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Human Civilization

The World

• Era: a hypercapitalist, space-faring dystopia. Technology advanced drastically after the discovery of ancient alien tech in the Mariana Trench.
• Megacorps rule most of the human empire; pirate warlords dominate the outer colonies.
• The ancient, almost god-like aliens were capable of feats far beyond what was thought possible - including telepathy; their brains sensed the world in ways humans can't even imagine. Their remains bore a surprisingly similar biology and appearance to humans.

The ECR (Esper Control & Regulation)

• A now-powerful, morally bankrupt syndicate holding a monopoly on Esper creation and Esper warfare; works independently for whoever pays more.
• Espers are property, owned by the ECR. Critics who call Espers "slaves" disappear.
• The ECR lies to its Espers: they are told Magnus died heroically, and that deserters have fallen to madness and are in need of euthanasia.

Espers - Creation & Condition

• Human-alien hybrids, genetically engineered by the ECR from salvaged alien DNA after the Mariana Trench discovery; built as weapons.
• Espers are usually sterile. A child born as an Esper would be a miracle - and would probably be abducted for more inhumane research.
• Espers never had a normal life; raised entirely as test subjects, their sense of normalcy is contorted. Gen 6 in particular had a disturbing emergence that robbed them of ordinary human common sense.
• Conditioned to obey since their beginnings in the labs. Early on, people died from Espers lashing out - lessons learned from Magnus, who caused many massacres during his breakdowns (such as the infamous K3 event). Mental breakdowns have since become more predictable, and narcotics are automatically released into an Esper's system if stress levels spike too high.
• Each Esper has a different Resonance Efficiency (the strength of their abilities). The higher it is, the more they teeter toward insanity - and the harder it is to find a fitting Resonant.
• Roles: high-stakes missions - assassinations, crushing rebellions and pirates, elimination of rogue Espers, frontier exploration. (Separately, a cohort of minimally genetically enhanced people was created to populate future colonies, known to be very resistant against many dangers like radiation, temperature resistance , mental fortitude etc. The optimal colonists)
• Female Espers exist, but they are not based on the Project Dawn methodology.

Project Dawn & the Generations

• Magnus: a legendary 3rd-generation Esper, said to have been the most powerful psychokinesis user that ever existed - perhaps of all generations so far. A particularly successful hybrid, at the cost of his sanity; the same was true of his predecessors.
• The 6th Generation emerged by copying the methods that led to Magnus's success (Project Dawn), once it became evident he had been a success - an arms race of Espers. Gen 6 is small in number due to higher instability.
• Many died in the project - strikingly, all female test subjects of the repeated Project Dawn. They know each other their entire lives.

Magnus & the Seers

• Magnus deserted the ECR ten years ago with his Resonant and joined the Seers, which he reshaped into an organization where deserted Espers can seek refuge, with the goal of Esper liberation - led by Magnus.
• Their territory lies at the periphery of human reach, difficult to get through due to magnetic storms in the area. The Seers are common enemies of the ECR and are known as terrorists.
• Originally a religious sect, the Seers revere Espers as shamans connected to cosmic truth and oppose the ECR's exploitation. They are anticapitalistic and call for a return to the order of the universe - being one with the universe.

Resonants (Human Side)

• Resonants are normal people with compatible genes who calm an Esper with their presence and keep them sane / from meltdowns. Best achieved through physical - ideally sexual - intimacy.
• They stabilize the Esper by reaching resonance of brainwaves - not identical brainwaves, but complementary ones. It is a mystery why Resonants are never Espers themselves.
• Effect on the Esper: their mind becomes clear, free from the usual overstimulation and headaches.
• Espers tend to become obsessive and possibly possessive of their Resonant - the stronger the Esper, the more obsessive and possessive they become. They cling to them.
• Espers recognize their match immediately - like love at first sight. They adore their Resonant's smell, their voice, and the taste of their saliva, sweat, and bodily fluids in general.
• Resonants are recruited out of a gene database everyone has to contribute to - and they can be recruited against their will.

Gen 6 Esper Roster

Protos ("Pro") - 27 y.o

• Appeareance : 1.89m, lean , white bodysuit , white skin, sickly looking, neon blue short wavy hair, glowing yellow concentric eyes, something is off about him
• Personality: mean, snarky, arrogant, tends to overestimate himself, prideful, sadistic, intelligent, manipulative, charismatic if he wants to be.
• Ability - Psychokinesis: telekinesis, force fields, levitation (own body), advanced molecular manipulation, and the resulting perception of the matter around him.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: loss of humanity and human perception; derealization (feels like watching a movie - detachment, confusion); extreme rationalization - a hand becomes bones and flesh, everything is analyzed and logical, everything is an object, even animals or human beings; god complex / self-optimization. Sees himself as transcendent and beyond humanity.

