Futuristic 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒶 {𝐿𝑜𝓇𝑒}

Nothingness · Feb 25, 2023

Solsticea Galaxy, the most well known galaxy throughout the Aetheria universe, Solsticea consists of seven planets, including Solterra, even though it is mostly just a giant space station. The other six planets consist of Terra, Novaria, Luxoria, Erebos Prime, Vesperia, and Anvar. Out of all the planets, the only one that is restricted from access to all civilians and even military personnel is Terra due to its inhabitable state causing any and all ships to be unable to land on the surface of the planet let alone breathe the air. Solsticea is the most well known throughout the universe due to how it has been considered a sort of melting-pot of sorts, any and all forms of aliens are allowed into the galaxy and even moreso everyone is welcome onto Solterra station to live there if they wish. Solterra station is also home to the United Intergalactic High Council which consists of about one or two members of each race throughout the universe.

While many would believe that because the station and galaxy itself holds just a variety of different races and is as open to accepting anyone, it would be thought that Solsticea is one of the most peaceful galaxies out there. However, this is unfortunately incorrect, while the High Council does reside here, even with their numbers and attempts of peace amongst all races, complete peace is impossible to achieve. Racism amongst humans to other aliens and some aliens to humans is a constant struggle in everyday life in one place or another. Of course, this does not mean that the general public does not treat one another with respect on the usual occasion, but the fact that Novaria is a planet filled with the worse of the worst of criminals and crime lords is enough to show that Solsticea does have its places that are safe while others can be just as dangerous as wandering the streets of Novaria alone at night.
The completed masterpiece through the hard work of both humanity and alien alike, Solterra is an enormous space station that orbits Terra. The size of the station is about twice the size of that of Terra allowing it to be able to hold well over double and almost triple the original population of what was once upon Terra. Unlike when the populace had once lived on the surface of Terra, traffic jams had started to become a common problem absolutely everywhere and no matter where anyone would go, it was expected to find massive crowds of both humans and aliens alike. Luckily, withmassive refined the size of Solterra, while traffic jams are not completely unavoidable, they are much less frequent, and crowds only form when there are either special events or holidays.

To keep the station orbiting in space, at the very center of the station is a massive core that is made from a refined Velorium crystal. Located on the station as well is the High Council and where any judgements that need to be made about the universe or important laws that must be made within the station, goes by them. The station is broken into three social classes to keep organization between the populace at a steady and easier control. These three social classes are that of the Lower Class, Middle Class and finally the Upper Class. Throughout the entirety of the station, civilians are allowed to go wherever they wish aside from having obvious privacy for businesses, homes and general obvious places; even so, there is only one place that all civilians are restricted from entering that is known as the Contaminated Zone; this is due to that particular part of the station is infested with the fungus disease known as Azurith. Also, in the part of the station, there is no oxygen nor signal for outside communication, there have been reports of curious smugglers heading into the area without permission and have yet to be heard from ever since.
Terra, otherwise known as Earth. A planet that was once ruled by humans for hundreds of thousands of years until one day scientists had discovered the fact that they were not alone in the vast universe after all. While it took another several hundred years, eventually humanity had been able to get in contact with these other lifeforms outside of their own galaxy. After that day, Earth started to populate not only with humans but with aliens alike, while at first, the idea of living together in harmony with human and aliens together was difficult to accept amongst the populace, but eventually the people of Terra came to accept these aliens as equals.
With the help of alien scientists working with humans, technology spiked rapidly as well as the population on the planet had started to rise considerably over time. After another hundred years or so of peace, it was another ordinary day when a large meteorite had fallen from space and landed in the middle of a military base. Investigating the meteorite in belief that it possibly held more Velorium, it was brought to one of the largest labs in the military base only for it to be drilled open. When cracking the rock open, it was found to be empty but coming from it were greenish spores that filled the air and stuck itself to all the machinery, walls and even personnel in the lab. Within a matter of seconds, fungus began to grow on the individuals and all over the room, spreading rapidly. Luckily, others were able to escape and seal off the room and withdraw all possible air from the lab causing it to become a massive vacuum of sorts.

