Well, do you have any particular ideas or inspiration? I usually get mine from media, books, or just random stuff piled together to create one thing.
iām thinking about itā¦
I have a big universe that is pretty much a giant soup of stuff i have collected in my head throughout my life, the ones that Midelians (again, i wish i could find a good name for emā) are a part of. (Midelians are seperate from the Thrive Universe.)
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Whats the story behind the Midelians?
You are going to get yourself into some deep Belgium, so be prepared to R E A D.
Summary
The Midelians are the most advanced race in their galaxy, due to a special energy, called the Miracle Crystal, or MC for short, as it is a substance with many special properties. It can shape matter into any other type of matter, such as turning water into soil, or wood into gold, and much more. It can also convert matter into energy, and back again, effectively giving Midelians infinite energy. Most Midelians are created through MC, but some may choose to reproduce regularly. Being ahead of the rest in resources, they also have decent military as well, with destructive vehicles that can navigate through all terrain with relative ease.
Midelians have also made themselves known throughout the galaxy, as many others have tried to get some of the MC for themselves. All have failed, but only one has ever come close. The leader, and final member of a dying race has attempted to gain the tech for his own personal gain through creating armies of genetically modified creatures he has come across to be very hard to fend off. Nevertheless, he was defeated as one Midelian had been chosen as someone to test the theory that MC could be used biologically. This had shown success, and he had gained small, but ever growing power at his own will.
Later on, it was discovered that MC can be created through mixing substances of light energy and dark energy. MC had been created on accident, however, as the beings having the light and dark had been in a war, which spread across systems in a secluded part of the galaxy. But, as a drawback, light energy is so dang hot, and dark energy is so dang cold, its really hard to obtain them through practical means.
I have no idea if i should leak any more info on this or not without creating its own book.
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Iāve been trying to work on a few stories about the Thrive Universe as well.
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All of these seem to be original things but I feel like adding a species I made from Stellaris. If it goes well I might make more Thrive Universe things with my many Stellaris empires I have made.
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Good.
Idea.
Holy Belgium i will do that too.
This is very much a stellaris lore thing and I donāt know if it fits with Thive or not.
The Zaxxoid Conciousness is a hive mind of giant insects, about 11 feet (3.4 meters) tall, that evolved on an oxygen rich jungle tropical world. After draining their home world of most life and natural resources, they set off to find new life to consume.
The Zaxxoid spread through the galaxy at an extreme rate and built massive fleets equally as fast and house the finest of military technologies and engineering. Forming a vast empire in only a few years of their existence they came into quick contact with another space-faring empire. Seeing new prey the Zaxxoid immediately invaded. Fleets so large that could be mistaken for nebula if observed from a planets surface began to pour into this small empire. Throwing everything they had at the Zaxxoid, their fleets were decimated in the first battle, and only managing to destroy a corettes, it was completely defenseless as the Zaxxoid infested their planets and consumed its citizens. The same fate awaits the rest of the galaxy, no empire, and no federation or make-shift alliance could ever hope to stop the Zaxxoid war machine, and its eternal hunger.
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So if iām to understand this thread is for writing about species in a thrive universe?
Yes, Iām just imagining my creations from other games in Thrive.
EDIT: My original race was garbage and not thrivey so iām rewriting everything
Well here goes my creature
Creature details
Name: Insectosaur (iām bad at naming things)
Diet: Omnivorous
Details: 8 Feet 11 inches tall they Are a Bipedal Saurian creature covered with a thick exoskeleton
they have 2 Reptilian eyes on either side of their head and the bottom of their jaw has two mandibles 3 claw appendages are found on the ends of their tail they have clear razor sharp wings which are commonly folded and concealed behind the back they also have two smaller pairs of arms jutting out from their chest. their exoskeleton is black with Bright red along the edges and underneath the armor their entire body is a scaled red
they have limited flight and often get tired when flying for more than 20 seconds they posses the ability to spit a Highly Corrosive acid from their mouth. The Two smaller chest arms were evolved when the creatures used to walk on all fours and was used to collect food and bring to the mouth before they stood upright
the creatures used to be dominant aquatic predators before making the shift to land nearly all of the aquatic species died out after some crawled onto land because of the large amount of predators
Interesting fact: the insectosaur has two sets of bones one internal skeleton and one exoskeleton that combined with the scales beneath the exoskeleton mean that they once had no exoskeleton and evolved it to deal with some predators.
