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ILLAL
-One of six planets that orbits Kepler-11
-About 2,000 light years from Earth
-Habitable surface area is 39062 square kilometers or 24271.85 square miles
-Indigenous atmosphere poisonous to humans, unconscious in 10 minutes and death within an hour
-Year 2296 Illal terraformed for human colonization
-150,000 colonists from Illal Development Initiative
-Home to over 25 colonies and 9 MPCs
-Crion Incident occurs May 3rd, 2361
-1/3rd of Illal covered in Giga-Structure (Illal Flora)
-5 years after incident Giga-Structure initially covers 16.48% of Illal’s habitable surface area at 6437.4 square kilometers or 4000 square miles
-Hawken Virus / Nano-necrosis leads to hand amputation in 2 weeks, arm amputation in 6 weeks
GIGA-STRUCTURE
The scientific name given to the vast inorganic shell left in the wake of the Hawken Nanovirus.
HAWKEN VIRUS
The virus is named after Dr. James Hawken primarily because it was his nanotech research project, codenamed OHMU, that was in development at Crion’s Typhus facility when the incident occurred, destroying Praxis Valley and releasing the nanovirus. The mechanics and machinations of the cataclysmic virus are a mystery to almost everyone.
ILLAL DEVELOPMENT INTITIATIVE
The UTA passed the controversial and historic IDI Act in 2296, allowing a conglomerate of MPC’s to sponsor the terraforming and colonization of Illal in exchange for special business-related privileges and exemptions.
MULTI-PLANETARY CORPORATIONS
CRION SOLUTIONS
Part of the MPC conglomerate that sponsored the terraforming of Illal, Crion Solutions is a technology-oriented MPC that focuses on scientific research and development over manufacturing.
NAUTILUS CORP
Update in progress.
OVEK
Update in progress.
PARAGON
Update in progress.
PROSK
This MPC is the largest blue-collar employer on Illal. Prosk is a mass-market manufacturer known for its large workforce producing vast quantities of low-cost/low-quality product.
RYGEL
Update in progress.
SENTIUM
A benchmark, luxury-goods MPC. A brand known throughout the galaxy for exemplary quality and exorbitant costs. Their strict and efficient Illal factories use a largely automated workforce, managed by personnel of the highest qualifications.
ORGANIZATIONS
TERRAN HYPER-REPUBLIC
The collective term given to the extended human civilization now spread out across a vast range of star systems, colonizing a countless variety of planets and moons.
UNITED TERRAN AUTHORITY (UTA)
The pan-galactic government of the Terran Hyper-Republic. The UTA stations embassies, officials, and significant peacekeeping forces on all their colonies to enforce consistent intergalactic law (including taxation). However, as a result of the IDI Act, their presence on Illal is nominal (and later non-existent following the orbital quarantine enacted in response to the unstoppable spread of the Giga-Structure).
NOTABLE PERSONS
HAWKEN, JAMES
A brilliant inventor responsible for both numerous scientific advances as well as the Hawken Virus that plagues Illal. Hawken’s capacity for three-dimensional logic, reasoning, and deduction far surpassed that of his peers along with his ability to positively influence any project’s direction and design.
HAWKEN, JAYD
Update in progress.
HAWKEN, OLIPHIA
A pioneer in a wide range of technological research fields. Working as a research assistant for Prosk since 2332, she has contributed to numerous industry-changing scientific breakthroughs including the creation of Nano-Cavorite along with other radical advances in nanogenetics, cryogenics, and artificial intelligence.
LAZLO, RION
Update in progress.
LOCATIONS
ANDROMEDA
The largest (and most densely populated) megacity on Illal. Home to Prosk’s corporate HQ, Andromeda is a bustling and colorful metropolis, with high poverty and unemployment rates.
ASHIHAN FORESTS
Update in progress.
BANKSON HALL
Update in progress.
KOBALT
The smallest of the three megacities on Illal. Scarcely populated and more industrial. Home to Crion Solutions HQ.
PRAXIS VALLEY
Similar to 21st-century’s San Jose-based Silicon Valley. Praxis Valley is home to Crion’s most advanced research facility, Typhus. Two-thirds of the valley was obliterated in the initial blast that released the Hawken Virus.
TITAN
The second biggest megacity on Illal. Home to social elite, and the best architecture, arts, and culture Illal has to offer. Sentium’s HQ, including the two intertwining towers of the iconic Bankson Hall, is located here.
