Human
Humans are bipedal primates from the Eclypsis Prime System. With over two-dozen recognized races and many more self-defined subgroups, they are the most racially diverse member of the Confederacy.
Current recorded history begins around two-thousand years before the Awakening. At this point there were groups of various Human subspecies/races on 9 of the solar system's moons and two of its planets. On some worlds primitive tribes lived in ruined structures and crashed starships of a much more ancient people, while on other worlds the people avoided those relics with religious fear. The ruins were filled with extremely advanced technology that was now completely inoperable due to some unknown interference.
Around 400 years before the Awakening a group of mages on Eclypticus opened a portal to Ephus, eventually allowing for the populations of the two worlds to interact politically and economically. Gradually more portals were opened, connecting each of the inhabited worlds.
In year 912SDE the AI system of a crashed starship on Ephus booted itself up. It was discovered a month later by a group of High-Elf outcasts who attempted to exploit its knowledge to enact revenge, but they could not decipher its language. While the outcasts were asleep the AI downloaded itself into a nearby mech and made for civilization. In the ruins of the once magnificent capitol city of Southern Ephus was now a College dedicated to the study of the ancients' civilizaiton. With the help of the AI the scholars were able to reactivate and repair the old technology.
All across the system similar things were happening: AIs were awakening, fission drives in ruined starships were attempting to start up, and some automated systems struggled to life again. This Awakening of ancient technology caused a renaissance that allowed Human civilization to expand through the entire Eclypsis System and beyond.
History
Evolution & Origin
The original home of the Humans is generally accepted to be Eclypticus, though there are a significant number of scholars and archaeologists who dispute that the species began elsewhere and migrated to the Eclypsis System. Regardless of evolution or arrival, Human presence on Eclypticus dates back nearly thirteen hundred-thousand years, though very little is known about the early history of the species.Current recorded history begins around two-thousand years before the Awakening. At this point there were groups of various Human subspecies/races on 9 of the solar system's moons and two of its planets. On some worlds primitive tribes lived in ruined structures and crashed starships of a much more ancient people, while on other worlds the people avoided those relics with religious fear. The ruins were filled with extremely advanced technology that was now completely inoperable due to some unknown interference.
Portals and The Awakening
Around 400 years before the Awakening a group of mages on Eclypticus opened a portal to Ephus, eventually allowing for the populations of the two worlds to interact politically and economically. Gradually more portals were opened, connecting each of the inhabited worlds.
In year 912SDE the AI system of a crashed starship on Ephus booted itself up. It was discovered a month later by a group of High-Elf outcasts who attempted to exploit its knowledge to enact revenge, but they could not decipher its language. While the outcasts were asleep the AI downloaded itself into a nearby mech and made for civilization. In the ruins of the once magnificent capitol city of Southern Ephus was now a College dedicated to the study of the ancients' civilizaiton. With the help of the AI the scholars were able to reactivate and repair the old technology.
All across the system similar things were happening: AIs were awakening, fission drives in ruined starships were attempting to start up, and some automated systems struggled to life again. This Awakening of ancient technology caused a renaissance that allowed Human civilization to expand through the entire Eclypsis System and beyond.
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