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Earth

Earth is the homeworld of the human race, the main planet of the Earth Republic in the Prime Universe, and the central home of humanity's civilization in several others. It is the third planet of the Sol system. It is at the center of a vast in-system industrial, scientific and commercial apparatus which reaches out as far as the Kuiper Belt.

Its moon is part of the planet's industrial network; it is one light second from the planet and is nominally called Luna. The moon is large for the planet's size and has an important effect on the Earth's tides, contributing to humanity's vital aquaculture. It is settled, holding many important civilian, governmental, military and industrial structures. There is no atmosphere on Luna and it has only one sixth of Earth's gravity, so structures on the moon use thick domes, life support, artificial gravity and hydroponic habitats.

Earth is referred to as a'Vehelo-mot by the Cetians (the homeworld that was nearly lost). In the STF, Earth's name is "Ehrt," a slightly more comfortable variation of the word in Federation Skelow. Largely, anything that comes from humanity--particularly their now highly prized cultural trade goods--is referred to with "Ehrt" before the name, which automatically makes it more valuable. Sought-after examples include Ehrt-kuri (curry powder) and Ehrt-choko (chocolate).

## Prime Universe

   Earth has mostly escaped direct attack in the Prime Universe, up until the events of April 9, 2156, when the planet itself was hit by the Z's Howl superweapon, which hit the planet with repeated hyperspace matter and shockwaves. The planet was mostly protected by its atmosphere, but a hyperspace lightning storm gathered over the northern hemisphere and decimated the Toronto Metropolitan Area, killing four million people. The satellites of Earth Defense and all of the planet's communication and interplanetary industrial craft, up to the Sol Asteroid Belt, were destroyed.

## December Universe

   In the December Universe during the Battle of Earth, the Praezorians destroyed the Star Navy with overwhelming force and razed Earth. The human race was all but wiped out; a few survivors were found a couple years later, and live in the Prime Universe. Some hyperspace transport crews and individuals from smaller Star Navy ships may continue to survive among other humanoid races.

December Earth is now a holding of the Praezorian Empire.

## Empire Universe

In the Empire Universe, Earth is the central planet of the vast Empire of Sol, home of its emperor and seat of its powerful aristocracy. Resources flow to it from far and wide in order to support its large Imperial Navy.
Chrystabell

Common name: Chrystabell

Scientific Name: *​Nicotiana aurum*

Chrystabells are golden bell-shaped flowers of the tobacco family, and a manmade human hybrid. They were bred originally to provide a companion plant source of neonicotinoid alkaloids to act as a pest deterrent among crops. The alkaloid proved to be too effective, killing off pollinators. In a bid to salvage the expensive hybrid, Gaiacore Agricultural Solutions studied possible medical benefits of the alkaloid, isolating and naming it P99-D. It proved to have strong stimulating effects, and was marketed as a pharmaceutical stimulant in raw form until a small population showed adverse psychotic events. Gaiacore then changed its isolation and enrichment procedures, performing them in Zero-G to avoid the formation of stereo isomers. This alkaloid, known as “Gold Dust,” may only be sold by a licensed and accredited pharmaceutical company, with adequate record-keeping and best practice procedures. Its status was changed to a Grade-3 Pharmaceutical Consumable and Grade-1 Agricultural Pesticide. Gold Dust may only be sold for the purposes of short-term pesticides in agriculture, and to be added to consumable products. Chrystabell itself can be bought by and from anyone, in any amount.

Chrystabells are a common cash crop on the frontier, as they can be bought and sold with impunity, and they are worth a great deal of money. They grow well on Earth-like planets in the Pollux Corridor, due to the mineral contents often found in the soil.
ERS Fomorian

The ERS Fomorian was one of the Star Navy's Daimajin-class Star Destroyers. It featured often as an NPC ship, assisting in fleet actions against the Praezorians, the Liberators, and the Z. Its most commonly-cited NPC captain was Captain Jean-Baptiste Davis, who treated the ERS Medusa with compassion and kindness despite its young Command staff running from the garrison at Xi Bootis in fear of Stranger Protocol, and whose name has been seen among RNN reports about the Liberator War.

The Fomorian was briefly a player ship in 2013 during a Stewards' Game at Wyrd Con 4, under the captaincy of a VIP. At that time it played a crucial role in the peaceful termination of the Second Praezorian War.

The Fomorian was part of the 10 April 2156 fleet action on the front battle lines in the war against the Z at Delta Pavonis, alongside the ERS Titan, ERS Kraken, and the ERS Takshaka, with eight escorts and other supporting ships. During this action, despite the destruction of the escorts, all four capital ships held out for long enough for the Titan to attempt a hyperspace jump out of the Z's new mobile barrier reef, which ultimately allowed the Titan to escape with all hands. The combined ERSN fleet action destroyed much of the Z's forward offensive fleet, preventing them from launching a follow-up action on Earth after launching their Howl superweapon. The Fomorian, however, alongside the Kraken, was destroyed with all hands. The Takshaka was thereafter able to escape, and bring word of the losses to Earth.

Per ERSN naming conventions and to honor the sacrifice of its crew, the Fomorian could be the name of another Star Destroyer, as it was destroyed in enemy action and not an act of God.

