Syrite

## Game Information

Once a luscious savanna, but years of weapons testing has almost ceremoniously destroyed all of the beauty this planet once had. The cities are bubbles of clean air, while they pump toxic fumes out into the atmosphere. The Syrite only care about things that can help with weapons testing, which makes for dismal scenery. It as if this world was a the site of a horrible civil war, even though there was never a war.

## ***Planet Information***

* Population: High
* Size: 6
* **Sector**: Alpha (Space Union Dignitary: Lyr Veneer)
* **System**: Lavix (Warm Red Star)
* **Moons**: 3
* **Predominant Species**: Syrites, Cabrytes
* **Advancement Type**: Science
* **Planetary Goals**: Production
* **Galactical Tech Level**: 5
* **Galactic Position**: Galactic Leader
* **Export**: Weapons, Arms, Research
* **Coverage**: Land 70% (8% Colonized, 92% Land), Water 30%
* **Capital**: Depot 99
* **Government**: Technocracy
* **Leader**: Head Researcher Axi Montinue

**Major Cities**

* Depot 99
* Northeri
* Stormline
* Savanna’s Cape

## Before Science

The creatures who used to lurk on Syrite were very dangerous to both the Syrites and Cabrytes. This actually came very close to leading them to extinction, until one of the Syrites discovered gunpowder. This began a quickly expanding age of Weapon Craft, implementing Gunpowder into pretty much all weapons. Before both Species knew it they became the hunters to the creatures who once hunted them.

It was not long before the Rhinasta, a Carnivorous rhino like creature, Vinshnap, a creature who resembles a massive fox, who can leap upwards of 100 Feet, and the Ral-Mamoth, a Vicious Mammoth like creature, were almost all wiped out. This caused those creatures to go into hiding. For a while the Cabrytes even used these creatures for a hunting contest. However, for the Syrites, destroying nature was not over, they began hunting down almost any creature that would even be a minor threat to them, destroying almost all the ecosystems.

One day, the planet was threatened into a war with a nearby planet, Dragite. The Syrites attempted to fight them back, but whenever that failed they began supplying arms to them as a peace treaty. The Cabrytes opposed this but remained silent, that is until the Syrites began weapons testing on the land of their own planet. However, when the Cabrytes protested, the Syrites declared war on them and sent them as far away as possible, to the poles of the planet, where they still live today.

## Syrites

The Syrites care very little for the environment, and only care about progressing their Arms Deals. They are always researching new weapon types, and are considered the premier weapons makers in the Alpha Sector. This is what makes them so loved in the Space Union, with their weapons coming into other planets they are able to keep the Skaagal at bay, as they are the Alpha Sectors Largest threat. However, there are whispers that even the Skaagal sometimes buy weapons from the Syrites. Some Notable Syrites are:

Lyr Veneer: A weapons designer, and the Syrite Dignitary of the space union, though most members of the Space Union find his voting styles and ideologies extremely skewed. It is clear he does not have the Sectors Best intentions. Though the Union will not kick him for fear they would lose any arms deals they have.

Axi Montinue: This Syrite is the lead researcher on a massive project that has been a secret in Depot 99 for over 100 years. It is something that the whispers say the Syrites will not sell to other planets. This makes the entire Sector nervous, though with the length of the project, they feel like they can continue getting weapons from Syrite.

Syz Kespia: He was a soldier in an Alpha Sector war once, and since then he has fled to Northeri and allied himself with the Cabrytes. He feels that the devastation of the land has gone much too far. His fighting style is unique, his horns are actually pneumatically loaded into his head and he will get close to you and impale you with them.

Lyl: Oddly enough she is an extremely skilled crafter from a small town who went to space to find new horizons.

Vec Tor Nimlia: A Member of the Orange Flower fleet, and a well known supplier of Weapons to and from Sedrox. He has been banished from Syrite for making arms deals separate from Syrite itself.

## Cabrytes

Unlike the Antelope horns of the Syrites the Cabrytes have antlers that are set forward on their heads. Also unlike the Syrites, their aim is to restore the beautiful savannas of Syrite. They still often make weapons, but are more known to test them on each other in the colosseum in Northeri. This does mean that many of their weapons are not as destructive as the Syrites weapons. Additionally they do not set up arms deals, instead they stockpile their weapons to one day strike back at the Syrites and take back their planet. Some Notable Cabrytes Are:

Aculi Kervesta: He is the leader of the Cabryte People’s Army, and thus the leader of the entire species. Both of his horns were broken  in battle and reattached with metal. He also has Metal Tips on his horns.

Unia Kervesta: The Owner of the Colosseum and the wife of Aculi. She is no joke and often referred to as Unia the Unstoppable. She has never lost a fight in the Arena.

