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Silly Goober — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:24:49 GMT

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==Gameplay States and Policy==
There are three states you will find yourself in while enjoying Space Station 13 in a roleplay environment. These are fluid conditions which you can consider as simply as the difference between standing still and walking across a room. We consider three types: being social, engaging with the core gameplay itself which we call Mechanics, and engaging in violence.

=== Roleplay State ===
When you are standing about talking in low-tension public spaces, when you are repositioning yourself in a scene good faith like stepping aside for traffic, and when your actions do not place you at a direct advantage over another player (such as a bartender preparing drinks, or a doctor providing routine healthcare in normal medbay conditions) you are existing in a Roleplay State.

Roleplay States can be extended to things that might normally be considered Mechanical only if it is appropriately supported by custom emotes and ample waiting time for people to read.

You are engaging with SS13 as a social layer with which to interact with others, not as a competitive or gameplay oriented layer, at least in that immediate moment.

=== Mechanical State ===
When you are engaging with any gameplay feature that meaningfully changes your standing relative to others, whether by gaining an edge, taking on risk, or affecting your ability to act, you are entering a Mechanical State. Some examples of this State are:

* Equipping a weapon or disabling it's safeties
* Shoving someone in a way which causes them to fall over in non-hostile scenarios, or which doesn't cause them damage or immediate situational disadvantage
* Stitching your wounds or those of others in the field, particularly when done without a custom emote supporting it
* Using the radio to call for backup or otherwise say things that would alert people that there is something going on.
* Opening a door
* Existing or moving about in a hostile or obviously dangerous area, such as near active fights or warzones

=== Combat State and Combat Indicator (CI) ===
When you intend to do anything in a Mechanical State that puts someone else at physical risk, or which causes direct harm, or places them at a situational gameplay disadvantage, you are preparing to enter Combat State.

Actions that require you to engage CI before proceeding (initiating):

* Firing, utilizing, reloading, or preparing a weapon
* Planning to depressurize a room with malicious intent, starting a fire, or any other environmental techniques
* Preparing an explosive
* Applying handcuffs or resisting out of handcuffs without emotes supporting your actions
* Using a radio within view of, or planning to move away to use the radio, to communicate the location of someone in any sense other than social altruism, such as "Contractor Sci Maints" on Common or "I'm with them in the Courtroom right now" on Security frequencies.
* Running away from a clearly socially escalated situation, such as Security doing hallway detainment, or running when someone has a gun aimed at you

Actions that count as automatic reciprocation, satisfying CI without an independent wait:

* Fleeing a threat that has already engaged CI against you
* Resisting handcuffs being applied to you
* Being attacked, or getting involved as collateral in a fight

'''To legally enter a Combat State, you must engage with the Combat Indicator system.'''

==== Combat Indicator (CI) ====
[[File:CombatIndicator.png|frame|A security operative reciprocates the CI of a greytider, showing off the UI elements you should pay attention to.]]
The Combat Indicator is a game system that uses a hotkey to signal that you are entering Combat State, which is transitioning from roleplay or mechanics to combat, or elsewise putting yourself at a significant advantage over someone else with regards to the game environment.

The default keybind for Combat Indicator is {{Key|C}}. This can be changed in Preferences -> Game Preferences -> Keybindings -> Human -> Combat Indicator.

This game system provides a mechanism to clearly establish the transition from Roleplay and Mechanics to Combat by:

* Providing a UI element which is visible in all conditions
* Playing a noticeable audible cue
* Sending large red text in chat warning that you are entering an aggressive state.

'''After activating CI, <big>you must wait at least FIVE seconds</big>, unless your target reciprocates CI, or enters / obviously continues a Mechanical State, to begin Combat.'''

==== Ambushes, Traps, and Stealth Weapons ====
Due to the constraints of Combat Indicator and our roleplay expectations, you should not attempt to ambush people if you are not PMS and in an active battle zone.

Equally, as we require Combat Indicator to be used to gain mechanical advantage, you must be within view of your target and also engage CI to utilize a trap. This means you cannot set trigger traps in nearly every situation.

Nova Sector's Combat Indicator system means true surprise attacks are not supported by design. Silent tools like poison or sleepy pens are for narrative and roleplay setup, not mechanical ambush, and still require CI at the moment of use if roleplay does not fully convey and allow for reaction to the attempt.

==== Permanent Mechanical State (PMS) ====
Permanent Mechanical State is a status that is applied through Policy and IC circumstance which waives the Combat Indicator engagement timeframe protection. '''This means you only need to engage CI to begin mechanics, without the normal wait time.'''

You may attempt to drop the PMS Status by disabling your CI and refusing to return violent contact with your aggressor. You may dodge and attempt to avoid damage during this time.

If someone that is PMS appears to be making an effort to return to a Roleplay State, you should attempt to indulge them. You are not obligated to do so.

Permanent Mechanical State Status Triggers are conditions in which the PMS status is applied automatically. These are currently:

* Area of Effect passives such as the Demoralizer mod module, Chaplain Bard equipment, Heretic auras, and similar.
* Anyone repeatedly teleporting or jaunting to escape confrontation

=== The Dynamic Antagonist Objective System and Conflict Opt-Ins ===
There are two different layers to interacting with the common hostilities on Station.

The first is Dynamic Opt-in (Be Antagonist Target in Character Creator > Character > Character Profile), which dictates how the Dynamic Antagonist Objective game system selects targets.

The second is Conflict Opt-In, (Be a Part of the Conflict in the same panel, just below Antagonist Opt-In), which describes how you can be expected to behave when exposed to Antagonism on Station, as defined above.

Your Dynamic Opt decides your minimum level of Conflict Opt. Without adjusting your Dynamic Opt, you can freely adjust the level of Conflict you wish to participate in. Select carefully, as this cannot be waived in the moment for a specific situation. The only way to change your selection is by Admin Help, and any change applies going forward, not retroactively to what's already happened.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Equating Dynamic and Conflict Opts
!Dynamic Opt
!Minimum Conflict Opt
|-
|No
|Passive
|-
|Yes - Inconvenience
|Involved
|-
|Yes - Kill
|Vulnerable
|-
|Yes - Round Removal
|Expendable
|}
'''Round Removal''' is defined as a death in which the victim is unlikely or unable to recover from. It also captures deaths which require an exceptional level of medical effort to revert, such as gibbing or braining.

==== Dynamic Opt-In (Be Antagonist Target) ====
Dynamic Opt-In governs which players the automated Antagonist Objective system may select as a target for generated objectives. It does not restrict which players a live antagonist may choose to involve organically, that is governed by Conflict Opt-In below.

* '''No''' removes you from the Antagonist Objective Pool.
* '''Yes - Inconvenience''' allows the Antagonist Objective Pool to select you for non-lethal objectives.
* '''Yes - Kill''' allows the Antagonist Objective Pool to select you for lethal objectives.
* '''Yes - Round-Removal (RR)''' allows the Antagonist Objective Pool to select you for anything.

==== Conflict Opt-In (Be a Part of the Conflict) ====
Your Conflict Opt-In selection dictates how you are expected to behave when exposed to antagonism or criminal behavior directed at you or your Department. It also dictates how other Crew should handle you when going about their criminal business. These Opt-Ins do not exclude you from IC consequences, or protect you from situations that you yourself escalate.

You can only adjust your Conflict-Opt by creating an Admin Help and having your preferences refreshed. The gameplay expectations created by your selection of Conflict Opt cannot be changed otherwise.

* '''Passive''' crew exist as set pieces, excluded from being the focus of major round events or participating in Antagonism wherever possible.
* '''Involved''' crew are accepting of confrontation and conflict within the focus and boundaries of roleplaying and story building.
* '''Vulnerable''' crew accept all situations, particularly mechanics and violence, while maintaining protection from Round Removal.
* '''Expendable''' crew do not care if they live or die. Being gibbed is funny to them and they accept any and all dire consequences which may occur.

=== Station Threat ===
Station Threat is a theoretical status that is applied through Policy and gained by IC circumstance which permits any Crew to engage a threat as a valid-huntable target, following roleplay escalation expectations.

Station Threat Status Triggers are conditions in which the Station Threat status is applied automatically. These are currently:

* Anyone that threatens the Station by Announcement System. This includes antagonists that create a Station Announcement as part of their mechanics, such as when a Contractor successfully abducts a Target.
* Anyone or any Group that the Captain labels SPECIFICALLY as a 'Station Threat' in an Announcement. The Captain may also remove Station Threat status the same way.
* Anything or anyone that Central Command designates by Announcement.
* Anyone who causes more than half of the current Security Team to be combat-disabled or deceased.

Lore:Cerulean

GreytideSkye — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:08:06 GMT

Protean: lynx and pinx

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	\|othernames = Carpfolk, Mermaids, Space Mermaids, Akula, Shark, people of Agurkrral		\|othernames = Carpfolk, Mermaids, Space Mermaids, Akula, Shark, people of Agurkrral
	\|relatedpages = [[Critters#Space_carp\|Space Carp]]		\|relatedpages = [[Critters#Space_carp\|Space Carp]]
	\|relatedlore = [[Lore:~~Nova_Sector~~]], [[Lore:~~Space~~]]		\|relatedlore = [[Lore:Azula]], [[Lore:Void_Imperium]]
	\|languages = {{TeVeluAkko}}		\|languages = {{TeVeluAkko}}
	\|contributors = {{Contributor/GreytideSkye\|Half-hearted slam session.}}, {{Contributor/Sam3232\|Akulan biology lesson.}}		\|contributors = {{Contributor/GreytideSkye\|Half-hearted slam session.}}, {{Contributor/Sam3232\|Akulan biology lesson.}}
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	Another cultural divergence from the main Azulean population is how they approach endearment. The Bureau of Current Affairs focused on chivalry and knighthood as their modus operandi to appear endearing yet strong, whereas the leading Cerulean population drew inspiration from memes about proving existence. Citing the "shoe-on-head" trend of verifying pre-Holonet users' authenticity, Ceruleans briefly had a trend of wearing bipedals' shoes as hats. Of course, this "brief fad" became cemented in the galactic zeitgeist through the Streisand effect and is thus just one of those things they're expected to do.		Another cultural divergence from the main Azulean population is how they approach endearment. The Bureau of Current Affairs focused on chivalry and knighthood as their modus operandi to appear endearing yet strong, whereas the leading Cerulean population drew inspiration from memes about proving existence. Citing the "shoe-on-head" trend of verifying pre-Holonet users' authenticity, Ceruleans briefly had a trend of wearing bipedals' shoes as hats. Of course, this "brief fad" became cemented in the galactic zeitgeist through the Streisand effect and is thus just one of those things they're expected to do.

