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[align=center][img]http://s5.postimg.org/ejjc4n60n/desert_planet_view_by_alersteam_d6nxsjq2.jpg[/img]
[b][size=140][color=#404000]The Planet As We Know It[/color][/size][/b]
[box][b]The Soundtrack[/b]
(Note: Compiled by Ayr. Credit for the music goes to their respective composers.)
[spoiler][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CP9V64X3I]01 - Rigel Three Overture[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8l]02 - Born To Be Wild (Main Theme)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFHr2R2Ax0]03 - Twixt Hills Firefight[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkkFnwo5t8c]04 - Breaking Down The Borders (EP1 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VflvTdlSAAM]05 - Remembrance[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLvX-oIwSI]06 - Badlands Battle[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEECo_dxAWU]07 - I Want That Sniper Down! (The Attack On Sandman's Gorge)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fikdYNqdgxI]08 - Fighting Dildozer[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t99bpilCKw]09 - No Rest For The Wicked (EP2 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPXR565RkE]10 - Through The Sands[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykaQAoBAS0]11 - Remember Ezekiel[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC2I-PDXbKc]12 - Wildest Dreams (EP3 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1Fd1_Wqw0]13 - A Race Against Time[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAaSV6GYL9g]14 - The Glow[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkF41bYHxY]15 - The Battle For The Glow[/url][/spoiler][/box][/align]
[floatleft][box][b]Rigelian Wildlife[/b]
(Credit to Jessjohnesik)
[spoiler]The Daggerwrist
A human sized, arboreal, liquevorous predator, the Daggerwrist is a very elusive creature that feeds in the same way as arachnids. The creature is capable of gliding, but is also a quadruped. While mainly feeding on Skeelies, who are fully airborne creatures, it can also attack earth bound creatures, occasionally stalking burrowing creatures while also capable of running after prey, though it's dagger-like front appendages make it extremely difficult to run at fast speeds. They also use powerful muscles in their legs to allow them to make great leaps to maximize the distance they can cross on each glide. Like many other species on the planet, they utilize bioluminescent lights. This creature's favourite 'spot' would be the pocket forest of Rigel.
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080908060923/aliens/images/f/f1/Daggerwrist.jpg[/img]
Plaque Bark Trees
These Earth-equivalents of trees are tall plant like organisms which rely on minerals, water and the sun's energy for a living. The trees are made up of a very large trunk with a thick crust permeated by photosynthetic covering. The trunk gets less wide on the way to the top. Attached to the trunk are sharp 'branches' with a similar anatomy to the trunk. The branches however have an extra layer of photosynthetic layers. The trees provide food for Skeelies and hunting spots for daggerwrists as well as harbouring other species.
The trees in pocket forests are quite far apart due to complex and extremely deep root networks. The pocket forest are also very rare due to the hostile nature of the planet. And are not very large. Occasionally, a leaf like organ will be grown on a branch.
The Gyrosprinter
These 'gazelles' compromise of a horse-size creature with a naked skull and strong, merged legs. The legs have merged during the course of evolution for the creature to be able to get away from predators with much greater speed. They have a special organ for maintaining balance. It feeds using a long tongue , which spreads apart to form a net similar to a fungi's, using which it captures every organism that is floating in the air at the moment, swaying the tongue as it moves about.
[img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080909060546/aliens/images/d/dd/Gyrosprinter_(Cropped).jpg[/img]
Arrow tongue
A bipedalien with black coloration and red spotted biolights. Averaging about eight meters tall, an Arrowtongue impales its prey with a 3 meter-long, serrated, arrow-tipped proboscis. Like many spiders on Earth (and like most predators on Rigel), Arrowtongues are liquivores, injecting digestive juices into their prey and then sucking up the liquefied organs. They are fierce, solitary hunters found on the grasslands of Rigel. Like most of Rigel's animals, their pointed, spade-like heads contain no true jaws. They use sonar in order to find other species and food
Micro flyers
Micro flyers are small creatures of various species that inhabit Rigel's lower airways, being the base of most ecosystems along with the Pollen.
The Pollen and Aerophytes
The Pollen are microscopic organisms that float in Rigel's airways, often reaching incredibly high altitudes due to their lightweightness and anatomy. They are the base of virtually all ecosystems(along with aerophytes) and feed through photosynthesis among other things. Aerophytes are Microscopic vegetative organisms that float on Rigel's air currents and constitute a major source of food for several species on the planet.
Beachquills
Beach Quills are short-range attack hunters and are some of the smallest creatures on Rigel. They attack in colonies and kill their prey with a neurotoxin. They can propel themselves by means of a folded muscular "foot". The beach quills look exactly like their name, they are 76 mm in length.
Bladderhorn
This creature is a bright blue, rather comical-looking bipedal animal, with two "antlers" extending out of the sides of its head and have red biolight markings on them. The antlers are actually sacs designed to inflate and make it look much larger than it truly is. Bladderhorns make bellowing sounds by deflating the air sacs. The Bladderhorn uses its "antlers" for communication.
Prismalope
A tripedalien of Rigel's plains and deserts, Prismalopes often travel in herds. The first thing one notices about this creature is its massive prism-shaped head. Though it appears ungainly, it houses the Prismalope's grasping tentacles, which it uses to capture small prey. This fast-breeding creature is preyed upon by a multitude of predators, both terrestrial and airborne. It is also very numerous.
Prongheads
Prongheads are bipedal plains predators that feed on Gyrosprinters, Symets and Littoralopes. They are named for the three hollow prongs protruding from their faces that act as tubes to siphon liquids from their prey, since they use their feet to inject their digestive fluids into prey. They hunt in pack in a similar manner to wolves on Earth.
Littoralopes
Littoralopes are placid, slow-moving quadrupeds with little evidence of intelligence. They also have tails resembling their heads, similar to Symets. This feature probably evolved to confuse predators.
Symets
Symets are bipedal herbivores named for their protective symmetry. The symmetry most likely evolved to confuse predators. [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070311114059/http://mupinc.net/surrealism/waynedouglasbarlowe/images/am_wayne_barlowe_symet.jpg]A Symet[/url]
Unth
The Unth is a tundra creature with asymmetrical tusks. Unths are named for the sound they make when they take a step. Unths live in herds. Unths had only one gender but still fight for mating rights.
Stripewing
The Stripewing is an odd two-meter-tall flying creature with stripes on its wings that breaks into a hopping frenzy each night. Stripewings will fold themselves into compact shapes.
Skewer
The largest aerial predator of Rigel. It is a humungous flying animal, with a wingspan of 50 feet (over 15 m). Not even the largest pterosaurs (like Quetzalcoatlus, with its 40-foot (12 m) wingspan) from Earth have a wingspan even approaching that size. Its wings do not flap but squeeze, shifting shape to shift flight. It is actually propelled by combusting methane gas in four jet-pods on its wings. This allows the Skewer to travel at speeds of 200 miles per hour. Its killing tool is a hollow lance that impales its prey, injects digestive enzymes, and sucks the corpse dry. The Skewer also hunts in groups, each Skewer dropping the spoils and another swoops in to feast. No large animal on Rigel is safe from the skewer.
[img]http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/wp-content/uploads/skewer.jpg[/img]
Sac-back
The Sac-back gets its name from the sac on the male's back. The sac is used to store pre-digested food from the "sea", which is later fed to the females. Male and female Sac-backs live completely different lives. Males live on the surface, walking around on their three legs. Female Sac-backs dig "tombs" in which they bury themselves. Once buried, the only part of the female that sees the light of day is her mouth and tentacle.
Rigel Tomato
Darwin Tomatoes are giant molds that grow in the pocket forests. They can grow to be at a maximum of half a metre.
Electrophytes
These red, mushroom-like plants electrocute animals that stray into their fields, and then consume them alive.
