Faction Location/Territory: Over twenty star systems all centered on the Pluton System, with several contested borders and lightly governed expansion regions.
Tech Level: Advanced; Interstellar
Description/Lore: Powerful and aggressive, the Plutonian Empire is characterized more by it's bloodshed and ruthlessness than it's technological marvels or diplomacy. The divisions that exist in Plutonian culture help to breed a rigid caste system that keeps the empire afloat with powerful warriors, advancing scientists, ample technology, and an ambition to conquer and subjugate. Headed by an ever-powerful warlord, the Plutonian Emperor is a title fitting only the strongest and most powerful of the Plutonian race, not a hereditary house, making the drive to become stronger and better ever more fierce as the end result could mean political domination. Though noble houses exist and exploit their lower class workers to exorbitant degrees, the push into space is usually headed by either the Parliament of Steel or the Plutonian Guard, which seeks wealth and prestige in both battle and planet conquering.
Population Size: Ten billion in total, with an additional twenty billion non-citizens (Non-Plutonian).
Army Size: Of the ten billion total Plutonians, roughly 5% of the population belongs to the Warrior Caste, ergo, around five hundred million.
Races that are part of the faction: Plutonians only consider other Plutonians as members of their Empire, the rest are non-citizens and subjects to be ruled over.
Additional Info: Further explained in the race section.
Race Name: Plutonian
World of Origin: Pluton
Territories: Population is centered on Pluton, they inhabit over twenty solar systems within their empire.
Race Appearance: TVTropes Warning.
Description/Lore: What more is there to say of one of the most hated yet feared races this side of the galaxy? Plutonians are known for their raw physical might and abilities, as well as their brilliance and cunning when it comes to invention and application, or perhaps their dedication to work and improvement? Plutonians are divided into a rigid caste system at birth, with many falling into lesser categories of the lower class while some are selected to receive higher education or application. Genetics often plays a role in caste, but it is not always the case, as a member of the Warrior caste can give birth to a Laborer or even a Builder. Children are evaluated several times before final judgement on caste is made, regardless.
Plutonians arose on a higher-than-average gravity planet known as Pluton, which stimulated their muscles and skeletal structure to such impressive degrees vas to overcome such strain. For most of their existence, Plutonians relied on the protection of Warriors and the resource gathering of Laborers to support tribal warfare and power struggles, but as time wore on and science began to make headway with the rise of the Engineer caste, Pluton advanced from tribes to states, and eventually into a one-world government as the Engineers looked to expand their need for raw materials and construction. In a few generations from their first space flight, Plutonians became a space-faring race, and not long after, became a warmonger race of beings intent on installing themselves above the lesser creatures they've encountered in their expansion waves.
Their advance and march of death is checked by other powerful and advanced alien races on their borders, but their wars and incursions are frequent enough to be a major pain in the ass for everyone at almost all times, isolating them and leaving the Empire often without allies. Regardless, the Plutonians are not ones for diplomacy, as even within the Empire, struggle and competition is always rampant. Between the Emperor and his cronies lies two chambers of government, the Parliament of Steel and the Plutonian Guard, the former is populated by Engineers who make up the science and intelligence castes, while the latter is populated by Warriors of great renown and power. Each branch often competes with each other for resources and prestige, but are united in their complete domination of the upper echelon of Plutonian society.
There are many other branches of Plutonian society where their castes gather to vote on important matters relating to their day-to-day struggles and needs, but they are often trumped and overruled by the Guard or Parliament if their ruling goes too far. These include the Noble Houses, Lifeworks Administration, the Society of Miners, the Harvesters Guild, and the Servants Union.
Race Powers:
- Plutonian Warrior Caste Physiology
- Superhuman Strength: A Plutonian's strength is far greater than that of Humans. The upper limit is unknown as some Plutonians are stronger than others.
- Superhuman Speed: Plutonians are capable of moving at speeds much faster than Humans.
- Superhuman Stamina: Plutonians generate less fatigue toxins than humans, allowing them to fight and move for extended periods of time without collapsing from exhaustion.
- Superhuman Endurance: Plutonians have endurance beyond human capabilities and have survived disembowelment, touching lava, and bomb blasts without permanent physical damage.
- Flight: Due a complex balancing system located in their inner ears, Plutonians have the ability to fly.
- Interstellar Travel: Plutonians can survive in outer space without aid.
- Enhanced Lung Capacity: Plutonians can hold their breath for up to two weeks without breathing.
- Invulnerability: Plutonian skin is much harder to pierce than human skin. Only beings of similar strength can harm Plutonians.
- Enhanced Healing Factor: Plutonians can heal from injuries that would normally kill humans.
- Decelerated Aging: Plutonians have the potential to live for hundreds of years and still be in their physical prime.
- Magic: Unable to use magic or be granted magical powers
- Vulnerable Ears: When a Plutonian's equilibrium in their ears is disturbed, mainly by frequency, it can cause extreme pain and may even possibly kill them. Depending on how strong the frequency is determines that pain of attack.
- Soft Inside: Plutonian's are hard on the outside and in their skeletal structure, but they are composed of soft tissues and organs like a normal organic lifeform, which can be exploited by the right attacks.
- Scourge Virus: A deadly disease that's known to afflict Plutonians and is often fatal, originating from their homeworld and spreading with them as they expand. Contaigous and deadly, the area where found is quarantined as soon as the virus is made known.
- Engineers, 3%
- Weaponers, 1%
- Warriors, 5%
- Commanders, 0.5%
- Judiciars (Nobility), 2%
- Physicians, 10%
- Miners, 10%
- Harvesters, 20%
- Servants, 50%
Half of all Plutonians are basically in the same designation as non-Plutonians, which is the servant class. A Plutonian of this stature is dull, dim-witted, and useful only for menial labor; they have the physiology of a malnourished human male.
