Species and Planet (Origin)
Species (Race) name: Testanuclei
Advantages/Disadvantages:
Adv:
Flight (2): This Species (Race) is able to fly via energy manipulation inside themselfs. Makes Species better at travelling.
Part Smithing (2): This Species (Race) is able to smith parts and join them with their body. Makes Gaining Stats Easier.
Energy Bullet (1): This Species (Race) is able to make and shoot electric bullet at cost of energy. Aids in Combat.
Des:
Limbless (3): This Species (Race) doesnât have any bending limbs that it could use to manipulate surroundings, so it needs to get creative to do so. Increases amount of Attention needed to build things.
Distrustful (1): Members of This Species doesnât trust ones of itâs kind that are not having shell colour simmilar to their own. Makes Cross-Tribe contacting more difficult.
Unfertile (1): Members of this species are not reproducing very often, and children that are born have high chance of dying in their childhood. Increases cost of population ownership.
Description: Testanucleis are rather bizzare creatures. They are just floating balls around 1 meter in radius with one small opening used as both mouth and anus that ingest uranium rocks and expell non-radioactive elements, and four âlimbsâ that aid in flying: Two small ones near the âMouthâ, and Two larger ones on opposite side of Testanuclei. Testanucleis use radiotrophs to make energy out of radiation that comes from heavy elements that are rather common on planet they live on. They turn this radiation into electrical energy, with which they power their organisms.Testanucleis Arenât native to surface of planet they live on, as they originated in itâs caves deep under the surface, where the original Blue Testanuclei race lived. Testanuclei from there eventully discovered surface and colonized it, but they also constructed powerful âArtifactsâ that used nuclear radiation to change Testanuclei themselfs. This has led to âZombiesâ emerging and killing all Testanuclei underground (Or did some of them survive?)
As of now, There are three Variants of Testanuclei that are more or less the same: Verdant and Crimson, that both accuse each other of being âInfectedâ and fight each other, and The Defected, one of which are olives, the before-mentioned âzombiesâ, Commonly referred to as âThe Vulturesâ/âThe Scavangersâ that currently scavange on any biomass they can find underground. IMPORTANT: those are races known to the Verdant, and actually a lot more Testanuclei races exist. The former âBlue Raceâ, which referred to itself as âThe Corelingsâ was one of great inventors, creating many unique technologies such as teleporters that are still used on the surface (to teleport Testanuclei of course), but they also created âArtifactsâ that were supposted to strenghten them, but after some time they corrupted some of them and turned into the Defects, such as Olives. Unlike other races, which can only join a dozen parts on themselfs at time without needing to expand their organs via âNucleus Upgradingâ, Olives can join hundreds of them at a time.
Ever since Olives dominate in the underground areas, it has become rather dangerous to travel here by teleporters. However, Both Crimson and Verdant have sent scouts to investigate those areas and, possibly, find some technologies that could aid in their conflict. However, since times of the âShaded fleetâ, no scout ever managed to return from those, so-called, âAbandoned sectorsâ. What is the âShaded fleetâ? âFleetsâ are groups of Testanuclei, mostly with TONS of parts on them. Sometime after the legendary surface infection (a event of fleet of Verdant or Crimson entering the Abandoned sectors and returning from them as a reverse race of one that it was sent by, according to Verdant, created Crimson infection, and vice versa for Crimson), Verdant sent one of their most powerful fleets into abandoned sectors (they never sent any Testanuclei here before) as they thought that the Olives already starved to death. After some time, fleet returned from the Abandoned sectors, but it got changed: The Testanuclei were darker than any Verdant Testanuclei and they were talking less. When Verdant forces tried to bring them to the Verdant capitol, Fleet fired back and since then it lives in group of neutral areas near teleporter from which they entered the Abandoned Sectors. Since times of this fleet, Only one scout is sent at time.
Verdant and Crimson Testanuclei live in âcountriesâ with a capitol, where leader of country lives. Capitols have a lot of structures used to defend against sieges, and also have a lot of trading areas and living space - Testanuclei of those factions are sleeping in those areas. Besides capitols, there are also havens that belong to capitols and are population centres in distant areas of âcountriesâ that are used to control them and make missions against enemy countries or defend against them. Capitols can hold thousands if not millions of Testanuclei, while havens only hundreds, and usually around hundred. Olives donât make any complex social structures and act like animals. Parent Testanuclei are not caring for their children, as they are adult moment they are born.