Yeta Livingstone: One of the lead Weapon Crafters in Northeri. He’s the one who built Syz’s horns, ya’ know.

Jiro Monstan: He is the Defacto Dignitary for the Space Union for the Cabyrites. Although they have sent him forth to run for that office, he has been outvoted, and the Cabrytes do not actually have a Seat in the Space Union.

## A Polluted World

The land of Syrite is expansive, but this massive planet is essentially a wasteland. Many of the land's surroundings have been destroyed due to Centuries of Syrite Pollution and Weapons testing. Some species who cannot really handle polluted air cannot survive outside of the bubble cities.

This has also had a negative impact on those Syrites who do not possess the best mind, or are not useful for research or testing. They send those Syrites to mining towns, where their life expectancy is cut in half. The government sees no reason to give these people bubbles as the cities will be abandoned once the mines dry up.

In the Cities, which even in this age still pump out pollution, they have generated water, as the entire ocean of the planet has been Polluted to the point where it cannot be used any longer. This means the mining towns must either drill for underground aquifers or drink the imported and polluted river waters. Most Syrites who do not possess intelligence, just accept this as their fate.

## Entertainment

Creating technology and weapons are all the Syrites care about. This means that if you do not like crafting or research you will find no entertainment in their world for you. Though, the Syrites do have a ‘My First Weapons’ testing facility, where young syrites can play with fake versions of the weapons. It also seems to have hologram rooms for teenagers and young adults to use to test actual weapons without hurting themselves.

Next, a Techno Savvy person might consider visiting the Museum of Weapons and History. This depicts imitation versions of all obsolete weapons not in circulation, and how they work. Also there are plenty of depictions of the arms deals that Syrite has made over the years. This museum also includes a show about the exiling of the Cabrytes.

However, if you take a train or go to the northern beaming zone, you can visit Northeri and watch some Coliseum matches at the arena. You can also participate in one yourself if you are brave or strong. Oftentimes crafters will send in a proxy to show off their weapons and get noticed by some of the blacksmiths in the city, this is a good way to sell a load of your created weapons to them as well.

## Cultural Food and Drink

Anything that takes time away from weapons testing in the main continent of Syrite is mostly frowned upon. Easy to make meals, freeze dried fruits and meats are some of the most popular Meals there. A Syrite might find eating a restaurant a foreign concept, as most times they will eat something quick, while they craft or research.

However, in the north, restaurants and foods are plentiful. The Cabrytes there keep morale and warm their bodies, by making soups and stews. One of the most famous is Ice Drop Flame Curry, which is a common spicy curry-like dish, made with the Ice Drop vegetables found in the north and south poles of Syrite. Additionally, Double Heated Goat Goulash is another more fancy option in the north made from goat meat, one of the few creatures able to survive in the north.

The difference between drinks is night and day as well. The Syrites have a strict ban on Alcohol in the cities, as it impairs intelligence and is not allowed. Anyone found with alcohol or found to have consumed it, will be banished to a mining village. This happens with no trial, or justice. Though the Mining villagers are often found to be drinking their cares away.

In the North and South however, Alcohol is celebrated, from Vanilla Ale, and Blue Cherry Sherry, the Cabrytes who make these brews are known throughout Cabryte society. As they say in Northeri: “alcohol warms your body and soul. It also allows you to keep high spirits whenever you feel down.”

## Depot Living

If you are in one of the Depots, it is because you are a valued researcher, an excellent machiner, or a weapons tester. The depots are largely fine to live in, the bubbles they exist in are the shelters from the pollution created by the Depots themselves. However, your life consists of almost all work, that is unless you want to leave and work in the mines.

Life in the Depots are free of Debauchery and Luxury. Only work and sleep exist, and for most people that is an acceptable life to live. There are those who do not care for this life, and this will be the Syrites who flee to the north, or off the planet as a whole. This is often frowned upon, and only about one percent of Syrite do this voluntarily.

## Life on The Poles

Anything goes on the poles of Syrite. This is something that is not often talked about on the planet proper. Much of Syrite has been convinced due to Propaganda that the poles are a land of savages. The Cabrytes do not try to fight against this either, to them it is a waste of time to even attempt to engage with the rest of the planet.

This does work out in their favor though, since the Cabrytes are ignored they are completely outside the Technocracy bubble, and will elect their leaders democratically. Additionally, the Cabrytes pride themselves on preserving nature, and the beauty of the north and south poles, as this is their number one goal.

The Poles often have festivals and parties, to celebrate different kinds of events. ‘The City Founding’ festival, and the ‘Time of the Hunt’ are two of the biggest ones. Though both of these festivals seem to have tragic beginnings, one being the anniversary of the day that the Cabrytes were banished, and the second being when the animals they used to hunt went extinct or into hiding. This is on purpose because the Cabrytes want to remember where they come from and what their goals are.