Monso Appen

**Monso Appen** is the singular moon of the planet Monso Gigen located within the Monso System in the Outer Edge Region of the OGC. Monso Appen is a small, temperate world of plains and mountains with small inland seas. The ecosystem of Monso Appen is semi-artificial, with multiple species, including the native sentients, the Monso Pien, having been genetically altered or created by the Phylote. Monso Appen is the location of around ten thousand jarza habit holes, the primary gathering spaces for Monso Pien society.

## Ecology

Monso Appen is the singular moon of the planet Monso Gigen located within the Monso System in the Outer Edge Region of the OGC. Monso Appen orbits around Monso Gigen, a large arid planet with a surface covered in deserts. Monso Appen has a breathable atmosphere and a temperate environment that consists of various plains and mountain ranges. Monso Appen also has several small seas that are laid inland, acting as the only major bodies of water on the moon. Elsewhere, the environments of Monso Appen are dry, with storms and rain being infrequent.

Monso Appen has a wide variety of plant life, most of which is gathered around the cooler, shadowed areas of the mountains. The plains of the moon are filled with waist-high grasses that are brown in color. Many of the plant species of Monso Appen are edible, producing various fruits that, though not much to look at, are ripe in flavor.

Many animal species live on Monso Appen. Avian creatures such as the Troola fly amongst the mountainous environments. Predators like the New Appa use the grasses of the plains as camouflage to hunt the scattered herbivores of the plains. The most intelligent of the creatures of Monso Appen is the Monso Moosa, a herbivore that has been observed becoming close to becoming sentient.

Monso Appen lacks any kind of large-scale urbanization, with most of the locals operating as mobile groups of hunter-gatherers. Elsewhere, Monso Appen has around ten thousand habit holes, which serves as the locations of annuals celebrations. Most of the moon's interaction with the rest of the galaxy is done on Monso Gigen, which has a spaceport.

## Inhabitants and culture

Monso Appen serves as the homeworld of the Monso Pien, a race of bipedal mammalians who are able to manipulate their environment through the use of their opposable feet. Monso Appen has a population of around 75 million, which mainly consists of the local Monso.

Monso Appen lacks large-scale urbanization, instead having the local Monso group together into groups called "jarnz". The various Monso Pien jarnz have an annual gathering at places called "habitual holes", which a chosen jarnz tends for the remainder of the year. The habit holes are large structures, reminiscent of the cities that Monso Appen lacks elsewhere. The habit holes can play host to up to ten thousand Monso during the jarnz gatherings. The gatherings serve as a celebration in which the jarnz share their harvests and storytellers delight the populace with myths and recountings of events. As the birthplace of the species, Monso Appen has the largest number of Monso habit holes in the galaxy, with numbers of around ten thousand.

The local Monso are often stereotyped due to their more simple nature as hunter-gatherers. Despite this, the Monso are an expressive race with an analytical nature. The Monso Pien are often looked down upon by other races because of their history as genetically modified creations, making others see them as a "primitive" and "stupid" species. Even though their culture and habits are more simplistic, the Monso Pien have a diverse culture with rites and celebrations, with the Monso being just as valid as other species.

The main language spoke on Monso Appen is Phylese, a "pet" language developed from the Monso Pien's original creator's language,Nugelles.

## History

The ancient ancestor of the Monso Pien was the Monso Appa, an ancient reptilian that lived on Monso Appen. At an unknown time in the past, around 10,000 to 15,000 YBO, the advanced Phylotes first discovered Monso Appen. Using their genetic rescramblers, the Phylotes tinkered with the native wildlife, including creating the Monso Pien, named after the Nugelles word for naked, upon which they released the newly created species back onto Monso Appen.

The initial introduction of the Monso disrupted the ecosystem of Monso Appen, but over the years, the environment has been able to re-balance itself as the Monso gained sentience. The Monso's culture began to develop by 0 YAO.

Around 500 YAO, the OGC first discovered the moon and made contact with the Monso. Despite initial reservations, the Monso eventually became members of the OGC soon after. Soon after, evidence of the Monso's creation was discovered, which unfortunately quickly established the Monso's reputation in the galaxy.

Monso Appen has remained part of the OGC since then, with a Rector in the government and even being the birthplace of multiple Monso Parsons. Even with Monso Appen's small-scale society, it has attempted to sue the Phylotes multiple times, but these cases have all been dismissed, mostly due to the Phylotes being uncooperative.

## Government and economy

As a member of the OGC, Monso Appen is directly represented by a Rector within the government. Despite this, Monso Appen remains minimally involved with the greater galaxy, with little to no trading or off-world visitors, excepts during the Monso's annual jarnz gatherings. The rest of the business with wider galaxy is done on Monso Gigen, with very little traffic to the moon itself.

Monso Appen has several agreements in which the local Monso exchange modern technologies for some of the moon's renowned fruits, which are prized for their flavor. Because of this, the local Monso Piens are fiercely protective of Monso Appen's ecosystem, rarely allowing outsiders beyond the habit holes of the moon.