Gamilas

## **Planet Info**

Gamilas (also spelled Gamilus) is a planet in the Large Magellanic Cloud and the homeworld of sentient species of the same name. The world is consisted of a thin crust an a hallow mantle that is filled with cave-like catacombs. Due to the massive underground supervolcanic system by nature of this planet, sulfuric build up is common, and equally deadly. Highly corrosive rain often occur underneath the ground along with the underground oceans of sulfuric acid. Along with the unpredictable volcano eruption, the planet is under constant threat of nature; which forces most native population off world to find a less hostile world. The only other natural satellite is the planet Iscandar, where they share a binary orbit.

## **Species**

Gamilas, also known as Gamillans, are a sapient humanoid species originating from the planet Gamilas. As the founders and leaders of the Great Gamilas Empire and the Gamilas Grand Duchy that preceded it, the species has become the dominant race in the Large Magellanic Cloud and territories beyond.

## **Biology**

Members of the Gamilas species are most obviously identified by light blue skin. Among some Gamilas, skin color is an important trait distinguishing them from supposedly inferior alien races, Gamilas have purple blood, They may also age more slowly than humans, with lifespans that are possibly well over one hundred years long.[1] Aside from these characteristics, members of the species are nearly identical to humans, from anatomical structure down to the DNA level, Both species can eat many of the same foods, and can survive in the same environmental conditions for limited periods of time, The Gamilan belief in their own uniqueness and superiority has become an eventual death sentence. The genetic purity of the species has made it overly adapted to the specific conditions found on the homeworld, and unable to survive over the long term in alien biospheres. The only solutions are to find or artificially create environments that exactly match those of the planet Gamilas, or to interbreed with local populations.

## **History**

### **Early History**

The biological evolution of the Gamilas was influenced by an ancient alien race known as Aquarius, which discovered the species' homeworld and seeded it with its own genetic material, The Gamilas civilization that emerged eventually built sprawling cities in the planet's vast open underground areas and gave the planet's outer crust over to wilderness, Sometime after the fall of an older interstellar empire originating on Gamilas' planetary twin, Iscandar, the Gamilan people began their own expansion into the cosmos, In addition to conquering other races, the Gamilas worked to "Gamilasform" uninhabitable worlds into life-sustaining planets, and used large sections of the crust of their homeworld and the native life on them as supply bases for their efforts, No later than the year 1800 CE, Gamilans discovered the Aquarius gate network, allowing them to make use of corridors through subspace and to greatly expand their influence into the Small Magellanic Cloud and parts of the Milky Way Galaxy.

### **Recent History**

Some Gamilans were led by a president until the unification of the species under the Gamilas Grand Duchy, which itself was reorganized and declared as the Great Gamilas Empire. Leader Abelt Dessler, whose reign over the empire began around the year 2096,  was driven by secret knowledge that life on the planet Gamilas was dying, and that the Gamilan species was too pure to survive over the long term on planets with environments that did not exactly match that of the homeworld. He courted Queen Starsha of Iscandar, proposing the unification of his empire with the small but still powerful remains of hers to bring order and "salvation" to the universe under his banner, The empire's campaign of conquest also grew harsher, and control of the Gamilan people tightened considerably under the empire's secret police force, the Imperial Guard. The old aristocracy of the empire was greatly marginalized under Dessler's rule.

## **Culture and Society**

Many facets of Gamilan society have come to be dominated by the authoritarian Gamilan state. Under the regime of Abelt Dessler, daily life has come to be oriented toward the greater glory of the empire, its policies, and its leaders. Military activity is routine in Baleras, with soldiers and warships becoming a regular sight in the imperial capital. Children learn from an early age to celebrate and emulate the military that fights to expand the empire's frontiers. The grave markers of deceased civilians, even children, are adorned with the emblem of the empire, The Imperial Guard has contributed to these conditions through pervasive surveillance of the public, and through ideological programs carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Propaganda, The centrality of the empire in Gamilas society is built upon a widespread--but far from universal--belief in the superiority of the Gamilas people over other races, Ironically, Gamilans show great reverence for the alien people and culture of Iscandar, making the planet into what a human observer once described as an "object of worship." Gamilans demonstrate unquestioning respect in their infrequent interactions with the few surviving Iscandarians; this includes use of the ritualized phrase "Rud Iscandar" ("Noble Iscandar") in welcoming and taking leave.

## **Technology**

Gamilan civilization has achieved one of the highest levels of technological advancement in its region of space. Even with such accomplishments, the Gamilas have come to rely in part on acquired alien technology, as in the case of the Pormelia-class carrier. The Aquarius network of subspace gateways, built in the distant past by a long-vanished alien race, has become a key element of the empire's expansion beyond its home galaxy, Robotics technology appears to have been shared between Garmillas and Iscandar, and Abelt Dessler's quest for closer ties with Iscandar has recently enabled the empire to begin building its own wave motion engines, one of the most potent and potentially destructive sources of energy known to science, Architectural design is relatively uniform throughout the empire. Buildings on the planet Gamilas itself and on the frontier world of Pluto tens of thousands of light years away both have a partially organic look that appears to have been grown as much as built. Many such buildings fill the city of Baleras, and are similar in shape, color, and size