			== Their Own Pond ==

			{{TooltipInline\|Not many decades ago\|Middle of the Rimward Wars, while nobody was looking.}}, Ceruleans of planet Marina, known as the Marinians, built grav-gen megastructures onto their sea beds to cast its planet's ocean currents upward past atmosphere, building an aquatic bridge flowing towards Moryana into a connection between the two worlds. As this occurred during the Rimward Wars, in the depths of Void Imperium territory, both sides of the conflict considered this a superweapon from the other side. Both SolFed and Voidborn strike teams arrived to destroy the perceived terror in a large, protagonist-coded act of heroism. The skirmish left both bands of heroes wounded, the Ceruleans in possession of small quantities of cutting-edge ultra-military technology, which allowed them to pivot into their own FTL capable ship, bystandership, and galactic recognition as a distinct peoples.

			While Ceruleans have been, and continue to be, part of the Azulean Empire, Marina and several other oceanic conquests stand out as strictly Cerulean <s>{{TooltipInline\|lands\|turf. grounds. soil.}}</s> habitations. Azula are permitted but not welcome there, and the harsh oceanic conditions tend to deter other groups from more than a {{TooltipInline\|surface-level\|The Applied Wordplay team wishes to gauge your reaction to this, and other, puns and light-hearted jokes. Please notify your nearest Vox of your opinions on the matter.}} interest.

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Lore:Colonial Seed Vault

GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:38:12 GMT

i should probably explain what a seed vault is lmao

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	Meaningless digits, or heartbreaking tales? To the untrained eye, this is just a series of four different years, yet they portray the struggles of entire peoples as cold and concisely as they were born.		Meaningless digits, or heartbreaking tales? To the untrained eye, this is just a series of four different years, yet they portray the struggles of entire peoples as cold and concisely as they were born.

			=Colonial Seed Vault=

			Metal structures containing a number of Replica Pod terrariums, growing trays, sufficient electricity, and a directive, <font size=+1>"To Spread Life"</font>. If you've ever explored a mining site, you've likely found a reinforced plant biodome somewhere, ne'er woken.

			Akin to the Dot Com boom of the 2000s, as soon as 2100 hit and the technology to mass-print steel rooms and mass driver them into space, millions of Colonial Seed Vaults were sent out with folks' literal hopes and dreams with the promise of infinite prosperity. While historians call this era the {{TooltipInline\|(hover for tentative names)\|Bloomer Shooter era<br>Terra Forming<br>Plant Parenthood<br>Plantifest Destiny<br>Zeroth Migration}}, at the time there was no one predominant Seed Vault corporation to capture the zeitgeist and have the trend named after them. Both destinations and corporations took absurd, {{TooltipInline\|generic names\|Seed Fund, Future You, Herbasecondlife, Family Tree Planning, The Foli Age... to destinations like Earth Reborn, Gaia Deluxe, Gaia Reimagined, Lush 7.<br>With hundreds of companies and millions of seed vaults, expect a lot of procedural generation and overlap.<br>----<br>On an OOC level, make whatever the fuck up you want, with the understanding that they're just names pitched to desperate people like a travel agent really trying to get kickbacks from a third-rate snorkel shack for chartering an entire boat for a day.}} to such an extent that even knowing the exact name and destination is rarely sufficient to trace {{TooltipInline\|ancestry\|Not that it would offer much legal grounds for inheritance, nor would the genetics be close enough to have any real similarity left. Fun fact: in humans, 8th cousins are genetically distinct enough that they're indistinguishable from more unrelated persons.}}.

	=LASH=		=LASH=

Lore:Podperson

GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:34:57 GMT

Notable Events

Lore:Colonial Seed Vault

GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:23:14 GMT

Launch: depoignant

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	\|mainname = Colonial Seed Vaults		\|mainname = Colonial Seed Vaults
	\|denonyms = Pod Person Ruins, Seed Ruins, Plantman Domes, Biodomes, That place with the Gatfruit and Cherrybombs		\|denonyms = Pod Person Ruins, Seed Ruins, Plantman Domes, Biodomes, {{TooltipInline\|That place\|I don't know what a demonym is, actually. Sorry.}} with the Gatfruit and Cherrybombs, The Fourth Stage of the Lovealand Experience.
	\|othernames = Plant Persons, Plantgirls, Podmen, Replica Pods, Plantfolk		\|othernames = Plant Persons, Plantgirls, Podmen, Replica Pods, Plantfolk
	\|relatedpages = [[Guide_to_hydroponics#Replica Pods\|Guide to Hydroponics (Replica Pods)]]		\|relatedpages = [[Guide_to_hydroponics#Replica Pods\|Guide to Hydroponics (Replica Pods)]]
	\|relatedlore = [[Lore:~~Nova~~]], OnlyFronds		\|relatedlore = [[Lore:Podperson]], OnlyFronds
	\|languages = {{Sylvan}}		\|languages = {{Sylvan}}
	\|contributors = {{Contributor/GreytideSkye\|So my writing began here, so my writing shall end here.}}		\|contributors = {{Contributor/GreytideSkye\|So my writing began here, so my writing shall end here.}}
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	==Launch==		==Launch==
	The year of the last human ''acceleration'' to the Colonial Seed Vault. Accelerated is key, as the initial launch date is well-assumed to be during the Podperson Boom of 2100. Any Seed Vault built, staffed, or otherwise initially launched beyond the advent of FTL travel is bizarre, likely some hobbyist project or catastrophic accident. <!-- ~~TODO~~: ~~Table~~ this -->		<!-- https://www.color-hex.com/color-palette/1083750 -->
			{\| style="width: 95%; background-color:#f8f4e7" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
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			!style="background-color:#007f0e; color:white; text-align:left; width:85%; padding:8px" colspan=5\|《 When was it accelerated?? 》
			\|-
			\|style="background-color:#B2D8B6" colspan=5\| The year of the last human ''acceleration'' to the Colonial Seed Vault. "Accelerated" is key, as the initial launch date is well-assumed to be during the Podperson Boom of 2100. Any Seed Vault built, staffed, or otherwise initially launched beyond the advent of FTL travel is bizarre, likely some hobbyist project or catastrophic accident.
			\|-
			!style="background-color: #eadcb0; color:white;text-align:left;" rowspan=2\| 2100-2105<br>[[Lore:Podperson#Pre-FTL_(2100AD_-_2150AD)\|Untouched]]
			\| Your Vault is vintage, launched directly from Earth orbit, unfettered en route, and arrived exactly where intended. It is also very likely late to the party and almost certainly forgotten. Depending on how soon you arrive, the galaxy has long since outclassed the technology you once knew. Your first colonists are waking up with outdated technology, no words from home, and the naive assumption that no man has ever gone faster than light. They are in for a rude awakening, much like any plant person.
			\|-
			\|'''2110-2150''': Late to the party. Tautologically, the later your vault was launched, the later it launched. The vault's families, the vault's corporation, so on, all went chasing fads that already expired. Perhaps the company overpurchased and was left holding the bag, perhaps the family bought onto one for pennies on the dollar, so on. By this point, these folk had inklings of better options and still chose a Colonial Seed Vault. Explore why that was.
			\|-
			!style="background-color: #e5b754; color:white;text-align:left;" rowspan=1\| 2212-2255<br>[[Lore:SolFed#First_Migration\|First Migration]]
			\| First Migration: Your family remembered you and was middle-class-rich enough to give you a push. Throwing good money after bad, they gave you a second chance at being the first to your destination. Best hope that the mercenary group paid to give you a shove didn't then sell coordinates to your inevitable destination for someone to scoop - or worse, poach once your colonists finish terraforming.

	* 2100-~~2105~~: Your ~~Vault is vintage~~, ~~launched directly from Earth orbit, unfettered en route~~, and ~~arrived exactly where intended~~. ~~It is also very likely late to the party~~ and ~~almost certainly forgotten. Depending on how soon~~ you ~~arrive~~, ~~the galaxy has long since outclassed the technology~~ you ~~once knew. Your first colonists are waking up with outdated technology,~~ no ~~words from home~~, and the ~~naive assumption that no man has ever gone faster than light. They are in for a rude awakening, much like any plant person~~.		If your accelerants were generous, they'd've left modern seeds and insights: deconstructive biogenerators, mothic plants, electric plant trays, plumbing.
			\|-
			!style="background-color:#d17032; color:white;text-align:left;" rowspan=1\| 2320-2465<br>[[Lore:SolFed#Second_Migration\|Second Migration]]
			\|Your family line was either too poor or too pragmatic to have helped you sooner. Perhaps they dug through historical records, or kept them safe for centuries, and only now that Bluespace travel is cheap can they nudge their heritage back onto a modern timeframe. And perhaps your family forgot, and by chance some wayward traveler found you, aiming you somewhere advantageous to them - hopefully a planet they're in no hurry to terraform, and not directly atop the capital city of their enemies.
			\|-

