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Tall Tales

**Tall Tales** is the 13th chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110

The Cimbrean story line of this chapter was co-written with /u/Rantarian and as such corresponds to Salvage chapters 67, 68 and 69.

## Synopsis

Kevin brings his recording of Ravinder Singh's story back to Scotch Creek to show Tremblay. In it Ravi recounts how he along with a Ukrainian man, Mikhael, were abducted as experts in the effects of nuclear warfare. Their Corti abductors had taken them on a tour of 18 different deathworlds, each with strong evidence of a civilization that had annihilated itself with a nuclear winter. Their abductors suspected that this was evidence of meddling by the mysterious Hierarchy. Eventually, they were ambushed by the Hierarchy, killing the Corti and Mikhael, however Ravi escaped returned to Earth and used his promised payment by his abductors to protect himself from future Hierarchy attack.

Meanwhile on Cimbrean, Jen reconnects with humanity, meeting briefly with her replacement as governor, Sir Jeremy Sandy but as a mysterious ship from Celzi space is incoming, she leaves the planet with Kirk and Julian aboard *Sanctuary*,though not before naming the colony "Folctha" (Irish for "bath")

Cimbrean's military detachment fire on the incoming ship before opening communications to it, where it is revealed to be poor, defenseless Adrian Saunders with a crew of terrified aliens and Russians. The soldiers give the vessel no chance of survival and thus offer no help, however Adrian is able to pull off a one-in-a-million water landing. The largely injured passengers of the ship (including Gyotin, a Gaoian pirate) are taken as POWs by the soldiers.

Saunders briefs Captain Powell on all that had happened to him since his abduction, including the existence of both the V'Straki and the Hierarchy. Since Saunders had been confirmed dead by Jen, and his misdemeanors pre-abduction had left him wanted, Powell is tempted to arrest him and have him returned to Earth. He decides against it though as his impressive knowledge of alien technology is considered too valuable, so allows him free movement within the encampment and permission to build a ship of his own, in return for advanced sensors for the colony and salvaged Hierarchy ships. He makes good on these promises over the coming 12 days under the watchful eyes of two of Powell's men, recovering the digitized mind of his dead companion Trycrur from a downed Hierarchy vessel.

*Sanctuary* deploys a defense field around the Cimbrean system, before dropping Jen off at Irbzrk Station, free to return to exploring the galaxy (and returning to Salvage).

## Trivia

* This is the first chapter to use the date point system of *n*Y *n*M *n*W *n*D AV, though its use becomes more consistent in later chapters.

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Current version at deathworlders.com
Цунан Цукиока

**Имя:** Цунан Цукиока, Кацухиро, Катсу

**Происхождение:** Rurouni Kenshin

**Уровень сил:** 9-C | 8-C

**Пол:** Мужской

**Классификация:** Гренадер, Художник, Оппозиционный журналист

**Принадлежность:** Бывший член отряда Сэкихотай

**Возраст:** 18 лет

**Умения, силы и способности:**

* Сверхчеловеческие физические характеристики
* Манипуляции взрывами
* Владение огнестрельным оружием

**Разрушительный потенциал:** Уличный Уровень | Уровень Здание (При помощи нескольких его гранат, Саносукэ потопил "Рингоку", боевой корабль Шишио

**Диапазон:** Десятки метров

**Прочность/защита:** Уличный Уровень

**Скорость:** Сверхчеловеческая

**Сила на подъём:** Атлетическая

**Сила на удар:** Уличный Уровень

**Выносливость:** Высокая

**Интеллект:** Средний

**Нравственность:**

**Боевые навыки:** Превосходный гренадер

**Экипировка:** Фитильные бомбы и гранаты, две пары колец для зажигания взрывчатки

**Атаки, техники и способности:**
Кацухиро является специалистом по созданию и использованию взрывчатки. В бою он надевает кольца на указательный и средний пальцы, которые трением создают искры, чтобы быстро зажечь бомбы. Если противнику удаётся обезвредить брошенные бомбы отрубив запалы, Катсу укорачивает их, тогда летящая бомба взрывается до того как враг сумеет обезвредить её.
List of stories

This page contains a non-exhaustive **list of stories**, canon and non-canon set in the Jenkinsverse.

## Canon

### Series

* The Deathworlders
* Humans Don't Make Good Pets
* The Xiù Chang Saga
* Salvage
* Missing in Action
* The Lost Minstrel
* Good Training
* Deathworld Origins
* Waters of Babylon

### One-shots

* Henosis
* The Catechism of Gricka
* The Brink

## Non-canon

For all stories, see the r/HFY wiki's Authors and All Works pages.

* Quod Erat Demonstrandum
* Guttersnipe
* Bolthole Aces (possibly canon? not marked as canon on the wiki.)
Catechism of Gricka

Follows one Mrs. Nesbitt, a cat lady, who is abducted by Corti along with her cats in 1958. Hilarity and allergies ensue. She and her abductors accidentally time travel some hundreds of years to the past. Gricka, it turns out, are not only cat-like, but are the descendants of cats (but evolved somewhat since then), and have become an invasive deathworlder species plaguing innocent aliens and dizi rats alike.

