Hiyas all,
Yep this is what you been waiting for. ;) This is still a
work in progress, and not even close to the finally version yet. After
the compter decided to eat three hours worth of work I decided to just
sent this right out. Not been spell check and the tenses are probably
going to give some a massive head ache. But I figure what the hey it's
time line of sorts not a story. Before you read on the Tendors are
shown here briefly, my parents have been bugging me about studing about
finals, no to fear I do have about two pages written about the Tendors
and their home world. Comments, flames to the ml or me whichever.
Hybrid questions will be answered as soon as I transfer the Tendor
Huntsman history.....
Welcome to Phantom Rider's History as well as Race Descriptions 101.
The following will hopefully encompass the stories I plan to
write and of course the ones that I have already written. I'm combining
two things: race history and race descriptions into one. I figured it
would be better to combine the two instead of going back and forth
between two documents. Enough of the babbling it's time to start.
Phantom Riders: Species and Histories
Created by Robert Bentley
(c) 1995 Robert Bentley
The first species of people to start with would be the Tendors.
Name: Tendors
Type of alien: Humanoid
Sex: Male, Female
Planet of Origin: Hirala
Life Span: Unknown, possibly immortal?
Average height: 5' 7"-7'
History: The Tendors are the most feared species in the universe.
They came into existance before what Terrans call the Big Bang. They
are people who are linked to their planet. As the planet goes through
changes so do they. It has been reported that there is a person at the
center of the planet and experiances every thing the people do, but
there are no facts of this. The Tendors were a people a pure energy,
magnificant intelligance and a technology that could not be rivaled.
They had justed started to send their own people out into the universe
again when their God appeared in their skys above them. Their God's
appearance coincided with one of their linking to the planet. The
population goes along with their God's request of knowledge
transferance. And with that he prepares........to experiment.
The race known as the Tendors are not heard from for another
twenty thousand years. Their "God" leaves these people in a weak state.
His attempts, his experiments have taken a dreadfully wrong turn. Their
"God" moves their planet and places it somewhere where no one will
hopefully find it. There are obsticles placed around the planet and
it's moons. The "God" leavesand the Tendors sleep.
Where the Tendor's homeworld now rests is a place of five races.
Each unique, each powerfull in their right. Together they would make a
formiddle foe.
Name: Podaci
Type of alien: Humaoid Robotic. Flesh and metal spun together
into something very powerfull and also naive at the same time.
Sex: Male, Female, Nueter
Planet of Origin: Podaci Prime
Life Span: 75 years or when newer model replaces old.
Average height: 5' 2"-6'
History: Out of all the species in this system the Podaci are the
first to require space travel. This is due to the fact that the Podaci
are people who are great thinkers. They experiment a lot with different
things including additions to their bodies. The Terrans would call
these people cyborgs but their flesh and metalic parts are meshed
together to the point of near perfection. Depending the coupling and
mating the various body parts change. Podaci Prime is lawless place,
this may be due to the fact that these people regard aliens as threat.
They're regard for people wanting to venture into their space is one of
suspicion. They ask for information and once viewed vote as a planet as
to weather or not the people in question will land. The government is
very strict, there are some people such as the scientific group who are
rebels or sorts.. It is due to the scientific group that Podaci's space
program is so far a head of everyone else. Their first ship the Kijoc 1
exits their system and ventures out into space.
A week passes and still no sign of their system or their myth
star their great grandfathers saw through their rudementary scanners.
Three days later the ship passes through what seems to be a gate, it
enters a corridor and is pushed towards an opening. The ship comes out
the other side to see a planet, with twenty moons or so in orbit. The
two pilots rejoice in their finding and after a quick three dozen
orbits around the planet to map the land they decide to land. Since the
ship can land and take off on a different power source, they land and
investigate.
They are never heard from again.
The only thing left is the distress beacon that was jettisoned
from the ship after it landed on the planet. These are only set off in
case of an emergency.