	* First Migration: ~~Your family remembered you and was middle~~-~~class~~-~~rich enough~~ to ~~give you~~ a ~~push. Throwing good money after bad~~, ~~they gave you~~ a ~~second chance at being the first~~ to your destination. ~~Best hope that~~ the ~~mercenary group paid to give~~ you a ~~shove didn~~'t ~~then sell coordinates~~ to ~~your inevitable destination~~ for ~~someone to scoop - or worse, poach once~~ your ~~colonists finish terraforming~~.		!style="background-color:#944123; color:white;text-align:left;" rowspan=1\| 2470-2480<br>[[Lore:Tiziran#The_Aggressive_Conflict\|The Terro-Tiziran War]]
			\| Discovered in the heat of war, a useful resource or an innocent bystander. Either way, your vault's reality is shaped in blood (which really helps with making more Podpeople). There's practically no chance this vault made it to its final destination unfettered, instead used as a wave of reinforcements, an opportunistic resupply, a blessing of revivals for otherwise mourned soldiers, or abhorrently as a kinetic missile to drop on entrenched lizards.<br>Plant people harvested of these vaults tend to have a reddish motif for some psychosomatic reason.
	If your ~~accelerants were generous~~, ~~they'd've left~~ modern ~~seeds~~ and ~~insights: deconstructive biogenerators~~, ~~mothic plants~~, ~~electric plant trays~~, ~~plumbing~~.		\|-
			!style="background-color:#621705; color:white;text-align:left;" rowspan=1\| 2480+<br>''Whenever''
			\| By 2480, if your vault hadn't been discovered and hadn't arrived at its destination, you (or the launch parameters) were way off course. Space dust may have physically knocked you aside, or the unrealistic dreams of 2100 flung you at a star implausibly distant from Sol, where even then everyone would know the destination isn't going to work. There is but one fertilizer for your plantkin here: desperation. In whatever condition your vault is found, it is well past its prime. The lights might still be on, but the plants are woefully unequipped to deal with modern blights, and the plant people emerge emaciated through no fault of the equipment. (Again, likely some sort of psychosomatic reason.)<br>Whatever life comes from this vault, does so in defiance of any God around, rebellion against a seemingly predetermined fate.

	* Second Migration: Your family line was either too poor or too pragmatic to have helped you sooner. Perhaps they dug through historical records, or kept them safe for centuries, and only now that Bluespace travel is cheap can they nudge their heritage back onto a modern timeframe. And perhaps your family forgot, and by chance some wayward traveler found you, aiming you somewhere advantageous to them - hopefully a planet they're in no hurry to terraform, and not directly atop the capital city of their enemies.		\|}

	~~If your accelerants were generous, you'd be stocked with effectively modern-day hydroponics equipment: plumbing, chemical synthesizers, upgraded biogenerators, microwaves.~~

	Launch also rarely includes the Launch Destination. For most Seed Vaults, the Destination is wherever you actually found it after all. For a scant some, more commonly those re-accelerated, misdirection and misfortune came, and where your Colony sprouted is not where it was intended to. Details here are usually scarce, as there's never been a strong incentive to keep accurate records. Whatever company launched this particular vault was one in a thousand identical companies, likely open for only a few months, with a generic name which might be engraved on some light switch deep in the vault. Tracing the company would be an exercise in futility, unless your narrative strongly demands otherwise.		Launch also rarely includes the Launch Destination. For most Seed Vaults, the Destination is wherever you actually found it after all. For a scant some, more commonly those re-accelerated, misdirection and misfortune came, and where your Colony sprouted is not where it was intended to. Details here are usually scarce, as there's never been a strong incentive to keep accurate records. Whatever company launched this particular vault was one in a thousand identical companies, likely open for only a few months, with a generic name which might be engraved on some light switch deep in the vault. Tracing the company would be an exercise in futility, unless your narrative strongly demands otherwise.

Lore:Podperson

GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:48:22 GMT

CSV

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	\|othernames = Plant Persons, Plantgirls, Podmen, Replica Pods, Plantfolk		\|othernames = Plant Persons, Plantgirls, Podmen, Replica Pods, Plantfolk
	\|relatedpages = [[Guide_to_hydroponics#Replica Pods\|Guide to Hydroponics (Replica Pods)]]		\|relatedpages = [[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Colonial Seed Vaults and You]], [[Guide_to_hydroponics#Replica Pods\|Guide to Hydroponics (Replica Pods)]]
	\|relatedlore = [[Lore:Nova]], OnlyFronds		\|relatedlore = [[Lore:Nova]], OnlyFronds
	\|languages = {{Sylvan}}		\|languages = {{Sylvan}}

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GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:48:17 GMT

CSV

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	\| style="background: #092336; color: white; text-align: center;" id="commonspecies" \|'''Common Species'''		\| style="background: #092336; color: white; text-align: center;" id="commonspecies" \|'''Common Species'''
	\| [[Lore:Humans\|Humans]], [[Lore:Tiziran\|Tiziran]], [[Lore:Unathi\|Unathi]], [[Lore:Moths\|Moths]], [[Lore:Azula\|Azulae]] ([[Lore:Cerulean\|Ceruleans]]), [[Lore:Slimeperson\|Slime Hybrids]], [[Lore:Vox\|Vox (Primalis et al)]], [[Lore:Tajaran\|Tajaran]], [[Lore:Synths\|Synthetic Humanoids]] (and assorted robots), [[Lore:Podperson\|Pod Persons]], [[Lore:Hemophage\|Hemophages]], [[Lore:Xenomorphic_Hybrid\|Xenomorphic Hybrid]]		\| [[Lore:Humans\|Humans]], [[Lore:Tiziran\|Tiziran]], [[Lore:Unathi\|Unathi]], [[Lore:Moths\|Moths]], [[Lore:Azula\|Azulae]] ([[Lore:Cerulean\|Ceruleans]]), [[Lore:Slimeperson\|Slime Hybrids]], [[Lore:Vox\|Vox (Primalis et al)]], [[Lore:Tajaran\|Tajaran]], [[Lore:Synths\|Synthetic Humanoids]] (and assorted robots), [[Lore:Podperson\|Pod Persons]] ([[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Colonial Seed Vaults]]), [[Lore:Hemophage\|Hemophages]], [[Lore:Xenomorphic_Hybrid\|Xenomorphic Hybrid]]
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	\| style="background: #092336; color: white; text-align: center;" id="rarespecies" \|'''Other Species'''		\| style="background: #092336; color: white; text-align: center;" id="rarespecies" \|'''Other Species'''
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GreytideSkye — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:24:47 GMT

I came into this team to write about Pod People, and I'll do that 'till the end.

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Gaia Noveaux, LASH: {2177, 2240, 2310, 2450}

Edenopolis, LASH: {2104, 2180, 2210, 2520}

New Sprout City, LAST: {2350, 2352, 2352, 2352}

Flowerida, LASH: {2210, 2210, 2320, 2321}

Meaningless digits, or heartbreaking tales? To the untrained eye, this is just a series of four different years, yet they portray the struggles of entire peoples as cold and concisely as they were born.

=LASH=

Let me introduce you to the '''LASH''' numbers. Earth, having launched more Colonial Seed Vaults than stars in the sky (Earth has launched exactly two stars into the sky.), promptly lost track of most of them. Individual families spent their life savings to get a drop of their blood aboard a Colonial Seed Vault, with the promise of an entire planet of homestead as their impending birthright, should they be willing to work it with a simple goal, "To Spread Life."

In those days, eternal life was but a dream, and even a second chance at breathing was impossibly miraculous. Plant people were that miracle, and what is Earth but where one profits off peddling miracles? Families bankrupting what little generational wealth at the dream of a second future, and sleazy grifters straining their necks looking up at how high they can charge for a trifle of work, neither in a position to keep immutable records for long. The companies surely haven't survived 400+ years, and families are just as volatile, losing traditions and secrets and records with each passing generation until ancestors are indistinguishable from strangers.

Thus, when they are eventually discovered, Colonial Seed Vaults are denoted by the name they were given, and four key years that summarize their journey: '''LASH'''.

==Launch==
The year of the last human ''acceleration'' to the Colonial Seed Vault. Accelerated is key, as the initial launch date is well-assumed to be during the Podperson Boom of 2100. Any Seed Vault built, staffed, or otherwise initially launched beyond the advent of FTL travel is bizarre, likely some hobbyist project or catastrophic accident. 

* 2100-2105: Your Vault is vintage, launched directly from Earth orbit, unfettered en route, and arrived exactly where intended. It is also very likely late to the party and almost certainly forgotten. Depending on how soon you arrive, the galaxy has long since outclassed the technology you once knew. Your first colonists are waking up with outdated technology, no words from home, and the naive assumption that no man has ever gone faster than light. They are in for a rude awakening, much like any plant person.

* First Migration: Your family remembered you and was middle-class-rich enough to give you a push. Throwing good money after bad, they gave you a second chance at being the first to your destination. Best hope that the mercenary group paid to give you a shove didn't then sell coordinates to your inevitable destination for someone to scoop - or worse, poach once your colonists finish terraforming.

If your accelerants were generous, they'd've left modern seeds and insights: deconstructive biogenerators, mothic plants, electric plant trays, plumbing.

* Second Migration: Your family line was either too poor or too pragmatic to have helped you sooner. Perhaps they dug through historical records, or kept them safe for centuries, and only now that Bluespace travel is cheap can they nudge their heritage back onto a modern timeframe. And perhaps your family forgot, and by chance some wayward traveler found you, aiming you somewhere advantageous to them - hopefully a planet they're in no hurry to terraform, and not directly atop the capital city of their enemies.

If your accelerants were generous, you'd be stocked with effectively modern-day hydroponics equipment: plumbing, chemical synthesizers, upgraded biogenerators, microwaves.

Launch also rarely includes the Launch Destination. For most Seed Vaults, the Destination is wherever you actually found it after all. For a scant some, more commonly those re-accelerated, misdirection and misfortune came, and where your Colony sprouted is not where it was intended to. Details here are usually scarce, as there's never been a strong incentive to keep accurate records. Whatever company launched this particular vault was one in a thousand identical companies, likely open for only a few months, with a generic name which might be engraved on some light switch deep in the vault. Tracing the company would be an exercise in futility, unless your narrative strongly demands otherwise.