Link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/4cd6ad/oc\_jverse\_the\_catechism\_of\_gricka/
Kinetic Pulse Weaponry

By far the most common form of weaponry in the galaxy is **Kinetic Pulse Weaponry**. Effectively a rapid-discharge force field generator, these weapons deliver a physical blow to the target at light-speed without the use of a projectile. Kinetic pulse weaponry is enormously energy inefficient and does not scale up in size well. However, kinetic pulse guns do not require reloading or ammunition, produce no recoil, do not need cleaning or maintenance, and can be easily reconfigured to match the anatomy of any species.

Pulse weapons are stored in a compact inactive state and when picked up by a recognized species will reshape themselves to fit that species hands and arms, or equivalent appendage. As such pulse guns are standard in both Dominion and Alliance military use, as well on civilian stations for repelling emergency Hunter attacks.

Humans are not a recognized species and cannot use or activate an inactive weapon. Humans can pick up and fire a pulse weapon that was previously activated and configured for another species, though the size of the weapon and the relative placement of the grip and trigger may make it very cumbersome for a Human to fire.

Depending on the size and power supply, a kinetic pulse can smash bone, pulp flesh and tear off limbs, and even reduce their unfortunate victim to a shower of liquefied organic matter. Alternatively, lower-powered versions can simply stun. Humans, however, are highly resistant to Kinetic Pulse fire. While the shots do hurt, light KP pistols only hurt about as much as a round slap in the face and KP rifles feel more akin to being punched by a relatively strong man. Blows this powerful CAN kill a human, but are much more likely to just bruise and daze. Only the heaviest KP-weaponry, originally designed to overwhelm the shielding around old tanks and other vehicles, can reliably harm a human - they are about equivalent to being kicked by a horse. A human hit by such a round will probably stay down with several broken bones, and might well die from internal bleeding, but a glancing blow can still result in the human getting back up, dazed and confused and nursing a broken arm, but very much alive.

Kinetic pulse weapons can be modified to fire projectiles of most any configuration, though not always at 'bullet' speeds, making them useful as harpoon guns or cable launchers. They can also be scaled up into scrapguns which use a large array of KP weapons to fire tubes full of anything from scrap metal to water ice. This is a suitable, if short ranged, makeshift anti-shield weapon suitable for attacking unarmored ships.

Despite their inefficiency, throwing enough power into a KP emitter will allow it to mulch even humans, and is used by Regaari against a red Hunter during operation NOVA HOUND, and later by the Hierarchy Abductor ship during operation EMPTY BELL, though in the former case the pulse pistol was overloaded so badly it melted.
Robert Murray

CSgt **Robert Murray** is a Scottish HEAT operator.

Murray joined the SOR pipeline coming from the British Special Boat Service along with Powell and is one of the oldest and smallest of the HEAT operators.

Murray is a quiet man in more than one way: while he doesn't talk all that much, he is also blessed with the ability to easily disappear in a crowd, much like his friend Julian Etsicitty. For this reason, he's often likened to a Scottish ninja.

He is the inventor of the "Murray Salad", a blend of kebab meat, anchovies and fried chicken that only a Gaoian or a Scotsman could love.

## Quotes

"*The big dude in the suit who’d taken over from Murray* [...] *managed the impressive feat of being even more impenetrably taciturn than Murray himself, who was friendly and engaging even if he preferred to deploy his words like an old lady counting out pennies.*"

- The Deathworlders, chapter 26: Where We Stand
Aru

**Aru** is the homeworld of the OmoAru. It is covered mostly by desert with few bodies of water, although the climate approaching the poles is more temperate. Wide turquoise rivers snake their way across the ochre landscape, forming the basis for civilization in Aru's deserts.

The crew of the *Sanctuary* visited the Aru city of UmOraEw-Uatun 4y 9m AV, finding Xiù Chang and offering her passage home. While there, they investigated the OmoAru's decline and found the city's hospital with no patients but with a full staff carpark. Their investigation however was cut short by Zane Reid attempting to murder the rest of the crew, and was promptly thrown out *Sanctuary*'s airlock into one of Aru's rivers.

13y AV, Bedu and Vakno also investigated the hospital, discovering a secret door, behind which lay the corpses of OmoAru researchers attempting to reverse decline. They were ambushed by a now-biodroned Zane, but rescued by Dog Wagner.
Galactic Compact

The Galactic Compact is an inter-species union from 65,000,000y BV. It is effectively the ancient precursor of the Interspecies Dominion, although the two organizations are entirely unrelated.

## Member Races

The Galactic Compact encompasses many other species; these are the only ones that have been mentioned by name.

* Igraen
* K'noit

## Non-Member Races

* V'Straki - Refused to join, as membership in the Compact would undermine the absolute authority of their Emperor.
Яцумэ Мумёи

**Имя:**Яцумэ Мумёи

**Происхождение:** Rurouni Kenshin

**Уровень сил:** 9

**Пол:**Мужской

**Классификация:**Человек, член 6 товарищей

**Возраст:**около 30-ти лет

**Умения, силы и способности:**Сверхчеловеческие характеристики, удлинненные конечности, заточенные зубы,

**Разрушительный потенциал:**

**Диапазон:**ограничен длинной когтей

**Прочность/защита:**человеческая

**Скорость:**человеческая

**Сила на подъём:**Сверхчеловеческая

**Сила на удар:**сверхчеловеческая

**Выносливость:** выше человеческой

**Интеллект:**Средний.

**Боевые навыки:**средние

**Экипировка:**

*Металлические кольца* - удлиняют конечности

*Металлические когти*
Оружие

**Ору́жие** — общее название устройств, предметов и средств, конструктивно предназначенных для лишения жизни/вывода из строя людей и животных и/или выведения из строя техники и сооружений

## Оружие, представленное в Манге.

**Меч** — вид холодного оружия с прямым клинком, предназначенный для рубящего удара или рубящего и колющего ударов, в самом широком смысле — собирательное название всего длинного клинкового оружия с прямым клинком.

