Alitheia In Space III: Many Worlds
For the first time in billions of years, the galaxy stands at the precipice of a new era. Intelligent life, once believed to be lost in this galaxy, make a reappearance, their infant arms reaching out to each other either to embrace or to strangle those close to them. New species -- the Vresh, Humans, Faeson, Xaa, the Tauceti, the Aelids, and others -- expand into the vastness of space, carried out into the star-studded sky amidst the roars of the great engines of their colony ships and of their people. It is a time of new life, of opportunity, of danger.
Experiences never before seen are beginning now to fill out the glowing arms of the galaxy. New species, new religions, new ideas, and new technologies are being held to starlight for the first time, interacting and thriving. Alliances are being formed as species tie a common fate to each other, in the hopes of mutual benefit and understanding. Wonders beyond compare -- planets made entirely of treasure, worlds filled to the brim with exotic and amazing lifeforms, civilizations refined and advanced beyond comprehension, awesome and useful interstellar storms, all of these greet the newborn travelers of this our star-island. The open galaxy promises to make one rich: whether that's in energy, knowledge, culture, faith, experiences, or conquests, that is up for the one enriching themselves to decide.
For the thinking mind, however, the night sky holds both the promise of glory, and the menace of total destruction. Ancient evils return from the dust, as new threats assert themselves in bold strikes. Mysterious weapons, fired many millennia ago from the north of the galaxy, menace the densely populated and politically contentious south. The ambitions and fears of new empires are being measured now, and the stakes -- the existence of your own kind of intelligent life -- couldn't be higher. After all, if you are conquered in this age of technological supremacy and total war, simple slavery is an optimistic scenario for the fate of your people. Grey goo, psychic storms, and terrible cosmic ray beams all tear through the galaxy, each promising to snuff out all life in their own terrible ways. Those who wish to continue in this world must bear these on their own, or cement alliances of mind and matter to overcome them.
The moment of truth is arriving, as the noise of thought once again arises in Alitheia. In the desperate struggle of life against life, the race for galactic control has begun. How will you run it?
Welcome to the Galaxy. Welcome, to Alitheia.
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