Crystals of Cosmos

Of everything: The year is 2237, yu’umanity has spread itself across six terraformed planets, and is still in the process of exploring, researching, and colonizing more of space. across all planets is a steadily rising demon population due to the arcane technology used everywhere, because of this governments and factions hire demon hunters: individuals with high levels of arcana manipulation, these demon hunters are sent out to kill demons and yu’umans with too much arcana for the local law enforcement to neutralize.

Of law enforcement / demon protection: Because of one: demons, and two: how accessible arcana is, different grades of soldiers and demon hunters are required to enforce the law and protect civilians because of these two facts, because of expenses, governments have trained police that patrol cities to kill or arrest criminals with low level arcana manipulation, along with any very weak demons they find, they are also supposed to scout and call out demons and criminals that have high levels of arcana manipulation, so higher grade soldiers and demon hunters can swoop in and neutralize such threats.

Of the current state of combat: when it comes to combat, attuning ones arcana to specific physical attributes and/or sorceries is a non-negotiable, every half competent combatant will use arcana, whether it be to make themselves faster, stronger, more durable, or to channel it into sorcery, when it comes to choice of weapon, using unarmed, melee weapons, or firearms are all viable options, unarmed grants the best arcana flow, melee weapons have worse arcana flow but give range and a sharp weapon, and firearms have terrible arcana flow because you have to imbue each and every bullet, but they have supreme range. Sorcery is usually used up close to conserve arcana for the actual volatility.

General: Arcana: Arcana is an important and standard part of almost every yu’umans life, whether through technology or combat. arcana is an invisible energy that is drawn from the stars. any time arcana is consumed or expended, an equal amount of arcane radiation is created.

Drawing arcana: Arcana is drawn from a yu’uman processing unattuned and unfiltered arcana through their brains and into their bodies, once a yu’uman does this the arcana they processed is theirs, meaning if they imbue it into a different person, it will start to subtract from the persons arcana until it is depleted.

Inner arcana: When a yu’uman learns to draw arcana, they slowly form how it is automatically channeled into the four main attributes: strength, speed, durability, and perception. This means each time someone starts to draw their arcana, all of it will be poured into imbuing themselves to increase a specific ratio of the four main attributes before they are allocated any arcana for outer arcana.

Outer arcana: Outer arcana is the act of imbuing arcana out of the body and into something else, ae a weapon or spell, when someone imbues an inanimate object, they can attune the arcana they are imbuing into either sharpness, or durability, when imbuing into motors, hydraulic systems, or any machine that moves, you can also attune it to strength or speed, when casting a spell, outer arcana is used to determine how much range, volatility, and size the spell will have.

Sorcery: there are several different categories of sorcery, sorcery is executed by imbuing one's hands with unattuned arcana, and making specific hand signs and gestures, every category of sorcery has its own specific emotion that needs to be channeled for the sorcery to work.

Arcane radiation: arcane radiation is the waste left behind by arcana, instead of warping reality to the will of yu'umanity, it warps reality to the perceptions and beliefs of them, it forms into supernatural creatures, either formed from hatred and fear or contentedness and trust, though because of the setting, it is almost never the latter.

Tri-abilities: These are specific abilities that any yu’uman with an adept enough understanding of arcana will gain, a yu’uman can only receive one of these in their lifetime and not by their own choice, gaining an tri-ability is rare even for masters of arcana. There have only been three types of them ever recorded. The first arcane tri-ability is Discharge: ‘the ability to suck in all the arcana in the surrounding area, and imbue it into a specific thing’. the second is nullify: ‘the ability to nullify all arcana around the user, usually in a small radius’. The third is switch: ‘the ability to switch ownership of one's arcana with another’. All three of these abilities are extremely mentally taxing for the user, and the record for tri-ability uses in one day is two.