==Arrived==
When it touched down.

Mostly a narrative function of "how old is your colony", but also a function of distance and attention. The further back this date is, the more you'd expect it to be close to Sol, or have been reaccelerated early.
Details here dote on the state the Seed Vault arrived in, the initial environment encountered, and their struggles in forging a permanent presence.

==Sprout==
When the first generation finally established a foothold, allowing for sustainable Podperson life as the stepping stone toward their main objective, "To Spread Life." This is typically done within a single generation of Colonial Podpeople, but your narrative can stretch this into generational trauma. Arrived being equal to Sprout tends to happen when the Vault lands on an already-habitable world.

==Habitable==
When the Colonial Seed Vault has properly terraformed their local environment into something capable of sustaining Human civilization. This need not be the entire planet, but enough for a self-sustaining colony. (As in, capable of fostering human population growth over multiple generations. Does not necessarily need to produce all comforts of modern life on-site, but should be capable of accepting cargo traffic.)

For most Colonial Seed Vaults, the story ends here. The next line is the name of some human civilization, built atop the foundation set by the Seed Vault. By design this means asserting human superiority over the vegetables, but depending on the level of ethics brought or procured on-site, this superiority can range from "lasers" to "we know what forms to fill out to get SolFed recognition together, hand-in-hand."

If the Colonial Seed Vault fails, this is instead a '''LAST''' date, where T reflects the '''Termination''' of the project and the causes therein.

==Examples, revisited==
With our eyes properly trained, let's revisit the examples and see what stories they project.:

===Edenopolis, LASH: {2104, 2180, 2210, 2520}===
Untouched since the Podperson Boom of 2100, filled with people who took four entire years to raise the funds to buy their future. Took only 76 years to arrive, unaccelerated, so relatively close to Sol. Sprouted in only 30 years, so the initial Colonial Podpeople plausibly got to see the future they set out to make. And yet, it took 310 years to be Habitable. Edenopolis must have suffered from some hazard that meant plantfolk could survive but not humans, which could not be easily remedied (even by building an isolated shelter). I'd suspect the atmosphere was significantly damaged, high levels of CO2 or toxins that needed an entire planet of fresh, photosynthesizing plants to slowly purify over the centuries.

===New Sprout City, LAST: {2350, 2352, 2352, 2352}===
LAST, so we know this doesn't end well. 2350, pretty firmly into the early Second Migration, so it must have gone far before then, and been discovered later. Arrived 2352, just 2 years later, so very close to where it was intercepted. Sprouted in the same year, which we know to mean that the planet was already developed. Terminated in the same year, so whatever was on the planet did not appreciate the Podpeople. My guess? A band of bad folk discovered the New Sprout City vault, redirected it towards a nearby planet, and dropped it on a major metropolitan area. If it crashed nowhere, we'd've never known of it to have it recorded in the first place. Whatever happened was notable enough that we firmly know New Sprout City's name and history, so I suspect that a great deal of forensics was done, so something happened that warranted a great deal of forensics.

===Flowerida, LASH: {2220, 2220, 2320, 2321}===
2220, early First Migration. The family must've known of this vault and lept at the first opportunity to rekindle their investment. Arrived in the same year, so either it was basically already at its destination (in which case, why bother accelerating it?) or more likely, it was redirected to somewhere close. With such an immediate delivery, I wouldn't rule out the Accelerant remaining with the Seed Vault, which would likely make the Accelerant direct family or otherwise emotionally attached to the colonists. 100 years to Sprout, meaning that for 100 full years, all parties involved had to fight every single day for survival. Without constant tenacity over multiple generations, Flowerida would have been naught but a pile of compost. And yet, just one year after the planet is tamed enough to Sprout, it's domesticated enough to be Habitable. Whatever strife Flowerida encountered, it kept plantmen and men away equally, and as soon as it was solved, the planet became perfectly fine. I'd imagine something dramatic, a generations-long quest to save the day, and an obstacle strong enough to last a full century (so likely not an individual). A massive clash against unnatural forces until peace is restored.

Ironically enough, I personally know of Flowerida. Flowerida was intercepted by family, but was too damaged to go further, so had to settle for landing on the nearest planet with atmosphere. This hellhole rumbled continuously, each day threatening to erupt new flows of magma and explode. The Accelerants of Flowerida ultimately chose to detonate their ship's engines deep in the planet's core, hoping to calm it. Flowerida currently exists as a lovely, stable asteroid with a sealed atmosphere, perched atop the largest surviving tectonic plate from what was once their planet.

=== Gaia Noveaux, LASH: {2177, 2240, 2310, 2450}===
If you've heard of this place, it's because you've heard of Penny Stil. She's an eighth-generation Colonial Podperson, which means Gaia Noveaux is presumably anywhere from 8 to 1600 years old. If you tried to find it, you'd have an easier time printing out the starmap and throwing darts until you hit it, than going to NTMaps and searching "Gaia newview", because you'd have to scrawl to at least the '''third page''' of results.

I won't say they're backwater. There used to '''not''' be water. Gaia Noveaux landed on a barren desert planet, whose claims to life were a tidally locked wave of dunes and enough gravity to hold any potential oxygen down. The garden itself, she was blessed with a full Harvest of four diligent workers and the full array of SolFed plant seeds. To Sol, this planet looks unsalvageable, but to these driven colonists, tis a blank canvas with none to interrupt or oppose. She rarely speculates why Gaia Noveaux was accelerated 25 years into the First Migration; it hardly matters and like most vaults, records of their initial launch are lacking.

From what Penny can gather, '''the first generation''' followed standard planting procedure as any invasive species would (Standard as in everyone winds up doing it, like yawning when someone else yawns, not because of some rulebook.) Coat the entire damn area in grass. Sand can't blow up dunes if it's covered in topsoil. A wide swath of plants to fast-track oxygen production and to quell the underlying landscape. Bioluminescent Fairy Grass to add structure to the endless swaths of grass. And with the environment neutralized, the first generation are mission complete. Collectively, they grow a patch of new minds.

'''The second generation''', building upon the foundations of their ancestors, grow wood. Tall trees, with little underbrush to strangle them and no fauna to feast on them, grow impossibly tall in rapid haste. Each tree, hand-fed mathematically precise fertilizers daily by a coven of dedicated lovers. All wood and no bush is a bad time for everyone involved.

'''The third generation,''' after rationing what little blood remained, focused on perpetuating their people. With no humans to draw further blood from to prolong them, Gaia Noveaux turned to darker arts. Their biogenerators made monkey cubes, with human-similar blood. Through some {{TooltipInline|[[Guide_to_chemistry#Mutadone|alchemical magic]]|It worked like that, back in the day.}} random chimpanzees became random humonkeys, and with an absurdly large field of attempts, the mixed blood-froth would seed the next generation of Podpeople. From unspoken blood arose fresh minds, fresh bodies, potentially fresh Resonance? Through coincidence, and the massive scale required for forcing coincidence, new Podpersons arose, unrelated in blood or mission to those who came before. Current theories suggest that the right mutations at the right moment made a body that was compatible enough with a strand of stray Resonance, which meant that blood was viable for Pod harvest for just long enough to happen, and that doing this thousands of times resulted in tens of successes.

By Gaia Noveaux's own metric, this is what they consider their Sprouting, rendering the planet hospitable for a perpetual Podperson presence, making the third generation the one credited.

'''The fourth through seventh generations''' would finish what was started. The massive quantity of monkeys required to brute-force the miracles had the shocking, unforeseen consequence of there being a massive quantity of monkeys. Pedantically, this satiates the clause, "To Spread Life," but the newer generations saw the need to continue. Gaia Noveaux grew encrusted with jungle trees and jungle apes, dense clusters of vines and whines.

The seventh generation was the one to endure First Human Contact.

==First Human Contact==

A footnote in the recordbooks, a foregone conclusion given that there are space-faring beings to record and report the colony's LASH, but vitally critical to the future of the Podpeople in the Colonial Seed Vault. This is the moment that galactic outsiders '''intrude''' upon the ecosystem, neither necessarily as conquerors nor humans. This is the moment the colony's bubble of isolation is irreparably shattered, where the closed ecosystem of plant and ideas are irrevocably tainted by outside perspective. In a sense, innocence is lost.

A benevolent First Human Contact might truthfully explain the circumstances of the Seed Vault program, how they're legally the reincarnation of long-dead middle-class humans, how the lands they tend are intended to be claimed by their lineage, that there's no chance they've been remembered, that they're persons just like anyone else and deserve rights. A malevolent First Human Contact might act as intended: conquer and pillage, taking the land even if they're not of the vault's intended dynasty. With modern firearms, spacecraft, scanners, etc., this is how most surviving seed vaults end.

Gaia Noveaux had as much luck as they had chimps: a distressingly overwhelming surplus. The first visitors to Gaia Noveaux were {{TooltipInline|loggers and lumberjacks|You'd think these would be interchangeable, but then you'd get two axes and a hatchet buried in your face by John the Faceburier.}}, spotting a densely forested jungle with no active spaceport. Free wood, effectively. This impromptu lumberjacking operation came to a sudden halt under the guerilla strikes of cultivated kudzu, and the gorilla strikes of an explosive population of cubed chimps, hundreds hydrating to life in the bowels of landed starcraft. Soon enough, a spacewise lumberjack recognized the cubed nature of their simian sabotage, surmised that some sapients smartly struck, stopped {{TooltipInline|what they were fucking doing|Mostly alliterating.}} and initiated actual contact and negotiations with the hidden plantfolk.

Eventually, the logging company reached a deal to Pay for their wood, at a price slightly cheaper than sending a pack of Tower Cap seeds and a hydroponics tray. Gaia Noveaux logging is regionally profitable, but is neither unique nor cheap enough to warrant exporting for more than a few light years, and can't reliably support more than a total of a hundred {{TooltipInline|logging employees|Including administrative and logistical staff, including pilots and managers and accountants and a single [[Clown]]. Single as in, one clown. The current one is non-monogamous and taken in several comedic directions.}}.