Ten years pass. The Podaci's space program is given another
chance. They've been granted money, people and supplies to make another
ship. The problem is that they only have one design, a month after
Kijoc I was presumed dead the program was suspened. They modified the
design and prayed. Podaci Prime sends up another ship, Kijoc II. A ship
with better engines and more fuel. As they leave the system they
encounter a dregnought. This ship turns out to be from their neighbors.
Name: Yatoious
Type of alien: Humanoid insect-like race. Have antenne, a few
legs and arms and bug eyes.
Sex: Queen, Drones, Warriors.
Planet: Yato 1
Life Span: One Year. Multiply a lot.
Average Height: 3'-5'7"
History: One Queen, many wairrors and even more drones. The
entire planet is covered with them. Their instincts on protection and
fighting are bar none. Through trade with the Podaci and their own
skills they have been able to build their own ships, much bigger then
the Podaci. They trade information and goods more then anything. Their
language is whistles, hums and partialy telepathic. Their Queen on the
homeworld can find out much from her people when they leave on great
distances. They have been listening to the comm waves between Podaci
Prime and Kasar V. They've known about the missing shop for some time
now. They've sent a few of their ships to the place where the ship was
last heard from and they were headed for there now. The Podaci offer a
joint mission. The Yatoius accept as long as they get something out of
it. The Podaci being a very naive race accept and they set off.
Six months later Yato I and Podaci Prime both recieve a distress
signal/call from the Yatoian dregnought, but before the two planets can
get an accurate fix on the signals they are cut short. The total
length of the message was ten seconds.
Name: Tseidi
Type of alien: Humanoid, extreme espers.
Sex: Male, Female
Planet: Tseidi Seven
Life Span: 100 years give or take
Average Height: 5'6"-6'5"
History: The race known as the Tseidi come into existance, two
hundred years after the distrss call is sent. This race of humanoids
have strong ablilities, their ESP is very powerfull. The engines they
built are very powerfull. The power behind the engines is their ESP,
along with their weapons and such. They have become masters of the mind
and space around them. Some of them can even fold space around them.
They practice their ESP for half of their life span and then go to the
job they have been desined to do since their birth. Their ESP is widely
known as well as their knowledge into the future?
They come out of their system just in time for a star ship race,
along with the Podaci, Kasarians and the Yatoius start a race that
leads into one of the other systems. who have just about shred their
shop to pieces due to the powerful engine core that their ship has. The
Helios are shuttle over to the Tseidi's ship as well as their engine
core, with the Tseidi's strong telepathic abilities they are able to
solve the Helio's problem and dump the core into their engines. The
ship the two races have fixed is now a prototype. Fitted with the
Tseidi's power core and the Helio's engines the ship has become the
fastest ship in the Quadrent. Along with the Tseidi, Helios, Kasarians
and the Podaci, most of the Quadrant begins to build bigger and better
star ships.
Name: Helios
Type of alien: Bird-like Humaoid. Different types of bird
species.
Sex: Male, Female
Planet: Helio Center
Life Span: 20 years
Average height: Varies
History: Not much is known about the Helios or even their home
world. Only a few trips to the home world have been taken. There
appears to be no king, queen or even a government on planet side. In
fact there a bearly an Helios living on the planet. It is known that
during certain times of the year the race will drop whatever they are
doing and migrate home. Some sects of the race can live in space
without any oxygen equipment. Several reports have been filed about
massive bodies of birds filling up space for all the eye could see as
they flock home. Most of the inhabitants would seem to have gone
elsewhere from the planet. Helio Center is place where any
one could live, work and play. The only rule is not to disturb the
planet or else. The or else part has never been used. As said certain
sects of the race can live in space while others can not. Those who can
not built ships with powerfull engines to transgress the stars. The
sects resemble different types of Terran birds or other creatures that
can fly, their wings seem to be the source of their fast speeds. A few
Helios live on the outer worlds and work together in building ships and
such at Relo V.
