Mr. Wade & Watch
Cult of Personality
This universe is indeed an alternate one to ours. There's an earth, and like in many great sci-fi stories, we went to the stars, found aliens, and created a major empire... That didn't go far though. Our reach went to a very small section of the universe. Why is that? War of course.
While the exact year is unknown, it's believed the conflict began 300 years after Humanity's fourth planetary colonization. See, it's the classic American revolution story: The fourth colony had found a unique resource on that planet called, 'Olverian.' It's a plant like substance that, when turned into liquid, can be used to power spaceships; making them faster and travel longer. With this, humanity could go even further out into space. Problem was, the fourth colony wasn't happy since they were feeling mistreated. No money was being given for producing the oil, and much of the planet's ecology like it's plants, animals, and even oceans were all poisonous to humans, and even created viruses that infected the populace.
While earth tried to supply as much food, water, and medicine as it could, the colony was beginning to riot. They were starving and quarantined, and couldn't leave the planet since many of the earth's ships began running on Olverian. And with no money being given to them for supplying the plant, it was quickly going into debt for buying all those supplies. They were trapped. However, there was a revolutionary willing to help. Ivan Tropski. He was a retired admiral of Earth's space navy, and was a former governor of the colony. Once the riots began, he quickly joined up as the leader of the revolts, believing both the money belonged to the colony, and that the colony should be changed to a mining facility rather than a colony. The reason it was a colony to begin with was because Earth wanted to take up as much land as possible on each planet they wanted to use for resources, and the only way to was to make colonies.
This uproar of people angered by how they were being treated by Earth quickly went violent, as earth began using force to stop the riots. In actuality, Earth was doing everything it could to help keep the colony alive, but thanks to propaganda by Tropski and other supporters, people were convinced Earth didn't care about them. To make things short, the colony quickly became a resistance, fighting in gorilla warfare against the Earth's military. And since the colonists knew the planet's terrain better, they were able to send the military off planet, but were embargoed by the ships orbiting the planet, and Earth didn't want to bomb the colony and lose the Olverian resource. A deal was made by the colony to supply it to Earth as long as it didn't embargo the planet, and they agreed to it. Tropski was now considered a hero, and his ideals of what the colony should be quickly made word to all of humanity. Tropskism was created, and in one word: It was like Communism. "all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs." This was what Tropskism was, the colony owned the land of the planet, and wanted it for itself.
This ideology soon spread across all the colonized planets, and the third colony even revolted against Earth as well. To simply everything even more, both the fourth and third planets were independent, the second still supported earth, but barely as Tropskism was also becoming a problem, and the first was actually bombarded by the navy, since they were also close to conforming to Tropskism themselves, and had the biggest military force out of the colonies, and earth was afraid of an invasion by them.
The deaths of hundreds of thousands of colonists only made things worse with Earth and her former colonies. It got even more worse when the colonies went to war with each other. When Tropski died, others tried to go in his place, and the ideals of the colonies quickly were shifted to match that of its new leaders. None of whom lasted long, since there was a coup almost every 3-4 years. With this struggle of power, the colonies went to war with each other, and earth simply stayed back and tried not to interfere in fear of losing Olverian. The fourth attacked first, still suffering from famine and nearly out of food, and soon all out war began. This conflict ended with the third winning, and there was unification between the colonies. But not for long, as the new leader, Cassandra Duiji, is comparable to Stalin. The atrocities made by her was so unhuman, that Earth finally stepped in and tried to stop her. But with the Olverian trade stopped, Earth didn't last long; soon suing for peace.
But it doesn't end there. Remember when I said humans did meet aliens in this universe? Well, while they stayed back and let these human wars go on, they eventually also involved themselves in fear things for all the galactic empires would be worse with their influence spreading across the galaxy. Soon, the colonies went to war with different alien races, and earth even stepped back in once it was supplied with another resource it could use to travel through space.
If all of this seems really confusing, it was. This whole situation became complicated fast, and got even more deadly, as more wars began, and the conflict spread to even more alien races and empires. Basically, Tropski set off a domino effect from his actions. And now there is nothing but constant war.
