User:SilverCrono/TL

Reach of Consciousness: The Liberator.

Setting
It is. 75 years after the fall of the Engi empire, the galaxy is in a state of constant chaos as various regimes rise and fall with terrifying frequency. These days, one survives through pure mangrit and pulchritude, or luck. Outlaws and space pirates, building up empires of money by supplying various revolts with weapons or smuggling supplies throughout the universe, gradually strengthen themselves and increase their hold on the fickle economy.

As smuggling, piracy, and anarchy becomes the norm throughout space, tensions and battles on various planets continue to escalate. Piloted mechs, known as Armored Units (not to be mistaken with Astronomical Units which measure distances in space), litter the landscapes of various ruins, colonies, and warzones. The AUs seen as relics of past sciences - as combat has moved into space, the exact makeup and resources in most efficient AU construction have been mostly lost to time. Many functioning AUs remain, almost entirely in the grips of various factions, but production of new ones is at almost 0%.

Characters

 * Aaron Tsidaal - 16. A refugee who lived on the Tsidaal colony near Neptune. He is hot-tempered and self-righteous, and strongly disrespects any form of authority. He has witnessed first hand the general downfall of most control in the universe and blames it on the squallor and foolishness of all adults. After the weakened government is destroyed by a fleet of pirate ships, he barely escapes with his life along with the crown prince of the Nitorius faction. The two, once worlds apart in many different ways, find themselves to be close allies put together by fate, and begin to fight together for a common cause: destroy the hold that pirates have over the universe. Although his companion's goal is a lot less revenge-oriented than Aaron's, they don't notice these differences for a long time.
 * Shinkronus Reinal Nitorius (Rein) - 18. The crown prince of the Nitorius faction on the colony Tsidaal. He boasts a quiet, thoughtful personality that focuses on the logical over the emotional. He can be sort of selfish and finds it hard to truly care for others. After his family's government is destroyed, Rein's world crashes down around him, and he joins Aaron as a refugee on a mission. With his amazing foresight and spot-on battle tactics, he and his new friend become notable outlaws who struggle to form a third side that combats both corrupt, prideful governments and strong, cutthroat pirates.
 * Yoshius Burr Venus - 34. A Venus-born pirate who ravages the skies with reckless abandon. He holds very fierce political beliefs and will do whatever it takes to make sure he overcomes any "corrupt" regimes. Known as a terrorist to most, he transcends the "profit first" motivations of most pirates in order to ruthlessly attack any form of authority. His aid in toppling the already weak Nitorius faction that ruled over the Tsidaal colony is what caused the destruction of Aaron's home and Rein's government, and he feels absolutely no shame for it.
 * Cherius Burr Rohnal (Cher) - 18. An amnesiac young girl whom Yoshius found while exploring a distant star's ruins. She holds no memory of time before Yoshius, and has developed a bodacious and confident personality while under his wing. She lives her days with no regard for her own safety, and truly believes she can have anything she wants in the world. Her world begins to transform once she meets Aaron and Rein, who both shower upon her unfamiliar memories and feelings. Ever since then, she begins to have suspicious feelings about why exactly Yoshius selflessly cares for her.

Terms

 * Terra Sphere. The popular term for the area between the sun and the asteroid belt after Terra. Comprised of Mercury, Venus, Terra, and Mars. After a build-up of wars and mismanagement of resources centuries ago, most of the usable land in this sector is destroyed and unsalvageable. Absolutely no ruling state resides in this area, and it is thus a haven for illegal trading and smuggling.
 * Colony Prism. The area between Mars' asteroid belt and a few thousand AUs worth of distance past Pluto. After the general degradation of the Terra Sphere, most of humanity has moved to this area and now live in various space colonies, thus its name. Some colonies are sort of atmosphere-filled cocoons in space, and some are blocked-off and purified areas of various planets. The most common colonies are around Saturn and Jupiter, although a large and densely-populated section near Neptune is almost filled with poor people. After the Engi empire fell in 00771, no government exists to band these loose states together, and a large-scale corruption of order has occurred in the absence of a strong power.
 * The United Kratocracy for Rebuilding Cosmic Order (UKRCO). A weak, yet popular, faction that has been springing up in various colonies close to the Terra Sphere. It seeks to eradicate all forms of space piracy and crime in order to erect a government that governs over the Colony Prism in a kratocratic form. Despite its "ideological" ideas, it has been accused of resorting to almost piratical actions in order to eliminate piracy itself. Some refugees distastefully call it the "United Alliance for Ironic Cosmic Bullshit".