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so i love how this just sorta never happened (i mightve had work that night & forgotten all about it)

we, like as a community, should organize an online event or something. Play stellaris, or do a writing competition, or even have a meme making contest. Something organized to maybe draw some more people into the fandom.

anyways next lore snippet coming either tonight or tomorrow morning

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sometimes the truth is hard to swallow . .

finn says gyatt and skibidi and whatever else is the equivalent of brainrot in 300 years, and at first its all a joke to piss tyler off but he slowly unintentionally integrates the words into his day-to-day vernacular, and will accidently slip some very informal speech into a meeting with prominent leaders in the academy or whoever

ex: "what the sigma is going on with my uni??"

-finian dekarran deseel, march 3rd 2384, during a meeting with the grand leader of eirak, a major betraskan corporation that maintains monopoly over most iron ore/palladium mines on the surface of trask. safe to say tyler almost fainted.

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POV: Syldrathi

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reasonable crash out on kal’s part to be frank completely understandable !

Forever?

much like a falling air conditioning unit, inspiration has struck me as I wander.

So, I present, an outline for an AU, where things didn’t turn out well.

Situation Report:

15th October 2390

Compiled by agent 736782

For the eyes of Admiral Tyler Jones Only

As it stands, the Legion is stretched thin, beaten, and bloody. We are fighting in all sides, and can no longer in good conscience call ourselves a humanitarian organization. We are peace keepers now. We have occupied 1/3 of the former Terragov holdings, including Earth, are the only reason Sempirternity hasn’t declared independence, and now are the only reason the Waywalkers exist. The situation is rapidly becoming untenable sir. At this rate, we have 10 months before we can no longer replenish our losses.

The Main Players:

The Aurora Legion: Once the shining city upon the hill the entire galaxy looked towards, the legion is now fighting a desperate war it cannot hope to win. The Reforged close in from all sides, TerraGov has collapsed outright and much of the TDF is now AWOL. The legion is unrecognizable in its current state, having now occupied Sol, and much of Terra Govs other colonies. Forced to subsume much of the GIA, the legion has resorted to betraying its founding ideals in the name of survival. Currently led by Admiral Tyler Jones, who fights tooth and nail against the dying of the light he fought to hard to save before.

The Reforged: The assorted factions of the splintered Unbroken now rebuilt by the hand of a New Archon. Stripped of the old xenophobia and elitism, the Reforged accept any into their ranks provided they can prove their martial might. The dominant power in the galaxy, and the sworn enemy of the legion for their sheltering of the Waywalkers. Their armadas prowl the stars, hunting for prey. Led by the vicious Archon Idrabann.

The Changed: A nomadic mass of quasi-religious Zealots, this mysterious group wanders the galaxy, helping and harming in seemingly random patterns. Officially neutral in the war, neither side wishes to risk their ire, for their weapons are the finest in the galaxy. LED by a pair of unknown individuals, one seemingly human, and the other seemingly Beretreskan, based on voice patterns. these individuals are known as the Cured and the Forgiven. Significance of this is unknown. Reports indicate all members are mechanically augmented, with high augments corresponding to higher status.

Squad 312:

Tyler Jones: Admiral of the Aurora Legion, fighting a losing battle. Personality growing increasingly fractured from mounting stress, PTSD, and Depression.

Catherine Brannock: Revived. Currently serving as Tyler’s right hand and Head of Intelligence. Prone to referring to self as “we”. Aurora O’Malley: Deceased as of 2384. Killed by Free Syldrathi Way walker terrorist cell. Consciousness currently in the Rahaam Constellation.

Finian De Karen De Seel: missing since 2390. Lost after freak gravitational anomaly in the Fold on an expedition with Scarlett jones. Possible connection to the Changed.

Scarlett Jones: missing since 2390. Lost after freak gravitational anomaly in the Fold on an expedition with Finian De Karen De See. Possible connection to the Changed.

Kalliis Idrabaan Gilwraith: Last seen 2384 during the Massacre at Idron. Wanted by the galactic court for 193 counts of Murder. Rumors suggest he fled the planet and took control of an unbroken ship nearby.

