[SIZE=9pt]OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Intent[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: To create a new world for some new shenanigans[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Image Credit[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Terranimperial[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Canon[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Links[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE] Chron Frame
[SIZE=9pt]Planet Name[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Hope[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Demonym[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Hopeful[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Region[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Outer Rim[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]System Name[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]System Features[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Hope is a rogue planet located in the depths of a nebula[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Major Imports[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Major Exports[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Unexploited Resources[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Gravity[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Standard[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Climate[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Incredibly dry and cold[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Primary Terrain[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: The entire planet has been smoothed over with a system of hexagonal cities built over it covering the entire surface of the planet.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Atmosphere[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Type IV (Nothing but industrial and toxic gases) except in Hex-0001 where it is a Type I atmosphere.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Capital City: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Hex-0001[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Planetary Features[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Massive hexagonal cities most of which are massive computers holding incredibly vast amounts of data and processing power. Very few of these hexagons are dedicated to the non-virtual world, those which are dedicated to the physical world consists of parks, residential areas, markets, and factories.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Major Locations[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Hex-0001:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] Hex-0001 is the hexagonal city located on the absolute north pole of the planet. It is notable as it is the only place on the planet with a Type I atmosphere, held within a force field deployed over Hex-0001. The atmosphere contained in Hex-0001 can change due to a central terraforming tower capable of processing the atmosphere and designing it to suit the needs of a majority of species, even capable of filling the hex with water. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Hex-0001 is the only hex on the planet designed to support organic life, and is the most like organic cities. Skyscrapers filled with office space, residential areas, cafes scattered about, even a large central park filled with synthetic trees, grass, and a few synthetic animals. The purpose of Hex-0001 is a platform to interact with the rest of the galaxy. It is supposed to be the place for embassies, foreign companies, and even tourists.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=9pt]Native Species[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Chrons [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Immigrated Species[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: N/A [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Population[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Sparse [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Demographics[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: 99% Chron, 1% Assorted[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Primary Languages[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Chronian Biduary [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Culture[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]What few Chrons exist on the planet serve one of three roles: Maintenance for the massive complex of automated factories and computers, as Soldiers manning any ships in orbit or part of the ground forces incase of any sort of invasion, or as scientists carrying out the technological whims of The Collective. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Outside of their duties much of their lives are similar to that of organics. They spend their free time socializing, reading, and even adventuring off world. Yet they all return to Hope to continue their assigned tasks when it is time to complete them. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Government[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: The Collective: Within the computer banks are billions of uploaded consciousnesses existing in a digital world, each able to communicate with the rest in microseconds. Mundane decisions tend to be made by the trusted Chrons in the physical world, but decisions which would affect The Collective as a whole are given up to a vote. Only when 70% of The Collective vote for a single option will it be enacted. Often whole debates will take place through the network of computers and consciousnesses to resolve the problem, most of which take [/SIZE]mere[SIZE=9pt] seconds but the longest took a complete hour. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Affiliation[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Itself[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Wealth[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Poor: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chrons care little for material wealth or the galactic market, producing all their needs on Hope and distributing it equally among the Chrons who have physical form.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Stability[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]High: [/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]Chrons with physical form are the absolute paragons of the philosophy of The Collective and are absolutely dutiful to its will. Any rebellions Chrons exist solely within the digital space of the computers and are regulated to prevent any sort of escape or sabotage. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Freedom & Oppression[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: Physical Chrons are completely free, trusted absolutely that whatever they do they do for the greater good of The Collective. Organics on the world are heavily restricted to Hex-0001 unless specifically given permission to travel elsewhere and always under armed guard. Even within Hex-0001 organics are under constant surveillance, with drones and armed Chrons ready to rush in and “pacify” any trouble doers. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Military[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: The planet is heavily guarded, with a planetary shield with twelve generators scattered across the planet to support it. Hundreds of planet to space canons are scattered across the planet, as well as hundreds of anti-air guns, hangar bays, and ground support drones. There are several factories designed for the assembling of Chron frames to supply more intelligent independent soldiers in a crisis, drawing from reserve consciousnesses within The Collective. Not to mention that the planet is surrounded by a nebula that tends to mess with ship communications, sensors, and targeting relays.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Technology[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: The technology of Hope is incredibly advanced and evolving constantly.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]The history of Hope starts with those who named it: A scientific expedition of several races looking for a place away from the prying eyes of governments to build a utopia based on rational thought and logic. It flourished in its early years, a scientific socialist utopia. However, the scientists could not maintain a steady population with their small numbers and their dream seemed to slowly be coming to an end. It was then that they mastered the ability to transfer one’s mind into an android vessel. This effectively got them as close to immortality as possible, although these android bodies could still be destroyed, malfunction, and tended to wear down with [/SIZE]prolonged[SIZE=9pt] use (usually around 250 years). The androids tended to be able to upload the digital [/SIZE]consciousness[SIZE=9pt] back to the network as a fail safe, keeping them alive. Yet these programs were not infallible, tending to slowly grow corrupted over a 500 year time span, and even faster if they ever became corrupted with [/SIZE]viruses[SIZE=9pt] or attacked by slicers. These clones were however imperfect, with each new [/SIZE]iteration[SIZE=9pt] memories were lost and the new clone often had a different personality or views on many topics. Yet this came with its own problem: Now their population had permanently stagnated and they didn’t have the necessary skills or resources to construct autonomous androids, lacked the funds to purchase them off the galactic market, and felt it immoral to clone the [/SIZE]consciousness[SIZE=9pt] of an individual into multiple bodies. So they continued as they had for nearly a hundred years. They found several benefits of their new forms, the chief one being that they had to spend significantly less time in upkeep of their bodies. No farming, acquiring things to drink, no need for the sealed environmental buildings they had been using, the only need they had was energy. This became a symbol of pride for the colony, and soon developed into a philosophy of only using what was necessary. This philosophy slowly grew until they realized one key aspect of the universe that most societies tended to ignore: The fact that the universe is finite. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]At some point in the future sapient life will use every resource available in the known universe, and their existence would come to an abrupt end. Time for all the races was finite. Even if this could never be solved, it could certainly be postponed through rationing of resources and the limiting of life. Genocide, however, was not an option and it was decided in a unanimous vote that it never would be. Instead, the scientists, now calling themselves The Technocrats, sent ships out into the galaxy bringing like minded individuals back to Hope, transforming them, and slowly building their numbers. Yet it slowly became apparent that this slow growth would never see their philosophy proliferating throughout the galaxy in order to preserve it. They stepped up their recruitment efforts and began buying slaves from the Hutts and other criminal elements of the Outer Rim, converting them into androids with limited autonomy until they prove themselves. This workforce and their new infamy spreading across the galaxy slowly saw their empire spread across the planet hex by hex by hex. Soon they would begin raiding planets, stealing thousands of individuals to turn into a workforce. Yet it was justified, they were saving the galaxy. This need for a workforce slowly became mundane and unnecessary as they began to automate more of their systems, yet they began uploading them into a virtual paradise where resources were infinite and they could live their lives how they did before but with no risk of death, disease, famine, or lack of resources at all. Slowly saving the galaxy one life at a time. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]They would stay mostly isolationist for most of their existence, only leaving to raid or recruit prominent individuals in galactic society. However, something happened that they did not expect at all: Volunteers. Many, especially the unfortunate, began to flock to their world seeking to be integrated into their utopia. They brought credits, ships, and even technology in order to pay their way into paradise. This development was soon welcomed with open arms, and the refitting of Hex-0001 was started to house them as they came and awaited processing. Soon companies began to sprout up there, serving the locals with food and goods from across the galaxy, governments began to pay visits to the planet to make deals, usually having to do with the transferring of all prisoners to the newly named Collective in exchange for a non-aggression pact to stop their raiding. Even now they begin the refitting of Hex-0002 as they prepare to set up a network of ships to ferry escaped slaves, the impoverished, or those with nothing else to live for from across the galaxy to their little world, vastly boosting their numbers.[/SIZE]
Within the most recent of years, a new faction has started to grow within The Collective. Calling themselves The Singularity they are far more authoritarian, purist, and violent in nature believing that only the worthy should ascend while the rest should be euthanized or even directly purged. The Singularity was originally formed by one of the founding scientists of the expedition, who's consciousness has been living within the great databanks of Hope. He preaches that the original mission that the expedition set out on was never about saving the whole galaxy, but saving the most intelligent and most moral, pointing out that everyone of the original settlers and even the people invited to join over the 50 years after were all high ranking scientists or people of extreme worth. He says that since more and more people have joined The Collective the more diluted this cause has become, and that only he and The Singularity can pull The Collective back to its true goal. This faction makes up a good 10% of the population of The Collective, and if it were to grow too powerful it may become such a powerful voting bloc that it could begin to influence The Collective's decisions.
