Lodceo

Unidentified giant arthropods

Lodceo is a rocky neutral world in the Throne Nebula.

## Description

### Overview

Lodceo is a terrestrial world in the Throne Nebula, mostly comprised of rocky plains and cave systems, which contain many minerals that cannot be replicated.

### Geography

The surface of Lodceo is covered in massive, smooth rocks, which in turn are covered in thick layers of algae and moss. Beneath its surface, and located in many cities, are entrances to vast cave systems, most of which were carved out by Boney Tunnel Beasts and extensively mined. Lakes dot several parts of the surface.

### Urban Layout

Lodceo's cities are mainly within cave systems, although they do sport tall structures that reach to cave ceilings. City highways are navigated by hovercars, and are known to connect to mines and the surface.

## Inhabitants

### Citizens

Lodcean citizens are the legal inhabitants of Lodceo and its state. They are most populous within the industrial mining cities. Some Halainn made up the population of Lodceo, which helped an alliance get officiated.

### Native species

The native species of Lodceo are the Lodceans, a race of obese humanoids with skin and heads resembling reptilians. They proved to be quite the durable race, as the Lodcean king appeared unharmed after being struck by the tail of a Scairpi. The proto-Lodceans developed within the extensive tunnels left by the Boney Tunnel Beasts, where they evolved and built cities in. Despite their large, heavy bodies, Lodceans are quite fast when running or walking, outpacing many other species, even those thinner than them.

### Flora

Lodcean algae and Lodcean moss make up most of the surface flora on Lodceo. They cover the rocky plains and produce oxygen, allowing the atmosphere to remain hospitable to life.

### Fauna

A now-extinct creature on Lodceo was the Boney Tunnel Beast, which resembled a large worm with spiked grey armor. The Beasts held acid within their bodies that could dissolve rock, and ate the endolithic microbes that made up the majority of Lodcean life at its time. The Boney Tunnel Beasts went extinct after the population of endoliths dropped to the point that the Beast population was unable to find enough of them to survive. However, the carvings of the Boney Tunnel Beasts allowed for new lifeforms to evolve from surviving microbes and other lifeforms. Currently, large arthropods are farmed on Lodceo's surface, and were the first creatures to evolve with eyes accustomed to the brighter light outside the caves.

## Government and politics

Lodceo is ruled as a monarchy, with the Lodcean Royal Family holding power over the planet and its legislation. It is known that the Lodcean race has a good relation with the Halainn race, although the Scairpi race opposes their alliance and had sent several terrorists to strike Lodceo.

### Public works

Public transportation systems of hover taxis are common in Lodcean cities, and are piloted by organic drivers.

### Economics

Lodceo's economy is built on their mining industry.

## History

### Early history

Lodceo was a foggy, grey world with few lifeforms. The most prominent life form to arise was the Boney Tunnel Beast, which was a developed multicellular life form, large enough to burrow massive tunnels through the surface with acids. The Beasts devoured endoliths and rock, until they killed off the endolithic population and went extinct. However, surviving lifeforms evolved, becoming proto-Lodceans and other creatures, such as the giant arthropods. The Lodceans evolved and created cities, eventually expanding to the surface and developing space-faring technology. At some point in time, the Lodcean species created a monarchy.

### Capture of Automatura

At some point during the Second Trans-Galactic War, the Lodcean government sought an alliance with the Halainn government, despite protests and terrorist strikes committed by the insectoid Scairpi. The Halainn were to bring a gift to the Lodcean Royal Family, a magitech android known as Automatura, and three representatives from the Trans-Galactic Government, also seeking to build relations with the Lodceans, were to attend as security. The representatives were two CIA agents and Ashley Auto, who had previously stopped a Lavenderian thief on Illal. However, a Scairpi named Priscilla attacked the ceremony and stole the android, evading security. Ashley chased Priscilla down, and subdued her for Lodcean security to take her away, although Automatura had been reprogrammed and ran off.

### Later events

After the battle on Crownsky Island on Speir, Automatura was taken by the Supernatural Defense Corps, and successfully reset to her original programming. She was then returned to the Lodcean government.