Ok spoilers below for the major things I want to do with the characters

What actually happened:

Tyler is currently fucked up by basically being stretched across multiple timelines. The AU we see at the end of the first book is inexplicably tied to him. He is basically being ripped apart by time itself. Completely reliant on Cat emotionally.

Cat wasn’t removed from the Rahaam cleanly. And she dragged some of it back with her. Also now the spymaster of the legion. Maybe has some plans to drag Tyler back with her to the Rahaam.

aurora fucking died. Simple as. Some waywalkers were mad about Kal being on the planet and so tried to blow him up. They missed him and killed Aurora. She is also in the Rahaam now.

Scar and fin got fed to the eshvarens library. And they survived. Barely. Also ya know total psychological collapse and regeneration. They are fucking freaky. Now are attempting to ascend all life to mechanical perfection. Still very in love and it’s cute when they aren’t both eldritch horror robots.

Kal. Kal kal kal.

yeah Kal became his dad but insane. He butchered 193 people with his bare hands when Aurora died and then became the archon on the new unbroken. He hates the way walkers for killing his besh’mai and hates the legion even more for sheltering them. Started war when he heard about project Returner through spies. Tyler refuses to allow them to use it, because ripping consciousnesses from a giant gestalt that can warp reality is a bad fucking idea. Flip flops between basically his dad and completely deranged.

Oh and Saedii died. No particular reason I just couldn’t make her fit in here.

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say jk RIGHT now.

listenin to Hozier here

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POV: Syldrathi

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everything is truly so terrible but i just remembered doreen ketchens playing clarinet for her infant grandson and then i was kind of okay again for 36 seconds

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i feel like there should be some deliberation or formal disscusion before we all jump head first into agreeing that syldrathi men can get pregnant - not because i have any opposition to mpreg whatever floats yo boat - but i have an awful feeling that this will end in mpreg ty x kal fanfic. and. yall. i dont know if i could withstand that.

listenin to Hozier here

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AHHHH THE SONG AND THE STYLE AND THE END AND THE EVERYTHING

people wanted the video for if they didn't have tiktok, so here u go :)

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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finn says gyatt and skibidi and whatever else is the equivalent of brainrot in 300 years, and at first its all a joke to piss tyler off but he slowly unintentionally integrates the words into his day-to-day vernacular, and will accidently slip some very informal speech into a meeting with prominent leaders in the academy or whoever

ex: "what the sigma is going on with my uni??"

-finian dekarran deseel, march 3rd 2384, during a meeting with the grand leader of eirak, a major betraskan corporation that maintains monopoly over most iron ore/palladium mines on the surface of trask. safe to say tyler almost fainted.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK THE UNBROKEN FLEET IS LIKE

ask and you shall receive

this one is a little quick and dirty so I might come back to it later

Neridaa: the last flagship of the Unbroken, manned by the Starslayer alone. Kilometers of glittering rainbow crystal, with the power to collapse stars and crush worlds. Capable of limited self regeneration, and the only known vessel capable of time travel.

Archon Class battleship Andareal: The former Flagship of the Unbroken, now captained by his right hand and Templar Saedii Gilwraith. Formerly one of the flag vessels of the Syldrathi navy, all other vessels of the type were lost during the Terra-Syldra War. Equipped with Pulse cannons, a huge fighter complement, and, with Unbroken Modification, A gladiatorial Arena. Possibly lost following and engagement with Carrier Kusinagi.

Templar Class cruisers: 2.8 kilometer long vessels with enough firepower to take on a battleship and maybe win. 12 Vessel known to be in the unbroken armada, 9 captained by the Starslayers Templars and 3 on escort duty with the Neridaa. Each acts as the flagship for the 9 Unbroken fleets, which roam around former syldrathi territory much like pirate fleets, capturing merchant vessels and hunting Free syldrathi.

Paladin class light cruisers: generally captained by a Templars second, third, and fourth Paladins, Each light cruiser can act as force projection, backup command, or occupation assets. The second paladin will generally sail alongside their Templar, while the third and fourth will pair up and use hit and run tactics to harass free Syldrathi fleets. Each one is carries a fight escort, 6-8 pulse cannons depending on load out, and nuclear armament.