The Tendor's "God" de-folds into a system of four planets and one
sun. The planets that loom before him are scanned quickly and notes are
taken for a later time. All of the planets are close enough to each
other to interfer with their orbits, but to the God's surprise they
simple orbit around each other and also around the sun as well. The
largest planet out of the four seems to be the best atmosphere and the
species seems to be the best for experiments. This time it would be
different, he would make sure of that. He decides on a new amount of
tests, meant for a different system, this would be his test model. A
model of magic and extended life.
Name Kasarians
Type of Alien: Feline biped Humanoid. Dorment espers.
Sex: Male, Female
Planet: Kasar V
Life Span: Unknown
Average Height: Varies
History: They began as simple docile creatures, walking on four
legs and hunting for food. This alien species is also linked to their
planet. Soon they developed the ability to switch forms from their four
legged to a biped humanoid form. Most of the hunters remain in their
orginal form while others such as builders and scientists remained in
their biped form. There is one king and queen that rule the planet. The
race resembles a mix of the Terran's Cheetah, Tiger and Leopard.
They were first found on Podaci Prime, for reasons unknown. The
Podaci and Kasarians became life long allies to each other. Kasarians
developed more into hunters and fighters while the Podaci became the
builders. And after a hundred and fifty years Kasar V has become a
leading employer of weapons for the Thirteenth Quadrant, a name that
precedes it's unlucky bout with space travel, a total of twelve ships
over the hundred and fifty years either from the Podaci, Yatoius,
Kasarian or the Tseidi. The Helio on the other hand haven't been
attacked yet, speculation over the years put them as the likely
pirates. As part of a treaty between the Tseidi and the Helioans, they
would be stripped of all their warships, weapons and be forced to stay
in their system.
The Kasarians along with the Podaci, Tseidi, Yatos and a few
Helioa decide to build a star cruiser. This cruiser named the Calipso
is big enough for a star voyage to a different system with the
Kasarian's weapons, the Tseidi's power core, the Heloia's engines, the
Podaci's desgins and the Yato's communications they build the biggest
star ship known to the system. The Thirteen Council does not approve of
this secret venture and denies the group access to the ship. After a
group vote the group steals the ship one night and with the help of the
Helio's engines leaves the Quardrant and starts searching........
After his many years of tests and planets, the Tendor "God" has
made a successful transplantation of his tests. The population has
accepted his presence and are accelerating past his expectations. The
planet that he has seeded is called Seco by it's population. The magic
and extended life seems to be going perfectly. The population is now up
where the Earth would be in the later 21st Century. Since the populance
now seems to have the equipment to sense him, he leave the system.
He transplants the system far out of the reach of any race, he
erects a hole in space to lead anyone to the planet who is smart enough
to find it. A newly formed planet is place to protect the whole. A
simple question is place on the planet, if answered correctly certain
items will become active and allow said person access to Seco. The God
leaves the population and ventures out further into space...
The Yatoius's first dregnought comes out of the deep reaches of
the Thirteenth Quardrent, her hull looks like she's been through the
ringer while her engines are still in good shape. The ship manages to
come into orbit of Yato I. The ship is dead and silent form all the
comm signals that the Yatoius Government have sent to her. A crew
shuttle docks with the ship and a crew of five walks on the ship to
find.........
The Calipso comes out of hyperspace and comes into contact with a
star ship grave yard. It would seem that most of the ships repsonded to
a distress call and never returned to their home worlds, even the
escape pods have been blown away. After a long search of each vessel
they all come to the conclusion that the ships docked with an old star
ship and boarded her soon after. The crew was questioned then killed,
most of the crews were within fifty years old, considering that all
these ships were depressurized from the inside after all the crews were
killed.
All items of value are taken, ships logs, weapons, ammo, traces
of the Calipso crew and at least one body from the alien ships. Then
the ships one by one are towed into the sun, after studing the bodies
they too go into the sun of the nearby star.
The Calipso reverses course and heads in a different direction.
