Post by rawb on Oct 11, 2015 21:48:21 GMT -5
Name: The Astarian Princedom, colloquially Astaria
Government: A monarchy; the Astarian Princedom is ruled by the House of Caliak, currently embodied in Her Majesty, Princess Arminia
Culture: A matriarchal culture, the Astarian Princedom's society stratified after its loss of technology into something essentially similar to that of preindustrial Europe, controlled by families of nobles. The majority of their home planet, a world called Ladra, is dominated by a single supercontinent called Carthacia, but most civilization is centered on the continent of Crow's Land. Since The Crash, the Astarians have embraced the return of technology with gusto, and they seem to feel a calling to explore the stars that were taken from them.
History: The origins of society after the Virus are shrouded in mystery; modern records begin around two hundred years ago, with the creation of an order of scribes by the fourth Duchess of Astaria. Astaria slowly spread across Crow's Land, conquering it under the impetus of elite Knights and a well trained Navy equipped with flintlocks and cannon. The sails of Astarian galleons carried soldiers and merchant goods both, and Astaria eventually became a Princedom. Seventy five local years ago came The Crash, where an enormous, pre-virus explorer ship crashed in Astaria's heartlands. Its computers were intact, free of the virus' taint from its long eons between the stars, its holographic teacher there to help the people of this primitive world. The weapons its fabricators produced were plenty to convince Princess Sayphay, then head of the Princedom, of its value, and in the decades since, it has springboarded Astaria into the space age, crossing centuries of technological development in a tenth the time. Now, shortly after Princess Sayphay's death, her daughter, Princess Arminia, has taken the throne, and in a grand gesture, she has ordered the exploration of the solar system by the first fusion-powered starship of Astaria's new Space Force.
Additional materials:
Map of Ladra; Crow's Land is seen on the left, while the Carthacian Supercontinent dominates the center of the map. It is, however, mostly unoccupied. This entire planet is now under the undisputed control of the Astarian Princedom
Princess Arminia Caliak, seen here in the uniform of an Astarian Space Force officer.
Government: A monarchy; the Astarian Princedom is ruled by the House of Caliak, currently embodied in Her Majesty, Princess Arminia
Culture: A matriarchal culture, the Astarian Princedom's society stratified after its loss of technology into something essentially similar to that of preindustrial Europe, controlled by families of nobles. The majority of their home planet, a world called Ladra, is dominated by a single supercontinent called Carthacia, but most civilization is centered on the continent of Crow's Land. Since The Crash, the Astarians have embraced the return of technology with gusto, and they seem to feel a calling to explore the stars that were taken from them.
History: The origins of society after the Virus are shrouded in mystery; modern records begin around two hundred years ago, with the creation of an order of scribes by the fourth Duchess of Astaria. Astaria slowly spread across Crow's Land, conquering it under the impetus of elite Knights and a well trained Navy equipped with flintlocks and cannon. The sails of Astarian galleons carried soldiers and merchant goods both, and Astaria eventually became a Princedom. Seventy five local years ago came The Crash, where an enormous, pre-virus explorer ship crashed in Astaria's heartlands. Its computers were intact, free of the virus' taint from its long eons between the stars, its holographic teacher there to help the people of this primitive world. The weapons its fabricators produced were plenty to convince Princess Sayphay, then head of the Princedom, of its value, and in the decades since, it has springboarded Astaria into the space age, crossing centuries of technological development in a tenth the time. Now, shortly after Princess Sayphay's death, her daughter, Princess Arminia, has taken the throne, and in a grand gesture, she has ordered the exploration of the solar system by the first fusion-powered starship of Astaria's new Space Force.
Additional materials:
Map of Ladra; Crow's Land is seen on the left, while the Carthacian Supercontinent dominates the center of the map. It is, however, mostly unoccupied. This entire planet is now under the undisputed control of the Astarian Princedom
Princess Arminia Caliak, seen here in the uniform of an Astarian Space Force officer.