Starfighters: Ogre Wing
Right of Passage

Right of Passage is a constitutionally-guaranteed right of all Earth Republic citizens, which must be upheld by ERSN ships and by police vessels especially. Citizens may claim Right of Passage if they do not possess the means to purchase passage back to Earth. Citizens may also claim Right of Passage, free of charge, if they have been charged with a crime and would like to undergo trial on Earth rather than on a colony. Citizens may claim Right of Passage back to Earth only, and not back to any particular colony.

ERSN ships must assist and help arrange for a timely return if a citizen invokes Right of Passage. A ship is not required to take the citizens home immediately if there is an existential space-based threat, if the ship faces overcrowding, if there is an emergency refugee situation, or if the ship is outbound to dangerous areas. The ship should, if transport is available, arrange for another Earth Republic vessel to fulfill the return; a civilian transport ship may be ordered to return to Earth, regardless of its original destination, for this purpose. That ship may then file for reimbursement with the Earth Republic government. If the citizen so transported is found to possess assets, they will be billed for their transport and possibly fined, if they lied about their holdings.

In a large-scale emergency refugee situation, Right of Passage is not suspended. However, a ship may reject individual Right of Passage claims when that number exceeds twenty-four, and may elect instead to report the situation to Star Navy Command. ERSN Logistics will then work with the government to arrange for an evacuation.

## Sirius Protectorate Right of Passage

Citizens of Sirius Protectorate possess the right to undergo trial on Sirius rather than on Earth. If charged with a crime anywhere in the Earth Republic or by an ERSN captain, that Sirius Protectorate citizen may claim Right of Passage back to Sirius, unless they are charged with the murder of an Earth Republic citizen, or in the case of a kidnapping/custody dispute.
HS Albatross

HS Albatross was a civilian ship that was active in summer 2013. It followed a ragtag group of civilians trying to make a living on a passenger ship. Organized crime and illegal medical procedures featured prominently in the story, and player characters with conflicting motives and loyalties were more the rule than the exception.

The ship is essentially unknown in universe, outside of a few police reports or the tiny number of characters who were aboard it.
Tal Raios

Tal Raios is a research scientist in the Earth Republic. He works with the Munich Science Directorate to develop new technologies.

Tal Raios and his younger brother Ryn Raios grew up in Indoc Center 5. As children, they knew Zaine Jafari.

Tal Raios left Indoc Center 5 to attend a special magnet program sponsored by the Star Navy to identify and train potential scientists. It was there that he met future member of World Parliament Kingsley Chang.

Following college, Tal Raios was assigned to Omicron Base as an intern in their weapons research division, which was tasked with reverse-engineering the Praezorian Particle Cannon. Omicron Base was invaded and conquered by the Praezorians during the Second Praezorian War - Tal Raios narrowly escaped when he was evacuated from Omicron Base by Sergeant Uriah Green of the ERS Valkyrie.

With most of the particle cannon research at Omicron Base captured or destroyed, the only way Tal Raios could continue his research was to accept a brevet commission as a Star Navy Warrant Officer and serve on the ship containing the only surviving prototype: ERS Sigrun.

While assigned to ERS Sigrun, Tal Raios was able to further research on Particle Cannon technology, and participated in the science conference which led to the successful development of the Skelow Pulse Cannon technology, which is now standard on most Star Navy vessels.

Following the adventures on ERS Sigrun, Tal Raios resigned his commission as a Star Navy Officer and took a position with the Munich Science Directorate, where he became involved in the reverse-engineering of alien technology.

When ERS Medusa was towed back to Earth in a nearly-destroyed state, Tal Raios took it upon himself to get its systems working again, promising Star Navy command that it would be fully functional (hyperdrive included) within a few months.

Unfortunately, one of the over-eager admirals at Earth Command took Tal Raios at his word, and assigned the Medusa to investigate an entity known as the "Ra Array" in deep space. However, the mission would be impossible to complete because the Medusa's hyperdrive was still broken, and progress was slow.

Tal Raios ordered that the Earth-style hyperdrive be thrown out and replaced with a Praezorian hyperdrive. However, there was only enough room for the propulsor section. The breach module, which would be necessary to open a hyperspace portal, did not fit. Instead, Tal Raios sent the Medusa several Tardek hyperspace missiles salvaged from the Olute Skydread. These missiles would allow the Medusa to open a limited number of tears in hyperspace, technically giving it the capabilities necessary to complete the mission.

No sooner had the hyperdrive been restored than the entity known as Ra opened a hyperspace portal and invited the Medusa into its system. Tal Raios managed to escape in a shuttle before the Medusa departed Earth Space with him aboard.

Since that time, Tal Raios has been continuing his research on the fun and mysterious technologies brought back from distant systems. He has also been advising the World Parliament on the technological and military capabilities of nearby alien species.
December Universe

The December Universe and Prime Universe are forked timelines, a fork that occurred comparatively recently.

The December Universe is named for the December Offensive, the battle that destroyed much of the Star Navy, pushed mankind out of the frontier, and ultimately resulted in the razing of Earth and the extinction of humanity at the Battle of Earth. This universe was the early setting of the game "We Happy Few," where the December version of the ERS Valkyrie, heavily damaged, encountered the Prime universe's version of the ship after every other Star Destroyer was destroyed at the Battle of Earth. The surviving December crew gave medical care to their unconscious counterparts and used the ship's open hyperspace hole in order to follow its path back to the Prime Universe.