Arcane ocular mutation: A very small percentage of yu’umans are born with an ocular defect that makes their eyes unable to perceive light, in the stead of light, any yu’uman with the mutation can thoroughly perceive arcana, a common technique to mimic normal sight for those who have the mutation is to project arcana in all directions in a way that mimics a lidar machine, allowing the user to see in all directions at once. People with the mutation can see what imbued arcana is attuned to at a single glance.

Categories of sorcery: Projectile sorcery: a simple form of sorcery, it is used by refining arcana into solid shapes and shooting them outwards as projectiles, the emotion needed to channel it is pain.

Telekinetic sorcery: a simple form of sorcery, it is used by imbuing an object or entity with ones arcana to move and crush said entity/object, the emotion needed to channel it is fear. Rare instances have occurred of sorcerers using this on waves of gravity, altering how gravity affected everything in a radius, or specific objects.

Flame sorcery: a sorcery used by combusting ones arcana to produce and manipulate abnormal flame, the emotion needed to channel it is passion.

Solar sorcery: a complex sorcery used by imbuing ones blood with arcana then shooting it out of the body as projectile or tool, the emotion needed to cast this is anger.

Dimensional sorcery: a sorcery used by (this is too complicated for my lizard brain), allowing the user to switch themselves, any entity, and any kinetic force into a different dimension, the more time the dimension is switched, the higher the arcana cost will exponentially rise, the emotion needed to cast it is calmness.

Reverse sorcery: a sorcery done by processing arcane radiation, either to form it into something or by turning it back into arcana, executing reverse sorcery correctly. deeply and permanently increases one's knowledge and aptitude of sorcery, it is not used with any hand sign or emotion, and is not even technically a sorcery.

Arcane entities: Kublors: Kublors are Mischievous and mildly malevolent creatures that form from arcane radiation and things like rubble and debris, they are usually about 1-2 feet long, and their activities consist mostly of sneaking within peoples homes and misplacing various objects. people have often compared their forms to that of a large cat.

Angels: ‘Angel’ is a blanket term for all entities formed from arcane radiation and positive emotions, they come in greatly differentiating variations of sizes, shapes, power, and intelligence, but they all attempt to passively help yu’umanities, more specifically demon hunters, usually in the form of specific abilities with set in stone rules. They have been known to avoid all physical conflict.

Demons: ‘Demon’ is a blanket term for all entities formed from arcane radiation and negative emotions, they come in greatly differentiating variations of sizes, shapes, power, and intelligence, but they all seem to only have one goal, killing as many yu’umans as they can.

Earth: General: Property of: the pandora corporation Population: 53 billion

Summary: (owned by the pandora corporation) Full of slums and empty of wealth, All who could afford to leave have left, and those who can't are left with a less-than desirable economy, and skyrocketing crime rates, with the only hope of leaving being overly expensive and borderline extortive transport tickets to different planets. the surface is left an endless sea, the only ground suitable for walking being the floating platforms yu’umanity has put there.

Infrastructure: Hundreds of miles of ocean has had floating grids of slums, skyscrapers and megafactories placed over it in the stead of land. These cities are filled with poverty and gang violence, the only reason that pandora still cares about the place is because of the cheap labor its residents can provide for them.

Geography: all nature on the planet has been destroyed, The once blue surface of the planet is now a grayish-purple, as polluted water has flooded all non mountainous terrain. The polar caps are all but gone, Antarctica once again becoming an ice free continent. The complete destruction of the environment has triggered mass atmospheric destabilization, making storms, hurricanes, tornados, and blizzards a common sight.

Mars: General: Colonization date: 2156 Property of: the third interplanetary republic Population: 26 billion

Summary: What was once red, now exhibits a mixed array of green, blue and yellow shades, along with the neon lights of various neon cities placed across mars’s surface. The planet isn't the worst to inhabit, but many of its streets are a death warrant, unless you were born there under the context of wealth, you will likely either die a restless worker or gang member.

Infrastructure: The large amount of space left for yu'umans is mostly made up of massive neon cities, each moderately varying in wealth, almost all of them suffering from absurd crime rates and constant gang violence, the upper class not even daring to go anywhere near the sea level, staying in their towers, using vehicles with omni-fans to get from place to place. Many cities on the equator connect with the planetary ring, providing an easy transfer of materials, personnel and energy between the surface and the ring.