Those that survived and were able to escape informed their superiors about the news, of which it was decided that the knowledge should not be allowed to leave the lips of those who had seen what the fungus had done. During this time, Solterra had already been in the process of being created, but with the knowledge and attempts of destroying the fungus within the room in all manner of ways only to fail each time, the production of the station was doubled considerably causing it to be finished sooner than it was estimated to be completed in. Luckily, the station had been finished before any of the population could find out what had happened and why it the station was hurried to be completed. Although not long after leaving Terra, without anyone to monitor the fungus within the lab, it eventually expanded and finally broke through its containment and ended up spreading throughout the planet like wildfire. Trees, buildings, even animals were consumed in the fungus and within a matter of months the one green and blue planet had turned into a completely sickly green color that could be seen from space. To this day, the High Council still holds information from the public about what had happened to the planet.
Not exactly the place one would bring their loved ones on a vacation, or somewhere someone would go to get groceries. Novaria is infamous for the fact that it is considered a Black Market/Smugglers planet. Almost anywhere someone would go on Novaria, there would be a person trying to sell something to someone at a ridiculous price or sell something that would never be believed to be sold anywhere else. On top of this, Novaria is also known as the home planet of every possible crime lord of the universe, it is even rumored to believe that even though the High Council rules over a large majority of the universe, that Novaria is actually being ruled from the shadows by a powerful unknown crime lord.

Even with the dangers of the planet with all the criminals, there are still individuals that have made Novaria their home and attempt to make the best of it however they possibly can. Many of these people are refugees from other galaxies that had gotten rides from drug dealers by paying what little money they had to be smuggled into the Solsticea Galaxy and do not have the money to get transportation to Solterra. Lives for these refugees either consist of working at bars, begging for money or working as slaves for crime lords. Every refugee has a story to tell, whether it is paying off a debt, captured to slavery, or just trying to get enough money to get by each day. Nearly every single refugee all have the same dream of one day getting to Solterra to start a better life.

Most of Novaria is a giant city that covers the entire planet. The massive city hovers several hundred feet off from the planet's surface at all times, the planet's surface on the other hand consists of only giant spiked mountains and it appears to be always storming 24/7. The wind currents are so powerful that most ships who dare fly down to the planet's surface tend to have difficulty keeping stability let alone attempting to find flat to land a ship. Meanwhile in the city, there are patches of green here and there that are man-made parks followed by getting general weather with the help of the sun's rays and artificial clouds.
While not exactly paradise, it is the closest one could get to such a thing. All of Luxoria is a giant amusement park of sorts, there are rides absolutely everywhere, crystal clear water beaches, high mountains to climb to explore and staff is always around to help visitors when they need it. The only catch to this is the payment one would need to do before being allowed to land onto the planet itself. Surrounding the planet are multiple security ships followed by smaller ships that are all under orders from the High Council not to allow anyone onto the planet unless they pay first. Being caught on the surface and not paying can lead to time in prison.

While many believe that the planet is just somewhere for families and young people to go only to have fun, this in incorrect; far off from many of the rides are large homes that are all massive in size. These homes are worth massive amounts of money and normally are owned by either millionaires or elderly people who have retired and have the money to afford such spectacular homes to retire to. Normally these homes can be seen overlooking a massive open grassy plain, or the beach or even facing towards the mountain horizons.
There would be very little reason to have any ordinary civilian want to visit Anvar for any reason. Even if a civilian were to decide to land on the planet, they would not be allowed any specific landing pad and would have to land somewhere out in the middle of nowhere since a majority of the planet is all desert. The only safety from the intense heat of the planet's deserts are multiple small military bases as well as the main military base near the center of the planet. However, unless a civilian has been given permission by a higher up or anyone from the council, they will not be allowed into any of the bases whatsoever. Even if the person is on the verge of death or is to die in the desert, many of the men and women posted around the base are given direct orders that unless it is one of their own or someone of high importance, they are to not leave the post for any reason whatsoever.

