Species list! (Compiled)
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 5:04 am
(Instead of putting this in different topics, I thought I'd just put them all in one. Oh well.)
Humans
The year is 2340, 240 years after the earth became inhabitable due to the stupidity of humans. With every year the number of Nuclear bombings, lakes polluted, and fights rose tremendously. It got to the point not long after that the humans used up every drop of rescources (even the "renewable" ones, for one cannot grow crops without water, and even saltwater seemed to be a commodity.) Instead of giving up and becoming exctinct, most of the human race went the only other place they could. Space. The only advancements in technology until the 22nd century were self-sufficent domes on the moons of several nearby planets as well as a few other things. Half of the population currently resides in transport ships in space or in the domes.
Violence seems to be at a minimum between humans, though there is the occasional squabble. The law enforcement in the domes and ships keep a close hand on the population. The jails are seldom completely filled, except for the one on the earths moon. The moon's jail is where the mass murderers, the rapists, and the other unrehabilitable ones are forced to reside.
Modesty is a dying art in these worlds, the lack of space leading to the lack of privacy, so loving couples have to either find/rent a secluded place for an extremely expensive price, or just say "Forget it" and do whatever they want wherever they want. Of course, extreme intimacy is still slightly illegal, but unfortunately security in most places can't do too terribly much about it. Some worlds will shoo you off their sphere for making out/being nude in the streets, yet for some reason it's still allowed in certain parks or forests.
Despite their new location in space, the humans still have a sense of democracy which hasn't changed much since the 21st century. The President is kept in a special ship separate from the main housing cruiser, yet always seems to be near in case of emergancies. Humans over the age of 18 can vote. Voting isn't mandatory, though is highly recommended.
There is an unofficial war going on with the humans against the Greys. The Greys had been haunting the earth for years, especially around area 51. Now that the humans are in space, they have been attacking more than before. All the humans know is that they are there, but they aren't exactly sure why, or for what reason they keep abducting random humans from some of the city ships and domes.
Even the limitless confines of space aren't enough to destroy the cliques that always exist with humans. There are still ones who were considered black, latin, french, etc. but now most of the stereotypes have disappeared. Accents are normal and aren't traced back to a specific town/state. There is a single language that the humans speak, and one that only politicians can understand. There is a rouge human walking around who knows both, but they are normally either spies and aprehended, or one of the politicians themselves.
The humans use asteriods near jupiter for supplies, either for energy or building ships. A couple domes are located inside the massive holes that they create from mining. Each city state uses an asteroid, and there are a few with such populated domes that there is no longer mining there. The material from the asteroids are converted into titanium, which is used to build the city ships and domes.
Many of the animals that had been on earth are kept in special domes far from where the other humans are. Jungles, deserts, most of the landscape the animals require are avalible for them. Most of the animals are more tamed than they had been, but can still turn on those responsible for their care. The fact that there was once a dragonlike creature in the domes greatly upset the Seriyu, though fortunately not enough to cause more than a small arguement.
The humans, as a whole, do not know much about the so-called aliens they've run into. In the larger cities the Seriyu and Pooka are used as guards, though not much about the actual species are known. The Seriyu speak in a different language than the humans, the Pooka, while able to understand them, dont really talk to them that often, and the Greys are trying to attack them.
One of the strangest things about humans, according to representatives from other Races, is their comprehension of Magic and it's relation to Technology. Most city ships are powered using what is called 'hi-tech' powers, when it is apparently just a lesser form of Magic. Scientists scoff at this idea, yet there is almost no other way that any of the races could have gone as far as they have without the use of magic. In fact, the human ships and colonies are the only places where technology is worshipped above it's higher form. The easiest way to understand this is to realize that from Magic, comes technology. Technology in itself is a lessor form of magic, and vice versa. The magic forces in itself are trapped in metal, and used to power life in the colonies while the truth of their sources lie hidden in the 'verse.
Technology:
The year is 2340, 240 years after the earth became inhabitable due to the stupidity of humans. With every year the number of Nuclear bombings, lakes polluted, and fights rose tremendously. It got to the point not long after that the humans used up every drop of rescources (even the "renewable" ones, for one cannot grow crops without water, and even saltwater seemed to be a commodity.) Instead of giving up and becoming exctinct, most of the human race went the only other place they could. Space. The only advancements in technology until the 22nd century were self-sufficent domes on the moons of several nearby planets as well as a few other things. Half of the population currently resides in transport ships in space or in the domes.