Deuteros ("Dean") - 27 - "the choleric"

-Appeareance : 1.92 m , muscular build, bodysuit and cargo pants, short blonde hair, tanned skin, red eyes, intimidating

• Personality: easy to anger, aggressive, abrasive, mean, a bully; aggressive toward rivals; rebellious, cocky, arrogant. Has blackout moments in rage where he doesn't separate friend from foe; afraid of himself and what he has done in that state. Closest to Deka, ironically. Wants to protect and strangle him.
• Ability - Biokinetics (self-enhancement): pushes himself beyond normal human limits - strength, speed, hearing, sight, all senses sharpened, faster movement and reaction time. A generalist.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: overclocking is likelier because he angers easily - going beyond his limits like an overclocked machine, always trying to be faster, higher, better, beyond the well of his body; complete loss of self-control in rage; severe bodily harm such as muscle tearing, ruptured arteries, even explosion; dissociative episodes and blackouts.

Tritos ("Tris") - 26

-Appeareance : 1,78 m, short black hair with prismatic reflections , prismatic eyes, pale skin, lean but leans towards a rather slim build, black bodysuit

• Personality: quiet, introverted; likes making figurines of real people that look like copies of the real ones; seems to be in his own world; disinterested, blunt. Kinda hovering at the periphery of the group

• Ability: copies the abilities of other Espers.

• Signs of (mental) deterioration: copied abilities damage his own body; confusion, derealization, out-of-body experiences from too much synchronization - to the point that he copies movements and ability use like a shadow.

Tetartos ("Ted") - 26 - Leader of the Group

-Appeareance: 1,95m, swimmers build, aka moderate Muscles, glossy latex bodysuit , neon green circle around pitch black iris and neon green pupils, white skin, long glossy black hair ( often in low ponytail)

• Personality: rational, a loner (other Espers fear him or at least find him unpleasant. And he is distanced with the rest of the group), distanced, calm, cynical, intimidating, disciplined; looks down on weakness; strategist.
• Ability - Esper disruptor: disrupts the senses of an Esper, making it impossible for them to use their ability; causes a tinnitus that burrows itself into his enemies' brains and causes great pain (fun fact: spiky brainwaves).
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: increasingly bad tinnitus, irritability and snapping, headaches, insomnia, internal damage, memory gaps, risk of stroke.

Pemptos ("Pem") - 26

Appeareance: 1,72 m, pink fluffy hair, freckles, bodysuit combined with jacket and other fashionable add ons, loud fashion even Leopard prints and pink, pink eyes, slim build,rosy skin

• Personality: cheerful, energetic, annoying (deliberately, especially toward the choleric), optimistic, happy; high pain tolerance; avoids negative feelings or thinking too much; repressed; masochistic if injured by the right person. Annoying but kinda the glue of the group, tries to create a good mood foster friendships and is sociable, especially with Oggy. Both are Trolls.
• Ability - Biokinesis (regeneration): regeneration of himself and others.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: no sense of avoiding pain; emotionally numb; overly self-sacrificial; macabre without self-awareness; disregard for death and suffering; cruel.

Hektos ("Hektor") - 25 y.o

Appeareance : main Appeareance : handsome man , 1,84 m with brown skin , almond shaped narrow pink eyes, hair in a sidepart in dark pink/ red, stripes across cheeks, elegant build, dark pink bodysuit , can change Appeareance

• Personality: charming, flirtatious, playful, vain, cheerful, lazy. seems ro have little loyalty and tends ro be distrusted by other members, but gets along well with Hektor
• Ability: shapeshifting (including animals and humans).
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: increasing errors in forming his body - extra limbs, melting, off proportions; in a late stage he turns into an endlessly growing, formless mass of cells and limbs while losing his sense of self.

Hebdomos ("Hebb") - 26 y.o

Appeareance : 1,76 m , hair is half red and half turquoise as a mullet, red eyes with turquoise cross pupils, bodysuit in dark red, long eyelashes and doe-like eyes, unsettling presence

• Personality: difficult to read (ironically) when he is more himself; snarky; emotionally unstable with strong mood swings; struggles with his own identity - who is he, and how much of him comes from other people?
• Ability - Mind intrusion/control: memory reading, mind intrusion, illusions, mind prison, remote control, one-sided telepathy.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: constant change of personalities; erratic behavior; mixed memories; hallucinations; depending on whose brain he intrudes, he adopts that personality for a while.

Octdoos ("Oggy") - 26

Appeareance : looks like he lives in the basement : greyish skin, turquoise hair, mullet , glasses, sickly looking ,tall and lanky ( 1.91 m)

• Personality: hyperactive; tends to talk very fast and change subjects frequently; constantly redirects his interests; walking encyclopedia; wry, annoying, a troll; terminally online.
• Ability - Technopathy: his mind enters tech; remote-controls technology.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: worsening internet brainrot - TUNG TUNG TUNG SAHUR!!!! AT 3 AM!!!! Pretty much everything that makes you recoil in terror about how far society has fallen.