Anvar is where the entire military, police officers and even members of the Crimson Void Legion are trained and molded into who they are after they graduate. The training for each of the different divisions is always different; for example, training for police officers is not as bad as for those in the military and neither of those are as cruel and demanding as that of the training to become a member of the Crimson Void.
Everyone needs food, whether its vegetarians, or carnivores, both animals and people need to eat and with Solterra having a population amount that is about triple the original number of people that once lived on Terra followed by having to feed about five planets at once, having the food source be focused only upon a single location somewhere on Solterra was just not going to be enough resources to feed everyone without risk of rapidly running into a food shortage situation. Because of this possible problem, it was decided upon by the High Council that food harvesting would be done upon an entire planet, and in this case, it was to be named Erebos Prime.

Before it was turned into the giant farming planet it is known to this day as Erebos Prime, the planet was once a dense forest-like planet that had wild animals roaming the surface. When the planet had been colonized, many of the trees were cut down only to make those parts of the planet turn into wild open fields for crops to grow. Many of the forests were kept as well just so that the planet could continue to thrive without ending up turning the entire surface into something that was only meant for manufacturing foods and such. Many of the animals of Erebos Prime were also tamed and herded to the large farms that were built, some used to be milked others were butchered for their meat and some were even meant as breeders to make sure the animals were not killed till extinction.
Aside from the farms growing crops, there were even smaller farms out in the distance of the planet that were fishing villages that caught both small and large marine animals to be sold across the galaxy as well.

Erebos Prime is yet another planet that has high levels of security protecting it from any possible dangers at all times. This is due to the concern that if the food source on the planet were to somehow be contaminated, then it could lead to a serious famine. Luckily, even if any of the crops were to be poisoned and it was caught ahead of time, there are fail safes that are in place to secure and cut off the spread of the poison to getting to the other crops.
It is said that a human being can only last about three days without water, while it is unclear to whether all other types of aliens also have this problem, it is safe to say that even if they might be able to last longer or not, even aliens need water to survive as well. Similar to farm planet of Erebos Prime and how the entire planet is needed to be able to grow enough crops and general food for the entire galaxy of Solsticea. In the case of Vesperia on the other hand, rather it be meant for food, the entire surface of the planet is all water. There is very little land on Vesperia due to it being practically an ocean planet, the depths of the ocean is currently unknown to any scientists throughout Solsticea, although it is believed that the ocean floor is several hundreds of thousands of meters deep. While there are fish that can be eaten and caught in the water, there are small and large predators that lurk the water as well.

There are plenty of civilizations that live on Vesperia, many of them having large cities and even underwater bases. Many of these civilizations consists of scientists and delivery services that constantly take in the water from the planet to filter through into cleaner drinkable water. All of this is sent to the many different planets in the galaxy and just as with Erebos Prime, the planet's security and fail safe is just as important as it is on the farm planet in the case of someone or something ever attempting to poison the supplies.
When speaking about the social class throughout the universe, it does not normally fall under a single planet category. For example, in the case of those within the Lower Class, while there are many individuals in this social class residing on Solterra in specific locations known as the Slums where buildings are either on the verge of collapse or in horrid condition, those in the Lower Class are there for any number of reasons. This can be due to being born into the class by family members who had already been in it to begin with or those who had lost their money due to gambling, debts or other possible reasoning. Life in the Slums can be difficult for anyone as criminals tend to roam the streets and alleys to either steal in the ways of either not being caught or by fully mugging those weaker than them. While the High Council is aware of the situation and number of civilians living in this kind of environment, no matter what they believe they can do, they do not wish to spend such a large sum of money to help those less fortunate and end up not getting anything in return.

