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  Story
    Introduce characters + universe
    Diplomatic mission, try to unify a whole inter-galactic comittee for something

  - Problem in world (Antagonist, Protagonist(s))
  - Possible Solutions
  - Options for PCs

  NOTES:
    N-Shift possible "effect the dice roll"

  Lore
  - Units
    * osscil (os)         - 1 galactic core oscillation (~1 earth second)
    * meter (m)           - distance light travels in 1x10^-8os (=1 earth meter)
    * kilograms (kg)      - 1000 grams (=1 earth kg)
    * humanity (hm)       - 1 gram of human essence (~all your finger/toe-nails combined)
    * Trader Credits (cr) - 2cr would buy you a very nice pack of gum (credits are not universally accepted, but are common currency)

  - Races
    The Humans:
    * Scarce/near extinction
    * Has essence (seen as gross or precious)
    * must hide self in perpetual armor (Clones/ODSTs/DOG from halflife) very dehumanizing
    * Natural attunement (Quantum resonants for N-Shifting)

    The Ceth:
    * Squids/Octopus like
    * Quick learners, very high metabolism (need to eat every 1.5hrs or so)
    * Nomadic, very small tribes (ships of no more than 25Ceth usually)
    * tend to mingle/intermix with other species, but have genetic predisposition to racial purity (as far as breeding)
    * fairly reserved, still have tendency to rely on others, but are quite "street savvy"
    * race is proficient with mid-range weaponry, as well as blade/gun weapon thing (think farscape qualta blade)

    The Bovarians:
    * Think Gan from star wars
    * They're cow people
    * slow metabolism, 5 stomachs
    * tendency towards peace
    * speak slowly, but tend to small talk quite a bit
    * proficiency with large, heavy weaponry and explosives

    The Valikry:
    * Glow and are blue
    * mostly diplomats, good with words
    * look down on other races, but notorious for their genetic impurities (sleep around a lot)
    * they falsey attribute "glowing" property to racial purity, which they value almost as much as wealth
    * very well rounded in combat, leaning towards espionage
    * Cellular membrane skin very obvious (lightly illuminecent, light permiable)
    * human esque metabolism
    * do not like salmandrin

    The Salmandrins:
    * flaming salamanders
    * fast metabolism
    * 2 legged, 1 tail
    * wear heated armor (which often ignites surrounding atmosphere, leading to the "flaming" aspect)
    * come from gas giant with metalic core as prime orbital around Blue quasar/Red giant binary system
    * Do not like valikry

    The Vespula:
    * Bee people (yellow jackets)
    * wing spans allow flying
    * Tend to be war-driven
    * Individuals end up in guard or armory positions
    * Average metabolism
    * survives on mostly electrolyte + sugar diet
    * not particularly intelligent for technology
    * smart in combat situations, intelligence scales with numbers
    * Vespula occupied planets, a unit is chosen and becomes queen
    * Queen becomes factor of 15x larger, hyper intelligent
    * Queen diet becomes carnivorous, tends to have cravings for other species
    * Queen able to telepathically manipulate others (including across different species)
    * Queens have been known to get as big as entire building
    * Race has stingers, they can extract the venom and use as weapon
    * Racial taboo to use stinger as weapon directly
    * No direct sexuality, except queen is female
    * Proficient in all weaponry

    The Tangarians:
    * Crab people
    * Lower intelligence
    * Space fairing, barely
    * progression accellerated by Valikry in attempt to make weaponized slave race
    * did not turn out way Valikry wanted, ended up being sold (entire race) to Vespula
    * Vespula planet with main infestation used them mostly as food
    * Global ethics committee determined this not okay, forced Vespula planet to disperse race to neighboring
      star systems
    * now seen in slum worlds + bar style space port towns
    * crab mandible arm, one utility cybernetic arm
    * hard outer shell, when opened exposes organs and genitalia (just kinda hangs in there)
    * proficient in most weaponry, but not elegant in any
    * tanky-health

    The Contagion:
    * Race of human-robot monsters
    * entire goal is to assimilate all humanity into themselves
    * hive mind (think borg, but actually hive mind)
    * Tendency towards spider-like mandibles, with lots of razors and chainsaw blades
    * Come from uncharted space
    * hunt humans & human hybrids
    * Tend to buy entire space regions

    The Flora:
    * Plant people
    * hair=pedals
    * skin = skin
    * hyper sexualized in culture (think Japan)
    * come in many different shapes, sizes, colors
    * decent intelligent, tend to be fleeting
    * very pretty (liked by other cultures)
    ^^SUBRACE: Flora-Fungi
    * Can have moss-afros
    * can be toxic
    * not pretty
    * have minor telepathic and telekentic capabilities
    * not good at communication
    * tend to be shunned by other cultures

    The Falkian:
    * bird people Jedis
    * think they're above everyone else (because they didnt participate in galactic human slaughter)
    * actually are just pretentious assholes
    * can fly
    * average technology
    * average intelligence
    * deliberate to councils for pretty much all decisions, even the most trivial
    * tend to be slow to accept ideas & actions
    * think they have a democracy, actually live in large scale industrialized oligarchy
    * proficient with close range weapons only
    * (Think hawk man/hawk girl from dc)
    * Used to have long distance sight, lost from cross-breeding
    * some still (mistakenly) think they have long distance sight
    * (Look with your special eyes)
    * vulnerable to fire (feathered)
    * reclusive and xenophobic