The distress beacon which according to the Calipso's sensors is no
where even in the system let alone in the Quardrant is heard. The
captain dismisses the call and orders a trace on the signal. The ship
heads out into unknown space, hopes are high, food supplies are at a
peak and the ship is handling perfectly.
They soon come across a planet, around a dead pulsar, it's moon's
volume in flux, there a few life signs but it seems at though the
planet is also in flux. A few members of a platoon and a few scientists
take a dropship down to the surface and find out that the planet is in
a time flux, something that if given the right amount of power could
send the entire planet back to it's beginning phases. As of right now
the planet is having random fluxing, people and places appear, they and
the places are dead the next. The platoon decides to leave in a hurry,
taking only a few samples and head back to the ship only to find that
she is half way out of the system. After a few bursts of power the
dropship lands, the platoon and scientists angry about why the captain
left them on the planet. She explains that she long contact with them
as soon as they hit the planet's surface, they'
ve been MIA for a *month*....
Podaci Prime ios a buzz with calls and orders from Yato I, the
ship that came into orbit was registered under a presumed dead Yatoius
trader over one hundred fifty years ago, something about helping the
Podacians find a lost ship.... The signal from Yato I keeps shifting in
and out from a caller demanding the reason why the Podaci didn't stop
this ship form entering the quadrent while another over lapping message
tells to disregard any transmissions from Yato I, the sun is flaring up
and is giving ghost images all over the net. This continues for
serveral days till the comm lines start repeating messages from two
hundred years ago.
The Podaci send one high speed shuttle to Yato I to make sure
everything is all right. Four days later they find out that the sun is
indeed flaring up and there are other ships there as well, due to the
signals. The President of Yato I briefs all the ships from the ground
telling them not to worry, the library computers are acting up ans
there is no reason to be alarmed. The ships pulls out and head for
home, a Kasarian science shuttle and the Podaci shuttle stay to take
readings on the sun for observation and pull out three days later.
The life essence of Yato I follows suit........
Name: Secoians
Type of alien: Humanoid
Sex: Male, Female
Planet: Seco
Life Span: 5, 000 years
Average Height: 5'- 6' 6"
History: Seco was given a leg up by their God. They had just
celebrated fifty years of space travel and peace when their god gave
them his present: Longer life and magic. Along with the magic came
inhanced IQ's and basically a fresh start over. The species knew that
the God was going to transplant them somewhere else and prepared for
it. One safe, they rebuild and begin to new age of englightenment. A
few of the God's choosen ones, Secoians who he said where gifted before
he came along are in charge of teaching this species about their new
gifts. While a few people are wary of this, most of the populance go
along with it.
Seco upgrades their starships at the orbiting space station
around Lnona, their new test place for the machines or mecha as the
pilots call them. The mecha come in two different kinds, mobile land
and mobile air. They are called Typhoons and the Firebirds, one due for
it's speed and the other for it's shielding and it weaponary. The
typhoons start out as a high speed message carriers but the need for a
portable body armor was too high so the creators of the hovercycle
added a twist, with a simple thought command the cycle could
reconfigure into a knight of sorts, while the Typhoons were for the
land the Firebirds were changed from high speed aircraft to huge robot
knights. With both of these mecha prototypes helping the planet build
and the star ships in orbit, the Secoian fleet soon became something to
be reckoned with. The wary group of Secoians begin their own little
carde and begin to find out just who their supposed God is and what
new things can be found in this new era.
The Secoians decide to colonize the other planets in their own
system before venturing out into unknown space. Crinais is picked first
due to it no gravity enviornment, all of the ships and mecha will be
made here. Zdana is the second planet to be colonized, it seems to be a
replica of Seco, oceans, beautiful rolling hills and closest to the sun
make Zdana the perfect place for an R&R colony.
After five hundred years of populating these planets and starting
to train Secoians in their new mecha and weapons, the first ship with a
military crew as well as scientists leave the Secoian system and
venture out into unknown space......