Planet
Name: Xerath
Details: a green lush planet with a normal gravity (esentially an earth planet)
Ecosystem: Many creatures exist on this world lower on the food chain are the Grimfs which resemble a cross between a snail and a rabbit with webbed feet, their shell was evolved for defense and as a matter of fact a majority of creatures on Xerath evolved shells for protection which resulted in a lot of other species evolving razor sharp teeth for cutting into said shells despite this the Grimf population is pretty okay even though they are eaten by everything on the planet, higher up the food chain is the Squellern a bipedal land squid with the ability to shoot darts from the tips of its tentacles and with a potent stinger on their tail before firearms were invented juvenile tamed Squellern were used as projectile weaponry by directing their darts towards their enemies this has caused some insectosaurians to invent dart shooting guns as a form of nostalgia they are noticeably improved over the actual creature because they are poison tipped
Top of the food chain (that hunts insectosaurians aswell) are the Xritan which are 12 foot tall towering spider like creatures with giant scythe/crab claws and razor sharp teeth, a subspecies have evolved to hunt insectosaurians and have many adaptions to do so such as the ability to split open their claws then produce and launch a web out to try and incapacitate gliding ones and also in general to harpoon and net regular ones, an immunity to the acid insectosaurians can spew out their mouths and in general are faster and more spider like than normal (normal Xritan have their legs directly beneath their body these ones have them at the sides) a further subspecies has also evolved to hunt modern day insectosaurians, theyāve gotten smaller again now only reaching 9 feet of height but have gained near bullet proof armour and the ability to crack open the armour on tanks, theyāve also traded their web shooters and replaced them with high velocity darts which have been known to shoot down aircraft, the upside is somewhere along the way they lost their immunity to the insectosaurianās acid and can easily be blinded.
after the insectosaurians became sapient and technology rose the planetās air had become polluted heavily (the waters and ground had not) after 20,000 years during a great war between the insectosaurians and the Nuaq-Ru
they had invented a weapon which was meant to use the carbon dioxide and fuel like fumes produced by Nuaq-Ru terraforming however they unintentionally tapped into the pollution on the planet which overcharged the weapon, needless to say Xerath is extremely clean, the air is so pure insects (or similar creatures) have reached meganuera sizes and there is now a relatively small although still quite large 20 kilometer wide hole in the side of their moon and a space drifiting field of melted Nuaq-Ru ships which has been extensively inspected for any remaining salvagable components.
iām tired of typing so iāll put technology some other time.
hey not tired of typing and realised i forgot to update this alright technology and ETC letsa go
but before then the names i came up with for the planet section were really experimental so dont take them as official
Technology
During the early days of insectosaurian warfare, the main weapon they used was the Krinjal which was a spear with a loaded crossbow in the tip the idea was to pierce the armour of the opponent then shoot the crossbow into their bodies killing them (insectosaurian exoskeletons did provide a lot of trouble for weapon design compared to earthly ones)
later on conventional firearms were invented however 9mm wasnāt used because although it could pierce the exoskeleton it wouldnāt kill the insectosaurian unless you unloaded a shit ton of bullets into it. so most handguns were 357. and āSMGāsā were pretty much just assault rifles.
during the space age they had invented two things, the energy shield and the las gun
the las gun was a continous beam of heat that could slice stuff in two however if used against a shield both the shooter and the target would be blown up simultaneously by the atomic blast (which fortunately remained within the 1 KM size range) despite that they mounted shields and las guns on their vehicles however they could never mount both because the risk of the lasgun impacting the shield on the inside was bad (theyād only really use this effect to their advantage by sending a guy with a portable shield and lasgun to esentially suicide bomb something because a 1KM atomic blast is still an atomic blast) interesting effects happen when shooting stuff with a las gun (because its a self contained 1750 C heat ray) such as shooting it at sand has the effect of instantly melting and shooting out a blast of sharp glass shards everywhere. Plasma guns were invented which if weāre being honest work in three ways 1. like the plasma gun in doom 2. a fast moving bolt which eradicates armour and can cause lethal explosions 3. like a flamethrower but hotter.
