TRAVAIL DE GALAXIE

### **Brief introduction to Travail de Galaxy.**

Galaxy Travail (JP: 銀河団の軍談, *gigadan no gundan, translit. Messier Galaxy's War Chronicles*), abbreviated "GT", is a a story project that takes place in the KOSMOS universe, and actually occurs 13 billions years after the Saga project. It is a science-fantasy space opera oriented project, which is the opposite of the kosmos saga. It is considered as a karihana Major Project.

Galaxy Travail attempts to make light commentary on politics, philosophy, space colonies, existentialism, geopolitics, government corruption, terrorism, oppression, warcrimes, warfare, trauma, betrayals, genocide and propaganda. All of these permeates through the characters of the project and their home world, the Messier Galaxy.

In this world, planets and settlements are called "Colonies", and the governments overseeing them are "Authorities", these are the predominant terms in this setting. The word planet does not exist. An uninhabited planet is called "an exocolony" or "wildworld".

## Visual Novel

A visual novel, developed by the newly founded Hanasoftware team, has begun development in fall of 2023. It is currently planned to have a per-release chapter, no pricing or release date has been set yet. The visual novel focuses on the life of the Starfall students, especially Seraphita Polaris, the main character for the first chapter.

## A.D. 9999

The Messier Galaxy, a fusion of the local group of galaxies that included the Milky Way, Andromeda and its satellite galaxies, have seen the rise of multiple civilisations across its stars. Their colonies are overseen and governed by Authorities, which represent each civilisation, their principles and common goals.

Humans, this time are not alone. Several conflicts have arose during the long Anno Domini calendar, culminating at the Fifth World War, a massive intertwined conflict that involves every Authority present in Messier. With propaganda, mankind is seen as the bad guys in the story, while everyone's at fault in some capacity. Corruption is rampant in every Authority, where their leaders are only seeking their own personal gains. The wealthy keep getting wealthier while the poorer are seen getting poorer. The vicious cycle of hatred between each alien race keeps growing, giving very fewer place for harmony and stability in this world. Some question what lies in the beyond, what purpose would artificial life bring, the atmosphere is heavy, the crises increasing.

Starfall, an outlier neutral Authority has decided to gather the most geopolitically important people in the galaxy, into their academy system, in the hopes of turning them into soldiers and important political figures of the future.

## Story

We follow the young members of the Starfall Academy, an educational and training branch of the Starfall Foundation Authority, which trains its pupils to become soldiers, politicians, engineers, researchers and so on, so they could bring help to any other Authority that is seeking help. The particularity of the year 9999, all students in the promo are from important places in society, notably Leïla being the daughter of the powerful pharma company BETA Labs, which produces 70% of all medication found in the galaxy, or Anaëlle, the child of the incredibly powerful Thrones family, which have influence across the galaxy. Being from different socioeconomic backgrounds, they are taught to get detached from that past and move forward in a corrupt and extremely conflictual world.

Because of the innate tensions, most students don't trust each other or the system even. Everyone have their own motives, but must walk together to provide a more bright future that lies ahead. Accepting differences when their whole education system was based on systematic racism ? Could you adapt with someone capable of terrorism ? Are you afraid to kill. Those are the questions that the students keep to themselves. They eventually form small groups of friends, leading to the plot line of Galaxy Travail.

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Galaxy Travail relies on character stories and arcs to progress, which lead to a bigger general development in the story. The story concludes when the protagonists have achieved their goals and motives. Not every character may have their arc wrapped towards the end of the story; spin-offs and one-off stories are dedicated to follow-up on particular characters or previously untapped world developments.

## The Characters

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In Galaxy Travail, characters are alien species. Usually in space-operas, alien races come in different shapes and sizes, usually very different from humans. In this setting, karihana as an art director has decided that the alien races would be more akin to what would be found in fantasy settings, such as half-animals, material-based races and so on, bringing a sense of familiarity and warmth into the project. This was also decided so the characters would be able to be recognisable and easily identifiable, while also allowing them to emote and resonate with the readers. *(Technically, all alien races are "human", in the sense that they all share the same collective unconscious, to the eyes of the Apocrypha, they all are humans in that way)*.

Each student in Starfall was enrolled for different reasons, and every character arc exposes the why and the how. They all have their own motives that may or may not clash with the other students, or have ambitions that undermine others.

The main storyline of Galaxy Travail revolves around a trifecta of groups of people, which each group having their own point of view on the world development, and end up clashing between each other :

* the trio of Seraphita - Leïla - Abel in the Starfall Foundation story-side.
* the Ephraim team (Yurielle - Ampoule - Tira - Myyah) in the Ancient story-side.
* the Abbeh quattuor, which one of the involves Elayhhn in the Earth Federation story-side.

These three group frequently encounter each other, giving the story a threefold point of view.