Unbroken Class destroyers: the largest vessels specially built by the unbroken, these destroyers maximize boarding potential and firepower, utilizing special rounds designed to flood hallways with napalm, these are vessels built for terror, designed to scare commercial vessels into giving up their cargo. The downside of this is they tend to be rather fragile, and if forced to fight a warship of similar displacement, will normally lose.

Adept class picket Ships: the smallest fold capable vessel the Unbroken operate, a rough near peer to the longbow, this picket vessels are used for VIP transport, Specialist communications, blackops insertion, and interdiction, these vessels fill the gaps in the line left by the larger fleet vessels. Crewed by 6-18 man squads, most Unbroken flag officers begin their service commanding one of these vessels.

De’sai class guided torpedo: a horrific weapon used by the most extreme commanders, these vessels have a shamed warrior sealed inside to guide them, in hopes that in death their shame is forgiven. Generally launched in mass waves, and filled with a highly flammable or highly explosive substance, the pilots of these vessels meet a grisly, if quick end. Used by the Reforged, an extremist faction of the Unbroken that split off after the death of the Starslayer.

A/N:

ooohh boy I have some new ideas about the unbroken cooking in my head now, to come soon maybe? Thanks for the question.

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this works for me!

we, like as a community, should organize an online event or something. Play stellaris, or do a writing competition, or even have a meme making contest. Something organized to maybe draw some more people into the fandom.

anyways next lore snippet coming either tonight or tomorrow morning

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AH YESS LITERALLY JUST TELL ME WHEN

we, like as a community, should organize an online event or something. Play stellaris, or do a writing competition, or even have a meme making contest. Something organized to maybe draw some more people into the fandom.

anyways next lore snippet coming either tonight or tomorrow morning

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okay i feel like their mother if she had been involved long enough in her child’s lives would absolutely not want it to be known that she procreated with a human (although are the other syldrathi aware??? i think maybe not because of the taboo i mean their people are literally at war and the two are just going at it i feel like people who prioritize identity/their people so highly would not be chill with that ANYWAYS tangent over tldr i don’t think anyone knew and if anyone knew it would be a handful of close friends/family) therefore she breathes a huge sigh of relief as the two come out the most human a human could ever look. and while im 100% sure she had syldrathi names she could call them i think she knew it wouldn’t be practical to keep these half human half syldrathi children wandering around during a brutal intergalactic war, so she took out the 2300s equivalent of google and looked up “terran baby names” and just picked the first ones that showed up. i feel like jericho would want to name them something a bit more personal or unique but the twins’ mother is dead set on them having the mostunsuspecting bland blank slate names a human could possibly have, and so he concedes.

Jericho Jones gave zero fucks about how to name his children. He googled "most common children names" and took the first one he saw.

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I literally leave you guys alone for 20 minutes good lord I mean I’m here for the creativity

Are interspecies relationships not all that common or????

Like on one hand yeah Caersan was raging about his children feelin the Pull for Terrans and the Jones twins were never told their mother was Syldrathi, but then Kal told Auri his mom would’ve liked her and Finian’s family met Scarlett and liked her so it doesn’t seem like something that’d be widely frowned upon. Or is it truly odd/not common and nearly everyone else looks at them like wow what a bunch of freaky alien-fucking weirdos???

But like if it isn’t unconventional, then where are all the folk like the Jones twins???

Or is it that the Jones twins are the anomaly???

Had there never been mixed species children prior so everyone just assumed it wasn’t possible and was like cool we can raw dog aliens and not have to worry bout pregnancy? Like it’s gotta be rare right? Cause like Kal and Auri had been gettin it on for a minute. Scarlett was ready to climb Fin like a tree during the time loop. Tyler, even after discovering he was half-Syldrathi, was still tryna get down and dirty with Saedii on that ship.

Like does the Legion give everyone mandatory birth control for the duration of their training and field service or something so everyone’s like protection be damned? Cause I imagine squad stability getting shaken up due to maternity/parental leave would be rough, and teen pregnancies at a military academy wouldn’t fly anyway. But the academy should still be teaching safe sex practices to the teens, man.

It’s all fun and games til an STD jumps across species. Smh my head.

cause like imagine being the reason HPV has to be renamed or something. like whelp, guess it’s actually humanoid papilloma virus, turns out Betraskans can contract and transmit it too

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i love this because it strongly implies that aurora is his hyper fixation

do you guys think kal is autistic