The December Universe was identical to the Prime Universe until the year before the December Offensive, in 2153. In the December timeline, the ERSN focused on Star Destroyer production, which is the slowest class of ship to build, and their production capacity was dwarfed by the Praezorian Empire. As a result, the Star Navy was decimated at the Offensive and during its last stand against the Praezorians, and the Republic Sector fell. According to December Universe characters who survived into the Prime Universe, the Cetians abandoned Earth in the eleventh hour, falling back to Tau Ceti.

Thanks to the warnings and advice of the December Universe characters, the Prime Universe ERSN focused instead on Escort-class ships, which are quick to build and represent mobility, warp shields and missile launchers, in order to fire large numbers of phase missiles in case of Praezorian attack. This allowed the Earth Republic to turn the tide of the Second Praezorian War. Several December versions of player characters continue to exist and operate on ships in the Prime Universe; they are necessarily a year older than their Prime counterparts, and tend to stick together.

The ERS Valkyrie returned to the December Universe in "Only Ash," when it rescued a small contingent of surviving humans. They are reportedly the final survivors to make it out of the December Universe. Many December characters may continue to survive at Tau Ceti or in parts unknown.
ERS Xuanwu

The ERS Xuanwu is a Valkyrie Class ship of the Earth Republic Star Navy.

It has the standard weapons complement of laser turret, pulse cannon, and missile launcher, and an expanded crew complement of forty-five personnel.

The Xuanwu is a player controlled ship run from the Adventurers Guild located in Moreno Valley, Ca.

### Duties

The primary function of the ERS Xuanwu is to be a training vessel. Recruits spend six weeks on board to complete their basic training while cadets must spend a full semester on board to graduate from a Star Navy academy. Even the Xuanwu's commanding officer, usually a Lieutenant, serves for only a one year tour to gain command experience. The crew must complete regular combat simulations as well as perform courier duties between Earth and Tau Ceti.

Current Status: Missing in Action

### History

02APR52: The Xuanwu was first commissioned and began running patrols between Sol and Sirius.

01NOV53: The Xuanwu sustained heavy damage from an ambush during the second war with the Praezorians. Several members of her crew were killed, but the surviving crew was able to get the Xuanwu back to One Republic shipyard.

08JUN54: Star Navy Command revoked the Xuanwu's active combat status and assigned her to the Engineering Training Academy in Australia. Young engineers would spend their time at the academy dismantling and re-assembling the old war veteran.

10JUN56: After the Z attack on Earth that left much of the Star Navy fleet decimated, the Star Navy re-commissioned the Xuanwu and many of the ships left in the Bone Yard.

02JUL56: The Xuanwu is assigned as a training ship and placed under the command of Lt. Pwyll Bainbridge.

06AUG56: During the Xuanwu's maiden voyage as a trainer, she responded to a distress call, and shortly thereafter, all communication with the Xuanwu were lost. After eight-seven minutes, One Republic shipyard picked up a signal from one of the Xuanwu's hyperspace buoys in the vicinity of the distress call.

17AUG56: Investigations into the disappearance of the Xuanwu have turned up little. A hyperspace buoy was found with markings from the Xuanwu. There is no debris or residual hyperspace matter, but there were some anomalous radiation signatures in the area.

20AUG56: Star Navy updated the status of the Xuanwu and her crew as MIA (Missing in Action). Any further information regarding the Xuanwu and her disapearence has been classifed.

## ​Crew

 **Chief Medical Officer [ChMed**]
 **Chief Science Officer [ChSci]** | Dr. Everet
Cassidy Barca

Cassidy Barca is a player character with a current arc. In all universes, she is the daughter of Hamill Barca and Alexander Barca, and the fraternal twin sister of Hayden Barca. She and her brother possess DNA from both of their parents, and were born through uterine incubator technology. Her godmother (and primary female role-model) is Nell Dorian

She was born in 2128, and graduated from Star Navy Academy in 2150.

## Personality

Cassidy is by-the-book, driven by the rules, loyal to the Star Navy, and dedicated to her career. She is a true product of the military academy system: a spotless officer with a dislike for fraternization. She is willing to give up life and limb for the Earth Republic, and despite surviving the First and Second Praezorian Wars, it wasn't until an exploration mission aboard the ERS Reginleif that she would face the possibility of making the final sacrifice. Though she apparently survived the experience, her entire life and the carefully-curated trajectory of her career were forever altered.

Cassidy has some penchant for self-delusion; though she lives by the rules, her loyalty to a few individuals can blind and emotionally compromise her. Though she appears ambitious, she has often turned away from her ambitions for the greater good.

## Relationships

Cassidy's strongest and most important relationship is with her twin brother, Hayden, for whom she will do and give up anything. Her brother, like her best friend, has trouble expressing his feelings, and Cassidy has always acted as a kind of emotional crutch for him. In turn, she is the one person to whom he will tell most anything.