Olvania: The two colony planets merged into one major empire after they forced Earth's military out of their planetary orbits; calling themselves, 'Olvania' for ironic reasons. On one planet, the third colony, you have a giant city within it's center. The planet is mainly covered in major or small lakes, no oceans. In the middle there are large fields of green grass, while to the north are more forest areas with more animal life, and to the south are mountains.
The city itself self at first seems peaceful and full of life. People seem very patriotic about Olvania, and their moral for the war is high. The culture is rich, the economy booming, it all seems pretty nice. However, if you are tagged as an Earth supporter or happen to speak badly about the government, expect you to be on a list. I think you know where I'm going with this.
The other planet, the fourth colony, is not as cheery. The planet has three continents with oceans, red plant life and orange sky that turns purple at night, but the cities are... More depressing. Civilian life is one of routine. Men get ready to work in factories made to create the Olverian oil, while women work weapon factories. Children are not allowed on the planet, and any born are brought to the third colony. Whether they return to the fourth colony is up the third. Skies over the cities are covered in smoke, and everything is bogged down and dirty. Sanitary is almost non-existent here.
1st Colony: Ah, the first colony. The prime example of hatred between the colonies and Earth. To look at the city as it is, would be like looking at Dark Souls. The city is nothing but dust, ash, and even smoke that has blocked out the sky. from within the city. It's a depressing city, one that shows an omen of what was to come in the galaxy. Buildings have crumbled, and any landmarks destroyed by the ships in space firing down upon on the rioting city, and decayed by time. Bodies have turned to skeletons slowly eroding, and the only people who remain are pirates or bandits looking for a hideout.
Siva: The second human colony, AKA, Siva. This planet has one major continent, similar to that of Pangea. To the south are forests and fields, with the costs made of beaches. The north is nothing but one big giant desert, with swamps and oasis's spread out randomly through the region that are rare to find. The costs are nothing but giant hills that have major drops down to the water that are 10 to 50 miles high.
The cities are only two big one: Siva City, and La Genoa. Siva City is comparable to New York, and La Genoa is Los Angeles. Both are giant cities with tons of life and culture, but unlike Olvania, there isn't high moral. The cities have given up much of its youth for the war effort, and with many of them dying and losing battles in the war, fear has taken over what is usually fun and love.
Right now, no major fighting is going on. Tense peace is all that is happening.
While the exact year is unknown, it's believed the conflict began 300 years after Humanity's fourth planetary colonization. See, it's the classic American revolution story: The fourth colony had found a unique resource on that planet called, 'Olverian.' It's a plant like substance that, when turned into liquid, can be used to power spaceships; making them faster and travel longer. With this, humanity could go even further out into space. Problem was, the fourth colony wasn't happy since they were feeling mistreated. No money was being given for producing the oil, and much of the planet's ecology like it's plants, animals, and even oceans were all poisonous to humans, and even created viruses that infected the populace.
While earth tried to supply as much food, water, and medicine as it could, the colony was beginning to riot. They were starving and quarantined, and couldn't leave the planet since many of the earth's ships began running on Olverian. And with no money being given to them for supplying the plant, it was quickly going into debt for buying all those supplies. They were trapped. However, there was a revolutionary willing to help. Ivan Tropski. He was a retired admiral of Earth's space navy, and was a former governor of the colony. Once the riots began, he quickly joined up as the leader of the revolts, believing both the money belonged to the colony, and that the colony should be changed to a mining facility rather than a colony. The reason it was a colony to begin with was because Earth wanted to take up as much land as possible on each planet they wanted to use for resources, and the only way to was to make colonies.
This uproar of people angered by how they were being treated by Earth quickly went violent, as earth began using force to stop the riots. In actuality, Earth was doing everything it could to help keep the colony alive, but thanks to propaganda by Tropski and other supporters, people were convinced Earth didn't care about them. To make things short, the colony quickly became a resistance, fighting in gorilla warfare against the Earth's military. And since the colonists knew the planet's terrain better, they were able to send the military off planet, but were embargoed by the ships orbiting the planet, and Earth didn't want to bomb the colony and lose the Olverian resource. A deal was made by the colony to supply it to Earth as long as it didn't embargo the planet, and they agreed to it. Tropski was now considered a hero, and his ideals of what the colony should be quickly made word to all of humanity. Tropskism was created, and in one word: It was like Communism. "all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs." This was what Tropskism was, the colony owned the land of the planet, and wanted it for itself.