Polardots
A plant with small blue flower like organs that live in the polar and colder regions of Rigel.
Stickball Plant
The Stickball Plant is part sponge and part virus. The only creatures that eat them are the Gyrosprinters.
Fodderball Weed
The Fodderball Weed produces football-like fruits called zimns. These weeds have a lightweight construction that puts them at the mercy of every wind.
Stalkers
Stalkers are colony-living predators that have several different tasks. Scouts find large, slow moving prey and mark them with a special scent, then return to the nest to spread the word. Workers then swarm out in huge numbers, detecting the prey and work together to bring them down and kill them. Finally, there is a queen, who stays in the nest and constantly lays eggs that become new stalkers. This lifestyle is based on earth's hornets.
Groveback
The Groveback is one of the largest creatures native to Rigel. When fully mature, they are large enough to have entire stands of trees grow on their backs during the long periods of dormancy spent buried in the ground. Once mobile, they travel on two large front legs and a rear appendage shaped much like a boat rudder. The Groveback feeds by absorbing nutrients from the soil through the skin of its underbody as well as feeding on the microscopic plants and animals that number in the millions in Rigel's air currents. The Groveback is one of the few creatures on Rigel with true jaws. The Groveback is a truly enormous animal, however can be easily killed by a colony of Beachquills. Other creatures, even the Skewer, do not risk getting close to mature forms.
A grove back approaching a colony of Beach quills, something that will lead to its death:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ewbUfWG.jpg[/img]
Tubegrass
Long grass which is hollow like a tube giving the plant its name. It is striped.
Gourd Tree
15-story tall plants that are supported by root-like stilts. Gourd Trees are either hollow or spongy inside. They have to be for the stilts to support them.
The Spitter
A relatively small(25-40 cm), omnivorous and mostly nocturnal creature, the Spitter spends two thirds of its time under ground, coming out only in the deep of the night. The spitter is a burrowing quadruped and over the course of evolution, it's front appendages became modelled like effective shovels while its hairs help it stay warm during the night. Like most Rigelian wildlife, the spitter doesn't have jaws, but rather a proboscis, which it effectively tugs away into its 'neck' when digging to prevent damage. Once again, like most Rigelian wildlife, the spitter doesn't have eyesight but relies on Sonar and to a lesser extent on hearing, vibrations and tactile senses. When cornered(this happens rarely), the creature spits an acidic bile, that isn't deadly, but quite corrosive. Naturally, it uses the bile to dissolve earth and sand when digging through stronger materials. To dig better, the creature also has keratin encrusted over its front digging appendages.
Butchertree
Many species prey on the numerous, fast breeding Prismalope, but the Butchertree is the only species that actually lures the Prismalope instead of chasing it. Dotting the plains of the northern hemisphere, the Butchertree kills anything that comes within range of its four branch-daggers. They have a bizarre relationship with an unnamed flying organism, which is the primary food source of Prismalopes. The Butchertree grows underground roots that resemble these fliers, allowing the "tree" to lure Prismalopes close enough to try to kill and eat them. It is unknown just how this species reproduces. One possibility is that the small flier it associates with transfers eggs and sperm between individuals. Another possibility is that the flier itself is the second gender of the species, an extreme form of sexual dimorphism. Either way, young Butchertrees are found close to their "parent", and are connected to them through an umbilical cord similar to that of the "growths" that mimic the fliers. The cord disappears once the young are capable of nourishing themselves. The Butchertree is one of the only species known to prey on Skewers. Most information about The Butchertree is unknown as it is too dangerous to get close to, meaning an almost impossibility of surveying it properly for scientists. Which is why scientists could only guess what the unnamed flyer is(whether its a different species, the second gender of the Butchertree etc) and how the Butchertree actually works.
Carver Wing
An incredibly aggressive ectoparasitoid flyer that lays its eggs on the dorsal survases of large animals. Once the eggs hatch, the Carver wings will devour their host.
Brain Balls
Brain-like creatures that resemble brain corals. Described as huge, colonial earthbound floaters, not much is known about them as they are quite rare.
Diskflyers
Diskflyers live around Rigel's remaining Seas and water bodies and operate within very distinct four square kilometer territories. It is not known whether young Diskflyers stay within the territories in which they were born or if they leave to establish new territories of their own. Diskflyers are hermaphroditic, like most of Rigel's fauna, and mating impregnates both partners. It is not known whether diskflyers give birth to live young or eggs. Possibly related to skewers. They are relatively rare due to the scarcity of water on Rigel.
Amphibians
Medium(0.5-1.5 metres in length), amphibious quadrupeds that live on the shores of large bodies of water. They look like a cross between an axolotl and a lancelet. They are pretty much the only species that even closely resemble Earthican species and one of the few species on Rigel to have true jaws. They are very rare, omnivorous, but do not pose a danger to humans.
Fin Leg
Small, silver, barrel-shaped herbivores with two fin-like limbs, hence the name. Even though it only has two fins, it walks on four points, two on each fin. They feed on the semi-liquid membrane of the jelly-bladder plants. They are also amphibious but they are rarer than the Amphibians as they need slightly deeper water to breed.
Jelly Bladder Plants
These are plants with relatively large jelly-like forms on their stems. Many creatures eat these plants. While very abundant(relatively) everywhere, the number of these organisms triple or quadruple near bodies of water and double in Pocket Forests.
Rigel Moss
These are the plants that are usually seen in the rare grasslands, pocket forests and bodies of water. They are however very numerous and are also present in deserts. They resemble green moss on Earth.
Hoppers
Small(30-70 cm height), biped, naked creatures that migrate from place to place in medium groups. They have powerful hind legs and are very fast(20 km per hour). They are easily targeted during the cool nights as they are cold blooded(an evolutionary path that helps them be so active yet waste very little energy) and can barely run away from predators. They have a special, sharp proboscis with which the suck gelly bladder plants and scrape Rigel moss. They are one of the few animals on Rigel to have eyesight, a reminiscent to a time when eyes were spread through Rigel's species. While their eyesight is very good, like all creatures, sonar is also present.
The Luna Flyer
An aerial relative of the Spitter, the Luna Flyer is a nocturnal creature with an anatomy very close to that of a Spitter. It's front appendages, however, were changed over the course of evolution into powerful wings that allow it to take into the air. It hunts in a similar way to the Skewer, with its back legs extremely atrophied(they are not visible any more). The creature does however have hard living conditions and a relatively short life. The problem is that the creature is obligately nocturnal, sunlight and heat can damage its skin. Since it has nothing to dig tunnels with to hide in, it is forced to constantly circle the planet to always be in the night zone, meaning that it needs copies amounts of energy and even the slightly weak quickly die off. To compensate for their short lifespan and high mortality, the Luna Flyers are very fast breeders, able to give birth in the air five times for each female. Yes, these creatures have two sexes like the Spitters, a rarity among Rigelian creatures. A female has a very short gestational period- three days and as much as ten wombs, each with a different conception date. The flyers are constantly on the search for food as well, wiping out other night creatures by swooping down on them or using their acid to take them down from the air. This complex lifestyle allows them to survive in sufficient numbers.
Trunk Sucker
The Trunksucker is a small animal that glides through Rigel's forests and clings to Plaque Bark Trees, sucking their sap. The Trunk Sucker is hunted by the Daggerwrist. It is a very widespread creature in the Pocket Forests.
[img]http://blog.sme.sk/blog/4667/117046/alienplanet-trunksucker2.jpg[/img]
Ol
The Ol are the dominant aquatic life form in most bodies of water of Rigel. They have a streamlined body and tactile sensors all over its body. They coordinate with sonar and smell in large groups. They feed on the water equivalents of Aerophytes. While spread in most water bodies, the Ol generally need a depth of at least 5 metres, but are able to live in less deep water as well as hibernating in mud in sufficiently large groups to reproduce properly when the water deepens and/or rain falls. They propel themselves with the use of their lower body. They feed by filtering mud, sand and water.
