Rus-Scylla Federation

The **Rus-Scylla Federation** is the government of the Russian peoples from Earth set up following the Terran Diaspora in 2130.

## **Homeworld**

Aqua, It was nearly impossible to live on the surface without getting
terribly irradiated. After hundreds of years of recovery the surface has
 begun to seen sparks of civilization once again although not unscathed
by the remains of Nuclear Armageddon that had pushed the planet into the
 brink of total destruction.

On what once where green fields one can see lines of craters and
trenches spanning kilometers of kilometers on the planet’s surface as
well as crumbling bunkers and defenses that once where active with
soldiers. But the war had ended.

On the surface of Aqua one can see craters that extend for hundreds of
kilometers and the ruins of what once was a great civilization due to
the Nuclear War. Nuclear winter had taken a hold of the planet and most
of it had been a white irradiated Tundra with occasional storms, but
thanks to the ever declining radiation, humans had been able to venture
out of the subsoil and begin relocating onto the surface. Although,
there were known settlements above the surface which had taken measures
such as domes to be able to hold out the radiation, the war had ended
hundreds of years ago.

Geographically, Aqua consists of four medium sized land-masses, akin to
very large islands or in this case, continents. The seas are dotted by
several islands and archipelagos, giving way to interesting life forms
varying in size. To both moons orbiting around the planet there is a
large inter-tidal zone within the planet.

Aqua is orbited by two moons, both of which have barely any atmosphere
at all. These are dotted by several hundreds of craters from long gone
meteors, giving them the appearance of Earth’s Moon itself. Despite
this, the planet has seen its fair share of meteorite impacts, thanks to
 the planetary defense system what would be deathly and extinction level
 impacts have been deflected. Most of these meteorites come from the
nearby asteroid field which surrounds Aqua's Orbit.

## People

Obedient and Disciplined, they are might seem to be like robots
sometimes but they are also cheerful and even fun to be around sometimes
 especially when not busy or working.

They are driven by a rather militaristic mindset, no matter their social
 class or amount of wealth, they are always ready to protect what is
theirs. No family can be seen without having some sort of military
history concerning their predecessors. This is born from the support
lent by the human colonizers to the Communist faction of Aqua, fighting
for their survival while working with the Scylla. This, coupled with
fear from encountering those who had razed their home -Titans- brought
humanity to give its all until the very end. The fear gave birth to
bravery and even if outnumbered, this brought out the worst and the best
 humanity has ever seen driving the Fascist Aliens into accepting a
peace treaty.

When it comes to punishment, the highest one can expect is being sent to
 work at the farms, plowing away at the soil on the surface, planting
new crops to feed the general population. These foods mostly are made up
 of mushrooms as well as potatoes, wheat, rice. Common meats consist of
pork, and rarely beef which is considered a luxury by many. One thing
that is never left out of every meal is a good drink to accompany the
meal with, and this is Vodka an alcoholic beverage that anyone can
enjoy, brought through the great war on Earth ages ago and sent forth
into space by the people who left that planet. We cannot forget black
bread too. Although thanks to the mixture of foods from incorporating
Scylla culture, such as plates that resemble Moussaka, as well as
Taramasalta, octopus (or atleast the non-sentient equivalent) based
dishes are heavily looked down upon any humans that are seen eating such
 dishes are bound to scare any Scylla they meet or get beaten up. Here
and there one can sometimes see sea-foods that resemble those found in
Japan, China, etc, such as sushi and udon.

## History

BV-124460 Had been surveyed as a planet having the right conditions for
humans to develop and grow in. Thanks to the discovery of FTL travel and
 a united Russian-German peoples built a colonization ship using
whatever technology they could gather and make use of. This lead to the
creation of a rather primitive and rough looking colonization ship but
it would serve its purpose well.

Caught in a meteor storm, the ship was hit by a big enough meteor to
knock out the ship’s guidance and AI system, forcing the ship to land on
 Aqua as the thawing function had malfunctioned along with the AI
system. Not only this happened but the bad streak of unlucky events
didn’t stop there as the ship was struck by a blast from the planetary
defense system from the Fascist sector of the planet. The approximate
trajectory and crash course allowed them to land without being
completely obliterated.

The alarms blared throughout the ship as they landed and the colonists
thawed out of their cry stasis, having landed in a planet where two
factions had a war brewing. The conflict could be compared to that of
the USSR and US during the cold war, but these factions completely
controlled every single bit of land in their corresponding Hemispheres.

Only one last push was needed to drive both nations into complete
annihilation, far advanced beyond what humanity had ever been these
beings had taken measures against complete nuclear Armageddon. The last
push that they needed was the colonial ship that crashed into Communist
territory, having been heavily damaged by the planetary defenses with
its occupants still deep in cry stasis. The ship, having lodged deep
into one of the planet’s Valley’s among a high-density forest with trees
 as big as 30 meters tall and as thick as 5 meters suffered irreparable
damage with barely functional shields.

The colonials dodged one more bullet as they had landed an approximate
distance of 100km off any sort of civilization, shielded by the valley
surrounding them and a lucky wind direction the radiation and following
nuclear fallout was held off for a few months, giving them just enough
time to dig in, as well as making use of the thick trees and gigantic
mushrooms which consequently adapted to feed off the radiation. The
humans wouldn't need to wait months however.

Fearing for their lives and for their unsecured future revolving around
this entire war, the colonists armed themselves and fortified the
Valley. The colonials organized themselves around communes, knowing that
 the current situation called for an strong leader and for a necessary
need to share what resources they had among themselves. But that fear
was suddenly quelled as a rescue party from the indigenous species
approached them in a matter of 1-2 weeks due to the disorganization
following initial nuclear impacts as well as political outrage and
discussion about what they had to do regarding this foreign ship and so,
 climbing over the mountains in what seemed to be eight legged vehicles
and the buzzing of machines that resembled helicopters flying above
them. However, talks did not go as smoothly as expected, the language
was one of the first barriers that had to be overcome… Among with a much
 more interesting fact concerning their saviors.

They could only be described as the Scylla from Greek mythology, half
human and half octopus, this of course sparked the curiosity from Human
scientists as well as Scylla scientists. This peaceful relationship
would not last long however as the Colonists were filled in on the
current political situation and why their ship had been shot down. The
humans, filled with the necessity to return the favor, aided the current
 Government, fighting and adapting to the ways that battles were fought
between both sides as well as bettering the way in which they fought by
including their own tactics.

## Modern Day Aqua

Modern Day Aqua is stable and several reconstruction proyects have made
the planet a better looking place, large cities beginning to sprout in
the multiple continents and islands. Although, due to the biological
needs of scylla, humanity has mostly adapted to their way of life, not
being that different than their own. Most cities can be found near water
 sources such as rivers, lakes, or by the sea side.

Scylla are mostly identified by their past, which consists largely of a
greek style culture and civilization which shortly evolved to what one
would be able to call 21st century humanity. Remnants of this long lost
culture can still be found across the several islands that dot the
planet, even now there are a few cities which are reminiscent of this
great civilization with buildings made of white marble columns and
government buildings that resemble pantheons. Even though this is the
case for a few cities, due to the Scylla's amphibious nature they prefer
 to wear what is akin to loosely fitting robes that do not inhibit their
 movement in water which at the same time unintentionally becomes a
quite exposing attire.

Humanity and Scylla now look on towards space, seeking to soon colonize what exists within their solar system.