Cassidy and Hayden's best friend (other than each other) is Søra Kuromoto, who attended all the same schools with them. Though their relationship began with Søra bullying Hayden, and Cassidy subsequently pushing her, the three of them became fast and lifelong friends. It could be argued that Hayden and Søra are very similar, making Cassidy equally adept at dealing with them, and that both of them need her in similar ways. It is highly likely that Hayden and Søra would have been friends (and bad influences on one another) even if Cassidy wasn't present, but that they may have presented a danger to one another's grades and careers if Cassidy didn't temper them. In return, Søra and Hayden made sure Cassidy always had more fun than was good for her, and consistently helped to bolster her into popularity.

## December Universe

In the December Universe, Cassidy died at the Battle of Earth as an officer aboard the ERS Medusa, fighting the final fight against the Praezorians to protect humanity and the planet. The Medusa was hit hard during the December Offensive and never quite recovered, due to the lack of shipyards and increasingly dwindling supplies and engineers. This means that it took hull breaches quickly, despite fighting valiantly, and Cassidy would have died while her brother aboard the Hydra and her best friend aboard the Omacatl were still fighting, though they soon followed after. The Medusa was destroyed with all hands.
ERS Gryphon

The ERS Gryphon is a V-class ERSN police vessel, one of four such ships within the fleet. Like other police ships, it is outfitted quite differently from other V-class ships, and is not intended for battlefront engagements. Its special systems are a Harpoon Launcher and Killswitch, in order to better catch and control civilian vessels. It also possesses a separate Forensics Lab, an interrogation room and an altered brig (called Holding) for the accommodation of civilian prisoners and victims of crime. It has a crew complement of twenty souls, all specially trained in policing and forensics work. It has a Combat Shuttle and an Apex, named Eagle and Lion respectively.

The ERS Gryphon is obligated to uphold and fulfill Right of Passage and Habeas Corpus, though it can commission civilian vessels to help it uphold these responsibilities. It is technically part of a special division within the Star Navy, dedicated to police work and upholding the rights of Earth Republic citizens within and without Republic space. The Police Division has its own coordinating admiral, Admiral Star Honbashi.

The ERS Gryphon is assigned to the Pollux Corridor, starting at Sirius and leading up into the Praezorian Sector, to Pollux. Its duty is to protect the rights of human starfarers settling throughout the corridor, and to protect the Pollux Corridor Caravan, a group of ships making regular runs of supplies and people up and down the corridor. Its captain is Lieutenant-Commander Prim Theleon.

The ERS Gryphon is a currently-running player ship, operating from a private home in Santa Ana; in the past, it met at UC Irvine. It is a police procedural, featuring murder mysteries and crime drama. It maintains a utopian tone with high player agency, and avoids a list of agreed-upon Trigger Warnings. It uses its lead writer-generated police mod on top of the Starship Valkyrie 2.04 ruleset, the latter of which is highly de-emphasized.

## Cases

**Cacophony**: The Murder of Jed Spiegel

**Promised**: The Murder of Lysande and Krigar Syntrea, and the kidnapping of Lovad Syntrea

**Xero Veta**: The Two-Part Investigation of the Xero Veta cult at Goldeneye

**Blood Bound**: NCIS Joint Investigation into the Crimson Tide Incident with Admiral Star Honbashi and the ERS Centaur

## Related Topics

Homeworlders

Xero Veta

Gold Dust

One Galactic Order

Goldeneye

Praezorians

Pixie's Chicken and Fish
Nell Dorian

Ellery "Nell" Dorian is a shared NPC and PC character with a current arc. In the Prime Universe, she was once the captain of the ERS Gryphon and an accomplished police ship captain, and she was tapped by the larger admiralty to captain a Star Destroyer. Now the captain of the ERS Fenris, she has been ordered to travel into Skelow Space in order to assist the ERS Odyssey against the Pyramid Menace. She served as Commodore of the Titan Fleet during the successful assault on Black Star to end the Liberator war.

Nell Dorian is a no-nonsense captain with almost 40 years of Star Navy experience. She started out at age 18 as a grunt on a security team and worked her way up through the ranks. When the first Star Destroyer, the ERS Daimajin, launched, Nell was tapped to be Assault Chief; after she earned her commission, she returned to the Daimajin and ultimately became its third officer. She's still a marine at heart in many ways. She dislikes diplomacy and politics, so she'll never be an admiral; instead, the admiralty turns to Nell when they need someone who can make the hard decisions necessary to get the mission done.

Nell is mostly estranged from her family, and she considers her colleagues in the Star Navy to be her true family. She has made many close friends over the years, but she is closest to Hamill Barca, who was her mentor during her first assignment, and his husband Alex. It was due to Hamill's accident, during which he lost his leg, that Nell avoided being aboard the Daimajin when it disappeared, as she was sent by Hamilton to be with his son when he couldn't be. Nell has always been close to Hamill and Alex's two children, twins Cassidy and Hayden, and she is Cassidy's godmother. Nell is somewhat conflicted about having Hayden as her XO on the Fenris; while she trusts him implicitly, she feels a great deal of pressure to keep him safe.