Humans
The year is 2340, 240 years after the earth became inhabitable due to the stupidity of humans. With every year the number of Nuclear bombings, lakes polluted, and fights rose tremendously. It got to the point not long after that the humans used up every drop of rescources (even the "renewable" ones, for one cannot grow crops without water, and even saltwater seemed to be a commodity.) Instead of giving up and becoming exctinct, most of the human race went the only other place they could. Space. The only advancements in technology until the 22nd century were self-sufficent domes on the moons of several nearby planets as well as a few other things. Half of the population currently resides in transport ships in space or in the domes.
Violence seems to be at a minimum between humans, though there is the occasional squabble. The law enforcement in the domes and ships keep a close hand on the population. The jails are seldom completely filled, except for the one on the earths moon. The moon's jail is where the mass murderers, the rapists, and the other unrehabilitable ones are forced to reside.
Modesty is a dying art in these worlds, the lack of space leading to the lack of privacy, so loving couples have to either find/rent a secluded place for an extremely expensive price, or just say "Forget it" and do whatever they want wherever they want. Of course, extreme intimacy is still slightly illegal, but unfortunately security in most places can't do too terribly much about it. Some worlds will shoo you off their sphere for making out/being nude in the streets, yet for some reason it's still allowed in certain parks or forests.
Despite their new location in space, the humans still have a sense of democracy which hasn't changed much since the 21st century. The President is kept in a special ship separate from the main housing cruiser, yet always seems to be near in case of emergancies. Humans over the age of 18 can vote. Voting isn't mandatory, though is highly recommended.
There is an unofficial war going on with the humans against the Greys. The Greys had been haunting the earth for years, especially around area 51. Now that the humans are in space, they have been attacking more than before. All the humans know is that they are there, but they aren't exactly sure why, or for what reason they keep abducting random humans from some of the city ships and domes.
Even the limitless confines of space aren't enough to destroy the cliques that always exist with humans. There are still ones who were considered black, latin, french, etc. but now most of the stereotypes have disappeared. Accents are normal and aren't traced back to a specific town/state. There is a single language that the humans speak, and one that only politicians can understand. There is a rouge human walking around who knows both, but they are normally either spies and aprehended, or one of the politicians themselves.
The humans use asteriods near jupiter for supplies, either for energy or building ships. A couple domes are located inside the massive holes that they create from mining. Each city state uses an asteroid, and there are a few with such populated domes that there is no longer mining there. The material from the asteroids are converted into titanium, which is used to build the city ships and domes.
Many of the animals that had been on earth are kept in special domes far from where the other humans are. Jungles, deserts, most of the landscape the animals require are avalible for them. Most of the animals are more tamed than they had been, but can still turn on those responsible for their care. The fact that there was once a dragonlike creature in the domes greatly upset the Seriyu, though fortunately not enough to cause more than a small arguement.
The humans, as a whole, do not know much about the so-called aliens they've run into. In the larger cities the Seriyu and Pooka are used as guards, though not much about the actual species are known. The Seriyu speak in a different language than the humans, the Pooka, while able to understand them, dont really talk to them that often, and the Greys are trying to attack them.
One of the strangest things about humans, according to representatives from other Races, is their comprehension of Magic and it's relation to Technology. Most city ships are powered using what is called 'hi-tech' powers, when it is apparently just a lesser form of Magic. Scientists scoff at this idea, yet there is almost no other way that any of the races could have gone as far as they have without the use of magic. In fact, the human ships and colonies are the only places where technology is worshipped above it's higher form. The easiest way to understand this is to realize that from Magic, comes technology. Technology in itself is a lessor form of magic, and vice versa. The magic forces in itself are trapped in metal, and used to power life in the colonies while the truth of their sources lie hidden in the 'verse.
Technology:
The year is 2340, 240 years after the earth became inhabitable due to the stupidity of humans. With every year the number of Nuclear bombings, lakes polluted, and fights rose tremendously. It got to the point not long after that the humans used up every drop of rescources (even the "renewable" ones, for one cannot grow crops without water, and even saltwater seemed to be a commodity.) Instead of giving up and becoming exctinct, most of the human race went the only other place they could. Space. The only advancements in technology until the 22nd century were self-sufficent domes on the moons of several nearby planets as well as a few other things. Half of the population currently resides in transport ships in space or in the domes.