Astronix Universe

ASTRONIX

Astronix is a star system made up of two suns and six exoplanets orbiting them. Each planet belongs to a certain creature/species of alien.

ATLANTIS

Atlantis is a wonderful green planet, inhabited by the Atlanteans who consider themselves descendants of the gods. They are known for a large number of scientists and magicians. With its landscapes, the planet resembles the Gardens of Eden, in the center of which has a rise of beautiful and clean snow-white walls. Anyone who lives within the Astronix dreams of visiting and staying there to live forever. It is a place of rest and bliss.

The people of Atlantis treat the Gera people well but also use them as soldiers, servants, and workforce. They took all the magic knowledge from the defeated people of Gera. The Atlaneans are confident in their power, now dominant in Astronix due to magic power and control over the extraction of crystals. Because of this all the mages in Astronix are from Atlantis. Outwardly, the Atlanteans are two-meter humanoid creatures with blue skin. Intelligence and magic are their strengths. But they are low in number and too self-confident.

Surface Space	9,3⋅10^24 kg
Mass	5,4⋅10^9 km²
Climate	Moderate, mid-continental. The climate depends on the archipelago as magicians themselves determine the weather in their cities.
Landscape	Most of the archipelagos are occupied by Atlantean cities of white marble. The islands are connected to each other by a system of bridges, roads, canals, and buildings surrounded by greenery and masterpieces of architecture. Everything is kept in absolute harmony with the nature of the planet.
Population	Atlanteans are two-meter blue-skinned magicians who consider themselves descendants of the gods. They are extremely developed intellectually and magically beings, among which there are also many scientists. The total number is about 600 million.
Specific Features	Although the Atlanteans are able to move long distances without auxiliary means, they have a very developed fleet. In each city, there are shipyards and a port. Also, there are libraries, universities, temples, and theaters. In the center of the capital, there is a castle temple with a huge crystal called the Dragon's Eye. This stone serves as a repository of knowledge and a source of magical energy for the Atlanteans.
Capital	Drem. It is a giant megalopolis situated on the biggest archipelago of the same name. Along the perimeter, the city is guarded by twelve giant statues of warriors Atlanteans. They are called Vardens. The legends say that if the planet is in danger, they come to life and destroy everything in their path.

KSETHA

Ksetha is a planet of ferocious warriors and their subordinate demons. The landscape is desert and rocky. Several dozen cities inhabited on Ksetha do nothing but constantly fight each other. It’s the most dangerous planet in the Astronix system. Any casual traveler who enters here by chance runs the risk of being robbed or killed. The people of Ksetha are the best fighters in all of Astronix, but because of their everlasting civil strife, they cannot unite into a force that will become a threat to other planets.

Needless to say, the people of Atlantis and Forts secretly formed hatred for them. After the war, Ksethes took everything from Gera — from military affairs to weapons production. Humans on Ksetha serve as servants, soldiers, factory workers, and targets for Ksethes’ training. Ksethes are also two meters tall, but with green skin, their muzzles are ugly and animal-like. They are not very smart, but very strong and resilient. Ksethes wield special magic though less powerful than the Atlanteans and use various demons during their battles.

Surface Space	6,9⋅10^24 kg
Mass	4,3⋅10^9 km²
Climate	Quite hot and dry, but the conditions are tolerable, and suitable for life.
Landscape	Most of the planet is covered by mountains, hills, deserts, and stone wastelands. There are also small oases that are islands of vegetation and water, characteristic of arid areas like deserts.
Population	Ksethes are furious and aggressive warriors. They are the best fighters in Astronix. Due to their constant strives, they cannot unite to make a really threatening power for other races. The total number is about two billion.
Specific Features	An accidental traveler who stumbles here out of ignorance immediately runs the risk of being robbed and killed.
Capital	Xhigoth. The fortress is situated in rocky wilds. One needs to climb hundreds of steps roughly chopped in the rock. The interior of the city is dotted with habitation tents made of coarse brown canvas. The houses are decorated with skulls and small wooden stakes.

FORTUNA

Fortuna is a planet inhabited by merchants — a dwarf race of Forts. Their only goal is to make money. Their caravans can be noticed everywhere — from Atlantis to the Labyrinth. Their entire planet is one big production of everything that can come to mind. Factories, plants, workshops, and Gera people as free labor. It was the industrial technology that once took them away from Gera.

Forts are weak warriors and mostly they use demons to fight, and for their protection, they use human slaves or Ksetha mercenaries. They are greedy for food and will do anything for money. Instead, all their weaknesses are compensated by their cunning wits. There are no more other tricky lifeforms in all of Astronix. Physically, Forts are small dwarfs who have one eye and yellow skin, as well as a disproportionately large belly. Forts invest heavily in strife of Ksethas, though scared of their strength and ferocity.

Surface Space	1,4⋅10^27 kg
Мass	45,3⋅10^10 km²
Climate	Polar.
Landscape	Snow-covered wastelands and glaciers, acid poisonous swamps. Where there are no industrial cities, the planet is covered with numerous canyons, snow-covered wastelands, ravines, and ice cliffs.
Population	Forts are a race of one-eyed merchants. Their total number is about 20 billion.
Specific Features	A huge number of factories and various pollution issues from them almost destroyed the planet’s ecology. But on Fortune, you can buy almost any product. The forts themselves are terribly selfish. Their cities are in a deplorable state but personal dwellings are buried in gold and luxury.
Capital	Faber. It is the biggest industrial city and Fortune’s market. Its population is over 40 million. You can find almost every good there up to slaves and rogue mercenaries.