A Podaci Probe has passed by Yato I to see the sun is now dead
and so are the life forms on the planet. After recieving this
information from the Thirteenth Council orders the local group's
fighters to go to the planet and see what the trouble is. Two days
later the cruiser arrives in orbit, the sun is indeed dead and the
planet seems to be burned on one half and cold on the other side. A
dropship lands on the planet and finds that the entire population of
the planet is dead, the axis of the planet has stopped when the sun
went nova. The side facing the sun was put to the test of withstanding
a million of degrees of heat while the other side is ice cold due to
the axis stopping and no heat. Whoever killed the Yatoiusians wrre
cannibals, the main computer core of the planet has been taken and it
appears the killers questioned the entire planet then killed them all,
performing a gruesome ritual of eating the dead. A small detachment of
fighters are left to seach for survivors.
Podaci Prime is informed that their neighbors are dead and the
cruiser Heloci will be staying a few more days to finish their report.
Found on the planet was a crashed dregnought, listed as missing by the
Yatoius government years ago. The Podaci along with the Kasarain comb
the planet for clues. A month or so later they release a report to
everyone. This report is not censored and non of the gratitous details
are left out. The report indicates the Yato dregnaught aftering being
boared by the shuttle crew was piloted into one of the planet's most
populated cities. The five man shuttle crew is no where to be seen and
presumed dead. The crew do find a baby in some of wreckage of the ship,
it appears to have very thick skin. The baby appears to be humanoid,
not Yatos. The child seems to like the cyborgs and it is taken back to
their planet.
Seco's fleet of ships meet up in the Calipso for the first time
as she is refueling. Both groups exchange information about themselves.
The Calipso offers to show the Secoians their home. The Secoian accept
and the fleet of ships folds into orbit around a large blue green
world. The Calipso lands and is greated by the crew's offspring. The
Secoians are besides themselves. The technolgy level and all of the
aliens on one planet is amazing. The Secoians stay for a month, in that
time the Calipso ventures out before heading to Seco. The ship returns
to pick up the Secoians and fold back to Seco. A rather large group of
scientists from the Calipso's home world are signed onto the Calipso's
roster. They work mostly nights down in the bowls of the ship while the
ship heads back to Seco.
While the ship spends a month around Seco one or two of the
Secoian God's choosen ones are shown what is in the bowels of the ship.
One or two of the God's choosen ones sign on to the Calipso and begin
to unravel a deep secret. A few of the wary Secoians nicknamed the Wary
hear of what is going on and during one of the lasts conferences
between the Calipso crew and Secoians, the Wary sneak someone onto the
ship to find... The Calipso departs from orbit and begins to prep for
fold when something happens, a ship appears from no where on the ship's
scanners and begins to transmit a distress call. The Secoians scramble
a few shuttles but all is invain as the Calipso's guns obliterate every
single piece of the ship. The Calipso resumes her departure but the
Secoians block her exiting. Demands are made, why, who, when and where
questions are asked. But the only answer given is: You are not yer
ready to experiance thing is in the night you are not ment to see. That
was one of them. And with that the Calipso folds.
Calipso de-folds near the boudary of the Secoian System. She
ventures into the asteroid belt and docks at the Space Dock in the
center of the belt. The belt is the remains of a planet that once
thriving, the only explination is a flux in matter and time. The Dock
used to be a prision, now it's slowly being turned into a space dock
for ships and such. The Secoians have been very busy, although word has
yet to reach the Dock about the Calipso incident a few weeks before the
crew is greeted by more aliens and new gadgets they can add to their
compliment. This is the first time in many years the ship is even close
enough to crew's original system. The Yato experiance a mind numbingly
pain, a rush of memories and a plea for help from their Queen. The
Podaci receive garbeled updates from their home world till the
transmitions stop. The Helio are the only ones who stay at the Dock
while the Calipso departs quickly for home.
A distress call from the Calipso is sent out, but no one is there
to hear it......
To be continued.....
R. Bentley
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