Five Houses of Star Supremacy

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## The Five Houses of Star Supremacy

HOSS' logo; a mix of the Five Houses' individual crests combined.

### Purpose

To find a way to restore their full vitality and rule forever.

## Data

### Key Figures

The Five House Heads
The Warden

### Materiel

The Seed
The *Gavel*
The *Watchtower*

## Appearances

### Books & Comics

*Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures* (novella)
*Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind* (novella)

The **Five Houses of Star Supremacy** is an organization made up of an elite society that formed after the Great Crash. Their mission is to convert the dying planets in their universe into private prisons in which inmates who have been given life sentences are served out in a profitable manner. They are also commonly known by the acronym **HOSS** or simply the **Five Houses**.

## History

After the Great Crash, HOSS saw potential in the nearly-wasted planets leftover and decided to create prison planets out of them. They take life sentence prisoners and relocate them to these planets to work harvesting the planets' remaining energy. HOSS is comprised of five power families, each of whom are ruled by a Head Member only referred to by their Family Name. Their ultimate goal is to find a way to essentially live and rule forever.

### House Te

The first House. Head Te is said to carry the trait of Rule and acts as the leader of even the other Houses; being patient. Te's biopallitive support suit is a bit smaller than Doxt's and his body seems to be no more than a head and torso. Because of this, he has one large and one small mechanical arm attached to his suit. He was the one who first suggested that their descendants were incompetent and determined apart of this was diluting their gene pool with the blood of "Nothings"—the Houses' word for commoners. Dr. Helix Warey is from Te's House.

### House Doxt

The second House. Head Doxt is said to carry the trait of Resource and acts as a problem-solver. Doxt's suit features four claw-like pedipalps designed for speed. He seems to have at least some of his appendages outside his head and torso. Crafty and "high-reaching," House Doxt is interested in science, industry, business, and even real estate. He owns the Cross Biopharmaceutical Therapeutic Research facility on Crosif that Nia Worn and Nostrand Crane steal developing medicine from.

### House Cing

The third House. Head Cing is said to carry the trait of Rage and acts as the skeptical voice of the Houses. His suit is nothing more than an orb as all that is left of his body is his head. It features a few, spider-like legs as well. IxVox3 is a creation of Cing's House.

### House Ané

The fourth House. Head Ané is said to carry the trait of Reason and acts as a mediator between the Houses. She has the largest suit and her body is the most intact, though one can only see her head due to her suit being mostly obscured; the only window framing her head. She has two claw-like arms connected to at least one side of her suit. In addition to being a voice of reason, she also thinks logically about a situation.

### House Quar

The fifth House. Head Quar is said to carry the trait of Risk and acts as a voice of caution for the Houses. She is mostly skeletal and has the second smallest suit next to Cing.

## Materiel

HOSS employed millions of ground soldiers throughout their planetary range. Each prison planet had thousands of soldiers acting as a security force for the inmates, and each healthy planet employed soldiers as a police force. They also employed thousands of pilots, drivers, and technicians. In addition to militaristic personnel, HOSS also employed and/or funded judicial personnel as well, such as judges, officers, wardens and bailiffs.

### Notable Personnel

* The Five House Heads
* Officer Matters
* The Warden of Dark Sentencer
* Dr. Helix Warey

### Notable Vessels

* The Seed
*(HOSS' space-station-like headquarters.)*
* The *Gavel*
*(A transport vessel.)*
* The *Watchtower*
*(The Dark Sentencer's Warden's overseeing ship.)*

## Trivia

* The fact that there are five houses is significant as it keeps with the thematic nature of *Vaxis* being the fifth chapter of the *Amory Wars*.
* For the Great Destroyer Tour, which preceded the release of *Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind*, the New Haven, Connecticut show partnered with local brewing company Counter Weight to create a limited release IPA called "Five Houses."

## References

1. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Chondra Echert. *Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures*. Pg 5. Evil Ink, 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sanchez, Claudio and Chondra Echert. *Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind*. Chapter 2. Evil Ink, 2022.
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/claudioPsanchez/status/1483097673951588361
4. ↑ Sanchez, Claudio and Chondra Echert. *Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind*. Chapter 1. Evil Ink, 2022.
5. ↑ https://youtu.be/GGhiu2XVv4c
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/CollegeStMusic/status/1491829222482100232