I've recently read through Hyu's DJ for inspiration, and i decided to try his persistent realms technique.
I'm a bit of a doctor who fan, so most of the names for the places in my dreams come from the series, especially from the 11th doctor. So, the realm i created is one where there are many alien civilizations and a highly advanced human civilization, all intergalactic and technologically advanced. There is a form of magic, and those who practice it are known by a creature related to the element they've mastered. In the realm, I'm the Admiral of the 13th fleet of the IAW (Intergalactic Alliance of Worlds), and also a pheonix (Mastered fire). I live on the capital of the alliance, Arcadia, the 5th planet of a binary star system in one of the whirlpool galaxy's globular clusters. In orbit around the planet, the view is something like this:
The central city of Arcadia, Trenzalore, is in the middle of one of its large mountain ranges. It is built on a series of terraces and rock platforms connected by bridges. passing around, through, and under Trenzalore is a system of waterfalls and rivers that make it seem quite beautiful. The city is lit by bio luminescent trees and plants, and there are numerous gardens. The architecture is organically inspired, something like
At sunrise, looking across the Mountain range:
(The large red planet is the 6th planet, with a highly irregular orbit that takes it quite near Arcadia. The blue object is one of Arcadia's two moons. The blue light is from the youngest of the 2 stars in the system.)
An Alliance Landing ship in the battle of Aractus (part of an ongoing war).
It's design is a smaller version of the cruiser from which it is deployed.
The flagship of the 13th fleet, the
Cerberus, is similar to this:
The IAW has been engaged in an intergalactic war since before i first entered the realm. The war is being fought against Atraxi, an alien civilization similar in form to these things:
They are very advanced, and originate from their oceanic homeworld Aractus. The battle of aractus was a failed alliance invasion of aractus, in which a huge portion of the invading force was destroyed in a surprise attack from oribiting atraxi railgun batteries. It took place approximately 10 years before the time in which i entered the realm. Since then, the war has reached a bloody stalemate, in which thousands die each day as the atraxi slowly but surely chip their way towards Arcadia. The realm centers around the continued effort to defeat the atraxi, but the realm is very rich in possibilities, and i will certainly enjoy it after the war's end.
Finally, here is the picture on which my personal fighter, the
Raven, is based on:
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