Encyclopædia Raanica

This page collects links to a variety of short articles that describe different aspects of life on Raana and the human history leading up to the game' start date:

Astrology

• The Vakon Expanse - Raana's region of the Milky Way, 1,250 light years from Earth.
• The Moons of Raana - Dravin, Govinda and Orpheus.
• Atlantica - paradise colony in Raana's neighbouring star system.
• Quantum Gates - the seemingly abandoned alien tech that permits interstellar travel.

Geography

• Gandaria - the wild continent, where settlement failed.
• Irendoria - the colonised continent, home of humans.
• Irendorian Sea - vast ocean between the continents.
• Climate
• The Haalu Plateau - Raana's only known major fossil fuel reservoir, but too dangerous to exploit.
• The Beryll Mountains - the mountains nearest Ikaanos, where the first colony ship crashed.
• Prometheus Lake - inland sea fringed by new cities.
• The Red River - the colony's main artery.
• Feeder's Canyon - Ikaanos' breadbasket.

Ecology

• The great biological wipe - spreading stain of introduced Earth species replacing Raanan life.
• Fetid Blindess - something around the Red River is causing rapid cataracts.
• Bestiary - Raanan flora & fauna, plus invasives from Earth; who are the real aliens?
• Weather

Science and Technology

• The Mastersphere - orbital colony ship sent from Earth centuries ago and still running.
• Fusion power - modular plants sent from Earth of which some survive 200 years later
• Energy cells - mini fusion-powered batteries sent from Earth and now rationed, to power items which can't be plugged in to the electricity mains.

• Drugs:
  • TotaLube - the sexually liberating invention that's prophylactic, anti-microbial and lubricating in all holes!
  • Revital - high-tech life extension, but expensive.
  • Mindmancer -
  • Haze Pill -
  • Neuraclean -
  • Elixir of Lesano -
  • Elixir of Serenity -
  • Denaar resin -
  • Denaar-X -
• Stargate Cylinders - mysterious alien tech thought to power Quantum Gates.

History

• Earth timeline, from 2028 to 2489
• Pan-Asian Confederation, formed in the late 2020s
• The Caliphate, formed during Earth's "Second Dark Age" of 2060-69, which was product of WWIII and a Great Famine following it.
• International Space Agency, founded in 2098 after the discovery of a quantum stargate behind Mars
• African Union, formed in 2107
• The First Wave of humans on Raana, arriving in 2130, 350 years before current events.
• The United Earth Government, formed in 2197
• Raana's second, main wave of colonisation, starting 2230, led by the USS Seneca
• The Severance of Raana from the rest of humanity in 2290, 200 years ago
• Human History of Raana, summarised, from 2130 to 2489

Sociology

• Races and culture
• Religions - faiths on Raana, focusing on those of Ikaanos.
• Economy
• Hedami - Raana's neo-gypsies.
• Hazorians - extinct warrior caste.
• Male Masturbation - Ikaanian culture deems this shameful, and men are expected to get regular relief through the holes of others.
• Popular sports - soccer, sailing, aerodisc, martial arts, horse racing, and gladiatorial combat.

Locations

• Lake City, of the Prometheus Republic
• The Hakusan Empire, and its capital New Tokyo
• Kingsport
• Fort Goloka
• The Republic of Ikaanos
• Ikaanos City
• locations within Ikaanos

Armed Forces and Factions

• Space Marines - military force defending the Mastersphere
• Skyguard - Ikaanos' police & military
• The Great Houses of Ikaanos, and Nobility
• Dengi Marauders
• Other Factions - bandits, religions, ethnic groups and rebels

Other

• Forged Documents
• The Occult