Geography: A small portion of the planet's surface has been designated for natural reserves, approximately 27% percent of it, presumably for the purpose of having breathable air. The majority of the ice caps have been turned into vast oceans filled with marine E.O.R.F.’s and genetically modified fauna alike, as well as bacteria and lichen made to produce a breathable atmosphere for yu’umans. The green forests are also populated with both biological although genetically modified animals, and E.O.R.F.’s capable of consuming all dumped waste, be it microplastics or nuclear waste, and turning it into usable materials for plant life.

Saturn: General: Colonization date: 2223 Property of: the republic of commerce Population: 16 billion

Summary: The only infrastructure on the planet is that of well built and expensive flying cities, with fancy public transportation, and large towering megacities, because of saturn's owners, its planetary ring is used mainly for trade and commerce, and the streets of its floating cities are for the most part, free of poverty. Transportation tickets to this place are extremely costly.

Infrastructure: only 2% of Saturn's surface has been built over, the R.O.C. is still in the process of constantly building and expanding outwards. The majority of the space is used for automated shipcraft factories and high class residential buildings.

Geography: There is no life, biological, or mechanical, below the floating cities mankind has placed there. only 2% of the surface of Saturn has been built over, the R.O.C. is still in the process of constantly building and expanding outwards.

Terra: General: Colonization date: 2215 Property of: the third interplanetary republic Population: 23 billion

Summary: Terra is a planet covered in massive cities and factories, the planets economy and wage gap isn't actually that terrible, and is on a slow and steady incline, the amount of crime and gang violence is also handled pretty well, though it gets bad in the more impoverished districts.

Infrastructure: Massive neon cities reside within districts, there are nine districts on terra, each one on the flattest parts of the planet, each one varies slightly in the ratio of residential, commercial, and industrial zones, and in how rich or poor they are, but they all have one thing in common, massive towering cities. Terra’s planetary ring is used mostly for commercial stores and offices.

Geography: Terra had underwater life similar to the immediate aftermath of earths ‘cambrian explosion’ before yu’umanity colonized and terraformed it with their own genetically modified animals and E.O.R.F.’s, the planet's surface is mostly arid deserts, various canyons and mountains breaking up the massive amounts of flat land.

The moon: General: Colonization date: 1969 Property of: the pandora corporation Population: 2 billion

Summary: The earth's moon is by far the most expensive place to live, and also the safest, only the very richest and most elite live here. Any tickets in or out are extremely costly, due not only to the fact that relay crystals dont function there.

Infrastructure: The moon's surface is littered with bright infrastructure that consists of residential and recreational zones, all that jobs that need doing are done by electrical robots, and all of the planet's needs come from various imports.

Geography: The moon's atmosphere and surface is as lifeless as it was before yu’umans colonized it.

Governments: Third Interplanetary Republic: Origins: (2162) One of the many attempts at establishing a coherent government after the great rapture, they actually succeeded, and took dominion over mars, leaving earth to die.

Status: The T.I.R. is a powerful and militaristic government, with a large army on and off ground. Their economy is slowly declining, but with that aside, they are by no means a weak or impoverished government.

Tactics and leadership: The T.I.R. rules by democracy of a small council, they are cold and calculative, willing to sacrifice assets in the form of infrastructure, materials, or civilians, if it means securing the future.

Relations: They are in poor relations with the soviet remnants, and are in active trade with Vulitech.

Soviet Remnants: Origins: (2168) Shortly after taking American soil, the Chinese government fractured, and allied with whatever was left of Russia, slowly recovering and colonizing Venus with stolen American equipment.

Status: The S.R. is a government with deep rooted corruption, even with that issue, they dont have a terrible economy, and most of their citizens have been radicalized to their cause.

