Stardancer
Tales from the Nebula
Introduction:
Did you know that the galaxy is big? So big that even two thousand years from now, we're no closer to discovering anything than we were before. Humanity has discovered a newer classification of humans appeared, the Adaptationists, humans with the ability to adapt to situations with incredible speed. At the same time they made a breakthrough in spaceflight, and we began to explore. Then the first contact began, and unlike how we always thought. We were the first to make contact. The first race we ran into was the Trask, giant highly intelligent bipedal crocodilians with thick, rock-like scales, and massive amounts of psychic powers. Surprisingly, the Trask were very peaceful, even when the marines accompanying the search opened fire on them. Not that the Marines did anything. Thick scales and psychic barriers tend to prevent bullets from working too well. Fast forward a few hundred years, to the year 4195 the five races have become one galactic community.
Twenty years later, Project Observer began, a combined project to map the the remainder of the galaxy.
So what can you do?
Well, you could do the normal thing and pledge credits to them on spacekickstarter.spacecom. Or alternatively if you think you are a bad enough dude to map the rest of the galaxy, sign up with Project Observer's crew hiring?
Project Observer F.A.S.Q. (Frequently asked space questions)
Q: I'm a half breed Vol'Keera, can I sign up?
A: Sure. Why not?
Q: The other half is Trask.
A: What? That doesn't even make... That literally makes no sense. Are you drunk?
Q: But I'm also an intergalactic space criminal who's on the run from every known system?
A: Yes. We know. There's a S.S.W.A.T. unit, outside your door.
Q. Oh Shi-
A. Any other questions?
Q. What about some of the other sentient races?
A. Can they still apply, but they'll be subject to more scrutiny than others.
So, what are these five races that make up the community? We'll start with the basics.
The united conglomerations of Humanity:
Average age at death: 200 standard earth years
Average height: 5'9"(175cm)
Average weight: 172lbs(78kg)
Racial skill: Adaptation
Humanity has become more and more corporation drivin, obsessed with eliminating poverty and joblessness, they came to a simple solution. That every human belongs to a certain corporation, the largest are Terra LTD. and Mars Corp, which are responsible for armor production and medical research respectively. Humans as a general rule of thumb are expansive and clever, but they lack specials a while certain races such as the Trask deem them incredibly shortsighted, the Zeist think of them as too thoughtful and careful. They also share an uneasy peace with the Vol'Keera and relations with Syrcadians is unstable at best.
At the same time they've grown very incredibly adaptable, a human with no combat skills, could find themselves fighting toe to toe with a Vol'Keera, or working with the competance of Zeist scientists. These humans are refered to as Adaptationists.
The immortal archives of the Trask:
Average age at death: Unknown, Trask have been reported to live for millions of years.
Average height*: 9'10"(299cm)
Average weight*: 5.8t(5261.67kg)
Racial skill: Venerablility
Trask are large, hyper intelligent bipedal crocodilians from the planet known as Trask. Very little is known about their biology, with the exception of a few things. One, they seemingly can live forever. Two, is that their skin is covered by thick rock-like scales and between their heavy scales, moss grows. Unfortunately as the scales keep growning, the Trask end up going through a psuedo petrification, however, this is not the end, as Trask will continue growing as they until their unrecognizable. These Trask are known as Progenitors, and are the top of Three, they have two things they consume for nutrients, the first thing is metals, and the second is that they have a very advanced form of photosynthesis.
When it comes to role in society, Trask are completely bound to other Trask based on age. The older a Trask is, the more respect they demand from younger Trask. To the Trask anything that can take time does, Progenitors conversing with each other can take years to finish sentences. They're creatures of slow and methodical, after all, they have all the time in the world to finish whatever they need to do. The Trask do have one additional interesting quirk. They speak purely telepathically, and using their telepathy to bypass language barriers they are arguably fluent in every language in the galaxy.
*Trask never stop grow larger and heavier, the average height and weight is taken from the current census data from their home planet, excluding those with the title of progenitor.
Ziest:
Average age at death: 60 Terran years
Average Height: 6'
Average Weight: 40kg
Racial skill: Gremlin
There's more to be added, as it says in the top, this is a working progress.