The newborns will be always born near the technologically advanced artifacts made back in a day by blue race or by modern architects that try to replicate their technologies. Sometime ago, some newborns from both Verdant and Crimson faction started to report that when they awakened for first time, a voice, blue voice, would contact them and say strange things to them. Some of those newborns would get contacted by the voice further on in their lifes. After this information has travelled up to leaders of the countries, they thought that it would be impossible for blue race to survive, so they thought that the voice was made by members of enemy faction to lure the newborns into their faction. However, a Testanuclei of Verdant cannot talk to member of Crimson and vice versa, unless is it âinfectedâ. The âInfectedâ Testanuclei will slowly change itâs race from one it was member of at the beginning to other one further in their lives. Testanuclei can also switch races without the âinfectionâ, but it needs a lot of effort to do so⌠So maybe the blues are still alive afterallâŚ?
Testanuclei see the world thanks to advanced electric field, which is generated by âlimbsâ. Itâs like a extra upgraded version of sharksâ 6th sense. Testanuclei communicate via radio sygnals created in special organs located in front pair of âlimbsâ. Those organs can also send an radio wave around the one who emmited it like a radar and detect object further than electric field can, but less accurately than it. Besides that, only other sense Testanuclei have is chemoreception in their mouth-anus.
Testanuclei warfare is based on energy bullets. Parts can be smithed in a way, that they will emit a modified energy bullet: it can be slow and powerful like missile or be a beam of energy. Besides air warfare of âTvTâ, there is also ground warfare that mostly happens on floating magnetic platforms, on which âtanksâ with heavy armor fight each other, Testanuclei, or both!
There are also the Outposts and Turrets. Both of them are immobile and canât move without help of external force. Outposts are modified and immobilized drones, that are able to create turrets by using energy mined directly from soft tissues of ârock organismsâ that float in atmosphere and sometimes are attached to an outpost via tractor beam. Because of high cost of their production, factions are not destroying outposts of their enemies but turn them into their own outposts, which can be done by reconfiguration, but that needs some effort. Turrets are Weaponized immobile stations. They can have weapons such as Electric Missile or Beam, but they can also have things like harvester, that collects the power from rock organisms or even can have spawner of The Minidrones (Small drones used to swarm enemies). They can be dragged by Testanuclei using tractor beam.
Testanucleis can also input a lot of energy into specific parts to make and seperate a drone from their body. Drones are small Testanuclei-like organisms that follow their creators and fight for them, which can be used to swarm enemies.
Testanucleis can also input energy into other specific parts to gain some effects, like shell (skin) regeneration, boost to power of bullets, and many other. They also may have some parts that passivly aid Testanuclei, like extra shell strenght or extra energy storage.
Testanuclei can use energy to do one more thing: create a âTractor beamâ that can be used to drag objects or even other Testanuclei.
Testanuclei have monolatristic religion system with hierarchy of gods they worship. Those are:
Zikacaâyal - The Dead God - it was the God that existed in the beginning and will reappear in the end. At certain point in existance of it, Zikacaâyal exploded from lonelyness. His dark body formed dark stone & space and his light soul formed the stars in the sky and radioactive elements. Every star has itâs own set of gods. When they all die, Zikacaâyal will return and remain for eternity after. Itâs not worshipped.
Infesalem - God of light and heat - one of many âchildrenâ of Zikacaâyal. Itât the oldest and most powerful god in this system and patron of the Vililux and light magic users.
Dunre - God of smiths - It is the patron of all the part-smiths and other kinds of smiths. Lives in a hot area with a lot of markings indicating advanced mining (large dunes with steep falls).
Plasekn - God of Sport, Speed and Efficiency - It is the Patron of Sports, Speedy Testanuclei and Efficiency. Itâs body and land where it lives is flattened.
Vilehin - God of the âColor magicâ, Wind and intelligence - It is second major god behind Infesalem in this system. It is patron of ones that practice the Color Magic (Different non-Black or Light magic) or that are intelligent. It lives in the âRainbow-Sortedâ land. It has 3 children:
Ibel - God of Fighting, War and Strenght - One of Children of Vilehin, that is patron of Strenght, War and Fight. It lives in area thatâs very active due to intense fighting.
Jaqen - God of Life and Conservation - It is god that created all life present in The System, but it doesnât like intelligent life. It also fossilizes a lot of things. He is patron of ones who donât end otherâs life and of ones who conserve things.
Yuvaz - God of Technology - Itâs God who loves creating new technologies, but some of them arenât intelligent in design. Itâs patron of inventors.
Chaotic Demigods - Those are kind of gods created from darkness of Zikacaâyal that live outside of lands occupied by gods, especially near Nucledeserti land. They are worshipped by some Insane people that are viewed by regular worshippers like how christians view satanism on Terra.