**Боевая коса** — это древковое оружие пехоты, которое представляло собой древко или шест, с насаженной на него хозяйственной косой, шинковочным ножом или специально изготовленным двулезвийным клинком, чаще дугообразной формы

**Копьё** — метательное, колющее или колюще-рубящее древковое холодное оружие. Копья бывают двух видов: метательные и для ближнего боя.

## Мечи

### **Мечи, созданные Араи Шакку**

**Мугендзин**  - меч с уникальным пилообразным лезвием, благодаря которому он буквально разрывает врага. С этим связана и главная особенность меча, он может накапливать на себе жир убитых, который можно поджигать для создания атак с огнем ( Использовался Шишио и Ашитаро).

**Сакабато Кагеучи** - этот меч Кэншин получил сразу после битвы при Тоба-Фусими. Сакабато Кагеучи служил доверенным мечом Кэншину в течение десяти лет. Сам меч находится в черной стальной оболочке. Меч был сломан, когда Кэншин дрался с Содзирой Сэтой в деревне Шингетсу.

**Сакабато Шинучи**- Этот меч был получен Кэншином от Арая Сейку. На стали, внутри рукоятки, была выгравирована надпись "Я режу себя, я обучил бесчисленное количество клинков". После этого, Шинучи становится новым клинком Кэншина.

### **Мечи Тё**

**Хакуджин но Тачи** - Меч имеет очень тонкое и гибкое лезвие, он извивается словно змея и им легко наносить удары даже на расстоянии и под любым углом. От удара сложно уклониться из-за особой гибкости меча.

**Ренбато** - Пара мечей, которые можно соединить в один, с двойным лезвием. Два меча наносят рану, после которой невозможно выжить. Даже если противник не погибнет от атаки, он умрёт от инфекции, которую вызовут эти лезвия.

### **Остальные**

**Ватто** - меч с японским клинком, но с китайской отделкой рукояти. Из всех разновидностей мечей Ватто можно отнести к классу "тачи" - сверхдлинным мечам, широко распространённым до наступления эпохи Сенгоку ( использовался Эниши).

**Кодачи** - изначально Аоши дрался только одним, который в сочетании с приёмами кемпо составлял основу его боевого искусства. Обычная катана делает мечника более уязвимым на близком расстоянии.

## **Другое оружие**

Копьё

Коса
Observatory

The **Observatory** was a large space station placed in orbit around Saturn during the course of the Kevin Jenkins Experience. The Observatory sent to surveil Earth after Kevin Jenkins brought humanity to the attention of the Dominion, and initially housed Kevin, along with two other abductees, Kirk, and a large crew. Eventually, Kevin was sent home to Earth, while Kirk left the station to pursue a career in politics.

Humanity leanred about the Observatory when it was discovered by the Cassini probe shortly after the Vancouver Incident. When the Sol system field was erected, the station was relocated to Neptune.

As of 13y AV, it is unknown if the Observatory is still in operation.
Scotch Creek

**Scotch Creek** is a small town in British Columbia, Canada hosting a large military complex consisting of the **Scotch Creek Extraterrestrial Research Facility** (or **SCERF**) and Allied Extrasolar Command. The complex was established to store and research the alien artefacts recovered from the Vancouver Incident, but has since grown to become the most important center for extraterrestrial everything on Earth.

## Trivia

Scotch Creek is in fact a real town located ~300 km (~200 mi) NE of Vancouver, BC on the shores of Shuswap Lake.
Rat in Sheep's Clothing

**Rat in Sheep's Clothing** is the third installment of The Xiù Chang Saga by /u/hume\_reddit. In this chapter, Xiù introduces the Gaoians to pancakes, meets with the Mother-Supreme and Ambassador Furfeg, learns of Earth's quarantine, and sends a message home.

## Trivia

* This chapter introduces Regaari, though initially only as a minor character as well as Furfeg.
Firebird

**This article is a disambiguation page for Firebird**

The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.

Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Firebird can refer to:

* Firebird (chapter), the 16th chapter of The Deathworlders
* Firebird (ship), an Allied spacefighter manufactured by Hephaestus.
Выносливость

**Выносливость**  — это атрибут, который позволяет определенному персонажу оставаться активным, проявлять себя в течение длительных периодов времени и восстанавливаться после испытаний.

Обратите внимание, что у нас нет заданных категорий для описания этого атрибута, и очень сложно правильно оценить его, поэтому вам лучше всего описать заявленную или отображаемую степень для определенного символа.

Например: «Тор однажды сражался с армией морозных гигантов в течение 9 месяцев без утомления».

Бесконечная выносливость должна применяться только к персонажам, которые могут использовать свои способности любое количество раз без истощения.
Calvin Sikes

Calvin Sikes is a Sergeant First Class in United States Army Special Operations Group Delta assigned to the SOR HEAT team at HMS Sharman on Cimbrean as a Defender. He has participated in Operations NOVA HOUND, an unnamed operation that retrieved the ship Negotiable Curiosity, and was present for the rescue of Julian Etsicitty, Xiù Chang, and Allison Buehler. He has admitted to the unit counselor, Lieutenant Kieran Mears, that he feels that he is far outmatched by others in the unit in intelligence, physical ability and competence. In reality he is rated as one of the more intelligent and competent operators.