Gaia Noveaux sees little traffic these days. There's no tourist appeal, the logging is mundane, the hazards great but mundane, and it's distant enough from typical space travel lanes. A number of Pod People went off with the loggers to "spread life" in the greater galaxy. Penny was not one of them. '''She''' was later... ''encouraged'' off-world because of her {{TooltipInline|proactive stance on spreading life versus quality thereof|monkey-fighting ways on this monday-to-friday planet.}}. Gaia Noveaux is only notable in any capacity for {{TooltipInline|how documented it is|Read: Penny yapped an ear off to the archivists involved in this writing. No, we're not sure how an ear falling off relates to the yapping, nor is it clear whose ear detached or even if it was just metaphorical. This may just be a bit she does.}}.

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	Hailing from the deepest reaches of space; Dwarves are a diverse (even if other races can't tell) people with rich history, powerful mining and trade routes and a fondness for drink and industry.		Hailing from the deepest reaches of space; Dwarves are a diverse (even if other races can't tell) people with rich history, powerful mining and trade routes and a fondness for drink and industry.

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	The Dwarven nature for self-governance has made Mercury's foundry cities a place where SolFed's tight laws are often overlooked. 'A working man's Pluto'. Dwarven holdings on Mercury are often 'grey markets', places where talented traders can buy and sell official goods that will raise no questions at SolFed's ports. Important resources such as Sulfur, Plasma and others flow through Mercury to the rest of SolFed's space, including the largest plasma smuggling operations run by Dwarves and Plasmamen hand in hand.		The Dwarven nature for self-governance has made Mercury's foundry cities a place where SolFed's tight laws are often overlooked. 'A working man's Pluto'. Dwarven holdings on Mercury are often 'grey markets', places where talented traders can buy and sell official goods that will raise no questions at SolFed's ports. Important resources such as Sulfur, Plasma and others flow through Mercury to the rest of SolFed's space, including the largest plasma smuggling operations run by Dwarves and Plasmamen hand in hand.

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Hailing from the deepest reaches of space; Dwarves are a diverse (even if other races can't tell) people with rich history, powerful mining and trade routes and a fondness for drink and industry.


= The Founding =

First and most almighty in the heart of Dwarves is their founding father. A man of a world now lost known only as '''Ashbeard'''. Dwarves speak of hushed whispers of a world once glittering with diamond snow, seas of blue and great fields of green. It was Ashbeard who saw this world of plenty turning to rot and began a long and arduous battle. He fought in the courts, forests and snows, in the shipyards and dockyards and megacity streets. Against him were the forces of rot, beings of laziness and who wielded twisted bureaucracy against him. He fought for a new freedom and the right of those who would become the Dwarves to have their own world free of the dangers they wished to live behind.

And he for all his strife succeeded. Colony ships, the first of such a scale, prepared for the furthest reaches. But Ashbeard did not follow. At the last gate he had a final stand guaranteeing the safe launch of the colony outward. His name, remembered in flame, for his sacrifice.

Left to lead was the widowed wife of Ashbeard, '''Merrywine.''' She who once planned to lead together had alone the daunting prospect of managing the great colony and its migration. Lead she did with love and care with a fondness forming in her people for her and her own struggles. The colony did not travel in the blink of an eye nor did its people sleep in an icy slumber. Generations lived and toiled on the migrant colony before they found it. Exactly where Ashbeard and Merrywine promised. '''The Palladium Worlds.'''

In the ages since their loss the pair of Ashbeard and Merrywine, along with a multitude of other minor Founding Saints, are treated as both historical and supernal figures. Ashbeard became revered as a symbol of justice, law, combat and sacrifice. Merrywine was remembered as a champion of family, sciences and healing.

Varying between each Clan, the creeds told by their Saints are praised and influence clerics and paladins alike who hold a special place in Dwarven Culture as advisors and oracles. While they find true miracles outlandish they believe that Ashbeard and Merrywine can bend fate and bring good tidings. Dwarves pay respects to the Saints and ask for boons with song, quality crafts and the odd ritual.


= The Palladium Worlds =

Dwarvenkind started anew on these worlds of their founding. Named Palladium Worlds for a metal most holy to the fledgling Dwarven Kinds, the Trinary Star System they called home had at first three and soon seven worlds founded that were habitable for the stubborn and stocky Dwarves who could handle the pressure of their high gravity.

Somehow these worlds had avoided detection. Raiders from their home dared not follow the distance they trekked nor did any alien of soul call them home. It was here their first colonies grew into brilliant megacities hewn into mountain sides as rich mines were dug deep into the rocks and high into the asteroid belts.

Now in the era of 2500 each Palladium World is a mountainous econopolis with a hub of trade, influence and control. Leaving their isolation became a resounding success as Dwarven Merchant Fleets formed long lasting trade routes galaxy wide.

New Palladium Worlds were founded as well as a new form of world, Worlds Aspirant.


== Worlds Aspirant ==

While Palladium Worlds were the heart of Dwarven society the Worlds Aspirant were its feast.

Dwarven Worlds not marked for colonization were prepared for '''aggressive''' resource reallocation. With great machines in orbit the planet is cracked open by team after team of Dwarven Miners. If the planet happens to have inhabitants the operation becomes one part mining push and another invasion.

At the end of the decades long process nothing is to be wasted. The very edge of Dwarven space is littered with hollow husks of useless slag where planet's used to be.


== The Dwarven Clans ==

It was on these Palladium Worlds began the first Clans. Dwarven Clans were at first families forged together through blood and alliance. Dwarven Clans were forged with purpose with the most influential and well honoured being those that trace their history to the very founding of the Palladium Worlds.

The founding member of a Clan is remembered as a Saint, a house deity revered and respected highly. Dwarven folk live out their lives in accordance of the clan to honour their Founding Saint and the ancestors beyond them. These Clans are made not only of flesh and bloodlines but also tight knit alliances and marriages. All things that pump through a heart of a dwarf matter to the clan, not just the creed of their blood.

Those without Clans, even those who are not Dwarves, are welcomed by Clans who find respect in the drive and energy and who may be a better fit with them. The process of changing Clan is mired in mystery and ritual.

New Clans are not unheard of, started by the found family of Saints who performed great deeds.

Clans are as varied as there are stars in the sky but can often be categorised by their purpose and their mantra.


=== Fighting Dwarves, Blood and Honour ===

There are always battles to be won. Dwarven Clans of battle spend lifetimes honing their skills to become the best warriors they can be. Each clan reveres its own kind of weapon that they master in battle.

Fighting Dwarves are often Paladins themselves or frontline Miners. Other clans are honourbound to the protection of the great Dwarven Merchants, their tradelines and Dwarven interests both local and far far away.


=== Mining Dwarves, Drill and Iron ===

The mining of asteroids and aspirant worlds is an intense and dangerous lifetime. The Clans responsible for their mining are some of the toughest and most respected of all. It is them who secure lifelines of valuable alloys and ores often living so far from the brilliance of the Palladium Worlds. Their sacrifices are remembered in great holidays by the Dwarven kind.

In many ways they have become the greatest export of the Dwarven kind. These mining clans can easily be mistaken for companies, especially as smaller clans working alongside on frontier worlds band together.


=== Making Dwarves, Forge and Hammer ===

All that is mined must be forged. Making Dwarves are rich bloodlines of artisans, smiths, builders and shiprights. Dwarves have always respected any craft of quality be it the smallest tool or the greatest ship or hab-block built in far orbit. Dwarven constructs are known for their quality worlds away and are the heart of their rich and brilliant trade routes.


=== Trade Dwarves, Coin and Splendor ===

Keepers of the great trade routes, Trade Dwarves live the rough road in their gigantic ships that travel far from the Palladium Worlds. Many Clans focus on diplomacy and first contact while others secure regular routes that have made their worlds strong and prosperous. These Trade Clans work tightly with Making Dwarves with deals that go back a dozen generations.

And of course there are Clans of trade Dwarves who began to slowly use their connections and influence to guarantee more than legal deals. Considered in some part a necessary evil, and even encouraged if the scheme is clever enough, under-dealing and smuggling is not uncommon among their kind.


=== Thinking Dwarves, Lore and Mystery ===

Since the founding of the Palladium Worlds Dwarven Kind has been enamored with their history, creeds and legends. Clans of Thinking Dwarves master the sciences, forge ironclad and esoteric systems of bureaucracy and function of the masterful brains of Dwarven Society.


= Mercury =

Core to the efforts on Mercury was the mining, refinement and trade of Sulfur. The particularly ionized form of Sulfur under Mercury's crust was discovered by early Sol drones to be a potent powersource. Before the shift to Bluespace Engines it was the massive foundries on Mercury that powered most starships and even now Sulfur production feeds into welding fuel and power pellets used in industry across the galaxy.

Dwarven kind capitalized on this fast. Their half of the deal for the colonies on Mercury was the Sulfur with businesses forming overnight when the deal was struck both legal and otherwise.

In the decades since colonization of Mercury started in earnest the Dwarves that run Mercury colony have grown distant to their family across the stars. Rituals and ancestry are mostly a thing of the past with Clans called and celebrated mostly as lip-service.

The Dwarven nature for self-governance has made Mercury's foundry cities a place where SolFed's tight laws are often overlooked. 'A working man's Pluto'. Dwarven holdings on Mercury are often 'grey markets', places where talented traders can buy and sell official goods that will raise no questions at SolFed's ports. Important resources such as Sulfur, Plasma and others flow through Mercury to the rest of SolFed's space, including the largest plasma smuggling operations run by Dwarves and Plasmamen hand in hand.

