RE: Esteem Vissal (a sort of space game) (sign upz)
05-20-2016, 12:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2016, 03:26 PM by Jacquerel.)
Username: Jacquerel
Faction Name: Yoth, The Living Planet
Theme Song: Ilwrath Theme (Star Control 2)
Color: Red
Species Name, Description, and Home Planet: Yoth is a either a planet entirely consumed by the growth of a single biological system across its surface (and throughout its interior), or a single organism large enough to be classified as a celestial body.
Yoth is a self-aware entity capable of both thought and independent motion, though as it primarily feeds on solar energy it prefers not to leave the comfort of the star it is orbiting (in sector F1).
While the surface of the planet is red, it is broken up by a regular arrangement of off-yellow protrusions large enough to be visible from space which act as ocular sensors, and it is given a visible "front" and "back" by a circular range of improbably large "volcanic tubes" at one end which can provide propulsion, and an enormous craterous orifice at the other into which an array of pseudopods and mechanics upon the surface attempt to ferry asteroids and various minerals.
The surface of Yoth is shrouded in an atmosphere that is generally toxic to most forms of life, due to gases ejected from various tubes reaching out from the surface, and most visitors would claim that the ground texture is "unpleasantly spongy" to walk upon, but is nevertheless densely inhabited by a diverse array of insectile lifeforms all of which Yoth claims carry its own consciousness and are under its direct control. These fill general roles of maintenance and upkeep upon and within Yoth, seemingly just a part of the autonomous systems of the body but at a large enough scale that they require bodies of their own.
Yoth is also capable of generating lifeforms to its own specification for specific tasks, although it seems to lack the same skill at this which it has for generating them autonomously. While creatures designed for purposes other than fulfilling Yoth's bodily processes are generally highly competent at their designed tasks, they are also almost universally considered repulsive by any observer, and not even two designed for the same task look exactly alike.
Creatures thus generated are capable of leaving the surface and thus carrying Yoth's consciousness across the stars wherever it likes, though they invariably die instantly upon leaving a range of roughly four systems away from their homeworld.
While Yoth is technically capable of interstellar travel, it moves quite slowly and thus hates doing it as it takes it far away from any star for significant periods of time. As it feeds chiefly upon solar energy, this means that before it can travel it must build up large supplies of the nutrients that can keep it alive through consumption of asteroids or smaller planetoids to build up a store and then live in a state of relative privation and a real risk of death until arriving in a new orbit that can sustain its dietary needs.
Yoth has not had a great deal of contact with outsiders and as such still struggles with the concept of individuals smaller than itself, so if not careful it also tends to treat any single being as representative of its entire home planet rather than simply of... itself.
Faction History: Yoth believes itself to be a naturally evolved creature rather than one created by another faction, and also that it isn't unique, but has no actual memories to evaluate truly one way or the other and has never met another member of its own species, nor has (as far as it knows) anyone else.
Yoth is truly unaware of its own origins, and even perhaps the full extent of its own abilities. While it believes itself to be an adult creature from elsewhere which is in a final state of full growth and development, that may not actual be true. It's perhaps equally possible that this is simply how life happened to evolve on planet Yoth up until it gained its own sentience.
While Yoth has been present within the Esteem Vissal systems for some time, it claims to have been "making itself scarce" during hostilities, due to a generally poor ability to defend itself. Additionally, while it has been able to "listen in" on galactic communications that pass across its system for some time, it has only recently figured out how to send them itself.
Now that the conflict has ended and it feels a little more secure, it wishes to make itself known as an entity within the galaxy mostly as a method of solving its two main problems: Boredom and Loneliness.
Faction Name: Yoth, The Living Planet
Theme Song: Ilwrath Theme (Star Control 2)
Color: Red
Species Name, Description, and Home Planet: Yoth is a either a planet entirely consumed by the growth of a single biological system across its surface (and throughout its interior), or a single organism large enough to be classified as a celestial body.
Yoth is a self-aware entity capable of both thought and independent motion, though as it primarily feeds on solar energy it prefers not to leave the comfort of the star it is orbiting (in sector F1).
While the surface of the planet is red, it is broken up by a regular arrangement of off-yellow protrusions large enough to be visible from space which act as ocular sensors, and it is given a visible "front" and "back" by a circular range of improbably large "volcanic tubes" at one end which can provide propulsion, and an enormous craterous orifice at the other into which an array of pseudopods and mechanics upon the surface attempt to ferry asteroids and various minerals.
The surface of Yoth is shrouded in an atmosphere that is generally toxic to most forms of life, due to gases ejected from various tubes reaching out from the surface, and most visitors would claim that the ground texture is "unpleasantly spongy" to walk upon, but is nevertheless densely inhabited by a diverse array of insectile lifeforms all of which Yoth claims carry its own consciousness and are under its direct control. These fill general roles of maintenance and upkeep upon and within Yoth, seemingly just a part of the autonomous systems of the body but at a large enough scale that they require bodies of their own.
Yoth is also capable of generating lifeforms to its own specification for specific tasks, although it seems to lack the same skill at this which it has for generating them autonomously. While creatures designed for purposes other than fulfilling Yoth's bodily processes are generally highly competent at their designed tasks, they are also almost universally considered repulsive by any observer, and not even two designed for the same task look exactly alike.
Creatures thus generated are capable of leaving the surface and thus carrying Yoth's consciousness across the stars wherever it likes, though they invariably die instantly upon leaving a range of roughly four systems away from their homeworld.
While Yoth is technically capable of interstellar travel, it moves quite slowly and thus hates doing it as it takes it far away from any star for significant periods of time. As it feeds chiefly upon solar energy, this means that before it can travel it must build up large supplies of the nutrients that can keep it alive through consumption of asteroids or smaller planetoids to build up a store and then live in a state of relative privation and a real risk of death until arriving in a new orbit that can sustain its dietary needs.
Yoth has not had a great deal of contact with outsiders and as such still struggles with the concept of individuals smaller than itself, so if not careful it also tends to treat any single being as representative of its entire home planet rather than simply of... itself.
Faction History: Yoth believes itself to be a naturally evolved creature rather than one created by another faction, and also that it isn't unique, but has no actual memories to evaluate truly one way or the other and has never met another member of its own species, nor has (as far as it knows) anyone else.
Yoth is truly unaware of its own origins, and even perhaps the full extent of its own abilities. While it believes itself to be an adult creature from elsewhere which is in a final state of full growth and development, that may not actual be true. It's perhaps equally possible that this is simply how life happened to evolve on planet Yoth up until it gained its own sentience.
While Yoth has been present within the Esteem Vissal systems for some time, it claims to have been "making itself scarce" during hostilities, due to a generally poor ability to defend itself. Additionally, while it has been able to "listen in" on galactic communications that pass across its system for some time, it has only recently figured out how to send them itself.
Now that the conflict has ended and it feels a little more secure, it wishes to make itself known as an entity within the galaxy mostly as a method of solving its two main problems: Boredom and Loneliness.