He cosplayed as Ken (Street Fighter) for Halloween.
Gains and Losses

**Gains and Losses** is the ninth chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110

## Synopsis

3y 1m AV, Terri Boone receives a phone call from San Diego police detective, Gabriel Arés pertaining to her killing of Mr. Johnson. He informs her that while the court was satisfied that he was killed in self-defence, the police have no reasonable evidence that Mr. Johnson had any employer at all, and as such, can't legally launch an investigation. Since Terri is a private investigator, Arés recommends that she investigate Johnson herself.

3y 3m AV, Kirk travels to Planet Nightmare, the only known class 13 planet in the galaxy, from which he rescues survival expert and castaway Julian Etsicitty, who had been in the midst of his preparations for the summer. Once Julian is decontaminated aboard *Sanctuary*, Kirk briefs him on the Sol quarantine and tells Julian that he needs his help for something.

At around this time, the earliest extraterrestrial human military training has begun in England.

3y 6m, several warp-related technologies are being tested at Scotch Creek when they receive the news that Russia had declared for the Celzi Alliance. Meanwhile on Embassy 172, Ambassador Hussein reassures the Dominion ambassadors that this is only one nation and that Earth as a whole is still a *de facto* Dominion member.

Terri contacts Detective Arés again to relay the results of her investigation. As she explains her suspicious evidence, another Mr. Johnson appears shooting Terri in the leg before exploding her car with a grenade launcher killing her.

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Current version at deathworlders.com
Direct Delivery

**Direct Delivery** is the 11th chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110.

This chapter is the first crossover with Salvage, featuring Jennifer Delaney who was last seen in Salvage chapter 56: Pushing Forward.

## Synopsis

Upon getting away from the Russian ambassador to the Celzi Alliance aboard the Alliance Embassy, Captain Rylee Jackson finds Officer Goruu who introduces her to Sister Niral and the other Gaoians gathered with him. One of the Gaoians, Mother Yimyi explains to Rylee that they are there in attempt to play the Dominion and Alliance against each other. After discussing for a while Niral and Goruu invite Rylee back to their shuttle for drinks and games. After a few hours of games a few glasses of talamay, Goruu finds that he is needed leaving Rylee and Niral alone in the shuttle. The two discuss differences in sexuality between their species, leaving Niral resolved to ask Goruu for a mating contract.

In Scotch Creek, General Tremblay makes a speech to the armed forces gathered for Operation STOLEN STAR, including its commanding officer, Captain Owen Powell. Meanwhile on Cimbrean, Jennifer Delaney has almost completed her months-long trek across the planet's surface. When she arrives mid-morning, she finds that while most of the Cimbrean palace has been thoroughly obliterated, her bath remained perfectly intact and resolves use the rest of her day boiling the water needed to fill it. Soon after she finishes and steps in though, *Sanctuary* arrives to begin setup of the colony. After Julian and Kirk have an awkward bath-side conversation with her, they leave her be while they set up the jump drives to bring through the STOLEN STAR forces.

When Jen steps out of her bath, she realises that her clothes are filthy from her cross-continental journey and so goes in search of something else. When she steps onto the palace's front steps however, she finds dozens of soldiers unpacking equipment, leading to a naked outburst of *"Which one of you eejits wants to stop gawking first and hand me some fecking clothes?"*

## Trivia

* Tremblay states that the first human in space was "a Roman soldier called Lucius Bellator Maximus", a direct reference to spin off series Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Current version at deathworlders.com
Scott Blaczynski

Scott Blaczynski was a Technical Sergeant and Combat Controller in the United States Air Force assigned to the SOR HEAT team at HMS Sharman on Cimbrean as an Aggressor. He has participated in Operations NOVA HOUND, and an unnamed operation that retrieved the ship Negotiable Curiosity. He was KIA on an unnamed operation to disable and destroy the Solar Focusing Array threatening the Spaceborn assets of the liberation of MORDOR.

He comes from a troubled faimly background.  His father is currently incarcerated on a life sentence for first degree murder.  He has intimated to the unit counselor, Lieutenant Kieran Mears, that he feels that if it were not for his service, he would likely have been incarcerated or killed years ago.  He is constantly involved with pranks and "shenanigans" within the unit.  He also has a habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time which is typically immediately followed by a slap to the back of his head.  Over the years he has tattooed most of his body.
Deathworld Origins

### Link

https://web.archive.org/web/20180610041631/http://captainmeta4.me/books/deathworld\_origins/

"Sixty-five million years before the Vancouver Canucks and the Arizona Coyotes summarily pulped the Hunters attacking Rogers Arena, the Igraen Alliance was embroiled in a bloody war with the V'Straki Empire. The two warring species were brutal and ruthless in their pursuit of absolute victory. The repercussions of this war would last for eons, setting the stage for the shocking discovery of sapient life on Earth millions of years later."

Reading this series before Salvage can help one make sense of certain plot lines, but is not required for enjoying it. This series may spoil Deathworlders Chapter 17, which you may want to read first.

The original postings of the story have been deleted, but an archive of it can be found here.

