Alien Race
In the distant future…
Humans
left Earth a long time ago, a bunch of different groups that have traveled the
galaxy in search of new living space after the old planet became overpopulated.
They lived a nomadic life on various planets, trying to find one that most
resembles Earth. Three of these groups came across the Jaari system, where they
discovered an alien species that were friendly enough to welcome them on their
station.
Haji’Ascha are a race of bipedal
humanoids from a nearby system. They destroyed their own planet in a civil war,
and the survivors fled. They had a strict caste system of workers, warriors,
and the high leaders. The body types of these three differ according to their
caste- warriors are large and bulky, workers small and nimble, and leaders are
tall, lean, and very smart. After a century or so of living on the station, the
roles have blurred a bit. They built the station to fit all their needs because
they do not want to ruin the planets of the system by taking them over and
living on them.
The station, called “or’Rsa” by the
aliens and “The Rock” by the humans, is a hollowed-out asteroid placed in
perfect orbit around the fifth planet from the sun, a gas giant, with its own
atmosphere and gravity. Since the haji’Ascha are similar to humans in their
composition, the inside is compatible to both races, though it is a bit hot for
humans and a bit cold for the aliens. The asteroid life is governed by a group
of supercomputers that dictate the ultimate law and control almost all elements
of day to day life.
The Jaari system is comprised of a
yellow sun, and twelve planets. The Rock is stationed around the fifth planet,
which is also accompanied by eight moons, one of which is an all-water world.
The other ones are uninhabitable, but provide necessary minerals to support
life on the Rock. There is an asteroid belt between the sixth and seventh
planets. The fourth and sixth planets and also inhabitable. The fourth planet
is a very warm jungle-covered world, and the sixth one is a cool, almost
desert-like planet with very little water. Both of these have native
life-forms, including intelligent species that have reached a development level
comparable to Earth’s Stone Age. Other planets are uninhabitable.
The humans arrived at the Rock with
their resources exhausted, ready to colonize the other planets of the system,
but were greeted with strong opposition by the haji’Ascha, who refused to mess
with any other worlds since they destroyed their own. They were forced to live
on the outskirts of the Rock’s worse areas, barely scraping together a living,
and began to be considered a lower caste. They got almost no resources, and
after a decade or so were in a poor state, doing the dirtiest jobs. Racial
tension escalated. They were afraid to speak out for fears of being booted off
the Rock and becoming refugees again. Finally, a group of humans banded
together and challenged the haji’Ascha to a race across the star system. Should
they win, they would be allowed equal rights to the resources. The haji’Ascha
tried to squash this rebellion, but to their surprise the supercomputers
decreed that the race was vitally important to the survival of both races.
Thus the teams were chosen, and the
race set up to include navigating through the asteroid belt to retrieve an
extremely rare mineral, surviving a race around the surface of the jungle
planet, and diving deep under the waters of the water moon to find a mythical
sea creature and retrieve its egg. The winners of this race would be granted
their choice of natural resources from the system. The humans’ ultimate goal is
to terraform one of the planets or moons and establish their own new homeworld.
The future of the race is depending on the outcome of the games.
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