Godfare

Category: Lore

  • Ship Sizes and Classes

    As there are multiple tasks to be fulfilled in space, there is no one ship size or function that can do everything. Through the centuries ship classifications have been standardized more for their role than size, but there is some common overlap.  Corvettes: 100-300m  These are the smallest warships in any given fleet. Most are…

  • Lyshan Crystal Mining

    No resource is more coveted than the lyshan crystal. These physical manifestations of the Aether allow for faster than light travel and communication, entropy fields, and the welds for metaphysicals. The problem lies in the fact these crystals are not easy to come by, nor is their extraction easy. They can be found on random…

  • Carapace Armor

    Table of Contents Overview Development:  Deployment Overview Protecting soldiers to withstand the current weapons of war is not a new concept, and is one that persists to the current age of 1889 A.E.G. Though now, one cannot carry enough armor to withstand the power of modern mag-weapons. Standard soldier protection can withstand mag-rounds at long…

  • Planetary Invasion Stages

    Intro Planetary invasions were once considered a thing of the past. With the combination of nuclear weapons and pinpoint orbital bombardments, simple orbital supremacy became more than enough to cow a planet into submission. Armies became simple police forces, meant only to keep conquered worlds in line. However, that all changed with the introduction of…

  • Fusion Cannons

    Table of Contents Overview Development Deployment  Overview Ever since the First War, humanity has strived for more powerful weapons. All of those efforts have culminated in the creation of the fusion cannon. Till this day, nothing has surpassed it. In principle, the theory behind them is not complex, but the execution of that theory proved…

  • Mag-Weapons

    Table of Contents Overview  Development  Point Defense Capital ship-grade  Overview  Mag-weaponry remains the most ubiquitous armament of any faction. They are found on the lowliest corvette to the mighty dreadnoughts. These guns use magnetic rails to launch a projectile to far deadlier speeds than gunpowder weapons of old. The sizes of the guns vary wildly…

  • Space Travel Overview

    Getting from planet to planet in the Ashen Eye galaxy is essential, yet costly in the Godfare Universe. Humanity alone knows of millions of worlds and just as many stars. Going faster than light requires breaching into metaspace, a dimensional tier right above the normal, physical realm. But even the greatest technology cannot surpass this…

  • Lightning in Word

    All of the verses from Moraxis’s holy book so far. May no cost be too high and no river of blood to deep to stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Moraxis proclaimed with the voice of wind and thunder behind her, “I will have the Chained destroyed. I hate them. I despise them. Every second…

  • The Book of Gems

    All of the verses so far from Inarus’s holy book. May your soul be as strong as diamond “Why does fear torment you, my children? Do you not trust in my everlasting reach? I am infinity. I am birth. I am death. Fear is for the uncertain. But I am certainty itself. Whatever torments you…

  • The Gospel of Fire

    All of the verses so far from Andras’s holy book. May Dragon wings carry you. “From the hammer that strikes the anvil to the bloodied hand that holds a sword, know that I find all these pleasing to my eyes and ears. One does not only find strength in fighting. How does a warrior fight…