Sihi
| Government | The Starlit Court |
|---|---|
| System | Cacho |
| Tech Level | TL4 |
| Population | Tens of Millions |
| Atmosphere | Thick |
| Biosphere | Miscible |
| Temperature | Variable Temperate to Warm |
| Planet Tag 1 | Beastmasters |
| Planet Tag 2 | Theocracy |
Heart of the Starlit Court, Sihi was constructed Ages ago - to send her Peoples among the stars to colonize a new world and expand their boundaries - before its purpose was usurped into becoming the lifeboat of those very People, fleeing their dying homeworld.
Many of the secrets contained within have been lost to the Starlit Court in the centuries it has trekked through the endless void on a Grand Quest. However, it has ever been a stalwart Rock to its People, a place of comfort and warmth. A place of growth.
Sihi itself consists mainly of a massive Grand Cylinder that stretches out for miles and which rotates to offset some of the energy requirements in creating an artificial gravity within. On the interior, Sihi is a lush and vibrant paradise, pastoral riverlands and valleys connecting with a myriad of lakes and vast untouched jungle, all of which connects to a sea of freshwater. Home to the bulk of the Starlit Court’s population, and from whence they grow their food, tame beasts, and raise the next generation of their People, all until they might find a new world.
Attributes
Thick Atmosphere
The Atmosphere of Sihi is based on the Elentar of the Zelvan people that the original humans tried to conquer. Our Human+ inhabitants and the Zelvan are able to breathe this atmosphere with no problems, the other species have varying degrees of issue with the atmosphere that they deal with in their own way, with some buildings across the many cities of Sihi being built with climate controls to give the other species places to rest and breathe easy. The Human+ can breath both normal Human Atmosphere and Thicker variants.
Defensive
Armor
Armored with three meter thick plates - at its thinnest point - Sihi is well equipped to handle most small scale impacts. Bolstering this is a low intensity shielding to help protect against minor space debris, dust, and small arms. Point Defense Guns Sihi is covered in a grid of advanced point defense systems, used in main to break apart larger space debris to small chunks that are then handled by its robust armor and shielding. In times of War, they may also be used to shoot down rogue missiles and hostile strike craft that breach the ten kilometer perimeter set up by the Watchtowers.
The Watchtowers
A broken ring that encircles the Grand Cylinder of Sihi roughly two-thirds of the way from the bow, the Watchtowers are split into three distinct sections. Each maintains a garrison of strike fighters and mecha equipped for zero-g maneuvers. These Watchtowers also act as a supplemental source of agricultural farming.
The Fleet
The Fleet of Ships that travels with Sihi? Battleship to Fighter sized craft form the Guardian Fleet around Sihi, these fleets are manned by the Knightly Orders and the Men at Arms, Dedicated to the defense of the Station. Some of these ships will split off when Knights have Quests to fulfill but for the most part the majority of this fleet is always next to Sihi. The Guardian Fleet is formed of a mangerie of different ship shapes from the different species that Live on Sihi, each culture has dedicated a few ships as they have joined the Court over the ages.
Travel
Sublight
Sihi is capable of sublight travel, equipped with an array of powerful propulsion devices capable of moving the massive vessal, though this movement has been generously described as 'ponderous' and 'steady', and slow and lumbering by most.
FTL
Sihi is also capable of FTL travel, using the same standard as most space ships in beacon space, though it is costly even by FTL standards.
Notable Locations
Camlann
The Great City
Before giving way to open tracts of wilderness and farmland, the great City of Camlann exists as a ring that extends throughout each of the four main Wards of Sihi, closest to Castle Sihi's Capstone. Twelve Keeps of Camlann - enormous jutting pillars that extend through the Sky and connect to an identical Keep on the opposite side, allow for rapid transport between each of the Wards, with townships and villages clustering at the base of each Keep. Great roads and railways also cut through the pastoral scenery to join each district to one another in a vast web.
Cairn y Bwbach
The Mounds
Scattered across the landscape are ancient structures dating back to time unknown on Sihi. These antiquated bunkers, depots, and access facilities are home to archaic automatons, built to help maintain our home. Dozens of strange autonomous robots, each one fulfilling a bevy of tasks required for the continued existence of life on Sihi, moving through access tunnels as old as Sihi itself below the soil, making sure our greenery remains lush, our water drinkable, and our air breathable, to name but a handful of their vital tasks. For unknown reasons, the autonomous Fey that sometimes are born out of the Unseelie Court usually reside here as well, some theorizing that they find peace among the machines.
The Spear of Light
The Spear of Light is an enormous light tube stretching from the central tower of Castle Sihi to the island in the center of the Churning Sea. The Spear illuminates acts as an artificial sun, illuminating the wards, providing for its flora, and creating a day night cycle for its inhabitants.