Akatziri
Massive, stalking beasts that roam the desert in packs, a sort of tribal organization. No Akatziri ever breeds within their pack, but instead intermates with other packs, and the children stay with the mother. They're extremely territorial, and are generally considered scavengers on a large scale. However, due to their large amount of energy requirement for being so large, they are forced to turn either to cannibalism or predatory natures to ensure their survival. The Akatziri posses a beak-looking proboscis that they use to feed on creatures. The creatures are slightly taller than a giraffe. Their young are capable of moderate flight.
Stoveil's beast
Known actually by another, extremely long, latin name, these predators are unique, and have adapted to their surroundings very well. Completely solitary, Stoveil's Beast has the ability to stand on its hind legs, and propel itself forwards in a leaping motion. They're infamous for digging pits in the sand, and waiting hours, maybe days, for the right prey to come along, and then they pounce, their infamous high-pitched scream being the last thing many a vagabond has ever heard. This creature uses sonar and vibration to locate prey. It is not capable of long running which is why it lurks to pounce on its prey. It is a crepuscular species like Earth's tigers. It is the only Rigelian carnivore to have jaws, even though it uses them only to rip flesh so the prey bleeds to death, after which it uses its proboscis like other animals.
Sketch of the creature(-eyes):
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4ZmyykT.jpg[/img]
Rigelian Papaya
Somewhat related to the stickball plant, this 'plant' grows edible succulent round grey fruits. Eating too much(more than 4) will cause severe hypervitaminosis. Eating one or two, will give you a supply of vitamins. It is consumed by Prismalopes, Symets and other creatures who pierce the fragile membrane of the fruit.
Agora
A small, herbivorous diurnal quadruped creature. The Agora dwells in Pocket forest and burrows. Occasionally it might dwell on the surface but this happens rarely as it risks getting killed by carnivores. The creature is covered in hairs completely with only its proboscis sticking out. It's fur is soft and matches the colour of the desert. The creature has three sexes and is very populous, it's main sense is sonar and vibration. The creature is quite clumsy and might pretend a rock when cornered.
Poleria
The Poleria is a small, flying creature whose maximum size never reaches more than half a metre in length. It is legless and relies on sonar to navigate. It is a filter feeder that feeds on mainly aerophytes. The Poleria is bluish-purple in colour, is very lightweight and and has short , but stretched over the body, wings that have an anatomy like that of a Skewer. While usually exchanging genetic material and traveling in large groups, Polaria is a hermaphrodite and is diurnal, forced to constantly travel in a way like the Luna Flyer, but vice-versa.
Lorr
Yet another member of the so-called by scientists 'Spitter Genus', the Lorr is a relative of the Spitter and Luna Flyer. This creature, unlike its two nocturnal relatives, is diurnal and dwells in mainly Pocket Forests but travels through the vastness of the desert to different Pocket Forests, water bodies and fields. The Lorr resembles a rather small, bipedal creature with sensitive hairs on the tip of its proboscis. While having atrophied the glands thanks to which its relatives 'spit', this creature uses the leftover of the glands for communication as the species has a very sensitive sense of smell in the form of small pore-like openings running along its body, the liquid expelled through the glands being very scented and easily picked up the scent organs. Lorr are also able to change their colour to suit their surrounding and are bipedal, standing at half a metre and being about the same length as well. They travel in groups as large as six members, have a streamlined body with bony ridges on its back, are ectothermic and are omnivorous. It's main senses are those of sonar and scent, yet they also have a light sensitive spot on top of it's head. Like all of its relatives in the family, they have have two sexes.
Stinger Fan
A 'hybrid' between an animal and plant, this creature somewhat resembles a large flower with an average height of 1.5-3.5 metres. It folds up during the night and is present in swamp-like and generally at least somewhat rich in water areas in large groups that are sometimes referred to as 'Stinger Fan Forests'.
[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WbYOiR8VKtI/TfRebCbIxWI/AAAAAAAACXg/JZb6sDdXhk4/s1600/Stinger+fan+forest+on+Aurelia..jpg[/img]
Trot
The Trot is a generally slow-moving(but actually capable of faster-than-horse long term travel), large(5m in length and about three and a half in height), sextuped animal with armoured skin that moves in medium herds. It is often compared to Earth's equines. This animal has two ways of feeding itself: filtering the air for aerophytes using flaps on its neck and using its prolonged mouth as a proboscis to pierce jelly bladder plants and other flora, using its long anteater tongue lined with keratin ridges and hooks to consume other food. The Trot is considered a domesticated species and is used as a substitute for the horse. Like most creatures on Rigel, it uses sonar to get by, however vibration, hearing and smell are important senses as well. The second species, dubbed the 'Eyed Trot', has rather primitive eyes, one of the very few animals which had actually evolved eyes at this stage of the planet's biological evolution rather than 'loosing' them. The regular Trot has light sensitive spots that can also 'see' silhouettes. There are approximately five species of Trot, as thought out by biologist that have arrived on the planet, there may be much more. It is thought, and true, that the domesticated Trot are much faster than their wild relatives due to the domestication process which selected those fast enough while also encouraging and forcing them to take to speed much more often.
Ferns
Ferns are extremely hardy plant organisms that can be even occasionally found in sole group in the desert, despite being mostly found in fields of which they are a pretty important component. Although not as nutritious and frequently eaten as the Jellybladder plant, this species makes a very important component in the food pyramid for many creatures. They have a tetramerous radial symmetry and can be somewhat confused with Medusa's poisonous appendages. They are brown-green in colour, as well as looking slightly like a fern if looked at in general.
Medusa Magna
A large(3.5-5 metres in height), placid carnivorous creature whose 'tentacle' like appendages are extended over the ground to stand still as if they are a harmless plant organism, when they snatch unsuspecting prey and brutally bruise it with poisonous spikes and ridges until it dies of its injuries, then making its mouth go upwards to protrude from the earth to swallow the victim. The Medusa can then go on without food for years. Medusa's young are airborne and feed on mainly aerophytes until they become too large for flight and burrow themselves into the ground. Medusa Magna is a hermaphroditic organism, however the young frequently exchange genetic material. It relies on mostly vibration. It's aerial is the desert.
Orange Fruit
A hardy, heat resistant plant that has a bright saffron coloration with fading khaki spots. It is made up of a very hard stem and powerful roots, that are rather for keeping the plant in place rather than sucking water from the ground, but are jot exempt the either the functions. It's main source of water would be a flower-like bed on the top of its stem, which can reach up to nine times more wide than the stem and can fold and unfold depending on the weather, slightly resembling a closed umbrella when its closed. Like the jellybladder plant it has, although smaller, nutritious fruit like sacks. It is spread across low lying plains, pocket forests, near and on the shores of water bodies and can be occasionally met in the deserts.
Johanna-Annabjørg Plant or Sígurðadóttir Plant
Discovered by Scandinavian sister scientists Annabjørg and Johanna Sígurðadóttir on their trek around the planet, this organism is a rather small(5 cm in height and usually 2-10 in width) grass like plant that grows in sheafs. It is shamrock in colour.
Numerous other life forms also dwell the surface, air currents, water and under the surface of Rigel.[/spoiler][/box][/floatleft][floatleft][box][b]Groups and factions of Postapocalyptia[/b]
(to be expanded as the story goes on)
[spoiler][b]Archaeologists' Association[/b]
Archaeoholics Anonymous, as some like to call them, or Arch Ass as they're mocked by their (admittedly numerous) opponents, is a wealthy and influential organization that focuses on the discovery and study of alien artifacts and ruins. They're very jealous of said objects and consider themselves to be the sole scientific authority on Ancient Rigelian studies. If you see their people at a dig site, don't loiter around -- they might open fire at you. The ranks of the AA include archaeologists, soldiers and logistics personnel, but they're also known for hiring vagabonds and paying good prices for any artifacts brought to them.