Having been an officer on the Daimajin, Nell has served with a great number of high-ranking officers and members of the admiralty serving as leadership in the modern Star Navy, including Nyx Vantage, Arden Grey, Mykael Novak, and Søren Kuromoto. In the ERSN police force, she served with--and helped forge a great deal of relationships and best practices alongside--Admiral Star Honbashi.
Tau Ceti

Tau Ceti is a star in the constellation Cetus, a border star linking the Republic Sector and the Cetian Sector, and is the star of the Cetian homeworld a’Mairuno-mot. It is very near to Sol and hence Earth, and is spectrally similar though metal-deficient and slightly cooler. It has one companion that is close but not gravitationally linked, a red dwarf named YZ Ceti, which is 1.6 LY from Tau Ceti.

In Earth's history, Tau Ceti was consistently listed as a target for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and its inhabitants (the Cetians) were appropriately the first alien species to contact humanity.

The star has five planets, two in its habitable zone, and a large debris disk, which gives its planets a higher impact incidence than Sol's habitable worlds. A’Mairuno-mot's laser defense system is partly the result (and solution) of these impact events, as is its higher water content (seeded from comets and asteroids) and lower dry land mass.

Tau Ceti is typically the name both humans and Cetians outside Tau Ceti use in reference to both the star and homeworld of the Cetians, despite the fact that it is a name generated by mankind. The use of this shorthand is an oddity of Cetian culture, which generally does not take itself very seriously and is always working to make others more comfortable.
Skelow Trade Federation

The Skelow Trade Federation (STF) is a multi-planetary, multi-species federation united under the principles of trade (specifically, Hatat), contracts, peace and prosperity. They are friends of the Earth Republic, although not strictly allies. They are technologically more advanced than the Earth Republic, by degrees, with superior Hyperspace Travel, Hyperspace Communication, and nano-technology.

## Constituent Powers

The species that comprise the bulk of the Skelow Trade Federation are the Skelow, the Abni-S'zaelyn, the Changers, the Travelers, the Conservators, the Syhoii, the Den'omu, the Skelash, the Kimbelites, the Radeit, the Verrantin, and the Kwee.

## Guilds

Guilds are the primary economic and social structure of the Skelow Trade Federation. Guilds typically center both a profession and a hobby, both of which drive membership in the guild. Guilds overwhelmingly have three grades within their structure; apprentices, journeymen and guild masters. Guild membership provides numerous benefits and guilds often take on the debts or obligations of their members in exchange for their services or as guarantors of contracts their members take on their behalf. The naming of guilds is often quite florid, such as The Precise Guild of Celestial Survival Aficionados, Navigators, Explorers, and Cartographers. Guild membership is viewed as an ideal relationship, and should be voluntarily and dissolvable. A Guild is a first class legal entity in the Skelow Trade Federation, and may hold property, sign contracts, engage in trade, accrue debts, launch or own Ventures and otherwise engage with any facet of society. Guilds are always self-owned and necessarily do not separate the concept of ownership from membership.

### Ventures

Ventures are the suboptimal structure for an incorporated entity which cannot operate as a guild, typically by dint of the inability to be employee owned cooperatives. Many government functions are structures as Ventures instead. Ventures are viewed as socially less desirable employers, but may engage in most legal operations that a guild could.
Radeit

A species of massive telepathic trees. Their world is in the heart of the Skelow Trade Federation and is lush and perfect for colonization. The first battle of the Federation was over the conservation of this world’s ecosystem and strictly limiting the number of off-worlders that were allowed on it at any one time. The trees seem grateful for this intercession, though it is hard to be sure. Many who visit the Radeit trees experience a powerful personal epiphany, which makes them desired by half the Skelow and suspect by the other.
Karabari Sector

The Karabari Sector is a loose grouping of stars in the Orion Spur of the Milky Way galaxy, in the Prime Universe. Its main arm from Rastaban to High Welkin are holdings of the Karabari, while its southeast arm belongs to the Klutch. Taken on a single plane viewed from outside the galaxy, facing toward the core, the Karabari Sector is coreward of the Abni-S'zaelyn Sector in Skelow Space and the rest of the explored galaxy (as charted by the ERSN). The sector was explored and charted by the ERS Odyssey in 2154-55.

## Main Stars

- Rastaban (Possibly a border star with another sector)

- C. Carinae

- Algenib

- Dabih

- Brachium (Site of the Opal Ziggurat, base of the Karabari Priests)

- Minkar (Site of the Malachite Temple)

- Palida (Former site of the Pearly Lighthouse)

- High Welkin (Former site of the Shadow Temple)

- Mimosa

- Acrux

- Meridionalis

- Canopus

- Beta Muscae

- Pi Herculis
Exigent class

Exigent-class starships are warships of Cetian design. The Cetian distaste for conflict has led them to create very few of these vessels, and they are comparatively new outside of Tau Ceti. As of 2156, only two Exigent class warships have been seen in service by the Earth Republic, and are considered the flagships of the Astral Directorate naval forces.

The Exigent-class ship Dialectic was part of the ERS Medusa humanitarian fleet that assisted the Ginali at Ixion in 2155-56.

## Game Mechanics

### **Structure**

Energized Shields (Six shield levels)

An Exigent-class ship is HURT after 75 points of damage, DISABLED after 100 points of damage, and DESTROYED after 125 points of damage.

