https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/ 2026-04-10T02:29:55+00:00 https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/ https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:arctonyx&rev=1774202611&do=diff Arctonyx The Arctonyx are a bipedial mammalian sophont species, originally from the Arc’Uthret system in a well-traveled volume of the Tulaki Spur Sector. Their homeworld is a large, rocky and high-gravity world covered with large rocky plateaus interspersed with thick, forested valleys. The Arctonyx evolved from burrowing forest creatures into hunter-gatherer sapients, and then went on to dominate their home world, eliminating the other nomadic sentients that made their home on the windy plate… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:borean&rev=1774202612&do=diff Borean Respected by the Commonality for their plant-like nature, the Boreans are a race of humanoids with photosynthetic microbes embedded in their cells. The Boreans have been a part of the Commonality for a long time, and are originally from the Elysian cluster - specifically the text/html 2026-03-31T14:40:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:coronite&rev=1774968050&do=diff Coronites Coronites are considered a strange artefact of the Orion Nebula Sector. They spend most of their existence as diffuse clouds of gas, held together by electromagnetic interactions that form a sort of distributed consciousness. It is thought that some exotic set of conditions in the Orion Nebula allows them to form from the clouds of dust and ions. They then spend several thousand years close to certain large stars, growing in volume and feeding from solar winds. After they have reached… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:cradian&rev=1774202612&do=diff Cradians The Cradians are a very recent accession to the Dominion, joining in 3819PT after the devastation of their homeworld of Bel-Dan III, also known as Cradia. Prior to the intervention of the the major Factions, the Cradians had been locked in a 4,000 year struggle with another sophont species in their home system, the Garvians. text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:elysian&rev=1774202612&do=diff Elysian Elysians are a humanoid species native to the Elysia Sector, near the leading spinward edge of the Orion Arm. They are the founding species of the Commonality, and the primary architects of its culture and rulership. All Elysians have the potential to become powerful Psions. Their powers stem from a form of emotional telepathy as well as a connection with the psionically active ecosystems of their home world. Elysian scientists and mystics have long been interested in the field of psio… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:etherna&rev=1774202612&do=diff Etherna The Etherna are a humanoid species from the relic world of Thern II, just on the edge of the Gulf of Cetus. Thern II is very close to its star - too close to be within what most species would consider a habitable zone - and the planet's surface is volatile and partially molten. Thern II is riddled with a network of ancient advanced technology of unknown origin, which projects a powerful layered energy field around the world that extends to the planet's text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:felani&rev=1774202612&do=diff Felani The Felani (pronounced “Fel-ah-nee”) are a mammalian species from the Fel System in the Secession Sector. Their homeworld is particularly idyllic - mostly free from extremes of weather, large predators and other dangers, as well as bountiful in resources. They were discovered in 2468PT, as the Commonality moved to secure strategic volumes of space during the Commonality-Ascendancy cold war that lingered after text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:gardener&rev=1774202612&do=diff Gardeners The Gardeners are not really an individual species, but rather communicative components of one of a number of vast sentient alien ecosystems, dubbed Cordyceps by their discoverers. The beings called Gardeners are actually human corpses embedded with Cordyceps entities. The first successful contact with the Cordyceps was in 3428 PT PT, after a distress signal was detected from an unsurveyed system in the text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:ikunkuma&rev=1774202612&do=diff Ikunkuma The mammalian Ikunkuma have a reputation as hoarders and scavengers across known space, and are often poorly regarded by the authorities. On many worlds, they are called 'trash puppies' or 'garbage dogs', and many have taken these names to heart and respond to them proudly. Originally from the text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:kelki&rev=1774202612&do=diff Kelki Hailing from the Fas'Kelk system in the Bleak Sector, the Kelki are relatively reluctant subjects of the Dominion. While they have embraced the quest for individualistic success that is the heart of the Path of Tulak, they have more problems with the aspects of encouraging others to succeed. The Kelki are a highly individualistic and competitive species. When discovered by the Dominion as they pushed into the text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:kordai&rev=1774202613&do=diff Kordai The Kordai are a hunted species, the scattered remnants of a group of refugees fleeing from a conflict somewhere in the Leading Orion Arm, beyond the known volumes of the Orion Sphere. After initial contact with several itinerant Ikunkuma tribes in 3582PT, the beleaguered inhabitants of the refugee ships were guided to safety and taken in by the Free Union, where they spread across the Sovereign Worlds in small family groups. Over the following 50 years more ships were to follow, encount… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:lithos&rev=1774202613&do=diff Lithos The story of the Lithos was, for many thousands of years, one of cyclical tragedy. From the violently volcanic moon of Lith II-C, the Lithos are a mineral-based lifeform closely tied to the fury of their homeworld. Passionate and fiery in nature, the Lithos were prone to arrogance and pride, and when disaster struck or competition for resources grew tense their society would erupt into terrible wars. Their species had gone through many repeated cycles of slow development towards a techno… text/html 2026-03-31T14:47:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:n-dax&rev=1774968436&do=diff Non-Differentiated Avimorph Xenoforms Very little is known about this species, as less than two dozen specimens have thus far been definitively recorded. This “species” of sophont, if