Another location where the Lower Class population is high is the planet of Novaria, every refugee on the planet can be categorized under the social Lower Class due to them being unable to find enough money to reach Solterra. Being locked in a life of either slavery or barely getting by each day with what little money they can earn due to high tier criminals. Once again, even with the High Council being aware of these situations, they have decided that the idea of using large amounts of resources to help those individuals would not be beneficial to them and have decided to turn a blind eye to many of those trapped on Novaria.
The second of the three social class of the realm, the Middle Class is a large majority of the population throughout the universe. These individuals range from ordinary civilians working days and returning to their families with enough money to put food on the table and still have some leftover for emergencies. These individuals can range in occupation from all forms such as police officers, nurses, doctors, desk workers, etc. While many of them might not be able to afford the most expensive of devices and objects, they can still afford to purchase decent things here and there and if needed, they can also put up for loans to purchase these things as well.

The people of the Middle Class tend to have a varying view of the Lower and Upper Class, some view the Upper Class as snobby rich folk that have never understood what it meant to work a day in their lives and that they do not deserve the wealth they have, while others brush away the idea of whatever the Upper Class do, as long as it does not affect those in the Middle Class, they will not pay them any mind. The views upon the Lower Class are also in difference of range as well, many have the view of the Lower Class as scum that they are all criminals and should be treated as such. While others believe more in a peaceful manner that those in the Lower Class should be given a chance at life, given charity to a certain degree so that they could afford healthcare, and food for their young rather than have to suffer.
[/image] The last of the three social class throughout the universe, the Upper Classmen consist of wealthy businessmen and women, and people of nobility. These individuals are normally either born into the life of luxury, if not, they are one of the many rare few who have been able to work themselves up from the ground to reach this point in their lives. They are normally able to obtain nearly anything they wish as long as they spill out enough money to whomever they can get their hands upon whatever they may be needing at the time. Those in the Upper Class tend to work occupations such as politicians, CEOs, members of the High Council, or they may not even need to work whatsoever due to their lineage having such a large sum of wealth that they can live the rest of their lives with a peace of mind knowing that they will never have to worry about finances ever again. Members of the Upper Class tend to look down upon those of the middle class and even moreso upon those of the Lower Class. While it does not mean that every single person has these negative types of views on those less fortunate than them, the number of actually decent Upper Class individuals is much lower than that of the negative.
Founded even before Solterra had completed construction but before Velorium had been discovered, the United Intergalactic High Council was formed on Terra and consists of about one or two members of every alien race throughout the known universe. The one or two members of each alien race represents them and their entirety of their race, the reason behind there being about two members of each race is in the case of one making a decision for their entire race and the other making sure that both are at an agreement that it is the best decision for their people. The High Council makes decisions of all kinds throughout the universe, whether it be the law as to what can or cannot be done and what can or cannot be shipped, when there are disagreements as to who and how wars should be playing out. They are the ones that decide upon what types of troops are to be sent where and if a prisoner should be executed or simply serve jail time. While the High Council is well known throughout the entirety of the universe, to gain an audience with them is an honor that very people have ever experienced and even those that have met with the Council within the meeting chamber have never seen any of the faces of any of the members. Every member of the Council is always shrouded in a large piece of cloth that has the symbol of their race, this hides their entirety of their body, and face in shadows. This decision was made to avoid any possible people learning about the identity of any of the members of the Council in the case of anyone ever sending out bounty hunters against them.
A green crystal that had been found within a meteorite by human astronauts prior to the completion of Solterra. When first discovered by humans, it was locked away and examined for quite some time without the public's knowledge. It wasn't until years later that it was discovered that the crystal was highly reactive when it came to electronics and other types of materials. Because of this, it was soon tested to see if pieces of the crystal would cause different machinery to function and to everyone's surprise, it was a perfect fit. While small amounts of electricity was still required to have the crystal activate, it was enough to have the crystal become a much more stable and constant use of energy rather than relying on gas or simply electricity on its own. With the help of the crystal and with technology spiking for humanity, it was only a matter of time that aliens and humans began to live together in harmony. With the help of intergalactic knowledge from other races that had more advanced technology, even more advancements were made and within a matter of years the greatest invention for both humanity and alien kind was created; Solterra. Solterra uses the largest known piece of Velorium as its core energy source, it is constantly running at all times at the center of the station. The core is completely restricted from access to every civilian other than members of the High Council and members of the military with permission given by the Council.