Tactics and leadership: The S.R. rules by monarchy, and its rulers are picked by the current or past monarch. The S.R. has a habit of threatening and intimidating other factions with their armies and weaponry in an attempt to make the invasion of them unappealing, this is effective sometimes.

Relations: The S.R. has poor or neutral relations with almost every faction, except for the Republic of Mercury.

Republic of Mercury: Origins: (2193) A rather large cluster of T.I.R. space stations decided one day that they wished to revolt, and become an independent government. The Soviet remnants saw an opportunity to make an ally with info on their enemy, and sent troops and resources to them so that they wouldn't be crushed by the T.I.R.

Status: Despite how recent the establishment of their governance has been, they have decent stability, and a slightly better economy. Their rapid growth and attempts to establish themselves as an intergalactic power have been aided by S.R. aid, a handout expected to be paid back with interest.

Tactics and leadership: The Republic of Mercury rules by democracy of everyone under their faction, they focus on industrialization and expansion, avoiding commerce with other governments and other factions.

Relations: They are enemies of the T.I.R. and allies of the S.R., they prefer not to get involved with anyone else.

Republic of Commerce: Origins: (2183) The republic of commerce was formed when a large interplanetary caravan union owned enough space stations to see the formation of a government as fit.

Status: Unsurprisingly, the R.O.C. has a thriving economy, and ownership over dozens of space stations, however, they are lacking in the military department.

Tactics and leadership: The R.O.C. is ruled by a council of the descendants of its founders, they attempt to ally and trade with every faction they can, this leads to them being protected for their massive exports.

Relations: The R.O.C. makes a point of having good relations and trade with every faction, and for the most part they are successful in this.

Corporations: Pandora: Status: (formed 2036) Pandora was a shipping company on earth before it became a mega corporation, and ever since it has held earth in the palm of its hand, especially now that they are the official owner of the planet. they are extremely wealthy and well known, with an abundance of protection from factions that benefit from their commerce. The majority of the companies they own have to do with commercial shipping of products. The ceo’s of Pandora have a habit of using tactics such as extortion and buying out companies to remove their competitors.

HardGear: Status: (formed 2063) Hardgear formed from an industrial company, it likes leaving its competitors alone, and focusing its efforts on advertisement and expansion, most of the companies it owns have to do with infrastructure, construction, and mining.

Twincho: Status: (formed 2123) Twincho formed from a medical research company, and soon became a corporation almost more morally inept then pandora, most of the companies it owns focus on research of certain things, they were one of the leading forces in terraforming technology.

companies: Resoom: (formed 2130) a large company owned by Twincho. It focuses on the research and scanning of the far reaches of space, for signs of alien life or potential candidates for terraforming and colonization.

TwinLeaf robotics: (formed 2179) a company owned by Twincho. It focuses its efforts on inventing and creating various E.O.R.F.’s, and because of this they almost always get a monumental amount of sales and orders whenever a new planet is being terraformed. It has had a massive amount of money invested into it by Twincho.

Bioarc: (formed 2135) a niche company owned by Twincho, it focuses on modifying yu'uman’s brains to better draw from arcana, they invented the ‘arcane de-limiter’ through years of extensive arcane research, a good portion of their research relies on kidnapping people off of the streets and experimenting with arcana input.

Vulitech: (formed 2053) A large company owned by Pandora. It focuses on the manufacturing of weaponry from medium to high quality, this ranges from swords to firearms to vehicle-mounted missile launchers, to dreadnaught mounted orbital cannons capable of shooting a hole into the surface of mars. It is also responsible for the creation of several CORF’s.

Weaponry: Combat oriented robotic fauna: C.O.R.F is a blanket term for R.F.’s made for the purpose of combat, they are almost always powered and imbued by a relay crystal, usually placed inside the CORF to increase its durability.

Crystalized weapons: Weapons that were built with the intent and design of integrating a relay crystal into it, the crystal is usually used to imbue the weapon and/or its ammunition with arcana attuned to durability, sharpness, or a specific sorcery

Weaponry: Combat oriented robotic fauna: C.O.R.F is a blanket term for R.F.’s made for the purpose of combat, they are almost always powered and imbued by a relay crystal, usually placed inside the CORF to increase its durability.

