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 ►

Alliance Aliens: Invasive Species

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 6 September, 202423 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Alliance, Background, Colonies, Lost Colonies, Pedro CabralLeave a comment

About four hundred Earth-standard years ago, another technologically advanced starfaring species appeared on the fringe of the Triangulum Galaxy. They arrived in a ramshackle fleet with a rapidly failing stardrive that had been shedding outlying ships for decades. They had been a colony fleet sent to a system a mere… Read More ►