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We Were Not Born For Greatness: hindsight committee

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	When the traitors to King Consort Whimuhaha Kiētito [[Lore:Azula#Era_of_Jetsam\|did what they did]], taking the bait and luring more of our kin into the stars, that is when we Ceruleans were truly left behind. Tending to Selantis ourselves, those "incapable" of walking the sands and thus sailing the stars, we did what we could: keeping the seas stocked, our warcharts plotted, our armories stocked, but the glory of battle was denied to us outright. Sure, our agility in the air is lacking, but how many of our fights ever stooped so low? We were told we were fighter pilots, fish in a sealed tank with the agility of gods, our static pressures withstanding G-forces those in atmospheres could not even fathom. And yet, only the seas were ours.		When the traitors to King Consort Whimuhaha Kiētito [[Lore:Azula#Era_of_Jetsam\|did what they did]], taking the bait and luring more of our kin into the stars, that is when we Ceruleans were truly left behind. Tending to Selantis ourselves, those "incapable" of walking the sands and thus sailing the stars, we did what we could: keeping the seas stocked, our warcharts plotted, our armories stocked, but the glory of battle was denied to us outright. Sure, our agility in the air is lacking, but how many of our fights ever stooped so low? We were told we were fighter pilots, fish in a sealed tank with the agility of gods, our static pressures withstanding G-forces those in atmospheres could not even fathom. And yet, only the seas were ours.

			{{Speech\|image=[[File:Voxspecies.png\|64px\|Hindsight Committee]]\|name=Auralis Nerhenshi, on behalf of the Postcausal Analysis Team\|text=The Hindsight Committee notes that Ceruleans were observed during the Akulan Uplifting experiment, but wrongfully assumed to be maimed Akulans, a statistically insignificant minority, and as outliers were excluded from the experimental samples.}}

	When the {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:Azula#Era_of_the_Hunt\|Bite of Our Mother]]\|Not a common term for the Akulan Warpath, but one nonetheless}} seared across the stars, in her wake came us in colony ships, sealed in tight fishtanks to be ejected into our conquests' oceans. Even in our freedom, isolation. When the galaxy is ruled by bipedals, governed by bipedals, and catered to the ambulatory, there's rarely chance to interact with the uninteractible. As much as we're equal people, as much as we wanted to share the joys of embracing a larger community and the valor of crushing them, going unseen... ''helped'', when the counter-offensive dredged our trail of brimstone, exterminating the surface encampments and shallow sea-bases. Without divulging Current Affairs, just know that there's still a strong Akulan presence along the {{TooltipInline\|River of Blood\|Also not a common term.}}.		When the {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:Azula#Era_of_the_Hunt\|Bite of Our Mother]]\|Not a common term for the Akulan Warpath, but one nonetheless}} seared across the stars, in her wake came us in colony ships, sealed in tight fishtanks to be ejected into our conquests' oceans. Even in our freedom, isolation. When the galaxy is ruled by bipedals, governed by bipedals, and catered to the ambulatory, there's rarely chance to interact with the uninteractible. As much as we're equal people, as much as we wanted to share the joys of embracing a larger community and the valor of crushing them, going unseen... ''helped'', when the counter-offensive dredged our trail of brimstone, exterminating the surface encampments and shallow sea-bases. Without divulging Current Affairs, just know that there's still a strong Akulan presence along the {{TooltipInline\|River of Blood\|Also not a common term.}}.

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Ceruleans

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	\| [[Lore:Humans\|Humans]], [[Lore:Tiziran\|Tiziran]], [[Lore:Unathi\|Unathi]], [[Lore:Moths\|Moths]], [[Lore:Azula\|Azulae]], [[Lore:Slimeperson\|Slime Hybrids]], [[Lore:Vox\|Vox (Primalis et al)]], [[Lore:Tajaran\|Tajaran]], [[Lore:Synths\|Synthetic Humanoids]] (and assorted robots), [[Lore:Podperson\|Pod Persons]], [[Lore:Hemophage\|Hemophages]], [[Lore:Xenomorphic_Hybrid\|Xenomorphic Hybrid]]		\| [[Lore:Humans\|Humans]], [[Lore:Tiziran\|Tiziran]], [[Lore:Unathi\|Unathi]], [[Lore:Moths\|Moths]], [[Lore:Azula\|Azulae]] ([[Lore:Cerulean\|Ceruleans]]), [[Lore:Slimeperson\|Slime Hybrids]], [[Lore:Vox\|Vox (Primalis et al)]], [[Lore:Tajaran\|Tajaran]], [[Lore:Synths\|Synthetic Humanoids]] (and assorted robots), [[Lore:Podperson\|Pod Persons]], [[Lore:Hemophage\|Hemophages]], [[Lore:Xenomorphic_Hybrid\|Xenomorphic Hybrid]]
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Lore:Cerulean

GreytideSkye — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:38:16 GMT

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Ceruleans are upright, ambulatory descendants of Space Carp and genetic siblings to the bipedal Akulans. The main distinction lies in the tail and legs: Akulans have jointed plantigrade legs and a tail, and Ceruleans have a larger tail with vestigial leg-bones within. Ceruleans require water within their lungs, in contrast to Akulans' need to merely remain moist, and both achieve this through portable hydro-vaporizers. The Cerulean tail is flexible vertically, as typical of mammals, aided by the muscular formations typical of a leg, while the Akulan tail flexes horizontally, aided by their gluteal muscles. Ceruleans tend to inhabit deeper waters than Akulans, though given the Akulan propensity to live on land, this isn't a low bar to sink beneath.

As a deep-sea creature, Ceruleans wanting to experience the greater galaxy and drag themselves among the ambulatory need a slight surgery or augmentation to adjust their body's inner pressure, lest they bloat like a blobfish. This can come from significant fat cell eradication, significant blood volume loss, or microgravity adjustments, all of which allow the Cerulean body to thrive in human-standard atmospheric conditions without skin tearing. These "Surfaced" Ceruleans may find it difficult to return home, potentially succumbing to human conditions like the Bends when free-diving so deep.

== We Were Not Born For Greatness ==

In the Era of Jetsam, when grandeur was deposited upon our aquatic people, only those above the waves elevated higher. Until the Year of Our Mother 780, Akulan culture did not differentiate between the legged and otherwise. Fossil records suggest that maybe 30% of Akulans had distinct legs at the time King Consort Whimuhaha Kiētito was exiled to the {{TooltipInline|observatories above|Not "abovatories". Bad.}}. Our scrimshaws focus on action, on teeth and claw, so even depictions of the lower half are rare, let alone detailed enough to distinguish legged or non.

When the traitors to King Consort Whimuhaha Kiētito [[Lore:Azula#Era_of_Jetsam|did what they did]], taking the bait and luring more of our kin into the stars, that is when we Ceruleans were truly left behind. Tending to Selantis ourselves, those "incapable" of walking the sands and thus sailing the stars, we did what we could: keeping the seas stocked, our warcharts plotted, our armories stocked, but the glory of battle was denied to us outright. Sure, our agility in the air is lacking, but how many of our fights ever stooped so low? We were told we were fighter pilots, fish in a sealed tank with the agility of gods, our static pressures withstanding G-forces those in atmospheres could not even fathom. And yet, only the seas were ours.

When the {{TooltipInline|[[Lore:Azula#Era_of_the_Hunt|Bite of Our Mother]]|Not a common term for the Akulan Warpath, but one nonetheless}} seared across the stars, in her wake came us in colony ships, sealed in tight fishtanks to be ejected into our conquests' oceans. Even in our freedom, isolation. When the galaxy is ruled by bipedals, governed by bipedals, and catered to the ambulatory, there's rarely chance to interact with the uninteractible. As much as we're equal people, as much as we wanted to share the joys of embracing a larger community and the valor of crushing them, going unseen... ''helped'', when the counter-offensive dredged our trail of brimstone, exterminating the surface encampments and shallow sea-bases. Without divulging Current Affairs, just know that there's still a strong Akulan presence along the {{TooltipInline|River of Blood|Also not a common term.}}.

== Homesteaders, When The War Came Home ==

Historians would like you to believe that in the [[Lore:Azula#Era_Adrift|War of the Three Seas]], Ceruleans backed the pacifistic Free Floaters, but in truth their support also drifted evenly with the Hardcore Adherists. As much as being refused the front-lines kept Ceruleans from sating their artificial bloodlusts, it also insulated them from the horrors of war, of witnessing fear turn to spite as their cornered prey sheds their survival instinct in futility, lashing back with the fiery wrath of a man of gasoline. Those who had never turned a gun on another, schooled together under whatever banner could bring them glory. A long, laborious war makes sense when it's just numbers clashing against numbers, casualties you've never met, foes you don't have to hear.

When the Diplomacyteam [[Lore:Azula#Epilogue:_What_Really_Happened|Ceased all hostilities]], this included the entirety of the surface-capable Adherists, leaving the movement incapable of influencing Azulae or starting their own crusade. Back in effective exile, the Adherists - now the School of Martyn - ruminate over their failures and their pilfered technology. With the sort of academic rigor that only a furious population can muster, the School of Martyn developed technology to rival the Ordoht: the hydro-vaporizer and the gravity generator. Artificial Gravity existed prior, through trickery or rare anomalies, but the Cerulegraviton utilizes Bluespace to selectively compress electrons along simple iron lattices, artificially emulating a significant amount of mass in a small area, scaleable to large interconnected space stations. Through wisdom, the Ceruleans conquered the only obstacles between them and social freedom.

Cerulean society runs parallel to the Bureau of Current Affairs, recognizing the wisdom in not pissing off the galaxy all at once, but reveling in the implied forgiveness that history brings. That is, they recognize that most folk have moved on from the scars left by the Era of the Hunt, and are in no rush to remind folk of their terrors and thus reopen old wounds. Their methods of neither caring nor bragging don't strictly ''conflict'' with the Bureau's edicts, so Ceruleans are still technically recognized as part of Azulan kingdom, but it's also not wrong to see them as independent.