This ideology soon spread across all the colonized planets, and the third colony even revolted against Earth as well. To simply everything even more, both the fourth and third planets were independent, the second still supported earth, but barely as Tropskism was also becoming a problem, and the first was actually bombarded by the navy, since they were also close to conforming to Tropskism themselves, and had the biggest military force out of the colonies, and earth was afraid of an invasion by them.
The deaths of hundreds of thousands of colonists only made things worse with Earth and her former colonies. It got even more worse when the colonies went to war with each other. When Tropski died, others tried to go in his place, and the ideals of the colonies quickly were shifted to match that of its new leaders. None of whom lasted long, since there was a coup almost every 3-4 years. With this struggle of power, the colonies went to war with each other, and earth simply stayed back and tried not to interfere in fear of losing Olverian. The fourth attacked first, still suffering from famine and nearly out of food, and soon all out war began. This conflict ended with the third winning, and there was unification between the colonies. But not for long, as the new leader, Cassandra Duiji, is comparable to Stalin. The atrocities made by her was so unhuman, that Earth finally stepped in and tried to stop her. But with the Olverian trade stopped, Earth didn't last long; soon suing for peace.
But it doesn't end there. Remember when I said humans did meet aliens in this universe? Well, while they stayed back and let these human wars go on, they eventually also involved themselves in fear things for all the galactic empires would be worse with their influence spreading across the galaxy. Soon, the colonies went to war with different alien races, and earth even stepped back in once it was supplied with another resource it could use to travel through space.
If all of this seems really confusing, it was. This whole situation became complicated fast, and got even more deadly, as more wars began, and the conflict spread to even more alien races and empires. Basically, Tropski set off a domino effect from his actions. And now there is nothing but constant war.
Olvania: The two colony planets merged into one major empire after they forced Earth's military out of their planetary orbits; calling themselves, 'Olvania' for ironic reasons. On one planet, the third colony, you have a giant city within it's center. The planet is mainly covered in major or small lakes, no oceans. In the middle there are large fields of green grass, while to the north are more forest areas with more animal life, and to the south are mountains.
The city itself self at first seems peaceful and full of life. People seem very patriotic about Olvania, and their moral for the war is high. The culture is rich, the economy booming, it all seems pretty nice. However, if you are tagged as an Earth supporter or happen to speak badly about the government, expect you to be on a list. I think you know where I'm going with this.
The other planet, the fourth colony, is not as cheery. The planet has three continents with oceans, red plant life and orange sky that turns purple at night, but the cities are... More depressing. Civilian life is one of routine. Men get ready to work in factories made to create the Olverian oil, while women work weapon factories. Children are not allowed on the planet, and any born are brought to the third colony. Whether they return to the fourth colony is up the third. Skies over the cities are covered in smoke, and everything is bogged down and dirty. Sanitary is almost non-existent here.
1st Colony: Ah, the first colony. The prime example of hatred between the colonies and Earth. To look at the city as it is, would be like looking at Dark Souls. The city is nothing but dust, ash, and even smoke that has blocked out the sky. from within the city. It's a depressing city, one that shows an omen of what was to come in the galaxy. Buildings have crumbled, and any landmarks destroyed by the ships in space firing down upon on the rioting city, and decayed by time. Bodies have turned to skeletons slowly eroding, and the only people who remain are pirates or bandits looking for a hideout.
Siva: The second human colony, AKA, Siva. This planet has one major continent, similar to that of Pangea. To the south are forests and fields, with the costs made of beaches. The north is nothing but one big giant desert, with swamps and oasis's spread out randomly through the region that are rare to find. The costs are nothing but giant hills that have major drops down to the water that are 10 to 50 miles high.
The cities are only two big one: Siva City, and La Genoa. Siva City is comparable to New York, and La Genoa is Los Angeles. Both are giant cities with tons of life and culture, but unlike Olvania, there isn't high moral. The cities have given up much of its youth for the war effort, and with many of them dying and losing battles in the war, fear has taken over what is usually fun and love.
Right now, no major fighting is going on. Tense peace is all that is happening.
