LORE
The youngest of all the races, the Nova are beings of pure energy. Having been just born the Nova are curious people who know how to ask a thousand questions and still never fully understand what they’re being told.
This is mainly because they can not interact with any form of matter. Being made of pure energy, all matter a Nova touches turns to plasma. And because they are the only ones in the known universe with this quality learning from others is frustrating and difficult.
But that won’t stop them! The Nova contain so much energy and can’t wait to explore the universe meeting and making as many friends as possible.
GENERAL INFO
| Life Span Range | Potentially infinite (Recharges through stars) |
| Sleep Cycle | 1 – 2 hours multiple times a day |
| Movement | Flight |
| Special Movement | FTL through solar energy |
| Reproduction | Binary energy coupling |
| Perception | Electromagnetic Spectrum |
| Language | Energy fluctuations, pitches |
APPEARANCE
| Positive Nova Color(s) | Warm Colors (red, orange, yellow, etc…) |
| Negative Nova Color(s) | Cool Colors (blue, purple, green, etc…) |
| Average Form | Can take any form, typically appear as glowing spheres or humanoid |
| Average Sphere Diameter | 3 – 6 ft. |
| Distinctions | Can create “black spots” on self that can’t be changed once made |
PERSONALITY
The Nova have the mindset and personality of a child. Not only is this due to their curious nature, but their high range of emotions. The Nova love observing and making friends with living creatures but have found that to be hard due to their makeup. And once frustrated, a Nova could explode in an energy outburst causing destructive damage of pure plasma.
They don’t know their strength but are slowly learning how fragile everything is and even if they can’t interact with matter they love receiving gifts of all kinds. But mostly, they want to feel included and see what it’s like to be around other forms of life.
It’s quite hard to make enemies of the Nova for even attacking them doesn’t mean much. The only surefire way to fully anger them is by building a megastructure on a Sun. All Suns are the home to the Nova and doing so is an act of war.
| Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|
| Receiving all gifts | Initiated/Provoked combat with anyone |
| Allows population migration | Building a megastructure on a star |
HABITABILITY
Sol, the first star to give birth to the Nova is their pride and joy. The Nova see all stars as their place of being but nothing compares to their original home of Sol. Even though all Stars act and perform the same living conditions, the Nova will always cherish their original sun.
The Nova are capable of traveling from one star to another by performing a “solar flare”. While inside a star the Nova can supercharge their bodies and release the energy outward toward the reach of another star and travel at FTL speeds. This ability is incredibly useful but comes at the cost of taking a lot of energy to perform.
With all suns being the preferred home of the Nova it is possible to live on other planets. This is due to a technique they developed by shielding their bodies with a strong energy shield that prevents them from melting everything they come near.
| Allowed Planetary Compositions | [Star], Artificial |
| Allowed Atmospheres | NoAtmosphere, Hydrogen, Methane, Ammonia, Oxygen, CarbonDioxide, SulfurDioxide, Nitrogen, [Plasma] |
| Stat | Min | Mean (0.2 – 0.8 only) | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravity | immune | immune | immune |
| Temperature | immune | immune | immune |
| Radiation | immune | immune | immune |
TECHNOLOGY
| Tech Name | Description | Category | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma Manipulation | … | Theoretical | Special |
| Plasma Weapons | Advanced weaponry that utilizes the incredible heat of plasma to do a combination of thermal and disruption (transformation) damage | Military | Weapons |
| Solar Shields | Shields that absorb a portion of incoming thermal damage and utilize the energy to repair themselves | Military | Defenses |
| Super Core | Only built on suns, these cores provide extra energy to all colonies built in the same system. | Applied | Special |
Vehicle Sets
Battleship
Carrier
Colonizer
Cruiser
Destroyer
Dreadnought
Freighter
Frigate
Titan
