Celestial Host Technology

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 17 January, 202516 January, 2025Cat AllianceTags Background, Celestial Host, Equipment, Factions, Government, History, Lost Colonies, Patrol, Religion, Technology, Threat Forces, Villains, WeaponsLeave a comment

Sonoziel and by extension the Celestial Host had a healthy trade relationship with the Alliance at large before the war. They had a low native tech base – the planet was settled by a conservative religious movement that eschewed most technological advancement – but they accepted some of what was… Read More ►

The Celestial Host War

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 10 January, 20259 January, 2025Cat AllianceTags Background, Celestial Host, Cults, Economics, Ethics, Factions, Government, History, Lost Colonies, Patrol, Religion, Threat Forces, VillainsLeave a comment

The Celestial Host’s strategy was simple. Host forces, led by an Umael, would defold into the target system, annihilate their defensive fleet, and disgorge a regiment or more of troops. A typical Celestial Host soldier was equipped with heavy armor and good weapons, and were well-trained and motivated. Their elites… Read More ►

Celestial Host Overview

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 3 January, 20251 January, 2025Cat AllianceTags Background, Celestial Host, Cults, Economics, Factions, Government, History, Lost Colonies, Patrol, Religion, Threat Forces, VillainsLeave a comment

In AY -2, a colony ship funded by a megachurch on Earth fell out of warpspace as the Pedro Cabral’s warp field collapsed. They found themselves in the vicinity of a habitable planet with lush, edible vegetation, and took it as divine providence to settle there. For about two hundred… Read More ►

The Great Journey

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 23 August, 202423 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Great Journey, History, Pedro Cabral, Tau Ceti IILeave a comment

About four hundred years ago (-227 AY), the three superpowers of Earth embarked on an ambitious project they called “The Great Journey.” They would send humans into space to colonize Tau Ceti, approximately 11.9 light years away. Unmanned probes had found an Earthlike planet in orbit, and it looked like… Read More ►

Political Organization of the Alliance

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 19 July, 202423 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Alliance, Background, Culture, Economics, Government, History, Law, Starports, Starships, Technology, Thabbo, Transportation, Void PiratesLeave a comment

The Alliance of Independent Worlds is – shockingly – an alliance of largely independent solar systems. It exists mainly to facilitate trade and law enforcement that has a widespread effect. Among other things, they run the Patrol (in theory) to keep it neutral and dedicated to the Alliance as a… Read More ►