LABYRINTH

Labyrinth — the Underworld would be a more suitable name for this planet. Volcanoes that constantly spew hot lava on the ground and black ash into the atmosphere have made this planet completely uninhabitable. The surface of the planet is burnt down by lava and two suns. Smoke, heat, sulfur fumes — nothing will last long on this surface. Yet no one would travel here if it were not for the crystals and minerals under the surface.

The underground is made up of a system of mines and dungeons, where the same slave people work. The mines belong to Atlanteans and Forts. The first controls the extraction of crystals used for magic and travel between planets, while the other controls the minerals important for the production of goods.

Although the planet is considered uninhabited, rumors have spread more frequently about some creatures and demons that periodically appear on the lower tiers of the mines and eat people alive. It is also said about the ruler of the underworld and some dark power slumbering in the depths of Labyrinth.It is very easy to get lost in the labyrinths of underground mines and slaves disappear there with enviable regularity.

Surface Space	3,2⋅10^24 kg
Mass	2,1⋅10^9 km²
Climate	The extremely high temperature on the surface, strong winds, and low humidity. In the bowels, there is a cool, humid atmosphere with low pressure.
Landscape	The surface is completely scorched and covered with cracks resembling scales in which one layer of the surface is pushed over another. Some faults are so huge that they rise to tens of meters and look more like canyons.
Population	You can meet live creatures in underground cities and mines. There are men (app 200,00), Atlanteans, forts, apes (app 100,000), and xetes (app 300,000) among them.
Specific Features	Smoke, heat, lava, and sulfur fumes make no one and nothing can last long on the surface of the Labyrinth. However, in the bowels of the planet, you can find cities of Atlanteans, forts, and apes, as well as numerous mines in which people mine crystals.
Capital	—

TOZARIA

Tozaria — is the kingdom of animals and plants. Dense forests and clean rivers. There is an abundance of wild birds and fish. Most of the planet is covered with pristine nature. The one intelligent race that lives there is the Apes — ape-like creatures who managed to invent the wheel, language and writing, and agriculture. Apes developed so quickly that they even produced firearms and air balloons.

This planet is primarily engaged in agriculture both for plants and animals.It provides all other planets with food in exchange for essential goods, crystals, and weapons. The story goes that Apes have become so advanced because the Gera people conducted some kind of magical tests on monkeys before the war. Apes hate humans and treat them worse than animals. Their favorite game is slave hunting. They are excellent hunters and gunners. The basis of their economy is the supply of food to other planets.

Surface Space	1,02⋅10^25 kg
Mass	6,3⋅10^9 km²
Climate	Tropical, humid, warm, and soft. A lot of steam and clouds form in the atmosphere. There is a rainy season a couple of times a year.
Landscape	Thick woods, meadows, and hills. Clear rivers and waterfalls. A few mountains and rocky peaks.
Population	Apes are the race of ape-like hunters. The overall population is approximately 40 billion.
Specific Features	Apes worship nature. The elders of the tribes even sometimes consult with the sacred sentient trees of Tozaria. Hunting is considered an honorable occupation in apes. But alien poachers who exterminate animals for enrichment or entertainment will face severe punishment.
Capital	Orius. The city is built on the trunks of gigantic trees near the sacred grove of sentient trees. It is the commercial, scientific, and agricultural center of Tozaria.

GERA

Gera is the home for people. Once the home of a mighty and advanced civilization, after the Great War, Gera fell into decay and ruin. People cursed by magicians are born unconscious and obedient. As indemnity, the planet is forced to annually supply labor to four other races. The landscape of the planet is a post-apocalyptic one — the ruins of cities and small settlements among the scarce greenery in which people nestle. The planet is teeming with Ksethas, who hunt for mavens and look after the order, Forts who sell children into slavery, and the Atlanteans who rule the planet. Somewhere among the ruins, the remnants of past technologies, magic, and weapons have been preserved. But even if an ordinary person finds them, they wouldn’t know what to do with them.

Surface Space	1,3⋅10^25 kg
Mass	6,5⋅10^9 km²
Climate	Arid, steppe, mid-continental. High temperature along with low humidity.
Landscape	The landscape of the planet can be called post-apocalyptic. It is a steppe cut by ravines and rocks with dried grass and rare dry trees. Somewhere among the ruins of Hera, remnants of past technology, magic, and weapons have been preserved.
Population	Men were a great and highly developed race once. They were cursed after they had attempted to conquer other planets. Hera is literally teeming with xetes who prey on people and keep order, merchants who buy children into slavery, and Atlanteans who rule the planet. The total number of people is about five billion.
Specific Features	The planet, as an indemnity, must annually supply human slaves to four other races.
Capital	Nabanore. It's a relatively civilized place. The city is partly rebuilt but mostly ruins of buildings destroyed by the curse prevail here. In Nabanore, there is a small palace of the chief caretaker who is the governor who controls the planet and the portal. This is the only place on Hera through which you can get to other planets.