The Association's headquarters are based in Montecristo, the largest and most prosperous of Postpoc's cities, sometimes called Little Earth, but their reach extends to most of the planet. They often clash with Gazprom on the edges of the Deep Sands, even though neither group has much interest in what is mostly considered to be useless wasteland.
[b]Gazprom[/b]
One of the great conglomerates who initially settled Rigel-3, the originally Russian but these days mostly Chinese-owned Gazprom has, as opposed to most of their competitors, managed to retain some degree of organization and influence. They control large parts of the timonium refineries in the Eastern Dune Sea, an area very rich in the element, and have a large, if ill-equipped and only moderately trained security force.
[b]ScanPower[/b]
Founded in the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=256015]Scandinavian Commonwealth[/url] during the early 22nd century, ScanPower took immediate interest in Postapocalyptia's timonium reserves when word spread back to Earth. Their haphazardly set up command and supply structure collapsed following the Incident, leaving only a few pockets struggling to have some semblance of control.
[b]UNSEC[/b]
Called UNSEC by most PostPoc residents, the United Nations Space Exploration Committee Expeditionary and Settlement Mission - Rigel 3 (for you assholes who want full names) was UNSEC's official mission to Rigel 3. Comprised of UN peacekeepers and civilian experts, UNSEC was the first official body to begin to establish settlements on Rigel 3 and to tap into the timonium resources on the planet. Under official UNSEC doctrine, UNSECESM-R3 was to maintain order on Rigel 3 and assist the colonists, corporations, and other organizations active on Rigel 3 to construct a government in order to regulate matters on Rigel 3. That was, until the sky came falling down.
With no way to contact Earth, UNSECESM-R3 was left in control of the planet. Despite their best efforts to maintain order on the planet, everything began to fall through, with various groups claiming areas of the planet and torching UNSEC outposts. Fighting between UNSECESM-R3 and its rivals commenced throughout Rigel 3, and after 10 years of constant fighting, all sides decided that the conflict was a waste of time and resources, and UNSECESM-R3 left the war with a sizable amount of territory, though attempts to regain control of lost territory have been met with failure, due to UNSECESM-R3's finite amount of resources.
Despite the past 20 years of isolation from Earth, UNSECESM-R3 Peacekeepers are among the most well-equipped and well-trained fighters on the planet, though training has begun to slack off in recent years..
[b]NexComm Mobility[/b]
This mega-corp came to Rigel 3 hoping to establish a global communications monopoly. They got what they bargained for and more. With companies that abandoned the planet once titonium became a farce, they were stuck with a global communications network that hardly anyone was using. Most of their workers are gone; the network is operational, somewhat, left to the automation drones to maintain the it. Blackouts are frequent. Its a hacker's playground.
[b]Dynamic Unlimited, LLC (D.U.)[/b]
This cordoned of portion is run by none other than D.U. High military grade weapons, solid foot soldiers, and enough gear to make the biggest bad ass weep in awe, or stew in envy. Their shit’s not for sale though, so if you manage to salvage one, keep it and run like hell. There’s a price to be paid joining up with D.U., and no one knows exactly how to become one of them. Nor does anyone know exactly what it is they do. Couple thing’s for sure though: it’s a lifetime commitment and no one close to you sees you again.[hr][/hr][/spoiler][/box][/floatleft][floatleft][box][b]Locations large and small[/b]
(visit scenic...)
[spoiler][b]Free City of Montecristo[/b]
Montecristo is a unique city in many ways. Not only is it the largest settlement on Rigel-3, it is also completely unaffiliated with any of the major factions of the planet.
Located in the fertile (by Postpoc's standards) Heartlands,
[b]Twixt Hills[/b]
[b]The World's End[/b]
[b]Deep Sands[/b]
[b]Sandman's Gorge[/b]
[b]Howling Divide[/b]
[b]
Náttúrbærinn[/b]
A rather large town first formed by a group of scientists who settled near Hvalur Stöðuvatn. The then settlement grew as more scientists gathered in the area to explore the huge(by Rigelian standards) body of water. Much technology was also brought to assist the scientists and explorers in charting the lake's geography, geology, chemistry and biology. The settlement eventually grew at a very fast rate(faster than other settlements near biodiverse ecosystems), most of its population well-educated professionals, including scientists. Recognising the mistakes of humans on earth, who turned every ecosystem they touched to shit, thus harming themselves, the population chose a rather ecological approach to living near the precious lake. After the events following which Rigel was blocked off from the outside world, Náttúrbærinn was left rich with technological resources and great minds, ultimately including good weaponry and agriculture. The population set up a technocratic government that worked very efficiently in all matters, eventually including guarding the town's territory. Fearing a potential war for its array of resources, including intellectual property that the town was rich with, the town became a protectorate of AA, something that was beneficial to both sides(or else AA wouldn't accept it). The town continues to grow and has the best healthcare and education on Rigel. The town is very civilised and unlike other places doesn't harbour brothels and things of the sort. It was deemed as 'the last civilised and lawful corner on Rigel' by the AA itself. The Town has excellent defence systems and a more than able military, as well as an efficient police force.
[b]Freebooters Lane[/b]
A lawless shantytown proclaimed as a “free city” run by the most influential bad asses. Its filled miscreants, scallywags, and all manner of unpleasantness and the usual not-so-unfriendly citizen that just happens to live there also. Here you find trouble, cheap women (or men), booze, and a parties unlike any other on PostPoc. Don’t turn your back on anyone, though, as it’s likely you’ll be robbed. Or stabbed. Think of it as Tits Hills + World's End, only much much bigger and funner. Yeah, funner.
[b]Theresa’s Hope[/b]
Originally called Settlement 1783-A, it was once the starting colony for workers of the mega-corp Avtek Industries; its sole mission was to collect as much titonium as possible. It is now one of very few ‘safe havens’ on PostPoc governed exclusively by remnants of Avtek's staff that were left behind and protected by its own security force. Story has it that when it became impossible to leave the planet, the CFO of Avtek climbed up the mountain east of the colony without any gear and prayed at the precipice for days to her god for salvation. No one has seen her since. The town has since been renamed in her honor.
[hr][/hr][/spoiler][/box][/floatleft]by Cylarn » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:29 pm
by Mincaldenteans » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:35 pm
by Cylarn » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:29 am
by Jessjohnesik » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:44 am
Cylarn wrote:I kind of want to do a fictional spin-off of PostPoc involving Furia and Russ commanding a large hedonistic empire and their rivalry with Náttúrbærinn, and its eventual "liberation."
by Cylarn » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:49 am
Jessjohnesik wrote:Cylarn wrote:I kind of want to do a fictional spin-off of PostPoc involving Furia and Russ commanding a large hedonistic empire and their rivalry with Náttúrbærinn, and its eventual "liberation."
Oh my god.
I sincerely send my apologies to the people of Náttúrbærinn.
Ayre please. For the love of the only possible bright future of Rigel. Don't let him do this.
by Jessjohnesik » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:55 am
Cylarn wrote:Jessjohnesik wrote:
Oh my god.
I sincerely send my apologies to the people of Náttúrbærinn.
Ayre please. For the love of the only possible bright future of Rigel. Don't let him do this.
Oh my God Ayr please.
In the name of satire and in defiance of what is right and just in the universe.
However, this will not change anything of the current RP. Russ and Furia will not build their own Rome, a Rome with hedonism tuned up to 500%.