that is the correct term, appears to be highly variable in morphology and virtually every other characteristic - no two “mature” individuals are as similar in character as you would expect members of the same species to be. However, there are sufficient similar markers in each example, and enough commonalities in … text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:notumi&rev=1774202613&do=diff Notumi The Notumi are two distinct sub-species with a tangled and complex shared history, that once existed on a single planet. Prior to their discovery and incorporation into the Ascendancy, they had spread out over about 20 star systems, developed a basic form of text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:raegar&rev=1774202613&do=diff Raegar The Raegar are a bipedal mammalian species originally from the Rae’targah System, thought to be in the middle of the Gateway Sector, although their enclaves are now spread across Ascendancy space in the Trailing Coreward and Rimward Quadrants. Early Raegaran society was very collaborative, with each individual expected to contribute towards their family, clan and society at large. The social order was brutally maintained by police and heavy-handed societal expectations. Although war itse… text/html 2026-03-31T14:45:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:reskan&rev=1774968341&do=diff Reskan Hailing from the Resk system in the California Nebula Sector, the Reskan are hive minds of tiny insects that adopt humanoid forms. Not even recognised as sentient when they were discovered by the Ascendancy, the Commonality regards them as an excellent example of their philosophy of interconnectedness - though they are individually small, together they form a Mind and Will on par with other sophonts. The Resk system was one of the main targets for Commonality control during text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:sollen&rev=1774202613&do=diff Sollen Sollen fit in well within the Ascendancy’s order, being naturally inclined towards finding a position in society, and a low impulse to question authority. They are originally from the Sollest system in the Crux Sector, where their dying star promoted a rigidly ordered system to conserve resources. Since being integrated into the Ascendancy, they have spread far and wide, exported in numbers to make use of their facility with machines. text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:terran&rev=1774202614&do=diff Terran Terrans are a humanoid species that evolved on ancient Terra, the third planet of the Sol system. During the collapse of their homeworld's ecosystem, caused by the Terrans themselves, many of them took to the stars in massive sub-light sleeper-ships, which spread the species across the Orion Sphere. The Terrans remaining in the Sol system went through a massive cultural shift shortly after the collapse, forming the Ascendancy. The Ascendancy Terrans were one of the earliest known species… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:thrah_kah&rev=1774202614&do=diff Thrah’Kah The Thrah’Kah are a humanoid species, thought to hail from a homeworld somewhere far beyond the fringes of Faction-controlled space. Not really part of any Faction, they form roving bands and raiding groups, either independent or working for some minor regional power or petty star empire. They can also be found in small numbers working on various ships across the Orion Sphere, usually as mercenaries, bodyguards, or other roles where their durability and penchant for violence is useful… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:tulaki&rev=1774202614&do=diff Tulaki The Tulaki are a reptilian species that evolved in the Origin system in the Saggitarius Arm of the galaxy. Their genome allows for an extreme degree of physiological variability, which usually resolves into one of a number of distinctive castes. The majority of Tulaki are what the Ascendancy dubs text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:urg&rev=1774202614&do=diff Urg The Urg are species from the Urgholme system in the Hyades Sector, deep within Ascendancy space. They are one of the earlier races encountered by the Terrans as they expanded outwards after discovering warp drive technology. Few records remain of their pre-contact civilisation, either in Ascendancy archives or on their homeworld of Urgholme - the Ascendancy had little concern for the preservation of such things in their rapid early expansion. While Urgs today do have some distinct cultural … text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:vikaas_aquerna&rev=1774202614&do=diff Vikaas Aquerna The Vikaas Aquerna are a species of aquatic humanoids from the ocean world of Vikaas IV in the Veil Sector. Their large homeworld is almost entirely covered by water, with only a handful of volcanic islands piercing the ocean’s surface. It is, however, teeming with life of every kind, from abyssal scavengers to rafts of photosynthetic weed that floats on the surface. The Vikaas Aquerna, literally the “Water People of Vikaas”, are a sentient species that inhabits the shallower oce… text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:wrathian&rev=1774202614&do=diff Wrathians The Wrathians are a species from the blighted moon of Leto’s Wrath II-C in the Grus Sector. The star around which their homeworld orbits is a colossal red giant, which is renowned for its furious coronal ejections. Leto’s Wrath II-C orbits a hydrogen gas giant at significant distance from the star. The protective envelope of Leto’s Wrath II’s magnetosphere and regular periods of eclipsing allowed life to develop on what would otherwise be a molten cinder. Despite this protection, the … text/html 2026-03-22T18:03:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:xak_noth&rev=1774202614&do=diff Xak’noth The Xak’noth are a race of human-size insectoids from the Xak'dol system in the sector of the same name. They are hardy creatures, covered in chitinous carapaces. They were one of the earliest other species discovered by the Tulaki in their evangelistic expansion, and are strong devotees of the Path of Tulak. text/html 2026-03-31T14:46:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://orionspherelrp.co.uk/doku.php?id=species:yelk&rev=1774968397&do=diff Yelk The Yelk are a race of sentient fungi, occupying the caves of Fornax XII in the Veil Sector. The surface of Fornax XII is periodically bathed in lethal radiation from its star, but life thrives in tunnels carved by rivers into the calcium-rich rock that is abundant on the planet. 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