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==== What is this wiki? ====
==== What is this wiki? ====
== '''<u>Please be aware, this entire page and wiki are being revised as we are changing lore to our own, removed from New Frontiers, some things will remain but the stuff is in HIGH FLUX at the moment. Please have patience.</u>''' ==
* This wiki is mostly meant to be a collection of IC documents written from a biased, pro-Directorate perspective. The raw information itself is fairly accurate, but '''the way it's framed and presented is not meant to be read as the completely unbiased truth.''' Anything that is not '''explicitly''' OOC should not be read as such.
* This wiki is mostly meant to be a collection of IC documents written from a biased, pro-Directorate perspective. The raw information itself is fairly accurate, but '''the way it's framed and presented is not meant to be read as the completely unbiased truth.''' Anything that is not '''explicitly''' OOC should not be read as such.


==== Where am I? ====
==== Where am I? ====
* You are in [[Known Space]] in the [[Ruz'kahni Directorate]] at the edge of the [[Coreward March]] in the [[Gadiimkimi Dark Region]] on the space station [[DS-11|Distant Sands-11]]
* You are in [[Known Space]] at the edge of the [[Coreward March]] in the [[Gadiimkimi Dark Region]] on the space station [[DS-11|Distant Sands-11]]
* The region is a hotbed of [[Gadiimkimi Border Dispute|conflict]] between the [[Alganna Eternity]] and the Ruz'kahni Directorate over settlers, refugees, and territory.
* The region is a hotbed of [[Gadiimkimi Border Dispute|conflict]] between the [[Alganna Eternity]] and the [[League of Free Colonies]] over ownership and right to settle the Gadiimkimi Dark Region. The [[United Families]], the owners of the station have invited the [[Ruz'kahni Directorate]] to help mediate the dispute.


==== What else is going on in the Galaxy? ====
==== Holding Page for articles ====
*The [[Galactic Coalition of Interstellar States]] struggles with their former holdings, the [[Sovereign Federation]]. Both powers show interest in the political events of the Dark Region.
[[Psychotronics]]
* The [[United Republic of Ayun-Ji]] tries to stop their terroristic holdout government, the criminal and villainous [[Lo-Shudai]] from upsetting any attempts at peace between the Directorate and the poliesu peoples.
 
* While the [[Vesreen Holdings]] aim to inject their notions of democracy into the new region and the [[Gwix Conglomerate]] prowl the area eager to profit off of any potential conflict.
[[Space Travel]]


==== What are these strange [[Sophont|aliens]]? Help! I am distressed! ====
==== What are these strange [[Sophont|aliens]]? Help! I am distressed! ====
We of the Directorate prefer the term [[Sophont]] rather than alien to refer to the people of Known Space. They are you, us, and the future friends and foes you will encounter on the station and beyond.
We of the Directorate prefer the term [[Sophont]] rather than alien to refer to the people of Known Space. They are you, us, and the future friends and foes you will encounter on the station and beyond.
===== Directorate Sophonts =====
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Feni Feni] (known as '[https://wiki.distantsands.org/Feni rokhandan]' to many aliens) The caniform native to the planet Fen, the founders of the Directorate, a catch-all for a handful of divergent species. They are the most advanced society in known space and their distinct clan-structure has informed the Directorate's design.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Kemzali Kemzali] One of the early members of the Directorate, native to the planet Ornja, they are furry, serpentine sophonts. They are rare, but powerful, influential psionic creatures that rule their society.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Kobari Kobari] One of the early members of the Directorate, linked to their sister species, the kemzali, at a biological level. They are a colonial species that are separated by purpose-driven castes and exist to function for almost all non-leadership roles within their society.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Kimmigani Kimmigani] A more recently joined species in the Directorate, void-born antelope-like beings they are adapted to the trials of thousands of years of social development on large colony ships.


===== Major Sophonts =====
===== Major Sophonts =====


* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Human Human] Born of the troubles of their homeworld of Earth, humans are one of the most common species in known space, holding majority presence in both the Galactic Coalition and the Sovereign Federation, while numerous refugees reside in the Directorate, heirs to centuries of religious and cultural persecution under the government of Earth.
* [[Feni]] Resembling dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes and hyenas, Feni are the caniform native to the planet Fen, the founders of the Directorate, a catch-all for a handful of divergent species. They are the most advanced society in known space and their distinct clan-structure has informed the Directorate's design.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Kimovihni Kimovihni] Imperialistic cervids, they are recently discovered brethren, separated by thousands of years of radical changes from their kimmigani brethren. Their empire is the newest threat to the borders of the Directorate.
* [[Human]] Born of the troubles of their homeworld of Earth, humans are a common species in space, often taking to the stars to escape the stratification of social immobility of Earth's territories.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Coathal Coathal] Reptilians born of subterranean lairs with a love for democracy and individuality, they are a younger species on the Galactic scene and maintain fierce cultural independence.
* [[Kimmigan]] These bovids, antelopes and deer are Separated by time, remnants of a great migration across the stars, the two Kimmigan peoples vary from the founders of the Alganna Eternity who care about hedonism and power, to spacer-survivalists with a spiritual love of their ships.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Poliesu Poliesu] An aquatic species of piscine appearance, the poliesu were until recently a warlike, imperialistic people, now divided between those desiring a return to conquest and those who wish to integrate with broader galactic society.
* [[Hexian]] Rodent-like murids of the Vaeus system, Hexians survived near extinction and have adopted a ruthless adherence to managed, mandated genetic engineering to prevent a similar genetic disaster from occurring. '''Under Construction'''
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Gwix Gwix] A goblinoid-species of ruthless authoritarian hyper-capitalists, who's entire society is based around financial gains and monopolistic rule over others.
* [[Kemzali]] The large, furred serpentine chimeric sophonts that rule the United Families as absolute rulers.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Caera-Leecii Caera-Leecii] A cervid species and one of the founders of the Sovereign Federation, their society is based around integration with a symbiotic plant known as leecii.
* [[Kobari]] A species of eusocial, small, chimeric 'kobold like' servant-species to the Kemzali in the United Families.
 