Kafareen - God of death and dead - Itâs the god that âadoptsâ souls of ones who died into itâs land, creating dense mist of souls. Itâs worshippers have longer lives and age less. Itâs patron of long-living people.
Here are 3 example myths:
- War on colors - Creation of Testanuclei and Vililux
Back in some old day, Jaqen and Kafareen decided to have challange with each other. Jaqen had to create lifeform populations that would survive for long enought and Kafareen would have to wait for them to die. Kafareen would have to win 3 times in a round to gain color and Jaqen just once. First color was purple. Jaqen created 3 wild lifeform populations and all of them died. Kafareen won the purple color. Now was time for brown, color of fools. Looser would gain it. After 2 tries with wild lifeforms, Jaqen decided to create semi-inteligent Testanuclei. Their society grew, but near end of challange, war started in the society and all of them died in it. Jaqen gained foolâs color. Now was time for blue. After 2 times with Wild organisms, Jaqen decided to create inteligent species that doesnât age - Vililux. They didnât die, so Jaqen gained blue color. It was so happy that some of blue color spilled on Testanuclei souls and turned them more blue and intelligent. But Yaqen didnât like Vililux so It left them on Nucledeserti.
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Testanucleian escape from Kafareenâs land - How all other life on Nucledeserti died.
Testanuclei souls werenât very happy in grim land of Kafareen. There were other lifeform souls in here, some simmilar to them. Testanuclei decided that they wonât stay in here and together with others they will escape. They found a exit gate after years of search, but it needed specific action to be done to open it. If it failed, kind of one who tried to open it will not be able to reproduce and their souls will shatter when they die. Testanuclei decided to use this so that their unintelligent competition will die after they escape this hell. All other lifeforms tried to open gate, but they failed. Testanuclei managed to open it as last ones. Them and their fellow lifeforms escaped into Nucledeserti. They found Vililux in here, who casted powerful spell to turn them back to life. After years, other lifeforms went excint, but Testanuclei and Vililux remained.
- Growing Darkness - Why Vililux fear dark.
When Vililux were alone on Nucledeserti, they explored itâs interior and found a rather scary thing in itâs center: Totem of the Chaotic Demigods. They tried to destroy this source of darkness, but they couldnât. Even worse, Totem started to emit darkness that shallowed everything alive that touched it. Darkness was spreading across Nucledeserti and eventually Vililux remained in small, heavily defended cave. Here, in desperation, They invented spell that would stop the darkness. When they used it, darkness and itâs totem were eradicated from Nucledeserti. But some âDarkness Beingsâ remained and may spread darkness again in future. They need to be purged.
Testanuclei of verdant colour look like this, with other Testanuclei of other colours having other colours.
Rotated view from side
Up view:
Current Surface frontlines look like this:
Darker colors represent âHill rangesâ where a lot of fortifications are located. Light green and red represent Verdant and Crimson Faction Capitals. Cyan and blue are The Cave Exclusion zone (The cave is Tunnel that leads to the Abandoned Sectors.
Species (Race) name: Vililux
Advantages/Disadvantages:
Adv:
Magic Use (2): This Race is rather good at using magic, pretty much mastering it.
No Aging (2): This Race does not age at all, meaning that itâs life can only be cut short by external forces.
Flight (1): This Race is able to fly like Testanuclei, tho it doesnât do it as fast as them.
Des:
Unfertile (3): Births in this Raceâs population are almost unheard of, tho, if a child is born it is taken good care of.
Low Population (1): Because of this Raceâs birthrate, there arenât many members of it, and most of them are also rather old.
Fearing Darkness (1): This Race is rather scared of dark magic and will attack anyone they saw using dark magic.
Description: Vililux is an ancient race of radiosynthesis organisms that look like Testanuclei but are rather unrelated to them. Their ancestors lived in near-core caves of the Nucledeserti and far more magic elements are found down here. The Ancestors mastered magic and after long time when they evolved, with their sapience and technologies, they came closer to the sub-surface caves. Here, they found other species, that while not related, seemed to be similar in shape and in level of intelligence. They helped this species to reach civilization level, and there the species has turned into the Blue Testanuclei, that were referred to by Vililux as âCorelingsâ. Vililux however lost most of their population when the Defects emerged. Since then, most of The Vililux uses magic to look like Testanuclei, hiding among them. Their eternal task is now to take care of Nucledeserti and especially not let the Testanuclei fall by internal wars, as it would cause the âEternal darknessâ to spread more and eventually fill the entire world when the spark of sapience dies. Once in a while, all remaining Vililux on the planet Come to special place in the Abandoned Sectors (Vililux from surface can travel here without getting detected by Defects) and plan further actions. After this they go to their places and become Testanuclei again.