    The Kyrl
    * Jelly people
    * only female
    * can only reproduce through mass conversion cloning (cell reproduction)
      or through mixed race reproduction
    * Can eat other races
    * "blood" is extremely acidic, basically a giant stomach
    * glows after feeding, if so desired (enzyme)
    * not proficient with weapons except close range daggers/blades
    * entirely from space (no home planets)
    * live in space colonies
    * strong with communication
    * feeds quickly through mouth, or can directly absorb (less efficiently) via coerrsion (osmosis)
    * decently intelligent (can handle most complex systems)
    * dabbled in AI as a race (created Zion)
    * due to vast time spent in space, is fairly reactive to gamma radiation
      (must account for this on desert planets, or use shielding when orbiting close to sun)
    * fairly free-form

    The Zion
    * AI race
    * mechanical nature allows fast change of bodies
    * "self" is stored in "Personality drive", similar in form to a floppy disk
    * intelligence matrix is powered by N-Shift (more humanity = more intelligence)
    * proficient in long range weaponry
    * "best" interaction with technology
    * able to self modify at will (i.e. swap out limbs) -- has draw-backs, can require hm, and result in lowered intelligence
    * when mixing with other races, the personality drive is melded with the creatures frontal cortex, resulting in a unity
      and occasional schizophrenic tendencies

  - Technology
    N-Shift based Rail Gun (World destroyer class weapon)

  - Side stories
  - Empires
    Falkian Empire
    Valikry Contingency
    ZION OPERATING STATE0
    ZION OPERATING STATE1
    ZION OPERATING STATE6
    Bovarian Beurocratic Company
    N-Shift Valikry-Kyrl Republic
    Bovarian-Salmandrin Trade Federation
    Salmandrin Peace Force
    Floran Confederacy

  - Key systems


  - Worlds


  - Factions
    The uncharted zone - no factions
      - High in contagion
      - no contagion warning beacons

    Galactic Neutral Core
      - each major race has designated planet
      - essentially the "UN" of the universe
      - no aggression pact, doesn't really get followed
      - tends not to be used for anything but Valikry - Falkian political stomping ground

    Zion Occupation Space
      - Zion operating states share this faction
      - suprisingly hostile

    The Derelict Zone
      - Lots of moons, asteroid belts
      - Many military outposts, to keep eye on one another
      - Several Prison colonies, think riddick movies

    N-Territories
      - "Bermuta triangle esque"
      - Weird ass shit happens here
      - tons of N-Shift
      - many wormholes/black holes
      - strange transdementional races rumoured to be seen here
      - not a good place for beginners
      - Large scale mining operations cant happen often, usually causes huge
        political power shift when successful excavation



  - Institutions

  - Governments
    Bovarian Peace Council
    Falkian Task Force


  - Companies
  - Religions
  - Deities
  - Wars (Past & Future)

  - Lore
  N-Shift lore
    Humans "discovered" N-Shifting as a thing, brought travel + technology to the universe.
    Then the universe ate them.

  Language lore
    Something of a "solved problem". Global language determined by galactic neutral Core committee,
    one of the first decisions made. Few places where language is an issue, it is easily overcome
    by technological translation techniques.

  Chronological Development
    Humans bring technology and n-shifting
    Zion are created
    galactic neutral core begins development
    main races, including humans council
    Contagion begins
    correlation to n-shifting found
    correlation to humans performing their enhanced n-shifting found
    people really start to fear contagion
    people start to fear humans (see humans as root of contagion)
    greed for humanity + fear of humans = much distress, such kill, WOW
    galactic human slaughter commences
    humans = mostly dead, not even johns
    galactic human slaughter finishes
    sparse communities of humans, become mainly drifters
    human essence becomes detectable (as sparcity leads to easier detection from previously "drowning" noise of human essence)
    humans being hunted by slavers, greed corps after hm, and of course contagion insessent search/slaughter/assimilation with them
    to counter this all humans (that dont want to die) wear full body, dehumanizing suits (think master chief or destiny characters)
    galactic neutral core forms ethic commitee to keep shit like this from happening again
    Tangarians are created
    Tangarians are eaten
    Tangarians are "freed" by ethics comitee


  Mechanics
  - Player Character traits
    Race(s)
    Survivability
    Perception
    Intelligence
    Mobility
    Gene Purity

  - Skills
    N-Shifting:
    Mechanical Crafting:
    Technology:
    Engineering:
    Maintenance:
    Sneaking:
    Theft:
    Explosives/Demolition:
    Cooking:
    Persuasion:
    Lady Killer/Black Widow:
    Scavenging:
    Vehicle proficiency:
    Space Combat:
    Leadership:
    Acrobatics:
    Naturalism:
    Worldliness:
    Situational Awareness:
    Mental Fortitude:


  - Powers/Abilities/Perks
    Mid Range
    Close Courters
    Small Arms
    Long Range
    Healing
    Telekinesis
    Telepathy
    Repair