Yet.
by Cylarn » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:11 am
Jessjohnesik wrote:Cylarn wrote:
Oh my God Ayr please.
In the name of satire and in defiance of what is right and just in the universe.
However, this will not change anything of the current RP. Russ and Furia will not build their own Rome, a Rome with hedonism tuned up to 500%.
Yet.
In that case Anna will command a Scandinavian coalition aimed at destroying your hedonistic scum of an Empire.
Clearly the people will choose a good quality of living over brothels. Or else they would be dumb beyond human reasoning.
Ayre please, in the name of everything that is truly right and good for human nature.
by Jessjohnesik » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:17 am
by Ayreonia » Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:18 am
Mincaldenteans wrote:Here you are Ayr :3
I placed it as the top/central box with the rest at the bottom, it needed its own space from the rest
Edited: Cy's UNSEC segment. Also, for the roster, I'm gonna leave it as it for the time being. I'm still not quite sure why I'm unhappy with it, but... eh, it'll do for now I suppose
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[b][size=140][color=#404000]The Planet As We Know It[/color][/size][/b]
[box][b]The Soundtrack[/b]
(Note: Compiled by Ayr. Credit for the music goes to their respective composers.)
[spoiler][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CP9V64X3I]01 - Rigel Three Overture[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbATaj7Il8l]02 - Born To Be Wild (Main Theme)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFHr2R2Ax0]03 - Twixt Hills Firefight[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkkFnwo5t8c]04 - Breaking Down The Borders (EP1 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VflvTdlSAAM]05 - Remembrance[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLvX-oIwSI]06 - Badlands Battle[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEECo_dxAWU]07 - I Want That Sniper Down! (The Attack On Sandman's Gorge)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fikdYNqdgxI]08 - Fighting Dildozer[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t99bpilCKw]09 - No Rest For The Wicked (EP2 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPXR565RkE]10 - Through The Sands[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykaQAoBAS0]11 - Remember Ezekiel[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC2I-PDXbKc]12 - Wildest Dreams (EP3 Credits)[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1Fd1_Wqw0]13 - A Race Against Time[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAaSV6GYL9g]14 - The Glow[/url]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkF41bYHxY]15 - The Battle For The Glow[/url][/spoiler][/box][/align]
[floatleft][box][b]Rigelian Wildlife[/b]
(Credit to Jessjohnesik)
[spoiler]The Daggerwrist
A human sized, arboreal, liquevorous predator, the Daggerwrist is a very elusive creature that feeds in the same way as arachnids. The creature is capable of gliding, but is also a quadruped. While mainly feeding on Skeelies, who are fully airborne creatures, it can also attack earth bound creatures, occasionally stalking burrowing creatures while also capable of running after prey, though it's dagger-like front appendages make it extremely difficult to run at fast speeds. They also use powerful muscles in their legs to allow them to make great leaps to maximize the distance they can cross on each glide. Like many other species on the planet, they utilize bioluminescent lights. This creature's favourite 'spot' would be the pocket forest of Rigel.
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Plaque Bark Trees
These Earth-equivalents of trees are tall plant like organisms which rely on minerals, water and the sun's energy for a living. The trees are made up of a very large trunk with a thick crust permeated by photosynthetic covering. The trunk gets less wide on the way to the top. Attached to the trunk are sharp 'branches' with a similar anatomy to the trunk. The branches however have an extra layer of photosynthetic layers. The trees provide food for Skeelies and hunting spots for daggerwrists as well as harbouring other species.
The trees in pocket forests are quite far apart due to complex and extremely deep root networks. The pocket forest are also very rare due to the hostile nature of the planet. And are not very large. Occasionally, a leaf like organ will be grown on a branch.
The Gyrosprinter
These 'gazelles' compromise of a horse-size creature with a naked skull and strong, merged legs. The legs have merged during the course of evolution for the creature to be able to get away from predators with much greater speed. They have a special organ for maintaining balance. It feeds using a long tongue , which spreads apart to form a net similar to a fungi's, using which it captures every organism that is floating in the air at the moment, swaying the tongue as it moves about.
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Arrow tongue
A bipedalien with black coloration and red spotted biolights. Averaging about eight meters tall, an Arrowtongue impales its prey with a 3 meter-long, serrated, arrow-tipped proboscis. Like many spiders on Earth (and like most predators on Rigel), Arrowtongues are liquivores, injecting digestive juices into their prey and then sucking up the liquefied organs. They are fierce, solitary hunters found on the grasslands of Rigel. Like most of Rigel's animals, their pointed, spade-like heads contain no true jaws. They use sonar in order to find other species and food
Micro flyers
Micro flyers are small creatures of various species that inhabit Rigel's lower airways, being the base of most ecosystems along with the Pollen.
The Pollen and Aerophytes
The Pollen are microscopic organisms that float in Rigel's airways, often reaching incredibly high altitudes due to their lightweightness and anatomy. They are the base of virtually all ecosystems(along with aerophytes) and feed through photosynthesis among other things. Aerophytes are Microscopic vegetative organisms that float on Rigel's air currents and constitute a major source of food for several species on the planet.
Beachquills
Beach Quills are short-range attack hunters and are some of the smallest creatures on Rigel. They attack in colonies and kill their prey with a neurotoxin. They can propel themselves by means of a folded muscular "foot". The beach quills look exactly like their name, they are 76 mm in length.
Bladderhorn
This creature is a bright blue, rather comical-looking bipedal animal, with two "antlers" extending out of the sides of its head and have red biolight markings on them. The antlers are actually sacs designed to inflate and make it look much larger than it truly is. Bladderhorns make bellowing sounds by deflating the air sacs. The Bladderhorn uses its "antlers" for communication.
Prismalope
A tripedalien of Rigel's plains and deserts, Prismalopes often travel in herds. The first thing one notices about this creature is its massive prism-shaped head. Though it appears ungainly, it houses the Prismalope's grasping tentacles, which it uses to capture small prey. This fast-breeding creature is preyed upon by a multitude of predators, both terrestrial and airborne. It is also very numerous.
Prongheads
Prongheads are bipedal plains predators that feed on Gyrosprinters, Symets and Littoralopes. They are named for the three hollow prongs protruding from their faces that act as tubes to siphon liquids from their prey, since they use their feet to inject their digestive fluids into prey. They hunt in pack in a similar manner to wolves on Earth.
Littoralopes
Littoralopes are placid, slow-moving quadrupeds with little evidence of intelligence. They also have tails resembling their heads, similar to Symets. This feature probably evolved to confuse predators.
Symets
Symets are bipedal herbivores named for their protective symmetry. The symmetry most likely evolved to confuse predators. [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070311114059/http://mupinc.net/surrealism/waynedouglasbarlowe/images/am_wayne_barlowe_symet.jpg]A Symet[/url]
Unth
The Unth is a tundra creature with asymmetrical tusks. Unths are named for the sound they make when they take a step. Unths live in herds. Unths had only one gender but still fight for mating rights.
Stripewing
The Stripewing is an odd two-meter-tall flying creature with stripes on its wings that breaks into a hopping frenzy each night. Stripewings will fold themselves into compact shapes.
Skewer
The largest aerial predator of Rigel. It is a humungous flying animal, with a wingspan of 50 feet (over 15 m). Not even the largest pterosaurs (like Quetzalcoatlus, with its 40-foot (12 m) wingspan) from Earth have a wingspan even approaching that size. Its wings do not flap but squeeze, shifting shape to shift flight. It is actually propelled by combusting methane gas in four jet-pods on its wings. This allows the Skewer to travel at speeds of 200 miles per hour. Its killing tool is a hollow lance that impales its prey, injects digestive enzymes, and sucks the corpse dry. The Skewer also hunts in groups, each Skewer dropping the spoils and another swoops in to feast. No large animal on Rigel is safe from the skewer.