As for actual description, Vililux look a lot more like gems than spheres of Testanuclei. their mouth-anus is located at one corner of this gem, and near it are two limbs. They, unlike limbs of Testanuclei, have joints and at certain angles they look like human arms with fingers, but they are a lot more thick than human arms. they also have the second pair of smaller limbs at opposite side, that also are jointed. The Vililux in past had multiple variants, just like Testanuclei, but now only one, âDisciple of the Whiteâ that is, well, White exists. Vililux use magic for combat.
This is about how they look like from top when not undercover:
Note that darker lines are here to seperate limbs from body, and vililux actually have pretty uniform white colour, only disrupted by slightly greyer mouth.
Planet name: Nucledeserti
Planet description: Nucledeserti is planet at 0.75 size of earth but with the same gravity due to higher density. It and itâs orange dwarf âmathusalemâ sun are rather old objects in the universe. When they were only forming, a lot of heavy stars were nearby, which gave Nucledeserti a lot of heavy metals, like uranium or other radioactive metals. Nucledeserti was devoid of life for bilions of years, durning which itâs surface eroded into empty plain with some rocks here and there time to time, and itâs thick atmosfere became a lot less dense. Eventually, Life managed to develop in deep caves of planet, that were full of radioactive elements. Life developed radiotrophs to use energy of radiation and turn it into electrical energy. When Testanuclei evolved, all other advanced lifeforms in the caves became excint.
As for enviromental hazards, Atmosphere often creates areas of high pressure called âdangerzonesâ by the Testanuclei. Those zones will crush them under sheer pressure. They act as natural air borders that change over time. Only a Testanuclei with a strong body and skin can survive them, but at cost of ability to communicate with others. Those so called âBattlenucleiâ are used to dominate the dangerzones.
Currently, only some rather strange rock organisms that float in atmosphere andsmall organisms that are shaped like geometric shapes that filter-feed on uranium in atmosphere are the only other species than Testanuclei and Vililux that call the planet home. Testanuclei domesticated rock organisms for energy production and also to collect âshardsâ used in part smithing.
Solar system:
- Infesalem - Orange dwarf star around which everything in Nucledeserti system orbits around.
- Dunre and Plasekn: Two hot mars-sized terrastial planets that orbit each other.
Dunre has a lot of surface features, such as mountains and dunes that are up to 15 km tall or deep. It has highest amount of radioactive elements before Nucledeserti in this system.
Plasekn is rotating very fast and is flattened because of this. It has highest amount of gems and other precious materials out of all planets in Infersalem system.
- Vilehin: A yellow mini-neptune that orbits in habitable zone of Infesalem. It has three moons.
Moons:
Ibel: Io-like moon that orbits very close to the Vilehin, and it will colide with it in far future.
Jaqen: A moon that has some rocky mountains but also has some liquid water, with 75% land and 25% water. Thereâs advanced multicellular life in here. It has around 1/3 gravity of earth and is 1.5 times larger than luna.
Most advanced life on Jaqen has compound eyes, 4 pairs of limbs, a mouth with 5 âToothed tonguesâ and both exoskeleton and endoskeleton. Land âAnimalsâ have a hook-like thing that sprouts from their limbs towards back of creature that help them climb mountains of Jaqen. Most Inteligent species, The Eyewing, with intelligence of raven and sapience of magpie has itâs 1st pair of limbs turned into Claws with 4 large âfingersâ and 4 smaller âthumbsâ that they use to make simple tools. They have wings made out of compound eyes that scan terrain under them when flying to aid their scavanger lifestyle and can be retracted into pockets in their torso. Their mouth has calcium tube that is used to penetrate dead prey and eat their insides by retracting the tongues thru it.
Yuvaz: Hyperion-like moon shaped like egg that seems to be fragment of larger body that got destroyed.
Thereâs also ring behind Yuvaz that is slightly dimmer than rings of Saturn.
- Asteroid belt in middle of habitable zone, seems to have formed from two terrastial planets coliding. There are some dwarf planets in here.
- Nucledeserti, very radioactive planet at cold end of habitable zone with variety of colours, that has life on it. It has no pernament moons, but some nearby asteroids sometimes enter itâs orbit but go back to asteroid belt after some time.
- Kafareen: a purple Gas giant that is in size simmilar to saturn. While other planets/objects orbit within Venus orbit, this planet is located at around Uranus orbit. There are 5 Calisto-like moons orbiting it. It has no rings.
There are also other dwarf planets and asteroids behind Kafareen.
The System looks like this:
Sector: Cetus
