Post by Zaku on Jul 25, 2008 20:20:44 GMT -5
Holy Lunarian Empire
The Holy Lunarian Empire is a Human Empire that has an almost fanatical devotion to their empress.
Culture
The society of the Lunarian Empire is broken up by many factors. Firstly there are the nobles and commoners. Nobles are the descendants of those who were given powers by the very first empress. Nobles have strong psychic abilities and are superior to the commoners. Commoners are those born without any psychic gifts and play a much more mundane role in society. The other deciding factor is which of the six moons you were born under. The home planet Lumaria has a strange event. Only one of the planets six moons can be seen in the sky at any given time. These appearances can easily be timed and predicted. What moon you were born under determines your station in life. Office of the Green Moon is the farm workers of the empire. It is also the most common moon phase. It is in the sky for the three spring months. The Order of the Black Moon are the Highly trained assassins of the empire. It is also the most uncommon moon. It is only in the sky every five years for three days. The Office of the Blue Moon is the naval academy. Anyone born under this moon is destined for military service on a starship. It shines for the winter months. The Cult of the Silver Moon are the priests and Mech pilots of the Empire. Nobles become Mech Commanders and commoners become priests. This moon shines on one summer month and one autumn month. The Office of the Red Moon are the armies of the Empire. Those born under this sign are destined for duty in the army. This moon shines on the first two summer months. The Office of the Orange Moon are the traders, craftsmen, and merchants of the Empire. The moon shines on the final two autumn months.
Military
Sleek fast and deadly. The armies of Lunara deal in silenced death. Fighting in the Lunara military is a fate usually reserved for the nobles while commoners come along to maintain the War Droids of the Lunara nobility. The Lunarian Army has an unusual amount of mechs compared to the other races. The Nobles ride into battle in their most Holy Battlemechs accompanied by the best droid protectors they can afford. The Lunarian military favors point defense lasers called Lances. These lasers shoot bright beam streaks of energy at their target that does splash damage like a plasma weapon, but does not eat at the hull. Lunarain technology is very fragile and as such they are the only race that uses shield generators on all of its craft for once the energy shields drop the Lunarian craft are easily destroyed. But the single thing the Lunarian Empire is best known for are their assassins. The Assassins of the Black Moon are fanatical warriors that are the single best assassins in known space. They are able to outmatch every other race in all manner of espionage. To date every target a Black Moon Assassin has been sent against has been killed.