vehicles for the most part had an interesting history
the first insectosaurian boat was invented by tribesman tezret when he realised that better fish could be found the further in water you went, so he invented a small raft the insectosaurian word for boat is derived from his name āzretā many things in the insectosaurian language were named after the guys who discovered them back in tribal times even stuff they didnāt technically invent ask rit the inventor of sticks or rits in their language. Soon after whilst still in tribal times they realised warfare was possible at sea and tezret was the first naval commander, he had attached a Squellern to the front of his zret and had raised walls on the sides acting as cover for himself, preforming a coastal raid on the tribe of Huliukret (which is now used as an insulting word in their language because that particular tribe all the way up to their extermination during the space era was the target for so many attacks )
they had responed with their own zret renamed the kret after the end of their tribe name armed with crossbows and better armour, tezret responded by inventing the first bomb which was more a pouch filled with flammable materials and threw it aboard which caught the whole thing on fire
tezret all the way up to his death during age 159 (cut down before living the ripe old age of 200) improved his patented vehicle and managed to invent an iron clad in the time period most would say was the medieval age (if youāre wondering how a tribesman managed to live till the medieval period keep in mind insectosaurians donāt mess around and get in a lot of wars which progress their technology frequently ) he had attached cannons which in insectosaurian is called a Brigor (after the guy who invented it duh) and made a turret, the ship named the ruszret (which comes from rus the insecto word for iron and zret the word for boat) terrorized the coast for many years before its sinking and the death of tezret (who was defeated by the first guy to make a plane and guided missile, and by guided we mean he put a magnet on the end of a bomb and threw it off his hand powered ornithopter he also died shortly afterwards of a heart attack from overworking his body to fly his machine)
after wars the class of battleships were named ruskrozret with kro being the word for war or battle in insectosaurian which in their society due to their reverance and fondness for war is honorific in nature and tezret was posthumously granted the title of krotezret as a sign of honour.
during what could be said to be ww1 ruskrozrets were improved vastly and the first submarine was invented called a auqkrozret (auq is their word for water so water warship makes zero sense because all ships are on water)
during the modern era they are equipped with at least one large las gun which they donāt use that much for slicing into other ships except for alien ones because its a sign of lack of honour to abuse the hole cutting weapon however it is okay to shoot it in the water nearby to create a smoke screen made of steam but care should be taken as not to blow themselves up.
Tanks are equally interesting
one fella by the name of Greth looked at the wooden wheels of his tribe and noted how they sank into the muddy ground due to ground pressure and weight distribution, he was also jealous of tezret who invented the zret and he wanted some of that fame and to have something named after him so he wanted to invent a new vehicle, initially he succesfully managed to make tracks despite them being wooden however he was concerned that he wouldāve just been known as the guy who made another way of ground propulsion for normal vehicles so he made a unique vehicle to match it, he realised that the ground distribution helped to carry heavier things so he made an enclosed war wagon with a auto loading crossbow at the front. rolled it out to be met with praise he shortly afterwards used it on tribe (you may have guessed it) Huliukret where he went on a rampage rolling over children and shooting everything possible this was before tezret did it which Greth still thinks was just him copying him. Shortly afterwards the Greth was mass produced and worked well, halftracks were invented as well later on, at age 154 (during the medieval era mentioned and also same year the fateful battle that ended tezret) he realised in this age of people in metal armour his patented auto arrow didnāt work as well as it used to and his wooden vehicle was easily torn by the swords. He thought of a solution fast and out rolled the Squellern-1 Greth made of mostly metals it resembled a combo of the Mark IV tank from ww1 and the german A7V also from ww1 tribe Kuliukret never saw it comingā¦
Societal and cultural history
The tribal era.
Medieval /society stage
Industrial and World wars
Space exploration
Space age and fall of house kuliukret
āSuch advanced aliens might become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they could reach.ā - Stephen Hawking
Sapient Species : Flome
Planet of Origin : Unknown, they move from place to place
Biological Description
The Flome are a race of hegemonic reptilian warlords not content with subjugating races they enslave, but are rather actively committed to doing the most twisted things imaginable to them. Having killed billions, with numerous accounts of mass genocide, theyāre considered as scientists because of their amoral pursuit of technological advancement.
Biological Description :
The Flome are reptilian in appearance, with crocodilian and insectoidal features. The entirety of their body is yellow colored, adorned with black patterns along the legs, arms, neck, and chest. The head is very similar to a snakes, containing a haphazardly aligned mouth akin to that of a leatherback turtle. Have a forked tongue that is used to smell. Are around 6 to 7 feet tall, and are a six limbed species.
Each Flome is a genetically droned clone of sorts, and arenāt entirely sentient.