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Sac-back
The Sac-back gets its name from the sac on the male's back. The sac is used to store pre-digested food from the "sea", which is later fed to the females. Male and female Sac-backs live completely different lives. Males live on the surface, walking around on their three legs. Female Sac-backs dig "tombs" in which they bury themselves. Once buried, the only part of the female that sees the light of day is her mouth and tentacle.
Rigel Tomato
Darwin Tomatoes are giant molds that grow in the pocket forests. They can grow to be at a maximum of half a metre.
Electrophytes
These red, mushroom-like plants electrocute animals that stray into their fields, and then consume them alive.
Polardots
A plant with small blue flower like organs that live in the polar and colder regions of Rigel.
Stickball Plant
The Stickball Plant is part sponge and part virus. The only creatures that eat them are the Gyrosprinters.
Fodderball Weed
The Fodderball Weed produces football-like fruits called zimns. These weeds have a lightweight construction that puts them at the mercy of every wind.
Stalkers
Stalkers are colony-living predators that have several different tasks. Scouts find large, slow moving prey and mark them with a special scent, then return to the nest to spread the word. Workers then swarm out in huge numbers, detecting the prey and work together to bring them down and kill them. Finally, there is a queen, who stays in the nest and constantly lays eggs that become new stalkers. This lifestyle is based on earth's hornets.
Groveback
The Groveback is one of the largest creatures native to Rigel. When fully mature, they are large enough to have entire stands of trees grow on their backs during the long periods of dormancy spent buried in the ground. Once mobile, they travel on two large front legs and a rear appendage shaped much like a boat rudder. The Groveback feeds by absorbing nutrients from the soil through the skin of its underbody as well as feeding on the microscopic plants and animals that number in the millions in Rigel's air currents. The Groveback is one of the few creatures on Rigel with true jaws. The Groveback is a truly enormous animal, however can be easily killed by a colony of Beachquills. Other creatures, even the Skewer, do not risk getting close to mature forms.
A grove back approaching a colony of Beach quills, something that will lead to its death:
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Tubegrass
Long grass which is hollow like a tube giving the plant its name. It is striped.
Gourd Tree
15-story tall plants that are supported by root-like stilts. Gourd Trees are either hollow or spongy inside. They have to be for the stilts to support them.
The Spitter
A relatively small(25-40 cm), omnivorous and mostly nocturnal creature, the Spitter spends two thirds of its time under ground, coming out only in the deep of the night. The spitter is a burrowing quadruped and over the course of evolution, it's front appendages became modelled like effective shovels while its hairs help it stay warm during the night. Like most Rigelian wildlife, the spitter doesn't have jaws, but rather a proboscis, which it effectively tugs away into its 'neck' when digging to prevent damage. Once again, like most Rigelian wildlife, the spitter doesn't have eyesight but relies on Sonar and to a lesser extent on hearing, vibrations and tactile senses. When cornered(this happens rarely), the creature spits an acidic bile, that isn't deadly, but quite corrosive. Naturally, it uses the bile to dissolve earth and sand when digging through stronger materials. To dig better, the creature also has keratin encrusted over its front digging appendages.
Butchertree
Many species prey on the numerous, fast breeding Prismalope, but the Butchertree is the only species that actually lures the Prismalope instead of chasing it. Dotting the plains of the northern hemisphere, the Butchertree kills anything that comes within range of its four branch-daggers. They have a bizarre relationship with an unnamed flying organism, which is the primary food source of Prismalopes. The Butchertree grows underground roots that resemble these fliers, allowing the "tree" to lure Prismalopes close enough to try to kill and eat them. It is unknown just how this species reproduces. One possibility is that the small flier it associates with transfers eggs and sperm between individuals. Another possibility is that the flier itself is the second gender of the species, an extreme form of sexual dimorphism. Either way, young Butchertrees are found close to their "parent", and are connected to them through an umbilical cord similar to that of the "growths" that mimic the fliers. The cord disappears once the young are capable of nourishing themselves. The Butchertree is one of the only species known to prey on Skewers. Most information about The Butchertree is unknown as it is too dangerous to get close to, meaning an almost impossibility of surveying it properly for scientists. Which is why scientists could only guess what the unnamed flyer is(whether its a different species, the second gender of the Butchertree etc) and how the Butchertree actually works.
Carver Wing
An incredibly aggressive ectoparasitoid flyer that lays its eggs on the dorsal survases of large animals. Once the eggs hatch, the Carver wings will devour their host.
Brain Balls
Brain-like creatures that resemble brain corals. Described as huge, colonial earthbound floaters, not much is known about them as they are quite rare.
Diskflyers
Diskflyers live around Rigel's remaining Seas and water bodies and operate within very distinct four square kilometer territories. It is not known whether young Diskflyers stay within the territories in which they were born or if they leave to establish new territories of their own. Diskflyers are hermaphroditic, like most of Rigel's fauna, and mating impregnates both partners. It is not known whether diskflyers give birth to live young or eggs. Possibly related to skewers. They are relatively rare due to the scarcity of water on Rigel.
Amphibians
Medium(0.5-1.5 metres in length), amphibious quadrupeds that live on the shores of large bodies of water. They look like a cross between an axolotl and a lancelet. They are pretty much the only species that even closely resemble Earthican species and one of the few species on Rigel to have true jaws. They are very rare, omnivorous, but do not pose a danger to humans.
Fin Leg
Small, silver, barrel-shaped herbivores with two fin-like limbs, hence the name. Even though it only has two fins, it walks on four points, two on each fin. They feed on the semi-liquid membrane of the jelly-bladder plants. They are also amphibious but they are rarer than the Amphibians as they need slightly deeper water to breed.
Jelly Bladder Plants
These are plants with relatively large jelly-like forms on their stems. Many creatures eat these plants. While very abundant(relatively) everywhere, the number of these organisms triple or quadruple near bodies of water and double in Pocket Forests.
Rigel Moss
These are the plants that are usually seen in the rare grasslands, pocket forests and bodies of water. They are however very numerous and are also present in deserts. They resemble green moss on Earth.
Hoppers
Small(30-70 cm height), biped, naked creatures that migrate from place to place in medium groups. They have powerful hind legs and are very fast(20 km per hour). They are easily targeted during the cool nights as they are cold blooded(an evolutionary path that helps them be so active yet waste very little energy) and can barely run away from predators. They have a special, sharp proboscis with which the suck gelly bladder plants and scrape Rigel moss. They are one of the few animals on Rigel to have eyesight, a reminiscent to a time when eyes were spread through Rigel's species. While their eyesight is very good, like all creatures, sonar is also present.
The Luna Flyer
An aerial relative of the Spitter, the Luna Flyer is a nocturnal creature with an anatomy very close to that of a Spitter. It's front appendages, however, were changed over the course of evolution into powerful wings that allow it to take into the air. It hunts in a similar way to the Skewer, with its back legs extremely atrophied(they are not visible any more). The creature does however have hard living conditions and a relatively short life. The problem is that the creature is obligately nocturnal, sunlight and heat can damage its skin. Since it has nothing to dig tunnels with to hide in, it is forced to constantly circle the planet to always be in the night zone, meaning that it needs copies amounts of energy and even the slightly weak quickly die off. To compensate for their short lifespan and high mortality, the Luna Flyers are very fast breeders, able to give birth in the air five times for each female. Yes, these creatures have two sexes like the Spitters, a rarity among Rigelian creatures. A female has a very short gestational period- three days and as much as ten wombs, each with a different conception date. The flyers are constantly on the search for food as well, wiping out other night creatures by swooping down on them or using their acid to take them down from the air. This complex lifestyle allows them to survive in sufficient numbers.