Another cultural divergence from the main Azulean population is how they approach endearment. The Bureau of Current Affairs focused on chivalry and knighthood as their modus operandi to appear endearing yet strong, whereas the leading Cerulean population drew inspiration from memes about proving existence. Citing the "shoe-on-head" trend of verifying pre-Holonet users' authenticity, Ceruleans briefly had a trend of wearing bipedals' shoes as hats. Of course, this "brief fad" became cemented in the galactic zeitgeist through the Streisand effect and is thus just one of those things they're expected to do.

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File:Cerulean 02.png

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GreytideSkye uploaded File:Cerulean 02.png thought it would be funny to creepypasta this a little

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thought it would be funny to creepypasta this a little

File:Cerulean 01.png

GreytideSkye — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:37:19 GMT

GreytideSkye uploaded File:Cerulean 01.png

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Lore:Map

GreytideSkye — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:13:18 GMT

scaled up

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GreytideSkye — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:10:38 GMT

GreytideSkye uploaded a new version of File:Nova Sector Map.png it's bigger. goodness.

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"Imagemap Initial" version from the Google Drawing.

Base image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_the_Milky_Way.jpg#/media/File:Artist's_impression_of_the_Milky_Way_(updated_-_annotated).jpg

which is in the public domain, "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted."

why is it so tiny???

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GreytideSkye — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:09:42 GMT

this is too tiny but hey

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GreytideSkye — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:23:53 GMT

GreytideSkye uploaded File:Nova Sector Map.png "Imagemap Initial" version from the Google Drawing. Base image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_the_Milky_Way.jpg#/media/File:Artist's_impression_of_the_Milky_Way_(updated_-_annotated).jpg which is in the public domain, "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted." why is it so tiny???

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	\|[[Lore:Heliostatic_Coalition\|'''Heliostatic Coalition''']] ({{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:HC_Compact\|HC Compact]]\|The HC Constitution, the document formally defining the HC.}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:HCAF\|HCAF]]\|Heliostatic Coalition Armed Forces}} ([[Lore:HCAF_Ranks\|''Ranks'']]), {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:CZD\|CZD]]\|Commonwealth of Zvirdnyn Dominions}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:KMIF\|KMIF]]\|Kemppainen-Morozov Industrial Fabrication}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:EPF\|Expeditionary Police Force]]\|HC's Cops}} ({{TooltipInline\|[[HC_Inspectors\|'''Inspectors''']]\|The Expeditionary Force. They inspect more than stations.}} ([[HC Quick Reference\|Quick Reference]], {{TooltipInline\|[[HC_SOP\|SOP]]\|Standard Operating Procedure}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[HC Lexicon\|Lexicon]]\|Lingo, chatter guide, manner of speaking.}}))), <br>[[Lore:Interdyne\|Interdyne Pharmaceutics]], [[Lore:Cargo\|Cargo]]		\|[[Lore:Heliostatic_Coalition\|'''Heliostatic Coalition''']] ({{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:HC_Compact\|HC Compact]]\|The HC Constitution, the document formally defining the HC.}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:HCAF\|HCAF]]\|Heliostatic Coalition Armed Forces}} ([[Lore:HCAF_Ranks\|''Ranks'']]), {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:CZD\|CZD]]\|Commonwealth of Zvirdnyn Dominions}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:KMIF\|KMIF]]\|Kemppainen-Morozov Industrial Fabrication}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[Lore:EPF\|Expeditionary Police Force]]\|HC's Cops}} ({{TooltipInline\|[[HC_Inspectors\|'''Inspectors''']]\|The Expeditionary Force. They inspect more than stations.}} ([[HC Quick Reference\|Quick Reference]], {{TooltipInline\|[[HC_SOP\|SOP]]\|Standard Operating Procedure}}, {{TooltipInline\|[[HC Lexicon\|Lexicon]]\|Lingo, chatter guide, manner of speaking.}}))), <br>[[Lore:Interdyne\|Interdyne Pharmaceutics]], [[Lore:Cargo\|Cargo]], [[Lore:MECU\|MECU]]
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Nova Sector lore

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Lore Primer: spin that tea, sis

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	== Lore Primer ==		== Lore Primer ==
	Nova Station 13 takes place in '''2566''' on one of several Space Stations orbiting the volcanic planet '''Indecipheres''' ("Lavaland") and her ice moon, '''Freyja''', both in the '''Nova Sector'''~~. The larger setting takes place in The Orion Spur, a sizeable subset of the Milky Way galaxy~~. The stations are owned by [[Lore:Nanotrasen\|Nanotrasen]], a large corporation. The Nova Sector exists in the outer reaches of the [[Lore:SolFed\|Sol Federation]]'s grasp, leaving the station subject both to SolFed's laws and to other nearby cultures' whims. SolFed is a representative government stemming from the Sol system (~~where Earth is~~) ~~representing numerous smaller cultures' interests in a large area around the Local Sol region~~. The Nova ~~Stations~~ answer directly to Central Command, a generic term for higher-ups from numerous factions, mostly but not exclusively Nanotrasen itself.		Nova Station 13 takes place in '''2566''' on one of several Space Stations orbiting the volcanic planet '''Indecipheres''' ("Lavaland") and her ice moon, '''Freyja''', both in the '''Nova Sector'''. The stations are owned by [[Lore:Nanotrasen\|Nanotrasen]], a large corporation that your character (probably) works for. The Nova Sector stations answer directly to "Central Command," a generic term for higher-ups from numerous factions, mostly but not exclusively Nanotrasen itself, and generally portrayed by the server's staff.

	The stations serve several purposes, {{TooltipInline\|including\|but not limited to}}:		The larger setting takes place in The Orion Spur, a sizeable subset of the Milky Way galaxy. The Nova Sector exists in the outer reaches of the [[Lore:SolFed\|Sol Federation]]'s grasp, on the loose border between SolFed and the [[Lore:Heliostatic_Coalition\|Heliostatic Coalition]], leaving the station subject both to SolFed's laws and to other nearby cultures' whims. SolFed is a massive representative government stemming from the Sol system (where Earth is) representing numerous smaller cultures' interests in an extremely large area around the Local Sol region. Nanotrasen is a corporation who is large enough to also be considered a nation, and thus is a full member of SolFed with senators, votes, representation, etc.

			The stations you'll play on serve several purposes, {{TooltipInline\|including\|but not limited to}}:

	* '''Plasma Research'''. Plasma is a volatile, exotic matter, coexisting as a solid, liquid, and gas at room temperatures, and highly flammable.		* '''Plasma Research'''. Plasma is a volatile, exotic matter, coexisting as a solid, liquid, and gas at room temperatures, and highly flammable.
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	* '''Tourism'''. While not near any specific grand landmark or tourist attraction, the Nova Stations remain adjacent to common trade routes and thus attract transients of all forms, for both short and long-term relaxation.		* '''Tourism'''. While not near any specific grand landmark or tourist attraction, the Nova Stations remain adjacent to common trade routes and thus attract transients of all forms, for both short and long-term relaxation.

	Nanotrasen contracts out several departments to external companies; [[Policies\|policy-wise]] the individuals are employees of the station and "Crew"; Security is handled by numerous contracting companies, and Cargo is handled by an intragalactic Union of traders.		Nanotrasen contracts out several departments to external companies; [[Policies\|policy-wise]] the individuals are employees of the station and "Crew"; Security is handled by numerous contracting companies, and Cargo is handled by an intragalactic Union of traders. Recently, the Research Department was mostly sold to a nation in the Heliostatic Coalition, [[Lore:Heliostatic_Coalition#The_Twin_Houses_of_Ar-Ramal\|The Twin Houses of Ar-Ramal]].

	The station, and Nanotrasen itself, are opposed by various cultures and civilizations, none as focused or as sinister as the Syndicate. Composed of a number of smaller corporations, groups, and entities, the Syndicate's goals are vast and often self-contradictory, but generally oppose Nanotrasen and the Nova Station itself. There are a number of various sapient species in Nova Station 13, each seen below in the footer to this page.		The station, and Nanotrasen itself, are opposed by various cultures and civilizations, none as focused or as sinister as the [[Lore:Syndicate\|Syndicate]]. Composed of a number of smaller corporations, groups, and entities, the Syndicate's goals are vast and often self-contradictory, but generally hate SolFed, and so oppose Nanotrasen and the Nova Station itself. There are a number of various sapient species in Nova Station 13, each seen below in the footer to this page.

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	# '''An existing person'''. Typically, a modern spacer dies and chooses to be reborn via a Replica Pod. They contain both the [[Resonance]] and memories of that person, and thus likely retain their existing cultural ties and familial relations. The death might not always be accidental, and the rebirth might not always be immediately afterwards. Cautious persons might keep an imprinted Replica Pod seed as a contingency in case other [[Lore:Death\|undeath plans]] fall through.		# '''An existing person'''. Typically, a modern spacer dies and chooses to be reborn via a Replica Pod. They contain both the [[Resonance]] and memories of that person, and thus likely retain their existing cultural ties and familial relations. The death might not always be accidental, and the rebirth might not always be immediately afterwards. Cautious persons might keep an imprinted Replica Pod seed as a contingency in case other [[Lore:Death\|undeath plans]] fall through.
	# '''Random Chance'''. Rarely a growing Replica Pod just happens to catch a stray [[Resonance]] engram and enough stray DNA to be able harvest itself into a fully-sapient individual, with no biological or mental ties to any person who came before.		# '''Random Chance'''. Rarely a growing Replica Pod just happens to catch a stray [[Resonance]] engram and enough stray DNA to be able harvest itself into a fully-sapient individual, with no biological or mental ties to any person who came before.
	# A '''Colonial Seed Vault''', or descendant thereof. Pod Persons are by default sterile, so the mechanism by which the original four Primal Pod Persons produce additional Pod Persons is left as an exercise for the colonists themselves to resolve. Examples include: the launching company provided a number of blood samples to inject into subsequent harvests of Pod Persons. Mass harvests of Replica Pod plants to "force" random chance. Using the provided Biogenerator to print Monkeys, then mix their blood in ways to capture stray [[Resonance\|souls]]. Abnormal insterility, rendering pre-fertilized Replica Pod seeds that require no external blood or [[Resonance\|soul]].<br>Strictly speaking, only the original four Primal Pod Persons have the compulsion to "Spread Life." How strongly they impose this directive upon their progeny is up to them.		# A '''[[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Colonial Seed Vault]]''', or descendant thereof. Pod Persons are by default sterile, so the mechanism by which the original four Primal Pod Persons produce additional Pod Persons is left as an exercise for the colonists themselves to resolve. Examples include: the launching company provided a number of blood samples to inject into subsequent harvests of Pod Persons. Mass harvests of Replica Pod plants to "force" random chance. Using the provided Biogenerator to print Monkeys, then mix their blood in ways to capture stray [[Resonance\|souls]]. Abnormal insterility, rendering pre-fertilized Replica Pod seeds that require no external blood or [[Resonance\|soul]].<br>Strictly speaking, only the original four Primal Pod Persons have the compulsion to "Spread Life." How strongly they impose this directive upon their progeny is up to them.

