite a while before they were ultimately deactivated for ages, until the beginning of the Five Nations War.

## Geography and Life

Sigaea is very similar to Earth in some ways, but very different in others. Many rocky formations are made from crystalline materials, metal and weirdly shaped remnants of pre-human Sigaea. The landscape is also speckled with dormant robots.

The central continent of the world features multiple biomes, including dense forests to the West, desert and prairie in the center, and rocky mountains and cliffs to the East and South. The world's oceans are extremely violent and difficult to traverse, owing its erratic tides to Sigaea's two moons.

In terms of biodiversity, Sigaea has many varieties of flora, but sparse wild fauna. Birds are uncommon, as are large mammals. Smaller mammals such as cats, dogs, rodents and raccoons thrive around population centers. Insects and small life thrive in wooded areas. The seas are mostly small fish, shellfish crabs and very large colonies of cephalopods.

## The Five Nations

The world is Sigaea in modern times is divided into five nations, each with their own distinct culture - all at odds with one another.

* **Allied Provinces**: The newest nation, defected from the Empyreal Realm. A cold nation of brave warriors.
* **Empyreal Realm**: The oldest nation, far-reaching and powerful with a culture of decadence, waste and self-sacrifice.
* **Great States**: A nation born from the territory between Empyre and Iris. Staunch, bureaucratic and unconquerable.
* **Iris Dominion**: A secretive nation that thrives on stealing the technology and people of other nations.
* **Sector Authority**: The only nation not physically attached to the main continent, a very modern nation that doubles as Sigaea's world police.

## Trivia

* "Sigaea" is "AEGIS" backwards, with an extra A.
* It's also reminiscent in terrain and feel to Filgaia, featured in the *Wild Arms* series, mainly 1 and 2.
* The five nations and their respective colors spell "AEGIS" - WHOA!!
* The five nations also mirror AEGIS' robot classes.

	+ The Allied Provinces are an aggressive nation, specialized in martial combat
	+ The Empyreal Realm has a powerful air force and everything in it is disposable
	+ The Great States are an impenetrable, defensive nation
	+ The Iris Dominion operates by disabling foes and manipulation
	+ The Sector Author is far way from the conflict, but manages to get involved everywhere
* The background of this wiki shows the Empyreal Realm and some of Sigaea's odd terrain features.