Beyond the cradles
“Savagespace is a dimension of darkness that spawns a form of anti-life. In Savagespace, life is what anti-life feeds on.”
The discovery of unrealspace led the races of the galaxy to leave the cradles of the worlds of their births behind. Via this parallel dimension to realspace, faster-than-light travel opened countless planets, moons, and solar systems, as well as connected dozens of races over more than six thousand years.
Over the millennia, waves of new races found their way to the galaxy at large, sometimes peacefully, sometimes with conflict. Agreements were struck to equalize measures of time, currency, and even common language between races, governments, and ideological institutions spanning multiple races.
Despite discovering unrealspace, and naming their familiar dimension realspace, the peoples of the galaxy were largely unfamiliar with additional dimensions. Most were unaware of their sometimes subtle, sometimes vast differences to the two familiar dimensions of space/time.
One of those other dimensions is nothing but a rumor, a whispered name found only in the most obscure, ancient texts, largely unknown: Savagespace. This rumored dimension outside of known space/time is a place of terror, fear, and worst of all, death dealt by anti-life forces.
For millennia, the rumor of savagespace and its horrors was discounted, disregarded, and relegated to legend and myth. The denizens of realspace would portal to unrealspace to cross surreal distances in a reasonable time, shorter period than otherwise possible. Yet, some postulated that there had to be another, better, faster means to that end.
Folding space/time
Scientists among the elves, humans, drow, orcs, goblins, halflings, dwarves, and countless other races have sought to unlock this secret. Considered something of a “holy grail” for faster-than-light travel, whoever possessed that technology could cross thousands of light years of distance nearly instantaneously, rather than over days, weeks, and longer traveling in unrealspace.
Despite millennia of investigation, research, and experimentation, all have failed. Like the mythology of the quest for the holy grail, many would seek endlessly to unlock the technological wonder of folding space/time.
Some argued that having this ability would come with a cost. What that cost would be, however, none could voice. Like savagespace, the notion of successfully folding space/time has been relegated to superstition and legend. Both savagespace and folding space/time have been impossible dreams, never to be realized.
Until now…
Savagespace
The human race left their solar system more than three thousand years ago. With that first portal to the faster-than-light dimension of unrealspace, they met other races, all of which were oddly familiar.
Elves, dwarves, drow goblins, and others were already traversing extrasolar space. Joining them, it wasn’t long before humans colonized many worlds across diverse solar systems.
True to human nature, humans were more likely to fight among themselves and their artificial divisions than against other races. Yet they managed to overcome much of that and become one of the most established and confident spacefarers on the known galaxy.
Unquenchable curiosity would lead some of the brightest minds ever produced by the human race to crack the code and unlock the secret to instantaneous travel across unimaginable distances. Yet humanity lacked a key resource to make the hypothetical real.
Another race, however, had that resource: The drow. Bringing their minds and resources together, they would change the course of the known galaxy forever, but not in the way they intended.
On the verge of this incredible discovery, our story begins.
Savagespace I – Alliances and Consequences
“When a race finds their way to unrealspace, they join a grand host of other races and discover potential and possibility far beyond the cradle of their homeworld.” – The Grand Master of the Universal Energies Ontology.
The parallel dimension called unrealspace provides faster-than-light travel and brings diverse races together. Humans have found themselves among unexpectedly familiar beings, including elves, dwarves, drow, kitsune, goblins, orcs, and more.
For millennia, many have sought faster means. Two races, working together, have cracked the code to nearly instantaneous travel across incredible distances via the folding of space/time. Yet this breakthrough might come with unexpected consequences, opening a way to the mysterious and dangerous dimension known only by rumor – savagespace.
“Savagespace is a dimension of darkness that spawns a form of anti-life. In savagespace, life is what anti-life feeds on.”– A representative from the genasi people.
Forces are in motion to redraw borders real and imagined, forge and break alliances, exact revenge, and change the balance of the galaxy. Amid this turmoil, fate or circumstance has brought together diverse individuals from different races and backgrounds to form a singular crew aboard a unique starship. They find themselves amid willing and unwilling players impacting history, all under the shadow of an unimaginable threat.
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