## Universe

The universe is the kosmos universe, the same one in which the KOSMOS Saga Project occurs, albeit with 13 billion of years in difference. This means that the composition and its rules are virtually the same.

see : KOSMOS Universe Timeline / Galaxy Travail Timeline

Humanity, is reset every time that they are close to destroy their collective unconscious or the universe. The Eternal Recurrence in Galaxy Travail has occurred a grand total of four times, meaning that the current cycle of humanity is the fifth one. In this cycle however, humanity takes different shapes and sizes, and different alien races have separately evolved from each other. Albeit Ancients were already present, their collective unconscious is separate from humans', meaning that they are unaffected by the Eternal Recurrence.

### Alien Races

#### Humanity

Humans, in universe, Humankind or Mankind, are the most regular humans that exist. They have become extremely technologically advanced, much farther than any other cycle. They have been able to create massive colonies, terraform planets and create immigration fleets to give lands for their increasingly bigger population. They have ravaged their motherland in the process, but in exchange have developed a vast network of colonies across the galaxy. They have established the Universalis Network, which uses the Imaginary Plane to soar the stars at speeds faster than light. Humankind has separated into two major Authorities, Tevet State and the Earth Federation.

* Jerusalem : birthplace of humanity, ravaged by nuclear warfare.
* Judiceum : the biggest man-made human colony, orbiting Jerusalem.
* Mirrikh : Mars colony.
* Ivanah : Moon colony.
* Abbeh : interstellar ark fleet that houses the military branch of the Earth Federation.
* Ariadne : Earth Federation's first colony.
* Miria : Earth Federation's second colony.
* Tethys : Earth Federation's third colony. The Earth Federation is headquartered on this planet.

There are other minor colonies (known as terminals) which are not mentioned here.

#### Miktam

The Miktam, or Miktamkind, are advanced animal humanoid species. Their appearance threads between those of humans and animals. In terms of technological might they are more advanced than humans except in weaponry, and are the best in travel technology. They established the Starflight System, which uses quantum mechanics to tunnel through the galaxy, whether it's for communications or travel over long distances. They saw their population halved by the Earth Federation.

* Michtam-04β : Birthplace of the Animalia Order and central hub of the Miktam. A superearth capable of hosting at least quadruple its current population.
* Tellilah : Orbital space station docked at Michtam's orbit. Central support of the Starflight System with its space elevator.
* Teegarden-C : Birthplace of the Borealis Order. Lushful colony currently facing war against Ariadne.
* † Astoltia : Former birthplace of the Oceanid Order.
* † ESIRNUS : Former birthplace of the Idyllia Order and former capital of the Miktam.

#### Matterkind

The Matterkind, are an advanced material and elemental based humanoid alien race. They aren't as technologically advanced as the Miktam or Humankind, but they do possess an intrinsic knowledge of the universe which puts their technology at a fundamentally different level. Their population was decimated in a war, and currently only 2% of its civilisation has survived. Unlike other alien races, they merged their population with other alien races, therefore a homogenous Matterkind colony is rare.

* † TRAPPIST : Former birthplace of the Halloween and Liquid Orders, and former capital of the Matterkind. Rendered uninhabitable.
* † PROCYON : Former birthplace of the Elemental Order. Destroyed during a civil war.
* † Termina : Former birthplace of the Roche Order. Destroyed by the Earth Federation.
* RRP2-Ripple : Current capital of the Matterkind.
* Eldridge : Orbital space station docked on Ripple. Self governed Authority.
* PSRB-Shiver : Annex colony of the Matterkind.

#### Estrella

The Astraeans, or Estrellakind is an enigmatic race that appeared less than two centuries ago. Their technology and understanding of the universe looked almost magical. They alas got entirely wiped out by the Earth Federation out of fear, which sparked the Fifth World War conflict. The only survivors are the members of the Quartz family. They supposedly had multiple colonies, with only Abraxam being wide known as their birthplace.

* † Abraxam : supposed birthplace of the Estrella.

#### Moebius

Moebius, or Moebi is a race fabricated by Epiphanée. They incarnate concepts and ideas rather than pure beings. They technically take the shape of any other alien race but have very different Ether Response properties and all of them are devoted to the Apocrypha and fervently serve Epiphanée. Their main palace can be found on Thaellia-CF.

* Thaellia-CF : headquarters of the Moebius.

#### Ancient

The Ancient, or Ancientkind, are known to have been present in the universe for a very long time. Unlike all the other alien races cited above, their collective unconscious is separate as they come from another universe. Their development has been stagnating for eons, but they are content with it. They are the creators of the Artifice race, and unfortunately got involved into the Fifth World War as the phenomenon of Ether Eaters and Artifice Soldiers have been plaguing the civilisation. Their technologies are far superior than any other thanks to their deep understanding of the Ether, and are settled on Nanuetta-HF.

* Nanuetta-HF : homeworld of the Ancient. Everwinter colony.

This concludes the introduction of the project. Please see in-depth pages to learn more.