Though still gifted with emotions, they were unusual and obscure, which caused problems. It produced their complete lack of understanding the concept of ethics, morals, or respect of life. Their disregard for the rights of others often earned the ire of many races, who did their best to hide themselves from the Flomes communications.
How much change have you put on to the Flome, because it seems you have made quite a bit of posts regarding them.
Iāve been changing many things about them, because I feel like they donāt quite fit into the TU yet. The base idea is that theyāre reptilian warlords with no regard for the rights of others, and iāve been adding onto that.
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Quietly, clacking, sneaking. like a hollow wind.
Rustling in the darkness, there seems to be no end.
Poem from Ornun Nits, a survivor of the Sraka mines incident. Date written: 1789 BSE
Planet: Niār (neaār)
System: Patuph
Location: Inner Seregon
Owner: Liberal Republic of Yoroue
Species: Cubraca [Worker] (Cue-bra-ca/Coo-bra-ca)
Niche: Tunnel dwellers
Natural Habitats: Caves, Canyons
Biology and Physiology:
Cubraca are a synapsid like species, which have developed a proto-fur/quills, that help them communicate through a cave at a long distance. By doing that, they vibrate their quills together, forming an either rustling or clacking sound pattern. These patterns can vary from very fast,short,long or even slow rhythms. It is highly theorized, that these sounds are similar to that of a Morse code, but much more distinct and complicated.
The Cubraca have two pinna and three noses, which give them a great perception for navigating through the caves. Due to the dim light (which comes from bioluminescent lifeforms) they have almost no eyesight. Their fleshy tubes on both sides of the neck and face, are used for regulating the pressure in deeper parts of caves. At the end of the tail is a razor sharp appendage, which hinders a victim from escape.
The average lifespan of a Worker lies between 45 and 50 years and a height of 3.50m.
All workers are females.
Diet: Due to the evolution of their teeth, Cubraca are carnivores. Although they prefer fresh meat, carcasses can also be on their menu, exspecially when food supply becomes low.
Behavior:
Cubracas are mostly nocturnal creatures and avoid the sun light as best as possible, due to their pale skin. The workers mostly come out at night, but sightings of them have also occur at dawn and dusk.
Few workers always check at the entrance of their cave for any possible intruder. The rest strives around in groups or alone, to hunt for their colony.
Cubracas are very territorial and will defend their nest from any kind of life form, that is not the size of a small critter. If two of their same kind, but from a different colony, were about to cross paths, they would first hiss at each, to signalize their warnings, if any one of them would dare to attack the other one. Otherwise a ruthless battle might start, with only one survivor of the patrolling group.
Cubracas also tend to be Cannibalistic, as they will eat their dead companions and heavily injured ones.
Sick Cubracas will be outcast from their colony, to die outside in the wilds.
Species: Cubraca [Queen]
Niche: Tunnel dwellers
Natural Habitats: Caves, Canyons
Biology and Physiology: Unlike the Workers, the Queens body shape is very slender, like that of a snake.
With this body, they can maneuver more freely through tight passages in caves, should a situation emerge, where the cave gets to flooded during rainy seasons or a different colony tries to attack the other one. Another difference the Queens have is, that they have two more smaller eyes on each side of the face. With these eyes, their field of vision is a bit more wider, allowing them to see in different kind of directions.
Another special feature only the Queens can perform,
is to mimic certain voices and sentences from other creatures. It is highly theorized, that the Queens try to lure lost creatures deeper into caves with that ability.
is to mimic certain voices and sentences from other creatures. It is highly theorized, that the Queens try to lure lost creatures deeper into caves with that ability.
The Queens length can reach a size of 9 - 11 meters and a width of 2-3 m. They can reach a lifespan of almost 120 years.
A Cubraca queen lays about 4 to 7 eggs per day, but sometimes they decide, how much they will lay and when the workers/guardians shall hatch.
With that technique, the Queens stabilize their colony, to prevent overpopulation.
Diet:
Unlike the Workers, who prefer any kind of meat, the Queens are fed a very special one. This meat is more nutritious and rich of fatty acids, like the royal honey from bees. With that kind of meat, the Queens wonĀ“t starve to death, while performing their exhausting act of laying eggs all the day. They will even eat their own eggs, if these are to weak to survive.
Behavior:
Although Cubraca queens are less aggressive than the worker or guardians, they can still act hostile towards intruders. The Queens rarely leave their territory, unless it got destroyed or they were not impregnated yet by a King. Otherwise they lay in their special chamber all the day and keep the Worker and guardian population at a stable level.