===== Minor Sophonts =====
 
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Lumii Lumii] Felines forcibly uplifted by the Coalition from a pre-industrial society into a spacefaring one, they suffer to reclaim lost traditions and have become proud members of the Sovereign Federation.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Tavari Tavari] Avians of Tal-Sheed, they are shrewd and opportunistic pragmatists with a tendency to distrust others and further their own goals.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Hexian Hexian] Rodent-like murids of the Vaeus system, Hexians survived near extinction and have adopted a ruthless adherence to managed, mandated genetic engineering to prevent a similar genetic disaster from occurring.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Anahi Anahi] Similar to humans, these elf-like people are heirs to a dead world, roving the stars as nomads.


===== The Unclassified =====
===== The Unclassified =====


* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Thinking_Machines Thinking Machines] The artificial intelligence of known space, created, not born, they are heavily restricted in the Directorate.
* [[Thinking Machines]] The artificial intelligence of known space, created, not born, they are inorganic beings.
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Vatborn_and_Splicers Vatborn and Splicers] Artificial biological creations or those adjusted or altered after birth, they were mass manufactured as slave-soldiers in the great human wars.
* [[Vatborn and Splicers]] Artificial biological creations or those adjusted or altered after birth, they were mass manufactured as slave-soldiers in the great human wars.  
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Outworlders Outworlders] A catchall term for the plethora of species not listed, categorizing them individually may be difficult.
* [[Outworlders]] A catchall term for the plethora of species not listed, categorizing them individually may be difficult. '''Under Construction'''
* [https://wiki.distantsands.org/Anomalies Anomalies] A catchall term for strange, unique, or little understood beings that in some way defy standard categorization.
* [[Anomalies]] A catchall term for strange, unique, or little understood beings that in some way defy standard categorization. '''Under Construction'''
==== Ok But what happened Recently? ====
You must suffer from some form of Delerium, or maybe you're just woefully undeducated. Many major events have happened in history, but a recent one is the [[War of Ruz'kahni Survival]].




Distant Sands is based on the creative framework of the New Frontiers roleplaying sim on the Second Life grid.  
Distant Sands is based on the creative framework of the New Frontiers roleplaying sim on the Second Life grid, with permission.


While exact lore details will drift apart, we are all based on the creativity of numerous authors past and present.
While exact lore details will drift apart, we are all based on the creativity of numerous authors past and present.

Latest revision as of 13:20, 29 May 2026

Welcome to Distant Sands 11.

What is this wiki?

Please be aware, this entire page and wiki are being revised as we are changing lore to our own, removed from New Frontiers, some things will remain but the stuff is in HIGH FLUX at the moment. Please have patience.

  • This wiki is mostly meant to be a collection of IC documents written from a biased, pro-Directorate perspective. The raw information itself is fairly accurate, but the way it's framed and presented is not meant to be read as the completely unbiased truth. Anything that is not explicitly OOC should not be read as such.

Where am I?

Holding Page for articles

Psychotronics

Space Travel

What are these strange aliens? Help! I am distressed!

We of the Directorate prefer the term Sophont rather than alien to refer to the people of Known Space. They are you, us, and the future friends and foes you will encounter on the station and beyond.

Major Sophonts
  • Feni Resembling dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes and hyenas, Feni are the caniform native to the planet Fen, the founders of the Directorate, a catch-all for a handful of divergent species. They are the most advanced society in known space and their distinct clan-structure has informed the Directorate's design.
  • Human Born of the troubles of their homeworld of Earth, humans are a common species in space, often taking to the stars to escape the stratification of social immobility of Earth's territories.
  • Kimmigan These bovids, antelopes and deer are Separated by time, remnants of a great migration across the stars, the two Kimmigan peoples vary from the founders of the Alganna Eternity who care about hedonism and power, to spacer-survivalists with a spiritual love of their ships.
  • Hexian Rodent-like murids of the Vaeus system, Hexians survived near extinction and have adopted a ruthless adherence to managed, mandated genetic engineering to prevent a similar genetic disaster from occurring. Under Construction
  • Kemzali The large, furred serpentine chimeric sophonts that rule the United Families as absolute rulers.
  • Kobari A species of eusocial, small, chimeric 'kobold like' servant-species to the Kemzali in the United Families.
The Unclassified
  • Thinking Machines The artificial intelligence of known space, created, not born, they are inorganic beings.
  • Vatborn and Splicers Artificial biological creations or those adjusted or altered after birth, they were mass manufactured as slave-soldiers in the great human wars.
  • Outworlders A catchall term for the plethora of species not listed, categorizing them individually may be difficult. Under Construction
  • Anomalies A catchall term for strange, unique, or little understood beings that in some way defy standard categorization. Under Construction

Ok But what happened Recently?

You must suffer from some form of Delerium, or maybe you're just woefully undeducated. Many major events have happened in history, but a recent one is the War of Ruz'kahni Survival.


Distant Sands is based on the creative framework of the New Frontiers roleplaying sim on the Second Life grid, with permission.

While exact lore details will drift apart, we are all based on the creativity of numerous authors past and present.

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