TYPHUS
Cutting edge, 132,000ft2 Crion research facility. When Dr. James Hawken defected from Prosk to Crion he relocated his work here. The facility is infamous for being the epicenter of the “Crion Incident.”
GLOSSARY
CAVORITE
A rare ore that possesses inherent gravity-defying properties. When smelted into other materials the overall weight of the resulting alloy is significantly decreased.
CSD
Acronym for “Corporate Security Division.” Every MPC has one. Their role is closer to that of an intelligence agency (like the CIA or MI6) than traditional physical and intellectual corporate protection.
MPC
Acronym for Multi-Planetary Corporation. Colossal companies with subsidiaries and business spread across the Hyper-Republic.
MECH-OPS
The term for a team of special force mech pilots. First employed on Illal during the Cavorite Conflict.
OHMU
The working codename for an ambitious nanotech project that Dr. James Hawken was developing prior to the Crion Incident. OHMU’s objective was never disclosed.
PATRON
Citizens (of age) on Illal must legally become patrons. This involves either investing a sizeable amount of money in or being employed by an MPC.
PQR
Acronym for Public Quarterly Reports, where each MPC announces its most recent earnings, market share, and overall fiscal stability. PQRs greatly affect the scrip rate of each MPC and therefore the overall assets of its patrons.
SCRAPLAND
The colloquial term for Praxis Valley and any additional area since consumed entirely by the Giga-Structure.
SCRIP
Illal’s dominant currency, tied to valuation of its associated MPC. Scrip rates fluctuate daily and are greatly influenced by PQRs.
TERRAFORMING
Literally, the “Earth-shaping” of a planet, moon, or other body. The process of deliberately modifying a body’s atmosphere, temperature, surface topography, or ecology to be similar to those of Earth, in order to make it habitable by terrestrial organisms.
VERMIN
Collective term used for the planet’s lower animal forms. Reviled by the population, they ironically prove valuable when they evolve to feed off the Giga-Structure.
TECHNOLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC GENERATORS
Environment processors that create and sustain a human-habitable artificial atmosphere (i.e., a replica of Earth’s ideal Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere) of variable sizes. Typically one facility is needed per 1000 square miles.
AXE
A colloquial term for a weaponized mech. What the initials are actually an acronym for is debated among pilots.
BATTLESHIPS
Relatively slow-moving, heavily-armored air-to-ground carrier/gunships used by MPC’s to deploy and support mechs in major land-based battles.
HV LOADERS
SKU for Heavy Loaders. These open mechanized exoskeletons mimic the anthropomorphic movements of their operators but greatly amplify their strength. They are generally used for non-military purposes such as construction work or emergency services. They are the flagship product of Prosk’s and Sentium’s manufacturing division.
MECH
A large, typically bipedal, heavily armored, mechanized anthropomorphic tank. Like its precursor, the HV Loader, mechs are designed to imitate the pilot’s human movements on a larger-than-life scale in battle.
MEGA-CARRIERS
The air-bound equivalent of a 21st-century aircraft carrier. Mega-Carriers are essentially floating mini-cities used by MPCs to deploy squadrons of battleships to the ever-changing battlefield.
NANOBOTS
Individual machines created on a sub microscopic scale (dimensions of a few nanometers or less) that can be programmed for a wide variety of uses in medical, technological, and engineering fields.
NANOCAVORITE
A more efficient refinement of Cavorite (created by Dr. James Hawken and patented by Prosk) that boasts a greater weight-to-ore anti-gravity ratio than Sentium’s equivalent alloy.
NANOVIRUS
Nanobots programmed to act collectively as a virus, consuming all matter in its path and reconfiguring its molecular structure to replicate and spread.
SYNTHETIC NANOCAVORITE (SCV)
Created by Dr. James Hawken to offset the diminishing supply of Cavorite, Synthetic Nanocavorite is an artificially replicable alloy that uses nanobots to recreate Cavorite’s remarkable anti-gravity properties.
VITROLIUM
This incredibly potent energy source is refined from the waste matter of the planet’s indigenous vermin populace, whose rapidly evolving digestive systems uniquely enable them to consume the Giga-Structure.
Edited by Magnolia1038, 09 July 2016 - 08:33 AM.
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