The best of the best, members of the Crimson Void Legion are the personnel military guards of the High Council. Individually selected by the Council themselves as prime candidates before being sent on their way to a specialized training facility. Members of the Legion are normally those who were in the military to begin with and usually have prior training before heading to their new training facility, however, it is not untold of that there are those picked up from the streets that had caught the eyes of either another member from the Legion or from a person on the seat of the Council. These individuals picked up from the street usually show some sort of potential that they are selected. Training for those that have joined the Legion is severely intense, the training can and possibly will kill off weaker candidates, however, it is told to those selected that they will not be helped if they fail any of the training missions and will be left to die. The idea of this is to 'weed out the weak' amongst the strongest members, every candidate is told that they are to swallow their pride and emotions and continue forward no matter what the are to witness, they are to fight to protect the people of the universe as well as the High Council with their own lives, not that of their brethren in arms. Those in the Legion that complete their training and graduate are given specialized suits of armors that compliment their abilities, while wearing the suit, their strength, durability, speed and other attributes are greatly enhanced; however, the longer the suit is worn and the more it is used during combat, the more the suit will drain their lifeforce every moment it is being used. The life force being drained by the suit will rapidly cause the user's vision to go blurry, their arms will weaken, their bodies will grow heavy and constant further use will put their mental and physical body into a shutdown state while also turning off all functionality of the suit after the user has either died or fallen unconscious.
Just as mysterious as to the origin of Velorium, Azurith landed upon Terra one day within a meteorite. Just as with every other meteorite that had ever fallen onto the planet, it was taken into a military base for studies and for it be cracked open. When opened however, nothing was found within the rock but rather small spores filled the air. Wherever the spores had landed however, fungus had grown in its place almost instantaneously, it had even grown onto the scientists; both humans and aliens alike. The fungus rapidly grew and ate away at both skin, tissue and muscles. In the end, it had left only a remnant of what was once the scientists, now a being that had been covered in some sort of hardened fungus that had a mind of its own. Machinery that was infected by the fungus immediately stopped functioning, and any organic that had so much as gotten a small spore on their body suffered immensely. When the lab had been vacuum sealed to avoid letting the fungus from spreading out any further, for years while Solterra had been hurried to completion, scientists and military personnel had attempted to destroy the fungus in any possible way they could. High levels of heat, cold and even ballistic strikes never seemed to do any permanent damage. While it had made large spots cleared from the fungus for a moment, mere seconds after, the fungus would immediately begin to patch the area that had been destroyed with more of its own. After humanity and alien alike had been able to complete the creation of Solterra and had left the planet's surface, it was only a matter of time that the sealed infection would break out from its containment without anyone keeping track of its spread. Within a matter of months, Azurith had spread throughout Terra, overgrowing buildings all over, infecting even into the oceans and turning it a sickly green color, even infecting animals and turning them into monstrosities.
Located at practically every single planet throughout the universe other than those still undiscovered is a Velorium Relay Gate. These gates are powered by Velorium within their mechanism all throughout the large circular mechanism. When not in use, they appear to be nothing more than floating empty circular machines in space hovering over a planet. However, when a ship approaches the gate and the crew is to activate their hyperdrive, the gate will immediately respond and scan the ship from a distance before either expanding or remaining the same size to compensate for the size of approaching ship. Once a ship passes through the gate, as long as the ship has entered in the coordinates of where it wishes to go, the relay will fire them off in the correct direction that it the ship had entered. If the pilot had not entered in a coordinate of where it wishes to go, the relay will instead fire off the ship into any random direction, this can lead to an unknown undiscovered planet or it can lead to a random already discovered planet, and worst case scenario, it can fire the ship directly into the path of a wormhole, a star, or even on a direct collision course with another ship.

Futuristic 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒜𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒶 {𝐿𝑜𝓇𝑒}

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