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Genesis; GM in the year 2261
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The planet Genesis was a strange one, indeed.

By the twenty-third century, humanity ran an established empire, comprising twenty-six star systems, thirty two planets, and numerous space-stations. Culture and economy flourished - it was the Golden Age of Mankind.

During its’ exploration of the Orion Arm, man discovered that it was not alone. By 2234, seven other sentient races had been found, and in the years that followed, many more were contacted.

In the year 2256, an alliance was struck between The Terran Empire, and four other space faring races;

The Olo‘s, a hexapod species, which walked on four of their legs, and used the other two as arms. They heralded from Kharak, a warm planet, covered in vast, sweeping plains of a grass-like “plant”.

The Nathaner, from the desert world of Nathanuk. They were invertebrates, with ten limbs, used interchangeably as arms or legs.

The Imgar, tripods (two legs, one arm) which lived on the planet Ava - a watery world, with small continents, and predominantly coastal and ocean habitats.

And the Sk’yr, from Sk’. They were bipeds, like humans, although they had five limbs - two legs, and three arms, one of which was positioned close to the mouth, and acted as a feeding aid.

All five planets were, from a human perspective, Earth-like. They all had very similar gravities, and atmospheric compositions. It was from these similarities that the project sprung.

Although they were all allied, there was still some tension between the races, particularly between the Sk’yr and the Nathaner. The diplomats of Terra knew that something had to be done. And so, they suggested Genesis.

All five species were very close to nature (Humans, since the Great Cetacean Extinction of 2076, had renewed ties with nature, in a bid to stop anything similar happening again). As such, it was decided that a inter-species project, based around nature, would be ideal. After many suggestions, eventually, the Genesis Project was approved, and agreed to by all five nations.

The idea was simple - create a new biosphere on a new planet. At the time, genetic modification was quite easy, as the technology had been made effective by the Olo’s, and spread amongst the alliance. A suitable planet, quickly dubbed “Genesis”, was found, with an “Earth-like” atmosphere and gravity. Within a decade, the planet was terraformed, and seeded with GM-Flora from all five homeworlds.

By the twenty-fourth century, Genesis was home to many GM-Fauna, again from the five homeworlds. Each nation took a different habitat - Humanity did the forests, the Olo’s did the plains, the Nathaner, the deserts, the Imgar, the oceans, and the Sk’yr, the mountains. The idea was that the GM-ed species from each habitat would begin to integrate, and evolve, producing a planet full of new and interesting species. Also, as such a project required a lot of collaboration, relations between the Sk’yr and the Nathaner improved. Everything was going just swimmingly.

However, war with the Corp-Magnus several decades later brought the project to a halt. Eventually, the Corp destroyed the Imgar, and conquered the rest of the alliance.

Genesis lay forgotten.

But not finished.

Because life goes on. And, eleven million years later, when even the mighty Corp-Magnus were long gone, the planet begat a sentient life-form.

And so, the Orion Arm, which for three million years had been without intelligence, once again held the glimmer of sentience.

The aim of this project is to create the GMed lifeforms living on Genesis, along with their habitats and ecosystems. I shall provide more information on the sentient races, along with their home worlds, shortly.
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So, humans (and other races) are the Precursors here? Interesting.

This is a pretty original sounding project. I can't wait to see how this goes. I just hope we don't touch back on this history too much (remembering what race is what would be difficult).
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This is a pretty original sounding project.

Thanks, although credit goes to Canis Lupis, who came up with the initial idea of a planet inhabited with GMed lifeforms.
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This sounds different and interesting so I will be watching.

Also good job on the history.
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I like your ideas. Names are creative.

But only seven sentient races? Hmmm.

Can you divulge the nature of the Big Body (Corpus Magnus)?

What is the nature of this project?
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Well, humanity had only discovered seven other sentient races by the year 2234. More were discovered in the following years.

As to the Corp Magnus, there is little data on them. Most information was destroyed during the war, although they were thought to have come from the Perseus Arm. They were described as having a weapon, "unlike any, and with more destructive power, than any weapon known before".

And the nature of this project, is, to design the GMed species and ecosystems on Genesis. The genetic modification isn't an excuse to give the creatures superpowers, or anything like that. Really, it was only used to make sure that the species from the different planets were able to integrate and interact with one another.
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So is this a collaberative project?
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so is there any basic info on the original ''native'' life of Genesis? what critters and plants the various races put down on the planet?
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Interesting concept, but I do have a question. Were these genetically modified animals made from a combination of all the flora and fauna of all of their planets? Like a giraffe being fused with an animal from Nathanuk?
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So is this a collaberative project?

Yes! Everyone's free to post their own designs for the lifeforms.

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Were these genetically modified animals made from a combination of all the flora and fauna of all of their planets? Like a giraffe being fused with an animal from Nathanuk?

No. Earth animals GMed using genes from other Earth animals, Sk' animals crossed with other Sk' animals, etc. There are a few execptions, especially with the plants (or fungi, in the case of Nathanuk), but overall the above rule holds true.

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So is there any basic info on the original ''native'' life of Genesis? What critters and plants the various races put down on the planet?

There will be some shortly, possibly tommorrow.
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Oh, Singemiester and I could help you with ideas. We've got plenty sitting around, though I doubt any are plausible.
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Well, feel free to post them, or PM them to me.
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I don't suppose we can include extinct animal DNA in these creatures, would we?
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@Kingpin - no, I'm afraid not. Assuming, of course, that Jurassic Park doesn't actually happen.

The Imgars
(Homo avas ora)

These creatures resemble, to some extent, Terran wading birds. Standing roughly one and a half metres at the shoulder, their heads bob another metre above that, on the end of long necks. Their long legs, splayed toes, webbed feet and "nostrils on stalks" all help them in a semi-aquatic lifestyle, as many of them still live in small fishing villages. Their cities are scarce, but large, and hold the majority of the technology. The reason for this divide is unclear - it may possibly be lifestyle choice, or some other reason from the planets' past.
City or village, life for the Imgars revolves around the ocean, of which there is a lot on Ava. Local marine life is the main staple for this species.
Some of their more unique features include three stalk eyes, a bifurcated top lip, a single arm with two thumbs, and a short tail covered in bioluminescent spots, used in mating rituals.
Overall relations with other space faring races are good, although they are very reluctant to let outsiders onto their homeworld. Their role on Genesis is to populate the coastlines and (somewhat shallow) oceans with some of their native flora and fauna.


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Go to paint and shrink it. I do that with Djerean scans.


If they are homo, are they part human?
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