Makhai

**Makhai** was a hot, tropical, terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, covered with oceans and islands with dense tropical forestry. The planet was the home of the Makhaians, a cultural group comprised of Humans, Antumbrians, Vespasians, and Autumnians.

## Description

The planet Makhai was a rocky located in the Xiros Sector of the eastern Central Expanse region of the Cassiopeia Galaxy. Makhai had at least one rocky moon, Mirunga, which was the homeworld of the native Mirungan warriors.

Makhai was a tropical world mostly comprised of surface-level oceans and islands of varying sizes. While the oceans of Makhai were sustainable for life, the planet's islands were home to dense tropical forests, beaches, and plains.

Flora endemic to the planet included the infamous Makhaian peppers, notorious for their overwhelming heat that many brave Makhaians used in their cuisines.

### Government

Makhai was not entirely unified as a planet, as its territory was split amongst its citizens in the form of **city-states**. Through battle and great consideration, Makhaians considered the best out of the Makhai's politicians were sent to represent their homeworld in the Galactic Embassy as ambassadors. Ambassador Braun Steinara was one such individual.

## History

### Origins: Two Worlds Collide

Makhai was first colonized by humans whose homeworlds were left ruined during or after the Artifice Wars and the Cry of Havoc. Throughout the course of hundreds of years, Makhai continued to be settled upon by humans who were cast off from their homeworlds for being too barbaric or uncivilized in the eyes of their communities. Skirmishes between the colonial Makhaian population and the Mirungan warrior natives from Makhai's moon were brief. Once the Makhaian settlers proved their strength to the lunar warriors, these natives embraced a friendly relationship with the colonials, once they knew the settlers could handle surviving on Makhai. Eventually, disgraced Vespasian gladiators and Antumbrians began flocking to Makhai as well, forming a society where sparring sessions and roughhousing became commonplace, and where only the physically strongest individual could rule the planet.

At some unknown point in history, Makhai established positive relations with the Cassiopeian Republic. Makhai was subsequently represented by their own ambassador in the Galactic Embassy.

## Inhabitants

The Makhaians made up the population of Makhai, consisting of predominantly Humans, Antumbrians, Vespasians, and Autumnians. A population of Mirungans also lived on Makhai after the planet was first colonized by outsiders. The Makhaians had a strong warrior culture that emphasized strength and denounced unrighteousness and cowardice.

### Notable Figures

* **Jet Lignite** - a human member of the Dawns, a group of privateers and freedom fighters that fought against tyranny and corruption within the Cassiopeia Galaxy.
* **Braun Steinara** - the ambassador of Makhai to the United Cassiopeian Republic during the mid-60th century ASA.
* **Seraphitiam** - an Antumbrian mercenary and the half-brother of Almandis.
* **Almandis** - an Human-Antumbrian mercenary and the half-brother of Seraphitiam.

## Locations

### Goldenrod Island

**Goldenrod Island** was the name of a sizable city as well as the name of the island it was situated on. While beaches decorated the shores of the island, dense tropical forests filled the island's interior.

Goldenrod Island was the home of Jet Lignite, a member of the Dawns, and the rest of his family.

### Naddenè Base

**Naddenè Base** was a Cassiopeian Military base established around the time the Cassiopeian Republic formed a positive connection with Makhai. The military base was named after an individual named Naddenè who played a vital role in establishing Republic-Makhaian relations. The base employed a battalion of around 1000-2000 soldiers at any given time. By the mid-60th century ASA, Amsonia Battalion oversaw operations on Naddenè Base.

## Trivia

* The planet derives its name from the Makhai of Greek mythology, who were the personified spirits of battle and combat.