Trunk Sucker
The Trunksucker is a small animal that glides through Rigel's forests and clings to Plaque Bark Trees, sucking their sap. The Trunk Sucker is hunted by the Daggerwrist. It is a very widespread creature in the Pocket Forests.
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Ol
The Ol are the dominant aquatic life form in most bodies of water of Rigel. They have a streamlined body and tactile sensors all over its body. They coordinate with sonar and smell in large groups. They feed on the water equivalents of Aerophytes. While spread in most water bodies, the Ol generally need a depth of at least 5 metres, but are able to live in less deep water as well as hibernating in mud in sufficiently large groups to reproduce properly when the water deepens and/or rain falls. They propel themselves with the use of their lower body. They feed by filtering mud, sand and water.
Akatziri
Massive, stalking beasts that roam the desert in packs, a sort of tribal organization. No Akatziri ever breeds within their pack, but instead intermates with other packs, and the children stay with the mother. They're extremely territorial, and are generally considered scavengers on a large scale. However, due to their large amount of energy requirement for being so large, they are forced to turn either to cannibalism or predatory natures to ensure their survival. The Akatziri posses a beak-looking proboscis that they use to feed on creatures. The creatures are slightly taller than a giraffe. Their young are capable of moderate flight.
Stoveil's beast
Known actually by another, extremely long, latin name, these predators are unique, and have adapted to their surroundings very well. Completely solitary, Stoveil's Beast has the ability to stand on its hind legs, and propel itself forwards in a leaping motion. They're infamous for digging pits in the sand, and waiting hours, maybe days, for the right prey to come along, and then they pounce, their infamous high-pitched scream being the last thing many a vagabond has ever heard. This creature uses sonar and vibration to locate prey. It is not capable of long running which is why it lurks to pounce on its prey. It is a crepuscular species like Earth's tigers. It is the only Rigelian carnivore to have jaws, even though it uses them only to rip flesh so the prey bleeds to death, after which it uses its proboscis like other animals.
Sketch of the creature(-eyes):
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Rigelian Papaya
Somewhat related to the stickball plant, this 'plant' grows edible succulent round grey fruits. Eating too much(more than 4) will cause severe hypervitaminosis. Eating one or two, will give you a supply of vitamins. It is consumed by Prismalopes, Symets and other creatures who pierce the fragile membrane of the fruit.
Agora
A small, herbivorous diurnal quadruped creature. The Agora dwells in Pocket forest and burrows. Occasionally it might dwell on the surface but this happens rarely as it risks getting killed by carnivores. The creature is covered in hairs completely with only its proboscis sticking out. It's fur is soft and matches the colour of the desert. The creature has three sexes and is very populous, it's main sense is sonar and vibration. The creature is quite clumsy and might pretend a rock when cornered.
Poleria
The Poleria is a small, flying creature whose maximum size never reaches more than half a metre in length. It is legless and relies on sonar to navigate. It is a filter feeder that feeds on mainly aerophytes. The Poleria is bluish-purple in colour, is very lightweight and and has short , but stretched over the body, wings that have an anatomy like that of a Skewer. While usually exchanging genetic material and traveling in large groups, Polaria is a hermaphrodite and is diurnal, forced to constantly travel in a way like the Luna Flyer, but vice-versa.
Lorr
Yet another member of the so-called by scientists 'Spitter Genus', the Lorr is a relative of the Spitter and Luna Flyer. This creature, unlike its two nocturnal relatives, is diurnal and dwells in mainly Pocket Forests but travels through the vastness of the desert to different Pocket Forests, water bodies and fields. The Lorr resembles a rather small, bipedal creature with sensitive hairs on the tip of its proboscis. While having atrophied the glands thanks to which its relatives 'spit', this creature uses the leftover of the glands for communication as the species has a very sensitive sense of smell in the form of small pore-like openings running along its body, the liquid expelled through the glands being very scented and easily picked up the scent organs. Lorr are also able to change their colour to suit their surrounding and are bipedal, standing at half a metre and being about the same length as well. They travel in groups as large as six members, have a streamlined body with bony ridges on its back, are ectothermic and are omnivorous. It's main senses are those of sonar and scent, yet they also have a light sensitive spot on top of it's head. Like all of its relatives in the family, they have have two sexes.
Stinger Fan
A 'hybrid' between an animal and plant, this creature somewhat resembles a large flower with an average height of 1.5-3.5 metres. It folds up during the night and is present in swamp-like and generally at least somewhat rich in water areas in large groups that are sometimes referred to as 'Stinger Fan Forests'.
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Trot
The Trot is a generally slow-moving(but actually capable of faster-than-horse long term travel), large(5m in length and about three and a half in height), sextuped animal with armoured skin that moves in medium herds. It is often compared to Earth's equines. This animal has two ways of feeding itself: filtering the air for aerophytes using flaps on its neck and using its prolonged mouth as a proboscis to pierce jelly bladder plants and other flora, using its long anteater tongue lined with keratin ridges and hooks to consume other food. The Trot is considered a domesticated species and is used as a substitute for the horse. Like most creatures on Rigel, it uses sonar to get by, however vibration, hearing and smell are important senses as well. The second species, dubbed the 'Eyed Trot', has rather primitive eyes, one of the very few animals which had actually evolved eyes at this stage of the planet's biological evolution rather than 'loosing' them. The regular Trot has light sensitive spots that can also 'see' silhouettes. There are approximately five species of Trot, as thought out by biologist that have arrived on the planet, there may be much more. It is thought, and true, that the domesticated Trot are much faster than their wild relatives due to the domestication process which selected those fast enough while also encouraging and forcing them to take to speed much more often.
Ferns
Ferns are extremely hardy plant organisms that can be even occasionally found in sole group in the desert, despite being mostly found in fields of which they are a pretty important component. Although not as nutritious and frequently eaten as the Jellybladder plant, this species makes a very important component in the food pyramid for many creatures. They have a tetramerous radial symmetry and can be somewhat confused with Medusa's poisonous appendages. They are brown-green in colour, as well as looking slightly like a fern if looked at in general.
Medusa Magna
A large(3.5-5 metres in height), placid carnivorous creature whose 'tentacle' like appendages are extended over the ground to stand still as if they are a harmless plant organism, when they snatch unsuspecting prey and brutally bruise it with poisonous spikes and ridges until it dies of its injuries, then making its mouth go upwards to protrude from the earth to swallow the victim. The Medusa can then go on without food for years. Medusa's young are airborne and feed on mainly aerophytes until they become too large for flight and burrow themselves into the ground. Medusa Magna is a hermaphroditic organism, however the young frequently exchange genetic material. It relies on mostly vibration. It's aerial is the desert.
Orange Fruit
A hardy, heat resistant plant that has a bright saffron coloration with fading khaki spots. It is made up of a very hard stem and powerful roots, that are rather for keeping the plant in place rather than sucking water from the ground, but are jot exempt the either the functions. It's main source of water would be a flower-like bed on the top of its stem, which can reach up to nine times more wide than the stem and can fold and unfold depending on the weather, slightly resembling a closed umbrella when its closed. Like the jellybladder plant it has, although smaller, nutritious fruit like sacks. It is spread across low lying plains, pocket forests, near and on the shores of water bodies and can be occasionally met in the deserts.
Johanna-Annabjørg Plant or Sígurðadóttir Plant
Discovered by Scandinavian sister scientists Annabjørg and Johanna Sígurðadóttir on their trek around the planet, this organism is a rather small(5 cm in height and usually 2-10 in width) grass like plant that grows in sheafs. It is shamrock in colour.