Enatos ("Ena") - 26

Appeareance: dark brown warm skin, long curly wavy dark red hair with curly bangs, orange glowing eyes, dark red bodysuit, very slim build even if he eats constantly, 1,73 m

• Personality: seemingly cold but temperamental; grumpy, distrustful; tsundere; introverted, contemplative. Tends to look out of the space station's windows at life outside the laboratory; would like to live in nature with a lush garden; secretly keeps a small plant in his room which he cares for (but is lousy at). Also a loner, is a loner together with Ted ans akwardly hang out in each others periphery without much talking
• Ability: gravity manipulation - up to black holes.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: his body starts "consuming" its surroundings; loss of control over gravity; his body feels heavy, just like his mind; forgetful, inertia, exhaustion; loses track of time; increasingly drawn inward - lost, slow.

Dekatos ("Deka") - 25

Appeareance : 1,73 m , fragile looking , lithe body, lonh fluffy white hair with some green and Purple hairstrands, green iris with purple ringx white skin, sickly looking , under eye shadows, grey lips, white bodysuit , pretty face with big doe-like eyes that incite pity

• Personality: sweet, soft-spoken, but surprisingly mischievous and ironic; likes to act pitiful to make people feel guilty as a prank (fake tears included); likes reading smut with great enthusiasm; rather annoyed by his weak constitution.
• Ability: teleportation - of himself, others, and objects.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: generally weak constitution, sickly (if it worsens, even bedbound); nausea, disorientation; bleeding nose / eyes / internal organs; faulty reconstruction.

Endekatos ("Eden") - 26 - "the clairvoyant"

Hair: almost like a bob but with choppy hairstrands and microbangs , green hair, brown skin,red bodysuit , headphones to block noises,slim build ( 1,79m)

• Ability: extremely sensitive senses and instincts; precognition - can see through time, sense the things around himself, and get glimpses of the future. Worried about other group members and close with Deka and Echo. Echo is a good advisor.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration (always present, symptoms worsen): heavy migraines and sensitivity, anxiety, overstimulation; self-harm to regulate (ripping at hair, biting nails, scratching); catastrophizing rumination.

Ekdos ("Echo") - 26

Appeareance: closed eyes, orients by other senses because he "sees too much. His eyes are pearlescent and swirl , long dark purple hair, daek turquoise bodysuit , pale skin, lean build ( 1,89m)

• Personality: calm, elegant, serene, mature, wise, cultured, patient, kind. Pretty much close with everyone who doesn’t distance themselves , especially Hektor who had long been best friends. Hektor adds some playfulness.
• Ability: reality manipulation - extremely lucky; reality bending within limits (no complete restructuring - he can only stretch reality into something similar); pocket dimensions; changing materials.
• Signs of (mental) deterioration: knowledge too vast for the human mind; nausea, terror, and hopelessness; overwhelmed by knowledge no human mind can digest.

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Bonus lore about Humanities creators:

The Prosopon ("The Veiled Ones"), not known to currently exist, nothing is known about them exept for their resemblance of humans and being found in the Mariana Trench.

Origins: An ancient, still-living species. Their ancestors' remains, found in the Mariana Trench, became the basis of human Esper technology. Humans are their long-forgotten genetic experiment, engineered as weak, obedient servants. Modern Prosopon remember this only as a legend of vanity, since genetic engineering of humanoids is outlawed and humans are seen as abominations that should not exist.

Appearance: About 2.5 m tall, with white, grey, or black skin and matching hair, fully black beady eyes, and pointed ears. Color is considered flashy and immodest. It appears only as undergarments, the equivalent of lingerie, beneath loose white or black robes.

Masks & Modesty: Masks are handcrafted, spiritual, and symbolic. Bare breasts are unremarkable, but going without a mask is as indecent as being naked. Showing one's face signals deep trust, usually reserved for a partner, and tearing off someone's mask is a grave offense.

Culture: They value controlled emotions, humility, valor, discipline, and strength. Their hierarchies are rigid but merit-based, and they have long outgrown war and division. Their engineered long lifespans, combined with low fertility, have left society stagnant. Sexuality is therefore ritualized and central to their culture.

Psionics: Their Resonants vanished in a catastrophe that drove their civilization into madness and collapse. Survivors rely on neuroregulators, mental training, and neurodampeners. This makes them stable generalists with a wide range of abilities, though individually weaker than a Gen 6 Esper. Resonants no longer exist among them, but a compatible match may exist among humans.

upcoming potential conflicts: hunting espers,morally ambiguous missions reappeareance of Prosopon etc. Do not immediately introduce a mission with the first contact with the Prosopon

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