### **Armament**

**Two Laser Turrets:** 3TJ of damage every 3 minutes.

**2 Mark II Pulse Cannons:** 6TJ at 1 LS, every 3 minutes.

**Portal Beam:** Reduces the severity of a Hyperspace pathway by 1 for 15 minutes. The Exigent must traverse the Hyperspace pathway for this to be accomplished.

### **Special Systems**

**Electronic Countermeasures**

**Dual Scanners**

**Telepathic Augmentation Tech**

**Explorer Bay:** The Explorer bay can accommodate up to three Explorer-class ships, and carries a standard complement of two.
Kroloch

(Pronounced CROW-lock)

The Kroloch are a sentient cybernetic people in the Prime Universe.

## The Robot People

The Kroloch come from the trinary star system of Keid. They are a race of nomadic cyborgs and robots that live entirely in space. They trade with other species for oxygen and other ingredients necessary for biological life. They are a hard-scrabble species, related to the progenitors of the robot people introduced at the ERS Valkyrie scenario "The Signal."

This branch of the "robot people" are called the Kroloch. They have spent the last few hundred years traversing the Xi Sector and the Republic Sector in a fleet of starships, stopping at habitable worlds to replenish their stores and at asteroids and moons to mine the minerals they require. They have nearly been wiped out on several occasions, but they have always managed to survive. In 2154, most of their fleet sheltered in the debris cloud of the Keid trinary star system. They are impossible to spot in a long-range scan of any kind. It is not clear whether they are still resident in the system or not.

In September of 2153, the Kroloch attacked the Altair system in order to acquire abandoned Rigelian technology. They were repelled by the ERS Ruffian during a brief period of hostilities. The Earth Republic has been at peace with the Kroloch since that time.

## Kroloch Ships

Kroloch ships come in four sizes, and each one has two functions.

### Janor Ship

The raider-scout, called a Janor, has starfighter weapons, good armor, and the ability to perform limited mining or resource harvesting. The raider-scouts use the bay-lander as a primary base of operations.

### Kajan Ship

The bay-lander, called a Kajan, holds starfighters, processes raw materials into usable forms, and is also capable of difficult landing maneuvers on an asteroid or on a planet.

### Kagorkos Ship

The cargo-missileship, called a Kagorkos, manufactures ordnance for the fleet and stores all manner of supplies including food, clothing and replacement parts.

### Krolarchim

The fourth ship type, called a Krolarchim, is a powerplant-builder. It has several reactors and a single bay large enough to build all of the other types of ships. It defends itself with beam weapons and has hyperspace capability.

## Kroloch Language

Lirtossa: Transformation. Becoming machine.

Kolmar: Reward. The reason for doing something.

Ilero: person. (use this for robots and humans, interchangeably.)

Rhakarn: Intelligence / Craft

Jadmar: Health

Tulun: Gift

Kagja: Freedom

## Kroloch Names

Jadroskos

Rhakyk

Janor

Ilasi
Skelash

An uplifted canine-simian species with a troubled history of civil war and savage mercenary work. Popular opinion in the Trade Federation regards uplifting their species seventy years ago as a mistake. Making them a full member of the Federation five years ago was another mistake, trying to compensate for the first one. The Skelash are impatient, quick to anger, and frequently succumb to their lower instincts when stressed or afraid. Their highest value appears to be *Augh'garu*, or personal victory.

The Skelash originate on the planet Lashdora around the star Lasha in the Verrantin Sector, which is only lightyears from the Verrantin and Kwee home star Verosa, and all of which were named by them.

The name "Skelash" is not the people's own name for themselves--an unusual occurrence in the STF--but is instead the name given to them by the Verrantin and Kwee. The full proper name for them in the languages of Verran is "Skeelasha," or "aliens of Lasha." The word for "alien peoples" in the languages of Verran is derived from the word "Skelow," the first sentient alien species they met. The Verrantin and Kwee long referred to the Skelash as "Skeelasha" and as the "Lashatin" (people of Lasha) far before they ever met them, when Lasha was just a star in their own sky that they suspected might have alien peoples, and they told each other many folktales about these supposed aliens. As such, the Skelash as a concept are akin to the human idea of "Martians," and the Verrantin and Kwee have a special sort of affection for the actual Skelash as a result of this old storytelling tradition.
Star Navy

The Star Navy is largest and most the space-capable arm of the Earth Republic military. It is responsible for all actions outside of protecting specific planets or installations and is often sent to assist the smaller defensive outfits in time of crisis. Star Navy ships are designated "ERS" (Earth Republic Ship) on DAISS and in records.

The Star Navy is the default organization for player characters and ships in Starship Valkyrie.
Syhoii

Bipedal snake-like aliens who collective remember and believe in something called the “Galactic Council”, described at length in their holy book. It also describes a mythical Records Depot with the archives of a bygone era, although its location is unknown and the subject of much searching and more speculation. Their scripture also describes how to recognize the Galactic Council ships, driving their interest in meeting new species and cultures.
Valkyrie Class

## Overview

The Valkyrie class starships are a collection of highly customized, high tech ships of the Earth Republic, typically operated by the Star Navy. They are smaller than the Star Destroyers, and larger than escorts, corsairs, and gunships. Valkyrie class ships have a crew compliment from six to twenty crew, depending on configuration. They are routinely called "V-class" ships, to disambiguate them from their namesake, the ERS Valkyrie.

