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==Other Races== | ==Other Races== | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 28 May 2019
Contents
Humans
The Circles
The organization Started by Amanda Hawk as a child/teen which has grown to an organization the supports and unifies much of humanity
The Elder First
"Members of the First Awoken who did not have biological modifications extending their lifespans
""The Elder First were, to a one, a product of pre-Secret society. No bioengineering, which meant normal human lifespans."" "
Emissary
Heartcircle
Inheritor
A potential who was granted access to a reliquary by the Elder First in the Elder's Vault. Chosen Heirs to the legacy of the Elder First(?)
Lady in Fire Enfolded
A religous organization that began after the SBoS. The titular Lady is Amanda Hawke, inspired by her performance in SBoS
Potential
Source: A Place in the World and Link
"A Potential is a member of humanity who has Awakened to the ability to use Practice
""Potentials are those who can wield the power that the Dragons left to humanity, a gift known most commonly as Practice."""
Project Insight
Insight is an organization of Potentials who use technology to boost their Practice under the Focus Insight to gather information outside of traditional avenues
Unisonbound
This term is used to refer to Potentials who have been found compatible with and bound themselves to a Unison Platform
The Two Twenty Three / 223
This term is used to refer to the first group of Unisonbound. It is in reference to the Original Number of members of the group
Aliens
Shiplords
The primary Antagonists of The Practice War, little is known about them as a society
Contact Fleet
A group of Alien Representatives that traveled to Earth after hearing reports of the outcome of SBoS to determine future relations with Humanity
Cich’swa Confederacy
The Cich’swa Confederacy is a peacefully expansionist multi-species polity that integrates its cultures at an incredibly deep level. They appear to have either won or bargained for the right to several low level Second Secret modifications that allow their citizens to travel freely between the many different worlds of the Confederacy. Their culture is a rich mix of over a dozen races, and their government is a mildly bizarre form of electoral technocracy. It’s about as strange as it sounds.
Marionette
Marionette Observer
Nilean Community
Sarthee
Schorvan
The Schorvan are another multi-species group, with some military power, but a great deal of wariness of the Shiplords on a cultural level. They practice a brand of strong libertarian-ism, with an overarching government providing little more than a unified military and law enforcement between the various spheres of the polity. They freely accept other races, so long as they’re capable of meeting the input requirements for their territory, but are generally hesitant of truly integrating with them. They’re the most skeptical group within the Contact Fleet.
Telas Luminary
A firebrand theocracy, they rose into the galactic stage after their successful defeat of a Tribute Fleet through an understanding of the Third Secret and what can only be described as bloody-minded obstinacy. Both of these are somewhat outside of the normal, and it is interesting to note that none of the other races present in the Contact Fleet share access to this Secret. Although they step carefully around the Shiplords, the Luminary is very clear about its opposition to their agenda.
Other Races
Dragons
The most powerful creatures humanity ever created, the Dragons were products of the Second Secret. Built to protect humanity, and the worlds they sought to colonise
Artificial Intelligence / AI
Artificial Intelligences are technology/computer based beings that have developed sentience and are known to posses souls, just as a biological human does
Virtual Intelligence / VI
Unlike their AI "cousin's" Virtual Intelligences (VIs) are not sentient and lack souls, operating purely as they were programmed to do
Unison Intelligence
Places
Arcadia Institute
Elder's Vault
A cache of information and artifacts left behind by The Elder First for a few chosen potentials to open in the future.
Mytikas
A city on Mars that was destroyed during the FBoS. The buildings and information located there were revived by a practiced miracle in (*insert year here*)
Olympus Colleges
Places of Research and Education located on Mars in Mytikas
Orbitals
Space Stations on which some of humanity lives
Reliquary
A room within the Elder's Vault keyed to a particular Potential, typically a student of the first awakened, that contains resources or information that the Elder First thought needed to be preserved, but potentially too dangerous for the time at which it was put away
Skylark
Sol
The star that Earth and Mars orbit, or by extension the whole solar system. Home of Humanity.
The Institutes
Where most children were raised and educated after the Week of Sorrows.