Due to a dispute between the author and the community, the story "Deathworld Origins" is no longer considered "Canon" by the remaining authors, but has not been explicitly contradicted in the main storyline hence the current status "Canon Adjacent".
Kwmbwrw

## Physiology

Kwmbwrw are deceptively large. When they were on all fours they are only as high at the shoulder as a tall Gaoian, and that meant that sometimes their real size could be overlooked. They are long-limbed, covered in curly chocolate fur with a long tail that was usually held coiled between their legs and almost nothing in the way of a neck.

This Species features a single large, brown eye riding high above a wide and flat mouth, two more eyes further round the sides of the head for peripheral vision. This arrangement provides with two zones of narrow binocular vision and as a result, when working on something that required fine attention they need to turn head away from it and squint.

They use their tail as a counter balance; and when upright are taller than a Rrrrtktktkp'ch or even a Qinis, but that height was all limbs. Next to their extraordinary length, the body was almost comically short and keg-shaped.

Kwmbwrw are biologically omnivorous, though the vast majority abstain from meat for cultural reasons.

## Society

The Kwmbwrw homeworld, Kwmbwri, is perilously close to Hunter space, and a history of Hunter attacks has massively shaped Kwmbwrw society. The attacks have made the consumption of meat products a serious cultural taboo and advocate for Dominion counter-attacks against the Hunters.

Kwmbwrw are governed by a system of Houses and Grand Houses with the "Grand Houses of Kwmbwrw" being a member of the Interspecies Dominion. These are small organizations rarely exceeding 1000 members, and compete among each other for wealth power and influence.

## Trivia

* The Kwmbwrw language's use of the letter 'w' as a vowel is likely a reference to the Welsh language, including the name of the beverage *Kwrw* a reference to the Welsh word for beer, '*cwrw*'. This is made more likely since Hambone himself is Welsh
Quarantine

**Quarantine** is the fourth chapter of The Deathworlders by /u/Hambone3110

## Synopsis

The enclosure of the Sol system is immediately apparent on Earth due to the slight dimming of the stars. Aboard the Observatory, Kirk makes an impassioned speech condemning the enclosure before resigning as councillor. After purchasing a new ultra-fast ship, he makes his way to the planet Perfection, where he procures a list of all humans still outside the system field from notorious infobroker Vakno.

Meanwhile on Earth, Terri receives a call from her mysterious client, Mr. Johnson. He tells Terri that the convoy of abductees should head for Scotch Creek, before instructing her to return to her hometown of San Diego to begin a new contract.

At Scotch Creek, as Tremblay and Bartlett are discussing theoretical faster-than-light and stasis technologies, Kevin and the rest of the abductee convoy arrive.

## Trivia

* Although oblique references had been made prior, this chapter contains the first direct references to the events of both Humans don't Make Good Pets and the Xiù Chang Saga.

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Current version at deathworlders.com
Hunters

### Homeworld Classification

Now probably 14, because it's got hunters on it. Somewhere in the mid-range before the Madness.

### Defining Characteristics

Six legs, two or more arms, only species that eats sapients

## Species Characteristics

### Colonized Planets

Igraeot, Igraeep, Igraeiv, IgraeamPresumably more

## Overview

The Hunters are a violent space-faring species that craves the flesh of sapient beings. To that end, they conduct frequent raids of space stations and ships, and less commonly may assault an entire planet.

Despite their savagery, Hunters do possess civilization and culture. Their culture and art focuses on the hunting and capture of "Prey" (all other sapient species).

## Appearance

Hunters are pale white creatures with six legs and two arms. They have seven eyes, giving them exceptional depth perception and visual acuity. Their mouth contains several rows of razor-sharp teeth.

Hunters - particularly those participating in raids - generally replace one or more of their claws with cybernetic appendages fused directly into their body. The exact configuration varies based on individual preference, but frequently includes pulse weapons, fusion blades, and a personal shield. Hunters engaged in industry may instead implant tools of their trade.

Hunters are physically capable of speech, but instead communicate silently via neural implants.

Hunters do not have sexes. They reproduce asexually. When a Hunter desires to reproduce, it enters a Spawning Pool, and dissolves into thousands of spawn. The spawn compete with and consume each other. Surviving spawn emerge from the pool and grow into adult Hunters.

## Society

Hunters group into broods ranging from small raiding parties to large industrial organizations. Each brood is led by an Alpha. Within a brood, the Alpha's commands must be obeyed without question. The Alphas are overseen and managed by the Alpha-of-Alphas.

Known Broods include

* Bleeding
* Builder
* Flensing
* Burning Talon

Hunters are not named individually. They are called by their rank and/or role within the brood structure.

"The fact that Hunters had any notion of beauty or aesthetics at all would have been similarly shocking to most of the prey-species. But in fact, the Hunters were in their twisted way highly spiritual and artistic beings. Most of their understanding of beauty was, perhaps predictably, a sanguine and violent one, revolving around the flavour of well-stressed meat, the patterns made by blood and organs and violent dismemberment, and the panic, fear and horror of the Prey" -- Only-Human

## Notable Individuals

* Alpha-of-Alphas
* The Strange One
Corti banner system

The Corti are notorious throughout the galaxy for their rigorous banner-based caste system.

## Banner colors

While growing up in a crèche, young Corti are assigned a caste based on genetics and personality tests, with individuals more prone to emotional responses and 'defective' genetics being assigned to lower castes than those with an unflinching devotion to logic.