Species: Cubraca [King]
Niche: Lone Predator
Natural Habitats: Grasslands, Deserts, and any kind of steppe.
Biology and Physiology:
Cubraca Kings are the biggest kind in their line, reaching an height of 11 to 12 m in total. Their massive weight is being held by their 6 limbs, two hind legs and four forelegs.
Because of their height, Cubraca Kings will be thrown out of their colony, once they reach adolescent. Their fleshy tubes become useless outside the cave and will start to decompose and fall off.
This is also the reason, why they have a darker skin tone and slightly more fur, than their relative cave inhabitants. The hook blade at the end of their tail even stops a victim from escaping.
Although the Kings are completely blind, there is still a low chance, that some of them develop eyes in their fetal station.
They also have more ears to scan their environment further, checking for prey and obstacles along on the way.
What kind of age a King can reach, couldnāt be found out yet. Many Scientists believe, that their lifespan stands between 90 to 135 years.
Diet: The Kings are carnivore as well, but prefer more bigger prey, to keep their weight in a constant flow.
Behavior:
Because of their rare appearance, the behavior of these giant synapsid is still not fully analyzed yet. Only a view records from the Uārl mention an encounter with these Titans to be extremely aggressive. However, these records were mostly listed, when an expedition encountered a starving King, rather a well nourished one.
Cubraca Kings also try to avoid each other outside mating season, but when a battle is about to happen, the outcome will always be a fight to death.
Reproduction:
The mating season of Queens and Kings starts every 10 years. If two of these synapsid meet each other, the male will use his colorful appendages on the cheek and shakes them, which creates a rattling sound to impress the female. If another competitor joins the ritual, the male will try his best and fend the other king away, if not killing him even.
Is the impression successful, then the female will curl around the males body to become pregnant.
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Wow, you really worked hard on that, didnāt you? Seems like it could get into the TU
Thanks, yes it did indeed took me a while to write this all down. Really had thought about this species a lot.
Took me literally 3 days to complete this information about my Cubraca race.
But in the end, iĀ“m very proud and relieved, how this part turned out :3
Planet: Duan
System: Labun-3
Location: Middle Tenebrarum
Owner: Cult of the golden eyed god/ The great circle
Species: Orchiatres (Orchi-a-tres)
Niche: Forest dweller
Natural Habitats: Forests, Jungle
Biology and Physiology:
The Orchiatres are small predators, who live in the forests/jungles of Duan. They have 8 limbs, 4 fore legs and 4 hind legs, which are used for outrunning the prey and climbing on trees. The name was given by it, due to itĀ“s orchid shaped head, altough it imitates a far different flower on Duan - a Cematur abellis. The rest of the body is covered with scales, that imitate a tree bark, while the legs are covered with fake leaves.
Their original head is covered by the soft,blue skin. When the skin opens up, it reveals two mouths with one nose on each side and four eyes. The whiskers at the tip of the petal skin are used for recognizing temperature and touch.
The Orchiatres can reach an height of almost 1,20m and a width of 50cm to 80cm. The lifespan of an Orchiatres differs from 25 to 30, if they are kept in captivity.
Diet: While Orchiatres feed from small critters, carcasses are also listed on their menu.
Behavior:
Orchiatres are mostly nocturnal creatures, since they tend to spend most of their time hiding on a tree stump or any kind of tree. Dense areas of plant life helps them navigate even at day. On dawn they will search for a new hiding spot or return to their hatchlings to feed them. Otherwise, they are loners and will only become more open to their kind, during the mating season.
Orchiatres on a tree stump
Reproduction:
Fertility happens around the age of 2 - 3 years and females can lay up to 5 eggs, if not even 6. The eggs however, are delivered through the mouth and must not longer stay in the abdomen than two weeks (otherwise the female Orchiatres will suffocate on their own offspring).
Orchiatres only mate every 6 months, where the males try to lure the females with a chirping tune. In these months, the males react very territorial towards other competitors or any other unwanted intruder. Those, that are not twice their height, will mostly suffer a brutal fight.
Is the impression towards the female successful, then the male will impregnate her with his mouth.
Other informations:
Orchiatres are also hunted by the Hyvras, since their meat has a quite gamey - sweet taste when prepared. They can even be tamed and keep vermin out of buildings.
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Youāre just churning these things out arent you?