	As Pod People come from an impossibly diverse set of circumstances, their shared culture is based strictly off of innate impulses and shared sensations.		As Pod People come from an impossibly diverse set of circumstances, their shared culture is based strictly off of innate impulses and shared sensations.
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	!style="background-color:royalblue; color:white; text-align:left; width:85%; padding:8px" colspan=5\|《 Colonial Seed Vault 》		!style="background-color:royalblue; color:white; text-align:left; width:85%; padding:8px" colspan=5\|《 Colonial Seed Vault 》
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	\|style="background-color:#E5ECFF" colspan=5\| While space is wholly incompatible with life, even with the greatest of engineering to support life, you still find yourself unaccommodated. Shuttled between metal coffins in the blackness of space, every window full of tiny pinpricks of light, stars far too distant for you to flourish. ''Which one was yours? Is it still yours?'' All you can do here is survive. Space is dark and cold, nothing like where you came from. ''Why did you leave?''		\|style="background-color:#E5ECFF" colspan=5\| While space is wholly incompatible with life, even with the greatest of engineering to support life, you still find yourself unaccommodated. Shuttled between metal coffins in the blackness of space, every window full of tiny pinpricks of light, stars far too distant for you to flourish. ''Which one was yours? Is it still yours?'' All you can do here is survive. Space is dark and cold, nothing like [[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|where you came from]]. ''Why did you leave?''

	In addition to exploring the backgrounds below, consider the [[Lore:Guide to Colonial Seed Vaults]] for building out your Pod Person's Home Garden. ~~(todo~~: ~~better name for Home Garden)~~		In addition to exploring the backgrounds below, consider the [[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Guide to Colonial Seed Vaults]] for building out your Pod Person's {{TooltipInline\|Home Garden\|Never did the TODO to find a better name. You can say whatever: sprouting zone, birthplace, ???}}.
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	!style="background-color:darkviolet; color:white; text-align:left; padding:8px" colspan=5\| Common Backgrounds		!style="background-color:darkviolet; color:white; text-align:left; padding:8px" colspan=5\| Common Backgrounds
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	# come up with a plant you want it to vaguely be based off of		# come up with a plant you want it to vaguely be based off of
	# Open your character's Loadout, go to Misc, and pick Lantern or Flashlight. You can use the button to rename it if you want. Legally, this is optional.		# Open your character's Loadout, go to Misc, and pick Lantern or Flashlight. You can use the button to rename it if you want. Legally, this is optional.
	# Are they from a Colonial Seed Vault? And they remember it? Congrats, either tie yourself to someone else's lore or make your own. ~~Gonna make a~~ separate document guiding you on writing your own. ~~Or a collapsible?~~		# Are they from a [[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Colonial Seed Vault]]? And they remember it? Congrats, either tie yourself to someone else's lore or make your own. Check out [[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|the separate document guiding you on writing your own]].

	= Notable Members =		= Notable Members =
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	* '''Death Blossom'''. One of many attempts to repurpose the "obsolete" surplus of Replica Pod seeds, this time for a military. Death Blossom is a cool name for ultimately a simple concept: Replica Pods need blood. Your enemy has blood. Put seed in bullet, put bullet through enemy, grow a new soldier. Astute-minded readers may see the intrinsic flaw that all who seek to profit off of Pod People cannot: they are their own people. The person you're reviving? You just shot them. You just planted them next to their prior corpse, let them grow fat on their own blood and spite, and blossom next to the gun they were holding. If their cause was worth [[Lore:Death\|dying]] for once, surely it's worth dying for [[Lore:Death\|twice]]? While most Death Blossom bullets were scrapped, or offloaded for conflicts with incompatible foes, enough remain forgotten in lockers as a niche means of self-revival, though even ''that'' is outclassed by modern alternatives.		* '''Death Blossom'''. One of many attempts to repurpose the "obsolete" surplus of Replica Pod seeds, this time for a military. Death Blossom is a cool name for ultimately a simple concept: Replica Pods need blood. Your enemy has blood. Put seed in bullet, put bullet through enemy, grow a new soldier. Astute-minded readers may see the intrinsic flaw that all who seek to profit off of Pod People cannot: they are their own people. The person you're reviving? You just shot them. You just planted them next to their prior corpse, let them grow fat on their own blood and spite, and blossom next to the gun they were holding. If their cause was worth [[Lore:Death\|dying]] for once, surely it's worth dying for [[Lore:Death\|twice]]? While most Death Blossom bullets were scrapped, or offloaded for conflicts with incompatible foes, enough remain forgotten in lockers as a niche means of self-revival, though even ''that'' is outclassed by modern alternatives.

	* The '''Colonial Seed Vault initiatives'''. Akin to the Dot Com boom of the 2000s, millions of Colonial Seed Vaults were sent out with folks' literal hopes and dreams with the promise of infinite prosperity. While historians call this era the {{TooltipInline\|(hover for tentative names)\|Bloomer Shooter era<br>Terra Forming<br>Plant Parenthood<br>Plantifest Destiny<br>Zeroth Migration}}, at the time there was no one predominant Seed Vault corporation to capture the zeitgeist and have the trend named after them. Both destinations and corporations took absurd, {{TooltipInline\|generic names\|Seed Fund, Future You, Herbasecondlife, Family Tree Planning, The Foli Age... to destinations like Earth Reborn, Gaia Deluxe, Gaia Reimagined, Lush 7.<br>With hundreds of companies and millions of seed vaults, expect a lot of procedural generation and overlap. On an OOC level, make whatever the fuck up you want, with the understanding that they're just names pitched to desperate people like a travel agent really trying to get kickbacks from a third-rate snorkel shack for chartering an entire boat for a day.}} to such an extent that even knowing the exact name and destination is rarely sufficient to trace {{TooltipInline\|ancestry\|Not that it would offer much legal grounds for inheritance, nor would the genetics be close enough to have any real similarity left. Fun fact: in humans, 8th cousins are genetically distinct enough that they're indistinguishable from more unrelated persons.}}.		* The '''[[Lore:Colonial_Seed_Vault\|Colonial Seed Vault]] initiatives'''. Akin to the Dot Com boom of the 2000s, millions of Colonial Seed Vaults were sent out with folks' literal hopes and dreams with the promise of infinite prosperity. While historians call this era the {{TooltipInline\|(hover for tentative names)\|Bloomer Shooter era<br>Terra Forming<br>Plant Parenthood<br>Plantifest Destiny<br>Zeroth Migration}}, at the time there was no one predominant Seed Vault corporation to capture the zeitgeist and have the trend named after them. Both destinations and corporations took absurd, {{TooltipInline\|generic names\|Seed Fund, Future You, Herbasecondlife, Family Tree Planning, The Foli Age... to destinations like Earth Reborn, Gaia Deluxe, Gaia Reimagined, Lush 7.<br>With hundreds of companies and millions of seed vaults, expect a lot of procedural generation and overlap. On an OOC level, make whatever the fuck up you want, with the understanding that they're just names pitched to desperate people like a travel agent really trying to get kickbacks from a third-rate snorkel shack for chartering an entire boat for a day.}} to such an extent that even knowing the exact name and destination is rarely sufficient to trace {{TooltipInline\|ancestry\|Not that it would offer much legal grounds for inheritance, nor would the genetics be close enough to have any real similarity left. Fun fact: in humans, 8th cousins are genetically distinct enough that they're indistinguishable from more unrelated persons.}}.

	* [[Lore:Syndicate#Herbellion\|'''The Herbellion''']]: Syndicate puppetmasters looking for small folk with righteous goals find a literal bumper crop of Good Causes across the millions of Colonial Seed Vaults, each with their unique form of oppression or imposition from the greater galaxy seeking to "reclaim" what they are "owed." As a public image stunt, and because (according to their literature), "a good 1/3rd of the Herbellion's earliest cases were supporting freshly grown Podpeople in fighting back against their technologically advanced capitalist oppressors." In objective fact, the Herbellion holds no specific plantly roots nor holds pod people in any ''additional'' regard; the Herbellion causes significant chaos to SolFed by helping a lot of small people with their small fights, and Colonial Seed Vault troubles no longer make up a sizeable chunk of the little strifes in the galaxy.		* [[Lore:Syndicate#Herbellion\|'''The Herbellion''']]: Syndicate puppetmasters looking for small folk with righteous goals find a literal bumper crop of Good Causes across the millions of Colonial Seed Vaults, each with their unique form of oppression or imposition from the greater galaxy seeking to "reclaim" what they are "owed." As a public image stunt, and because (according to their literature), "a good 1/3rd of the Herbellion's earliest cases were supporting freshly grown Podpeople in fighting back against their technologically advanced capitalist oppressors." In objective fact, the Herbellion holds no specific plantly roots nor holds pod people in any ''additional'' regard; the Herbellion causes significant chaos to SolFed by helping a lot of small people with their small fights, and Colonial Seed Vault troubles no longer make up a sizeable chunk of the little strifes in the galaxy.