Terms of Practice
Practice
The term used to referr to the special abilities gained by a portion of huamity after the week of sorrows
Awakening / Awoken
This is a term used to describe the time of a Potential or group of Potentials first coming into their powers. These events typically happen in waves with an indeterminate amount of time between groups.
Focus / Aspect
A Focus is something that defines the essence of a Potential and is the core of what their Practice can do. It is typically a word that defines the user at a spiritual level.
Practice Trance / Trance
Source: Place in the World
A Practice Trance is the truest expression of a Potential’s power, a state in which they are able to transcend any limit in the pursuit of their Focus.
Practiced Miracle / Miracle
When a Practice Trance comes together to produce an effect that is even greater than the intended result of the trance
Speaking
The act of infusing a word with the power of practice to affect the world.
Speaker
A Potential who has mastered the ability to invoke the power of Practice through use of the spoken word.
A / The Word
This phrase referrs to a word (or the word) that has been infused with practice.
The Web
A phenomenon that connects all of humanity through Practice although little else is known about it at present
Secrets
"Secrets appear to be ways to bend reality to generate a desired result that would otherwise be considered scientifically impossible. Secrets are numbered and only a limited number seem to exist
""a fusion of science and belief made into something real""
""Actually understanding what the Secrets are beyond what they do [...is] certainly beyond humanity right now."""
First Secret
a means to move through space-time generating faster than light (FTL) travel without excessive energy costs
Second Secret
genetic engineering on a truly incredible scale
Third Secret
A Secret known to the Telas, but not yet to Humanity. Appears to have something to do with manipulating electromagnetism.
Fourth Secret
Unavailable
Fifth Secret
a method to grant unparalleled manipulation and mastery over the fundamental force of gravity
Sixth Secret
" the creation of nanotechnology at a similar level to previous Practiced designs without the need for practice & the total obliteration of Moore’s law. This led to an explosion of integrated virtual assistant and prediction systems"
Objects
Artifact
An Artifact is a tool created by a Potential using Practice that can enhance or focus their ability
The Adamant
A ship left behind by the Elder First in the Elder's Vault (unless i've mixed it up with something else)
Inviolate Material
need to look up
Prologue / Project Prologue
Source: Place in the World
Nano-Technology used to replicate the effect of Second Secret Bio-Engineering after the Secret was forbidden
Tombstone Platform
Unison Platform
Initially a device to connect to a Potential and expand their use of practice they have become sentient entities in their own right an exist alongside their Potential as an individual while still performing their original function and more
Ships
Dauntless Class
The first Practice hybrid warship ever constructed. They were designed as purely offensive platforms and are painfully short on defensive systems. They require potentials to operatate non-standard armaments
Tower Class
The second type of Practice hybrid warship. These ships were primarity dedicated to Defence with self-repair systems. Their most advanced defensive systems require a potential to operate them.
Ulfberht Class
The most powerful warships humanity has ever built; they are planned to replace Dauntless class. They are more durable than Dauntless Class ships and have much stronger armaments.
Tribute Fleet
Regular Fleet
War Fleet
Other
Directives
The Directives are the rules that The Shiplords left behind after The Week of Sorrows designating actions that would cause them to destroy humanity
FTL
An abbreviation meaning "Faster Than Light". Achieving FTL travel is necessary for interstellar travel.
Hero Unit
A character in the quest that the players can specifically designate their action ability to help the main Protagonist
Humanity 2.0
A term often used by Questers to describe the current sociopolitical arrangement of humanity in the Universe Practice war and how it differs from humanity as we know it in the present
Kingslayer
SBoS
See "Second Battle of Sol"
Second Contact
Soul
The Soul is known to exist in The Practice War universe and it is from the soul the Practice comes. All sentient Species are known to have souls, although not every species/individual has the power of Practice
Stack
System Hooks
The Pattern
Week of Sorrows
Aftermath of the First Battle of Sol (FBoS?) in which a price was extracted from humanity of most of the remaining adult human population and the Directives were laid down the by Shiplords by whom they were defeated