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Genesis; GM in the year 2261
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Ddraig Goch
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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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Holben
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I'm sure building alien trees would be harder than creatures.
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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Are you plausible?

I've found it's harder to make alien trees seem alien. Plant design is so fundamental and (IMO) efficient that it's hard to 'think outside the box' with them.

But that's just me...
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That's why I almost completely forego plants in my projects.



Anyway, seems like you're doing a good job running with my idea. Good luck with further development.
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Good so far, yup.

I draw concepts of plants and sizes, but that's it.
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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Anyway, seems like you're doing a good job running with my idea. Good luck with further development.
Thanks! As soon as I get some rather bothersome homework out of the way, I'll start posting the species, ready for modification.

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I've found it's harder to make alien trees seem alien. Plant design is so fundamental and (IMO) efficient that it's hard to 'think outside the box' with them.

Indeed, and this is one reason why I won't be covering them, except the more extraordinary varieties.
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Ddraig Goch
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Anyway, seems like you're doing a good job running with my idea. Good luck with further development.
Thanks! As soon as I get some rather bothersome homework out of the way, I'll start posting the species, ready for modification.
Can't wait!
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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