These castes are each represented by the color of banner. The banners, of the so far canonicaly mentioned colors, in descending order are: silver, blue, green, steel and yellow. With two special classes: gold (reserved only for the 13 Directors of the Corti Directorate) and carbon (reserved for the geneticaly modified Corti from Project Ark).

A Corti's assigned banner has a major impact on the opportunities available to them and their treatment by society. Banner colors lower on the hierarchy than green are restricted from breeding, and yellow banners are restricted to manual work. The lower castes often find it difficult to ascend to a position of prestige.

## Banner contents

Each Corti's banner also contains record of all of their individual achievements, like a cross between scout badges and a résumé. Beneath the name and date of creation at the top is a summary of the individual's biological parents and grandparents. From there, the banner goes on to show accomplishments in chronological order, typically starting with a summary of their schooling, followed by their adult life. Scientific discoveries and business deals are seen as the most prestigious items to have on one's banner.

The more that an individual achieves, the more stuff ends up on their banner, and as such, a Corti's worth is often measured by the length of their banner; according to Bedu, "...every Corti aspire[s] to a banner [...] as long as they [are] tall, if not longer." Varos, chancellor of Central University notably has a banner "fifty meters long and heavy with metallic threads depicting his many achievements."

## Notable Corti banners

* Bedu - Green, and "a short one."
* Nofl - Steel, yet "taller than I am."
* Beffri - Green
* Vakno - Silver
* Slomn - Yellow
Simon Harvey

**Simon Harvey** is an English investigative journalist and uncle of Sean Harvey. In investigating unusual activity in the Middle East, Simon took Sean and Ava Rios to Cairo. Ava however was dragged into the events of EMPTY BELL, and no story was reported on.

Simon helped Ava find her current job at ESNN in Folctha.
Ravi Singh

**Ravinder Singh** was the pseudonym of India's top nuclear scientists. Ravi was abducted by Corti researchers Hvek and Twanri along with Mikhael, a Ukranian man who ran tours of Chernobyl. Together, Ravi and Mikhael were tasked by their abductors to investigate nuclear explosions on deathworlds, finding evidence of destroyed civilizations on 18 different planets. The Corti suspected that this may be the work of the elusive Hierarchy, suspicions which were confirmed when their ship came under fire. Ravi was the only survivor, fleeing in an escape pod, returning to Earth and landing in the US.

Using the money gifted to him by his abductors, he purchased an apartment in Brick, New Jersey under the name 'Ravinder Singh' reinforcing it with high-tech security measures . At some point, he interacted with Terri Boone as she compiled her list of abductees, and mentioned his importance in her final statement. Shortly after speaking with Kevin Jenkins, he was murdered by a Mr. Johnson biodrone.
C&M Systems

**C&M Extravehicular Systems** is an Australian manufacturer of spacesuits and environment suits. Most notably, C&M created the EV-MASS spacesuits used by the HEAT, and the planetary excursion suits used by the *Misfit* crew.

The company was founded by Drew Cavendish and Drew Martin (hence "C & M") and is a member of Hephaestus Consortium.
Alien Abduction

quite simply - species who have been taken by force from their home planet.

Frequently the abducting species has been the Corti - but the species taken have been from many Worlds, and type. Humans, Gaoian are among the number of sentients that have been taken, but the term can be applied to other species, be it sentient or microscopic.
Fusion Weapons

### Overview

Fusion weapons were typically typically ceremonial or for last-line defense wielded by military officers among galactic species. As one of the few commonly available varieties of weapons capable of efficiently harming deathworlders, they make a regular appearance in the hands of anti-human forces, as well as in the hands of humans looking for a reliable weapon should they need to fight something that refuses to squish as easlily as most species.

### Appearance

Fusion blades come in a near infinite variety of form factors. They can be configured as daggers, axes, swords, spears, halberds, or any other form, so long as they leave room for a power supply, typically in the handle allowing for a thin cutting edge. They project a thin plasma coating on the edge of a weapon, allowing it to cut through flesh and armor with ease. Typically, a switch or button on the handle activates the cutting edge, allowing safe storage.

### Anti-Human Effectiveness

Despite their ability to sear through human flesh just as easily as any other species, fusion weapons are often lacking as anti-deathworlder weapons. Due to their melee range, any deathworlder close enough to be harmed by the glowing edge is also close enough to harm the user. Reaction times in deathworld species tend to place the odds in their favor, even unarmed.

An experimental version that slung throwing-star like projectiles was briefly used by Hunter boarding teams during operation NOVA HOUND, but was discarded as ineffective. Though the flying blades did damage, they tended to be inaccurate and ineffective, the necessarily wider portions causing the blades to be lodged in dense human tissue. They were lethal when striking the head, and on thinner humans, possibly when directly on the heart, but the cauterized wounds prevented blood loss and standard body armor tended to stop the blades even further from vital organs.

Elite Hunters with enhanced reflexes are able to make more effective use of conventional fusion weapons, though they are still outmatched by HEAT members.
Pandora

***Pandora*** was the first human-built FTL spaceship.

Launched 2y5m AV, and piloted by Captain Rylee Jackson, it marks how fast humanity could reverse-engineer alien tech to gain not just FTL flight, but functional working technologies leap-frogging where they were before the attack by the Hunters.

