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EXPLORERS - STARCHILDREN - INHERITORS
The Nniss.
Psychic tyrants. Oppressors from another era. Once, they dared to reach out and claim mastership of the universe - to tread on the tailcoats of the Gods. Thousands of worlds suffered under their regime, with billions enslaved to drive the industry of their economic empire. According to their own history, they were designed by the 'masters' to steward and one day inherent all they had created and watched over. They were uplifted and supposedly were instrumental in the infrastructure of their masters' empire.
Some scholars speculate these masters may have been beings described by many cultures across the Milky Way, but the Nniss' account of history is heavily biased and focused on their own uplifting and development. Once the masters had disappeared, the Nniss were left purposeless, sitting idle for millenia - with no masters' to give them their purpose, what defined their reason to exist at all? In their search for purpose they encountered many races - what defined them? Who gave them purpose? With no master to guide them, they found the universe a chaotic and meaningless place - it nearly drove them mad. Perhaps it did.
It was all so clear then what needed to be done. The galaxy needed a guiding hand, and who better to perform this task than the stewards of the gods.
However, the Nniss lacked many traits that had given their masters such strength of will. An accurate description of their physicality and abilities has not been corroborated, the Nniss simply describe them as - immense, vast, boundless. Gods. The Nniss on the other hand could be described as feeble, designed with minds cool and calculating and strong in psionic ability - making up for their lack in vitality. They knew if they were to build an empire to rival their masters', they would need help and they were not of the mind to ask nicely.
Utilizing the masters' technology - recovered and slowly mastered, they spread across the stars to collect resources and slaves, relying on their psychic domination and advanced firepower to take whatever they wanted. With their conquest complete, they considered themselves the new masters of this universe - it would be their hubris that would spell doom upon them.
Little trace of them remains now, they are nothing but a bedtime story. No Nniss have been encountered since their sundering two hundred years ago - but rumors of Nniss ghost ships wandering the Outer Periphery still find their way from spacers to colony worlds, frightening children and freebooters alike.
Terrans.
Earthlings. The Lost Tribes. Once united, now they are divided even further than before. Almost five hundred years ago, the Nniss sought Sol and ravaged the system, taking advantage of the good nature of humanity - enslaving a vast number of humans to be taken and sold throughout their region of space.
The descendants of these slaves, now calling themselves the Lost Tribes of Terra, would prove to be the downfall of the Nniss empire. Their weak psychic presence made the Nniss underestimate them, which allowed the population of slaves present on the Nniss capital world - Ci'ta, to lead an uprising and cripple their psychic network - giving a fighting chance to other enslaved peoples across the galaxy.
Once the uprising was complete and the galaxy was freed, the Terrans sought to reunite with their kin on the other side of the galaxy, in Sol - their Zion. However, while the early years were marked by fellowship, sacrifice, and unity, old rivalries and petty squabbles would divide them and leave the dream of returning again to Sol in the blackness between stars.
The Nniss.
Psychic tyrants. Oppressors from another era. Once, they dared to reach out and claim mastership of the universe - to tread on the tailcoats of the Gods. Thousands of worlds suffered under their regime, with billions enslaved to drive the industry of their economic empire. According to their own history, they were designed by the 'masters' to steward and one day inherent all they had created and watched over. They were uplifted and supposedly were instrumental in the infrastructure of their masters' empire.
Some scholars speculate these masters may have been beings described by many cultures across the Milky Way, but the Nniss' account of history is heavily biased and focused on their own uplifting and development. Once the masters had disappeared, the Nniss were left purposeless, sitting idle for millenia - with no masters' to give them their purpose, what defined their reason to exist at all? In their search for purpose they encountered many races - what defined them? Who gave them purpose? With no master to guide them, they found the universe a chaotic and meaningless place - it nearly drove them mad. Perhaps it did.
It was all so clear then what needed to be done. The galaxy needed a guiding hand, and who better to perform this task than the stewards of the gods.
However, the Nniss lacked many traits that had given their masters such strength of will. An accurate description of their physicality and abilities has not been corroborated, the Nniss simply describe them as - immense, vast, boundless. Gods. The Nniss on the other hand could be described as feeble, designed with minds cool and calculating and strong in psionic ability - making up for their lack in vitality. They knew if they were to build an empire to rival their masters', they would need help and they were not of the mind to ask nicely.
Utilizing the masters' technology - recovered and slowly mastered, they spread across the stars to collect resources and slaves, relying on their psychic domination and advanced firepower to take whatever they wanted. With their conquest complete, they considered themselves the new masters of this universe - it would be their hubris that would spell doom upon them.
Little trace of them remains now, they are nothing but a bedtime story. No Nniss have been encountered since their sundering two hundred years ago - but rumors of Nniss ghost ships wandering the Outer Periphery still find their way from spacers to colony worlds, frightening children and freebooters alike.
Terrans.
Earthlings. The Lost Tribes. Once united, now they are divided even further than before. Almost five hundred years ago, the Nniss sought Sol and ravaged the system, taking advantage of the good nature of humanity - enslaving a vast number of humans to be taken and sold throughout their region of space.
The descendants of these slaves, now calling themselves the Lost Tribes of Terra, would prove to be the downfall of the Nniss empire. Their weak psychic presence made the Nniss underestimate them, which allowed the population of slaves present on the Nniss capital world - Ci'ta, to lead an uprising and cripple their psychic network - giving a fighting chance to other enslaved peoples across the galaxy.
Once the uprising was complete and the galaxy was freed, the Terrans sought to reunite with their kin on the other side of the galaxy, in Sol - their Zion. However, while the early years were marked by fellowship, sacrifice, and unity, old rivalries and petty squabbles would divide them and leave the dream of returning again to Sol in the blackness between stars.