Crystalized weapons: Weapons that were built with the intent and design of integrating a relay crystal into it, the crystal is usually used to imbue the weapon and/or its ammunition with arcana attuned to durability, sharpness, or a specific sorcery

Vehicles: Omni-fan: A highly advanced and perfected form of fan, this invention made several in-orbital hovercrafts possible.

General: Robotic Fauna: (invented 2073) Robotic fauna or R.F. for short, is a blanket term for any robot made to simulate a living creature, these are used for industrial and factory work, terraforming, and combat. They are usually powered and backed up by a relay crystal - transformer crystal combo, but sometimes are powered by biofuel or solar panels.

Relay capsule: (invented 2043) a usually cylindrical capsule with one moving part, a hatch that moves up and down, it was invented to store and move highly volatile relay crystals, it has its own relay crystal, one that imbues the capsule with durability-attuned arcana.

Relay crystals: (invented 2032) A delicate and expensive crystal that a sorcerer recorded and channeled arcana into, these relay crystals constantly repeat the input of arcana that was recorded into them until they run out of arcana and require a recharge from either a yu’uman or unattuned relay crystal. There are four categories of relay crystals, attuned, sorcery, unattuned, and tri-ability. attuned relay crystals are set to imbue specific things with arcana attuned to a specific attribute, this attribute is usually durability, sorcery relay crystals are set to execute a specific sorcery in a specific sorcery, unattuned relay crystals are set to imbue something with unattuned arcana, this is pretty much useless, so they are almost never made, the same goes for tri-ability relay crystals, they are set to commit a tri-ability, and are almost never not because of being useless, but because users of tri-abilities are very rare.

Transformer crystal: (invented 2056) An important part of modern technology, its sole purpose is to channel unattuned arcana into electricity, and when paired with a relay crystal allows for incredibly efficient energy, the invention of the transformer crystal is one of the main reasons that humanity was able to eliminate global warming and other ecological hazards.

Terraforming: Ecosystem oriented robotic fauna: (2142) E.O.R.F for short, are R.F. 's made for aiding in the terraforming process of planets, they are usually powered by the consumption of biological materials or waste produced from civilization, this helps get rid of trash, and to keep the balance of newly established ecosystems.

Planetary Arc: (invented 2143) A configured metal ring made to fit around a planet, orbiting an average of five miles from its surface, on two sides of the ring, are a relay crystal, one of them makes a bubble around the ring that filters and reflects light, the other relay crystal has a solar sorcery recorded into it, to help filter sunlight onto the planet, and if there is no sunlight, then the solar relay crystal will make its own.

Niche: Ae-v12 ‘attunement de-limiter’ (invented 2213) A machine of bioarc’s creation, and at first glance could be mistaken for its younger brother, the ‘arcana de-limiter’, once a yu’uman is inserted into the machine, a metal prong will be forced past their right eye and socket, it will lobotmize the yu’uman in a way, and in some cases, it will work as intended, directly transferring any arcana the yu’uman attunes to their durability, and redirects it into their regeneration, bioarc is still rigorously researching this device’s technology, in an attempt to do the same to a relay crystal, in order to build regenerative materials and machines.

Ac-v23 ‘arcana de-limiter’ (invented 2234) an machine of bioarc's creation, it looks akin to an mri machine, once a yu’uman is inserted into it, three metal prongs are inserted into the back of their head, and for the next several minutes, extremely large amounts of unattuned and unprocessed arcana are sent right through the yu’umans brain and into their body via an advanced relay crystal, the process is severely painful and uncomfortable, once the process is complete the person is withdrawn from the machine, they gain the equivalent of 20 years of constantly using arcana in terms of arcane aptitude, and the side effects of being concussed and discombobulated for several hours. The machine is still highly experimental by even the most forgiving of standards, and several people have been known to die of brain injury and or aneurism before the process is complete.