From Claude Nadeau’s breakthroughs in electrostatic field emitters that had allowed *Pandora* to fly on gargantuan weightless wings of pure forcefield and boost itself into space for a fraction of the expense required by a traditional rocket, to Ted Bartlett unravelling the secrets of spacetime field distortion technology and inventing a distortion drive that actually worked on a reasonable budget of energy, without any awkward relativistic time dilation and without ripping apart the sun in the process*[sentence fragment]*.

*Pandora* became the prototype for the Lockheed Martin TS-101.
Martin Tremblay

General Martin Tremblay, of the Canadian Armed Forces, was selected to oversee the newly assembled team of scientists working with the remnants of the Vancouver incident. (the events in Aftermath)

## Physical Information

### Gender

Male

The General has a working relationship with Kevin Jenkins after the events in Quarantine.

His efforts helped to persuade the treaty members to unify their space programs; leading to Pandora's maiden flight
Lathk

A sapient species of unusual appearance. Lathk have "spindly, birdlike limbs," and have a very large pair of ears in place of a head, mounted high on the front of their shoulders. Their eyes are black, and extremely small.

## Biology

Lathk rely almost entirely on their acute sense of hearing. Their eyes are underdeveloped, and they lack a sense of smell and may lack a sense of taste.

## Politics and Relations

The Lathk are a member of the Celzi Alliance. The Alliance relies on them for agriculture and manpower.
Monkeys Reaches Stars

**Monkeys Reaches Stars** (sometimes referred to as **Monkey Reaches Stars**) is the first part of the Xiù Chang Saga by /u/hume\_reddit. Originally written as a standalone story, Monkeys Reaches Stars is told from the alternating perspectives of Xiù and Ayma as they escape Corti abduction.

## Trivia

* This story marks the first appearance of Gaoians in the Jenkinsverse as well as the less prominent species of Allebenellin, Locayl and Mjrnhrm
* Characters introduced in this story include Xiù Chang, Ayma and Myun as well as Yulna who is mentioned as a throwaway character exactly once.

## Links

* Original reddit thread
* Audio book version, read by IamZren89: Part 1, Part 2
Dean Newman

Dean Newman is a Corporal in the Royal Marine Commandos assigned to the SOR HEAT team at HMS Sharman on Cimbrean as an Aggressor. He arrived at Cimbrean along side Lieutenant Costello and the other FNGs. He has participated in the unnamed mission where the SOR cleared the medical facility on Aru to allow for continued research into the mechanism by which the OmoAru were being sunsetted by the Hierarchy.
Diaspora Race

A Diaspora Race is any DNA-based, bipedal, ape-like species with a relatively large brain that has a particularly well-developed neocortex, prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes, which enable high levels of abstract reasoning, language, problem solving, sociality, and culture through social learning.
Elder species decline

**Elder species decline** is a phenomenon which supposedly occurs to all known sapient species, causing them to become extinct after ~200,000 years of civilization. Countless sapient species have undergone decline with the OmoAru in the terminal stage and the Corti at the beginning of the process. As a result, much of the Corti's scientific resources are put towards reasons for the decline, but little headway is made.

It is revealed throughout the course of The Deathworlders that decline is the result of Hierarchy meddling, with the purpose of constantly refreshing the pool of implanted sapients to ensure Igraen survival. Hierarchy agents commonly take control of researchers just to distract them from finding possible reasons for decline.

While the OmoAru's decline - caused by overzealous augmentation leaving them vegetated - is widely considered a lost cause, the decline of the Corti - caused by purposeful emotional stunting to the point of apathy - may be reversable. The Corti Directorate with the help of Nofl is hoping to restart their society with two bioengineered individuals with inspiration from the human genome.
Vakno

**Vakno** (also known by her alias **The Contact**) is a silver-banner Corti infobroker and researcher.

## Biography

Vakno's early life is unknown. When Dude visited the Contact on Perfection 8y BV, she already had a strong reputation as an infobroker, a black market procurer of secrets, suggesting that she has been established for a long time already. Dude hires Vakno's services to help track down "the mutant", the being who killed Xkkrk . Since Dude had no way of paying, Vakno accepted on the terms that he would run errands for her. As of 0y BV, these errands are still ongoing.

At some point, Vakno was arrested by Kirk for attempting to hack the *Outlook on Forever*'s systems. Whether her arrest was before or during Dude's service is unknown. 0y AV, Kirk tracks her down again to procure a list of all human abductees by the Corti Directorate.

3y AV, The events of Salvage chapters 76-77 happen (I'll fill this out later, promise x)

10y AV, Perfection was attacked by Hunters while the planet's defenses were disabled, a detail which the Hunters couldn't have known. Vakno finding this suspicious enough to hire Bedu to investigate further. When he returned almost two years later informing her of the Hierarchy, she had her implants removed, and travelled with him to Aru to investigate Hierarchy involvement in elder species decline. While investigating a derelict hospital, they are ambushed by a biodroned Zane Reid (whom Vakno had had deals with in the past). Bedu is killed, but Vakno is saved by Dog Wagner, who returns with her to Cimbrean.

As of 13y4m AV, she currently resides on Mrwrki Station, aiding the various research efforts.