Numerous other life forms also dwell the surface, air currents, water and under the surface of Rigel.[/spoiler][/box][/floatleft][floatleft][box][b]Groups and factions of Postapocalyptia[/b]
(to be expanded as the story goes on)
[spoiler][b]Archaeologists' Association[/b]
Archaeoholics Anonymous, as some like to call them, or Arch Ass as they're mocked by their (admittedly numerous) opponents, is a wealthy and influential organization that focuses on the discovery and study of alien artifacts and ruins. They're very jealous of said objects and consider themselves to be the sole scientific authority on Ancient Rigelian studies. If you see their people at a dig site, don't loiter around -- they might open fire at you. The ranks of the AA include archaeologists, soldiers and logistics personnel, but they're also known for hiring vagabonds and paying good prices for any artifacts brought to them.
The Association's headquarters are based in Montecristo, the largest and most prosperous of Postpoc's cities, sometimes called Little Earth, but their reach extends to most of the planet. They often clash with Gazprom on the edges of the Deep Sands, even though neither group has much interest in what is mostly considered to be useless wasteland.
[b]Gazprom[/b]
One of the great conglomerates who initially settled Rigel-3, the originally Russian but these days mostly Chinese-owned Gazprom has, as opposed to most of their competitors, managed to retain some degree of organization and influence. They control large parts of the timonium refineries in the Eastern Dune Sea, an area very rich in the element, and have a large, if ill-equipped and only moderately trained security force.
[b]ScanPower[/b]
Founded in the [url=http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=256015]Scandinavian Commonwealth[/url] during the early 22nd century, ScanPower took immediate interest in Postapocalyptia's timonium reserves when word spread back to Earth. Their haphazardly set up command and supply structure collapsed following the Incident, leaving only a few pockets struggling to have some semblance of control.
[b]UNSEC[/b]
Called UNSEC by most PostPoc residents, the United Nations Space Exploration Committee Expeditionary and Settlement Mission - Rigel 3 (for you assholes who want full names) was UNSEC's official mission to Rigel 3. Comprised of UN peacekeepers and civilian experts, UNSEC was the first official body to begin to establish settlements on Rigel 3 and to tap into the timonium resources on the planet. Under official UNSEC doctrine, UNSECESM-R3 was to maintain order on Rigel 3 and assist the colonists, corporations, and other organizations active on Rigel 3 to construct a government in order to regulate matters on Rigel 3. That was, until the sky came falling down.
With no way to contact Earth, UNSECESM-R3 was left in control of the planet. Despite their best efforts to maintain order on the planet, everything began to fall through, with various groups claiming areas of the planet and torching UNSEC outposts. Fighting between UNSECESM-R3 and its rivals commenced throughout Rigel 3, and after 10 years of constant fighting, all sides decided that the conflict was a waste of time and resources, and UNSECESM-R3 left the war with a sizable amount of territory, though attempts to regain control of lost territory have been met with failure, due to UNSECESM-R3's finite amount of resources.
Despite the past 20 years of isolation from Earth, UNSECESM-R3 Peacekeepers are among the most well-equipped and well-trained fighters on the planet, though training has begun to slack off in recent years..
[b]NexComm Mobility[/b]
This mega-corp came to Rigel 3 hoping to establish a global communications monopoly. They got what they bargained for and more. With companies that abandoned the planet once titonium became a farce, they were stuck with a global communications network that hardly anyone was using. Most of their workers are gone; the network is operational, somewhat, left to the automation drones to maintain the it. Blackouts are frequent. Its a hacker's playground.
[b]Dynamic Unlimited, LLC (D.U.)[/b]
This cordoned of portion is run by none other than D.U. High military grade weapons, solid foot soldiers, and enough gear to make the biggest bad ass weep in awe, or stew in envy. Their shit’s not for sale though, so if you manage to salvage one, keep it and run like hell. There’s a price to be paid joining up with D.U., and no one knows exactly how to become one of them. Nor does anyone know exactly what it is they do. Couple thing’s for sure though: it’s a lifetime commitment and no one close to you sees you again.[hr][/hr][/spoiler][/box][/floatleft][floatleft][box][b]Locations large and small[/b]
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[spoiler][b]Free City of Montecristo[/b]
Montecristo is a unique city in many ways. Not only is it the largest settlement on Rigel-3, it is also completely unaffiliated with any of the major factions of the planet.
Located in the fertile (by Postpoc's standards) Heartlands,
[b]Twixt Hills[/b]
[b]The World's End[/b]
[b]Deep Sands[/b]
[b]Sandman's Gorge[/b]
[b]Howling Divide[/b]
[b]
Náttúrbærinn[/b]
A rather large town first formed by a group of scientists who settled near Hvalur Stöðuvatn. The then settlement grew as more scientists gathered in the area to explore the huge(by Rigelian standards) body of water. Much technology was also brought to assist the scientists and explorers in charting the lake's geography, geology, chemistry and biology. The settlement eventually grew at a very fast rate(faster than other settlements near biodiverse ecosystems), most of its population well-educated professionals, including scientists. Recognising the mistakes of humans on earth, who turned every ecosystem they touched to shit, thus harming themselves, the population chose a rather ecological approach to living near the precious lake. After the events following which Rigel was blocked off from the outside world, Náttúrbærinn was left rich with technological resources and great minds, ultimately including good weaponry and agriculture. The population set up a technocratic government that worked very efficiently in all matters, eventually including guarding the town's territory. Fearing a potential war for its array of resources, including intellectual property that the town was rich with, the town became a protectorate of AA, something that was beneficial to both sides(or else AA wouldn't accept it). The town continues to grow and has the best healthcare and education on Rigel. The town is very civilised and unlike other places doesn't harbour brothels and things of the sort. It was deemed as 'the last civilised and lawful corner on Rigel' by the AA itself. The Town has excellent defence systems and a more than able military, as well as an efficient police force.
[b]Freebooters Lane[/b]
A lawless shantytown proclaimed as a “free city” run by the most influential bad asses. Its filled miscreants, scallywags, and all manner of unpleasantness and the usual not-so-unfriendly citizen that just happens to live there also. Here you find trouble, cheap women (or men), booze, and a parties unlike any other on PostPoc. Don’t turn your back on anyone, though, as it’s likely you’ll be robbed. Or stabbed. Think of it as Tits Hills + World's End, only much much bigger and funner. Yeah, funner.
[b]Theresa’s Hope[/b]
Originally called Settlement 1783-A, it was once the starting colony for workers of the mega-corp Avtek Industries; its sole mission was to collect as much titonium as possible. It is now one of very few ‘safe havens’ on PostPoc governed exclusively by remnants of Avtek's staff that were left behind and protected by its own security force. Story has it that when it became impossible to leave the planet, the CFO of Avtek climbed up the mountain east of the colony without any gear and prayed at the precipice for days to her god for salvation. No one has seen her since. The town has since been renamed in her honor.
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by Pan Asian Amercian Coalition » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:36 pm
Locations large and small
(visit scenic...)
by Pan Asian Amercian Coalition » Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:37 pm
Pan Asian Amercian Coalition wrote:Locations large and small
(visit scenic...)
Cloudripper
Originally a standard UNSEC Ground-to-Orbit defense emplacement, it was abandoned shortly after it's construction after it was realized the Northern Wastes were virtually useless and resource poor. Construction of a second one was abruptly stopped in the planning stages when the Flux hit. The gun, and the surrounding base, were left to the elements until a band of nomads claimed it as their home. They are a peaceful group, mainly spending their time attempting to replicate more complex pre-Flux technology, like the gun itself. They trade with whoever passes by, rarely get involved in political mucking about, and are the most well armed sons-of-bitches on the planet. While they may lack a plethora of small arms, they control the largest selection of heavy weaponry on the planet, including the Cloudripper itself, which is a 80cm cannon that can fire nuclear warheads into orbit. They share their home with the Scavenger migrant clans.[/spoiler]
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