Abryain

Abryain, the homeworld of the Ulacki species.

Abryain is a temperate oceanic world orbiting the G-class star Deiloyrr in the galaxy NGC 4626. It is the homeworld of the Ulacki species, a species that would build the Federation which would unite NGC 4626. Abryain is a symbolic world for their species, as well as functioning as the symbolic capital of the Federation.

## Physical

Abryain is a small oceanic world with a mass of 43% of Earth's. Consequently its gravity is one-fifth lighter than on Earth. Abryain's atmosphere is 4 times as thick as Earth's, with many times the water content in the air. Although the oxygen and nitrogen content is similar to Earth, an unaided human would suffocate in the amount of water they inhale, but not before they are poisoned by the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In the worst of circumstances, it is possible for humans to breathe the air, but not for longer than 30 seconds.

## Biology

Abryain is a immensely vibrant world. Containing more species in one biome than other worlds do on their entire surface, it is said that even now, two million years after the Ulacki left their homeworld, the Federation has not managed to document ever living species on the planet.

Vast Jungles cover large swaths of the planets surface, with trees that appear similar to fungi on Earth, except many times taller. Said trees are actually semi-mobile, moving at a rate only slightly faster than their growth. It is inside of these jungles were the majority of the population reside; massive eco-arcologies living in harmony with the trees are where people live. In the undergrowth of the jungles resides one of the largest ecosystems on the planet, a vast network of fungal filaments sustaining the trees and almost all fungi and plant life on the planet.

Under the sea, there are gigantic forests of kelp that provide almost all of the oxygen in the atmosphere, that cover millions of square kilometres. These kelp forests support absolutely gigantic ecosystems, sustaining millions of species.

### Ulacki

The Ulacki and quadrupedal furry sentient creatures that live for around 130 years. They are approximately the size of a human, and have a similar life cycle too. Internally, however, their body systems are fundamentally different.

The Ulacki reproduce sexually, but the similarities end there. Their digestive systems are half as long as a typical humans is, as the organ that would be a stomach in a human also fulfills the function of a small intestine. What is left is passed onto a small pouch to be defecated. The Ulacki digestive system comprises of a stomach and almost nothing else. The Ulacki have two hearts; one just below the base of their neck and one sitting right in their pelvis-analogue. They both pump two different circulatory systems, the lower and upper, around the lower and upper halves of their body. The only time they come in contact is at the lungs, which sit in the middle of the two.

## Civilization and History

Over two millions years ago, in the vast jungles of Abryain, there was a peculiar species of mammal with a brain capacity that was rapidly approaching what is now intergalactically designated the 'critical intelligence mass.' Such a mass is a specific ration of brain volume, neuron count, and body size that no intelligent species lacks. Finally, when they crossed the threshold, their species obtained sentience and intelligence. The Ulacki were born. For as long as a half-million years, they sprinted through the jungles using tools that only just gave them the upper hand against their hunters, until a now-forgotten species landed on the planet and started to hunt the Ulacki. They were never seen, it was just their robots that hunted them.

The Ulacki, now faced with total racial extinction, banded together and quickly developed more complex technology. They adopted a nomadic lifestyle, so that their hunters never found them. It was this way for a good five thousand years, as their technology advance insanely fast as they battled for survival. They never developed any concept of 'owning' something, a trait that is still visible in Ulacki society today. Finally, the hunter and the hunted reached a level ground technologically. The Ulacki, after five thousand years of being hunted for their meat, drove the hunters of Abryain. The hunters, who had never paid much attention to the outside world, were caught by surprise at this species sitting right under their noses with technology to rival theirs, and fled the world.

The Ulacki, now free, developed slower, but still very fast, and spread out to colonize nearby worlds.

### Current

Abryain is a medium-populated world with a population oscillating around ten billion worldwide. This world is the symbolic capital of the Federation, although it contains no government on its surface. The world receives over a billion tourists annually, as well as generating trillions of units in tourism. Abryain still looks similar to when it was first viewed, over two millions years ago, through effective environmental control and ecosystem regulation.

Numerous structures and mega-structures are located on, around or beneath this world. These structures include Sky City, a large ring around the planet which encompasses over half of the worlds accounted for population, the Underworld, a large connection of artificial caverns built over a million years ago for an unknown reason which span over most of the planet, and The Tethers, large space elevators located at the north and south poles of the planet.

One of the most famous images of Abryain, the first image taken encompassing the entire worldAbryain's NightOne of the most famous landmarks on the planet, Fadalasi Mountain was were scientists say that the first Ulacki were bornMabateck Beach, a popular tourist destinationVecaela Gorge, the sight of the first airplaneAnother famous image, taken a few hours after the first. This one depicts Abryain with both its suns, as well as the blue crescent that would later appear on the Federation's flagThe closest moon to Abryain, Walyra, captured in this stunning imageTwo hurricanes in the northern hemisphere of Abryain, taken from low-abryain orbitThe Aurora of AbryainA famous image, prompting Ulacki Faelal def Olanete to write the poem "The Two Suns and I"