## Trivia

* Vakno is one of only three characters to appear in three canonical stories (The Deathworlders, HdMGP, and Salvage). The other two are Regaari and Xiù Chang.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36: "Bedu recalled too late that [Vakno's] own banner was silver."
2. ↑ Events of Humans don't Make Good Pets XXII
3. ↑ Events of The Deathworlders - Chapter 4: Quarantine
4. ↑ Events of The Deathworlders - Chapter 29: Forges
5. ↑ Events of The Deathworlders - Chapter 37: Grounded
6. ↑ Events of The Deathworlders - Chapter 39: The Nirvana Cage
Celzi Alliance

Approximately thirty years BV, Celzi population pressure coupled with the Dominion's official policy of escalating the cost of expansion based on how many planets a faction already owns reached a tipping point where the Celzi species were badly in need of new territory but couldn't afford to buy it. Their solution, after eight years of increasingly frustrated negotiation, was to secretly forge an alliance with the Qinis, Jeghiren and Lathk, who were also frustrated with Dominion policy, and declare secession from the Dominion, simultaneously annexing several unclaimed systems.

The Dominion did not accept this secession, and declared war in order to reclaim the unexploited systems, but between the explosive rate at which Celzi and Lathk reproduce, coupled with Qinis automated engineering and the well-developed Jeghiren shipyards, the Alliance was quickly able to build up its military to match the Dominion's.

The war soon bogged down into a bloody stalemate, and finally reached an uneasy equilibrium around about 5y BV. A formal ceasefire has yet to be declared, but both sides are now avoiding further violence, both eager to avoid any action which might persuade the human race to declare for the other side: both the Alliance and the Dominion recognize that deathworlder troops and military expertise would give that side an insurmountable strategic advantage.

--Copied from r/HFY/wiki/jenkinsverse
Dauntless

**BGEV-3 *Dauntless*** was the third ship in the Byron Group Exploration Vehicle program. She was crewed by:

* Dr Tom Berry-Brown
* Dr Holly Chase
* Dr Jamie Choi
* Pete Conley
* Dr Ben Cook
* Damian Spears
* Dr Rachel "Ray" Wheeler

*Dauntless* was constructed mostly at Irbzrk Station and after being jumped to Earth for additions and taking on her crew, set out from there too. Without maps or local knowledge, *Dauntless* headed straight for the nearest temperate planets, most of which were in Hunter space. They soon became stranded on a Hunter game world which they nicknamed Hell. The crew were stranded there for over 11 years, subsisting by cannibalizing other stranded sapients.

15y6m AV, the crew enacted a plan to escape, stealing a Hunter ship and hiding in the Ring. With the help of Garaaf and the Entity, *Dauntless*'s crew made contact with Cimbrean, returning safely to human space shortly before the Ring's collapse.
An Alien World

**An Alien World** is the 24th chapter of The Deathworlders by Hambone.

It is the second-longest single installment of the series with a word-count of over 61,000.

## Synopsis

Kirk, Vedreg, and Lewis set up on Mrwrki station; Julian, Allison, and Xiu attempt to return to their lives; a missing nuclear weapon shows up in the Levant; Ayma and Regaari reunite with Xiu in Vancouver; Ava meets Simon Harvey who plans their investigative trip to the Middle East; Kevin attempts to recruit Xiu, Julian, and Allison to the Byron exploration program; Kirk makes contact with AEC; and the *Negotiable Curiosity'*s crew arrive on Perfection.

## Links

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

## Physiology

Half as tall again as most humans, and possessed of four arms that are as thick around the biceps as a slim woman's waist. Their skin is a pale beige colour. They resemble fat old men with oddly-angled eyes, huge goiters, and tiny holes where the ears on a human would be located. While they are certainly very strong by nonhuman standards, Locayl are nevertheless not a patch on human strength. Locayl wear simple baggy shorts with pockets and loops to carry tools, but rarely bother with decoration. A bit-player on the galactic stage, Locayl mercenaries have earned the species as a whole a reputation for thuggery which they largely do not deserve - visiters to the Locayl homeworlds are often taken aback by the beauty of their cities and their rich and varied culture and art.

## Culture

The Locayl hail from a planet called, in their language, "Ulo". The word translates as something like 'Foundation' or 'solid base', just like Earth translates as something like "ground" or "soil"

In the broad strokes, they tend to be solitary (though close with their families), and tend to be thoughtful. On the downside, they tend to have a slightly hard time empathising with other species, and too many Locayl give their species a bad reputation by taking on work as hired muscle and leg-breakers, though those are usually the ones who left their homeworld due to being misfits by their species' standards anyway.

They love to build. Locayl have powerful artistic and and aesthetic impulses, but they very much favour tactile arts such as sculpture and especially architecture. Something they can get all four hands on.

They love it when they can solve an architectural problem in a way that is both solid and beautiful, and that kind of elegance is very important to them. Their buildings tend to exploit long load-bearing curves, big open spaces, light and glass, but they rarely incorporate flowing water or living things.

A "typical" Locayl (bearing in mind that there's not really such a thing as a 'typical' specimen of any species) would derive quiet and polite enjoyment from violin music... but they'd find the violin itself as a physical object fascinating and beautiful and would gush at length about it.
Hearts and Minds

**Hearts and Minds** is the 30th chapter of The Deathworlders by u/Hambone3110.

## Synopsis

the Misfit trio discover that their first stop will be Mars; Powell and Knight meet with Regaari to discuss using a Whitecrest team to intercept Kirk; the Entity becomes 'whole';

(WIP)

## Links

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