## Typical Configuration

The typical configuration of a V-class is:

A stellar drive

A hyperdrive

A shield generator

A scanner

A communicator

A missile launcher

A pulse cannon

A laser turret

A flight control console

A machine shop

An intermix reactor

A repair bay

A medical bay

A science lab

A hanger with 3 blade starfighters

Two distinct special system

## Ships

The known v-class ships are

* ERS Sigrún
* ERS Reginleif
* ERS Phoenix
* ERS Gondol
* ERS Olrun
* ERS Kara
* ERS Einheri
* ERS Pegasus (JUDCON)
* ERS Gryphon (JUDCON)
* ERS Centaur (JUDCON)
* ERS Sphynx (JUDCON)
Epsilon Eridani

Epsilon Eridani is the name of a star in the Republic Sector and a colony on the rocky planet Epsilon Eridani c. It has a large dust disk which is cleared by the orbit of its planets, and two distinct asteroid belts. The closer of these belts separates its rocky planets from its gas planets at 3 AU; the second of these belts ring the system at 20 AU. Each is full of planetesimals and are the targets of extensive mining operations.

## Etymologies

Epsilon Eridani has also historically been known as Ran, named for the sea goddess of Norse mythology. Appropriately, its planets and planetesimals are sometimes referred to in-system by the names of figures associated with Ran, particularly her nine daughters.

Epsilon Eridani c, planetary home to the colony at Epsilon Eridani, is sometimes know as Kolga, or "cool wave." Due to the relative cold of the colony when compared with Earth, it is an appropriate name.

Epsilon Eridani b, the first planet discovered in-system and the largest, is sometimes known as Aegir, the husband of Ran. It is a large, bright object appearing in the night sky of Kolga, having one and a half times the mass of Jupiter, and orbiting much closer to its star.

## Colony

The colony at Epsilon Eridani is a holding of the Earth Republic with Protectorate status. The colony is the only non-arcology and non-base colonial holding within Republic Space, as the atmosphere is breathable and the temperature tolerable. However, the colony is not comfortable and individuals spend little time outside; indoors, the air is treated, warmed, and given additional oxygen. Epsilon Eridani has been the target of numerous attacks from both Republic terrorists (the Celestial Way) and bombardment by the Praezorians; much of it has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, particularly the spaceport.

Epsilon Eridani was once considered the frontier, and it was policed, not by itself, but by JUDCON, in the form of the ERS Pegasus, in order to protect and preserve the rights of its citizens. It is currently mostly self-policing, and has had a few years to build up since the terrorist attacks that destroyed its spaceport. It is now the source of several successful companies and franchises operating throughout the Pollux Corridor.
Conservators

Known as the Shematorem in Federation Skelow, the Conservators are a collective lineage of robots united around the common purpose of protecting and preserving a tiny biological, humanoid population, known to the STF as the Conserved. They preserve their humanoids and attempt to improve their population, after a number of past efforts to improve them introduced devastating chronic medical conditions. The Conservators--but not the Conserved--are a member species of the Skelow Trade Federation, and they have representation in the Federation Senate. The Skelow first made contact with them in the Abni-S'zaelyn Sector, where they led a nomadic existence shuttling their Conserved wards from place to place, and where the largest concentration of Conservators and Conserved can still be found to this day. The home planet of the Conserved is unknown, and the Conservators have not shared information about it widely with the STF.

Conservators are excellent at sharing and distributing information, and they are single-minded in the extreme.
A’Mairuno-mot

A'Mairuno-mot is the homeworld of the Cetians, a rocky, watery world orbiting Tau Ceti in the Cetian Sector. Its system has a higher incidence rate of impacts than Sol, resulting in a great deal of water seeding on the planet due to asteroids and comets. This high incidence of impacts is also a main reason for the Cetians' laser defense program.

A'Mairuno-mot is slightly warmer than Earth, and most Cetians live on a chain of islands, as the planet has far less dry land mass. These islands represent the tops of several mountain chains peeking above the world ocean.

## Exclusion

Only Cetians and half-Cetians are permitted on-planet, excepting particular facilities where humans are allowed (resorts, psychological treatment centers, and Earth's embassy). There is a complex set of taboos regarding who can freely set foot on a'Mairuno-mot and regarding who can have Cetian citizenship, all of whom must have Cetian blood. This is different from the Earth Republic, where other races may petition for full citizenship and receive it.

## Name Meaning

In Cetian, "Mairuno" means "all coming forth" or "giver of life," and a'Mairuno-mot means "home planet, giver of life." The Cetians seldom use this name outside of Tau Ceti, and almost seem embarrassed by it. They often refer to their home planet as "Tau Ceti" to humans, and they are happy to use the name given by another race when discussing it. Like the name of their own people, this Cetian use of other species' titles for them and their planet represents a cultural desire to put others at ease, to be peaceful, and to not take themselves very seriously.