The Way Fortresses
The Pillars
Located within each of the Four Wards of the Grand Cylinder are three large evenly spaced facilities that mount enormous pillars that reach from one side of Sihi's interior to the other. These pillars intersect with the Spear of light at the center of the Cylinder along Sihi's central axis. These facilities, known collectively as the Wayfortresses, allow rapid transit from one ward to another via elevator cars that run up and down the pillars and access zero-g maintenance hubs that encircle the Spear of Light.
The Four Wards of the Grand Cylinder
Ward One
The Silver Road
The 'First' of the four main Wards, The Silver Road is named for and defined by the large Varenne river, which winds along the spine of the Ward before terminating in the Churning Sea. The Banks of the Varenne are host to many vineyards and breweries. Numerous creeks and streams feed into the Varenne, spidering through the Ward, and act as popular retreat destinations for both hopeless romantics as well as those who are in need of solace from the stress of the world.
The Silver Road Points of Interest
Ariedor
Known for its lush greenery, Ariedor is the Agricultural center of Sihi producing the most foodstuffs for the rest of the station. It is not the largest town but is home to the largest farms, its location on the Varene’s Floodplain place Ariedor where the soil is the richest and best for planting and maintaining livestock.
Inverness
Technically the largest town outside of Camlann, Inverness is a sprawling mass of interconnected villages, orchards, vineyards and farms at the midpoint of the Silver Road. Inverness itself can be divided into the North and South districts, and several radial neighborhoods that spread out from these central hubs collectively known as ‘The Bramble’. While much of the South District’s development is agricultural, the North District is more developed, and plays home to a number of resorts, breweries, and tourist attractions, including a popular zoo, theater district, countless pubs, and a public bath.
Little Lutria
The Home city of the Lutrians, despite there being space in Nimuen the Lutrians preferred the moving water of the Silver road instead
Ward Two
The Golden Valley The Golden Valley is directly spinward of the Golden Valley, a breathtakingly vast valley that encompasses the main portion of the Ward. Lake Viviane takes up nearly a quarter of the landmass of the Golden Valley's portion of the Great City of Camlann. All construction around Lake Viviane is limited to a low maximum height, to maintain the beauty and serenity of the Lake, which many believe to have some spiritual significance.
The Golden Valley is home to the bulk of all Sihian agriculture, and is nearly covered in its entirety in farmland, ranches, and small rural thorps that connect up to larger communities based around the Great Keeps in the Ward. The peoples of these villages tend to be among the more superstitious residents of Sihi, with many myths and legends of the Black Forest originating here directly opposite it. The Golden Valley Points of Interest
Najaria
Formerly Fort Tintagel, though it was handed over to the Najan people once they joined the Starlit Court, with the bulk of the military populace moving to the newly constructed Realm’s Keep in the Ward. Where the majority of Najam live in Sihi.
Realm’s Keep
The second largest defensive building on the inside of Sihi, it serves as the back up to Camlann should it fall in a battle to defend Sihi. The Keep itself is built to be able to hold 100 million refugees to keep them safe during an assault or siege. While not in use for war a full complement of defenders is always stationed here. It was built after Fort Tintagel was given to the Najan
Mynanth
Mynanth was built in the style of the old Zelvan before we merged our cultures. It is built after their fabled capital of old on Elentar. It is the city with the highest population of Zelvan although they do make a majority population in many other cities.
Ward Three
The Nimuen Lying spinward of the Golden Valley and home to a multitude of lakes, chained together and fed from the great Churning Sea. The many lakes here are host to nearly half of the biodiversity of Sihi, as well as maintaining vast tracts of paddy fields for growing assorted semi aquatic crops and fisheries.
The Nimuen is also the source of the complex water reclamation system that feeds into underground water biomes that complete the circuit back to the Churning Sea, vital to saving as much valuable water as is possible on Sihi. A by-product of this process is an excess of heat, leading to a great many onsen in the region.
The Nimuen Points of Interest High King’s Pond Next to the largest Lake in Nimuen, The High King’s Pond is named after the same lake. It is known for its water sports Lochland Surrounded by the most lakes in the ward is named for this fact Besides the Churning sea is the chief producer of any seafood on Sihi A large sea monster is said to swim the lakes but no one is able to get good sightings of the beast The Crystal Castle Organic crystal geode hosting a commune of Crystal Men. Not really a castle so much as it is their interpretation of our culture, and we call it as such. Ward Four The Black Forest Spinwards from The Nimuen is the Black Forest, a Ward that is nearly entirely covered in dense jungle from which the Ward gets its name. Unlike the other main Wards, the Black Forest has no major settlements outside of it's portion of the Great City, as the Forest is largely a reserve for wildlife and sometimes rare hunting grounds. The Black Forest is home to 80% of the native Cold Ones of Sihi, and is commonly used as a testing ground for squires prior to their knighthood. The Black Forest Points of Interest The Copse of Rites A secluded area within the Black Forest which has been cleared for Camps to be set up within the area. The Copse is used to test Knights or squires, as well as a sometimes vacation spot for seasoned Knights on Hunt. Some Orders or Houses require a member to survive within the Copse for a night, several nights, or even a week, without aid.
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