Nox-Veredia (Nox-Veredia I)

*"And the heavens split open above to behold the fire that would rain upon the poor souls of the innocent, their tears burned away by flames of malicious hatred. None survive, None saw what had happened. All that was left were ruins, burned trees, and corpses. A dead planet left behind, A empty shell of what once was, a tomb, for the so many lost lives. And when I awake, the universe and all who wronged my people, shall feel the full wrath of Verakia bear down on them ten-fold. For there is no escape, no where to hide, from the wrath of the dead."* -Sierra Varamek, End of the Strategos war.

## History

Verakia, sometimes referred to as *Verakia Prime* in standard galactic languages or *Valra Cul Dager Vortchal* in *Nox-Veredian* is the homeworld of the entire Nox-Veredian species, located within the heart of former Nox-Veredian space.

Some five thousand years prior to the establishment of the United Commonwealth of Planets, the Nox-Veredian Empire were one of the dominant powers within the Black Eye Galaxy, occupying almost one half of the entire galaxy. Planets within the Empire's boundaries included;

* Commonwealth (Commonwealth I)
* Va'Toh (Va'Toh III)
* New Ctarl-Ctarl

Extensive archaeological digs on a number of these worlds have discovered the presence of a large number of Nox-Veredian ruins on these planets.

Nox-Veredian technology was intricately linked with their primary religion, worshipping an entity at the centre of the Black Eye Galaxy, known as the Void Mother. As a result of this worship, only the ruling family had direct communication with the Void Mother, who is to believed to have provided the Nox-Veredians with their powerful negative energy or *Void*-based technology.

During the reign of young Emperor Sierra Varamek, about 4956 BCE *(Before Commonwealth Era),* the Nox-Veredian Empire became embroiled in a destructive war with the Strategos Collective which lasted for a number of centuries.

During this war, the Nox-Veredian Empire fell into decay and ruin, finally being defeated and remained a shell of its former glory. As a result, most of its technology was lost to history.

Almost five thousand years later, in 2419, Nox-Veredian rebel Devlyn Kardrack led a small group of surviving rebels away from the now ruined Verakia and discovered a hidden Iconian Gateway known as *"The Iris"* in the Australis System.

Devlyn was able to use this gateway to travel to the Milky Way Galaxy, initiating first contact with the United Federation of Planets and invading the Tyrannus System, where Deep Space Three was located.

Devlyn had hoped to build a new Nox-Veredian Empire within the Tyrannus System, attacking and capturing Deep Space Three but was defeated when Starfleet sent "Task Force: Misfits" to reclaim the station.

Unknown to Devlyn, his arrival had weakened the subspace barrier surrounding the Iris, causing it to reveal itself during the ensuing battle and opening a gateway for an Old One to enter the Milky Way.

This Old One was defeated when the U.S.S. Hiryu managed to cut power to the gateway, severing the creature into two parts as it was emerging through the gateway.

Later in 2419, after the establishment of the United Commonwealth of Planets, the U.S.S. Hiryu, while tracking down some Nox-Veredian pirates, rediscovered Verakia, which had been concealed within a subspace layer to avoid detection by the Strategos Collective and to make them believe that it had been destroyed.

The Hiryu crew discovered that Emperor Sierra Veramek had been kept alive, in cryogenic stasis for almost five thousand years. As a result, Emperor Sierra Veramek signed the Commonwealth charter and pledged to support the Commonwealth.

During the Roth/Strategos War of early 2420, Verakia came under attack by Roth forces, who sought to capture Nox-Veredian technology for its uniquely destructive potential. The U.S.S. Generation responded to defend Verakia, successfully waging a ground campaign against the Roth despite being outnumbered heavily.

To prevent the planet from being lost, Twilight Varamek and Devlyn Kardrack successfully pushed the planet back into subspace, preventing anyone else from reaching it.

## Environmental

Verakia is mostly composed of city ruins and lush forests with a huge variety of planet life. The planet possesses an unusual purple hue in the sky which can make both sunrise and sunset on the planet extraordinarily beautiful.

Most of Verakia's major cities have been destroyed from repeated bombardment by the Strategos thousands of years ago however underground bunkers and facilities still remain intact.

Emperor Sierra's Lab is still located on Verakia, it's halls and rooms expanding across the entire planet as well as miles below the surface. It's entrance looks like an unsuspecting royal house, but once entered it becomes a maze of roaming Nox-Veredian Tel-Vyan security drones and thousands of Vats holding unused bodies. These bodies are what the emperor used to survive for centuries. He is not truly immortal, he only moves his mind and soul to a new body every century. The deeper sections of the lab contain more and more confusing and weird artifacts, from Artifacts that can warp reality to others that seem to glow with unknown energy. The lab contains all of the Nox-Veredians long lost tech, and will do anything to keep it from falling into anyone's hands.