Human ambassadors and xeno-anthropologists sometimes find this aspect of Cetians frustrating, and they have therefore insisted on calling the Cetian homeworld by its proper name, or by the shortened name "Mairuno." Since "Mairuno" is also their word for parent, Cetians find this either embarrassing or funny, depending on the individual and the circumstance. Part of the trouble with any human using this "proper" name is that a non-psychic race cannot entirely "pronounce" a Cetian name, as they cannot add the intended and correct psychic shades of meaning behind the word when saying it, making human use of the word difficult and awkward, even hard to understand, to a Cetian hearing it. Humans are more likely to unconsciously add a correct emotional shading to words of their own design, and a Cetian isn't likely to have confusing expectations of those words and the associated psychic shading that might lead to an awkward situation. So while a'Mairuno-mot is the correct name for a Cetian to use, it is not necessarily the correct name for a human to use. Even half-Cetians raised on Earth, who are not part of consensus and have not been normed in the use of Cetian language, might use the name strangely.
ERS Chupacabra

The ERS Chupacabra was a Daimajin-class Star Destroyer. It was disabled at Operation Earthmover, its crew evacuated, and the ship landed at Omicron Eridani. The Chupacabra was then stripped for parts and salvaged for adamantine sheeting, and much of this material was used to repair and resurrect the hulk of the ERS Medusa, which was also disabled and parked at One Republic Shipyard. The Chupacabra may thus be said to live on in the body of the Medusa, as the two ships essentially became one.

Because of a timeline error, the Chupacabra canonically replaces the Omacatl, which was the ship originally thought destroyed during the game "War Room," during Operation Earthmover in 2152. As the Omacatl had already been declared destroyed in 2151 in game and character documents, it has been replaced in the canon by the Chupacabra.

Wing: Raptors (Hawk, Peregrin, Falcon, Osprey, Eagle, Kestrel)

Fun fact: The crew found the captain's use of "Chupacabra Actual" over the radio to be extremely hilarious, and they had a tradition of yelling "chup chup!" as a sort of bonding slogan. One engineer carved this into a piece of the Chupacabra's bulkhead that was installed on the ERS Medusa, which may still be found as a sort of homage in one of the ship's operational bunkrooms, if you know where to look.
Sohlanahet

Sohlanahet is a large cosmopolitan Skelow city on the cutting edge of pleasure seeking and pleasurable activities. Sohlanahet is the Las Vegas of Kalur, much like a large Pleasure Center itself, and many of the innovations that will later come (after rigorous testing) to the Pleasure Centers and other planets, as well as to Belvar, originate in Sohlanahet--often in a much riskier form. The residents of Sohlanahet see themselves as sophisticated, cosmopolitan, epicurean, and a bit dangerous, willing to take risks to gain advantage and bring amazing technologies, techniques, recipes, and other pleasurable discoveries to the rest of the Skelow Trade Federation. The city is particularly known for its Pleasure Gardens--incredible, sweeping, enormous constructions of novel plant life, exotic animals, fancy architecture, and new technology, where every evening themed carnivals and exhibitions take place, ending in nightly fireworks. Some of these Pleasure Gardens have their very own created species of animals--banned from leaving the gardens, of course--and it was in one of these gardens that a zoonotic disease from a small mammalian species jumped to Skelow, which later came to be known among Skelow as Sohlan Zelbesh, a common, mild venereal disease.
Nyx Vantage

Nyx Vantage is a Fleet Admiral in the Earth Republic Star Navy, and former XO and CO of the ERS Valkyrie, serving as XO from 2138 until 2142, and as CO from 2142 until he was promoted to Rear Admiral in 2148. He served for many years as a Tactical Admiral. As a young officer, he served aboard the ERS Daimajin.

Nyx Vantage married a young Med Tech during his time on the Valkyrie; she subsequently left the service after they married and started work at Indoc 4. They have three children: their son Oixys (born 2130) and twin daughters Eris and Keres (born 2136). Oixys entered and graduated from Star Navy Academy's Cadet Program at Annapolis, and became CO of the ERS Gondul, to his father's great pride, and married fellow officer Kana Honbashi in 2157, daughter of Admiral Star Honbashi (after much parental infighting). The girls entered the cadet program at Annapolis in 2154, with a graduation date of 2158.
Lasha

Lasha is a K-type main-sequence orange dwarf star in the Verrantin Sector of STF space. It is a very old star, having been burning for far longer than Sol or Verosa, and may have drifted away from its sister stars and into the Verrantin Sector before some of its main stars ignited from their gas clouds. It is host to several small rocky worlds, chief of which is its second, Lashdora, which supports a wide range of life, including the sentient Skelash. While the star is only about 18 LY from Verosa, it was not connected to the original hyperspace portal map which connected the stars of the Verrantin Sector, and it had to be manually connected through the efforts of spacefaring Skelow, Verrantin, and Kwee.

Lasha was an early spacefaring goal for the Verrantin and Kwee, who could see the star in their sky and study it for generations before they became spacefaring. In the early days of space travel on Verran, getting to Lasha was a distant, impossible dream; once they discovered hyperspace, Lasha was still too far and could not be found through the established hyperspace portals, making travel there very dangerous and spurring the Verrantin and Kwee to continue to develop their shielding and hyperspace technologies.