The Atara
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General Info
[edit] Physical characteristics
The Atara-Ku are fairly tall and thin, measuring up to 8 ft. Their legs are extremely powerful, allowing them to make jumps of up to 20 ft (on a planet with gravity equal to Earth). Their upper body is, however, quite weak (only about the size of an average human male's torso). Their legs are arranged like a cat's legs (without the fur and claws) and end in hoof-type feet. They (obviously) stand upright. Their hands are large and have only three fingers (including the thumb).
The Atara-Ro are much smaller than the average Atara-Ku, only about 5 ft tall. They are proportioned quite like a human except their head is unusually large. Their ears are equally large and hearing is their best sense. Their appendages are quite thin, long and frail, so they tend to spend much of their time in hoverchairs. Their hands have four fingers which are quite long. Their necks are about twice as long as a human's.
[edit] Society
The Atara live in peace with each other and their focus is on the development of technology and science. They are almost xenophobic, spending much of their time in their own system. The Atara-Ro compose much of the Ataran Council, although there are representatives of the Atara-Ku. Most of the hard labour (of which there is very little, owing to technology) and exploring is done by the Atara-Ku, who vastly outnumber the Atara-Ro.
[edit] The Ataran System
The former Xinor system (now named New Atara) has 13 planets, orbiting a binary star system. This system was chosen for it's remarkable similarity to Old Atara. Three planets are inhabitable, all are heavily oceanic. Out of all surface area on the three planets, 4.2% is dry land. The other planets are now home to heavy defence systems or mineral/metal resources.
[edit] Atara Prime
An oceanic planet with heavily tropical climate. All usable land is currently developed, along with some underwater facilities. There is a wide diversity of animal and plant life in The Ocean, which provides the majority of food to the Atara.
The land is organized in three main archipelagos, one in the northern hemisphere, one directly on the equator, and one in the southern hemisphere. Each archiplelago covers about the same area as the Earth continent Australia. There are about 1000 islands in each one.
The main Council buildings are all located on Atara Prime, in the Ema Sector (the Equatorial Archipelago). The buildings are arranged much like a column, extending from deep underground to about 2000 m above ground level.
The entire planet is a bit larger than Earth, and slightly more round.
[edit] Atara II
Another oceanic planet. Only one main archipelago exists, just above the equator. It's land surface is also completely developed, and also much of the ocean floor (which, in some parts, reaches a depth of 15,000 m) is home to many residential and commercial structures.
It is about the size of Mars.
[edit] Atara III
The third oceanic planet, Atara III is home mostly to commercial structures. It has the smallest amount of dry land in the whole system, but about 80% of the relatively shallow ocean floor is developed into useable structures.
Another asset of this planet is it's rich resource of many valuable minerals, such as unbotanium and relzat. The ocean floor has many cavities that contain enormous amounts of natural deuterium. This deuterium is in such excess that the Atara find themselves selling it for extreme profit.
The planet is roughly the size of Earth.
[edit] Atara IV
The last inhabited and oceanic planet in the system. It has the 3rd most land area in the system, and is home to mostly residential structures. Instead of developing underwater, most of the development went into creating enormous floating cities.
Because the Atara pay much attention to ecological concerns, they usually try to make their cities as natural as possible, usually with various forms of plant life. This creates huge, floating masses of green, and also has the same effect as the Hanging Gardens in Earth's history...but on a much larger scale.
[edit] Atara V
In Progress
[edit] Atara VI
In Progress
[edit] Atara VII
I think you get the picture...
[edit] Government
After the relocation, the current government was dissolved and a new council formed. It consists of 50 Councillors and 10 Grand Councillors, who act like a parliament, making all of the decisions. For major decisions, the Ataran citizens must come up with a majority, but for most minor ones a council majority suffices.
After the founding of New Atara, a New Doctrine was also brought in. This Doctrine emphasises secrecy and xenophobia, with all races except very close allies (such as the Faran or Syndicate).
[edit] Tech Level
Their technology level is quite high (about level with that of the Faran), being used mostly for remote exploration (through the means of long-distance drone ships) of the galaxy. The Atara tend to use their technology to improve the living standard of their people.
[edit] Ships:
[edit] Spectre Class Battlecruiser -
Length: 1000 m Width: 980 m Deck Count: 55 Max. Speed: Warp 10 (Coaxial Warp) Crew Complement: 800 Production Units: 100
Weaponry: 850 Plasma Turrets 200 SPS Emitters 10 Turon Beams 170 Rapid-launch torpedo throwers -800 Quantum Torpedoes -550 Transphasic Torpedoes -375 Chroniton Torpedoes
Defense Systems: 1.5 m of Molecularly Bonded Armour 5 Main Regenerative Shield Generators 3 Backup Phase Shield Generators
Other: The Spectre Class Battlecruiser is capable of capturing any vessel small enough in 5 tractor beams, and positioning it inside of the enormous circle. It then uses energy pulses to vapourize the ship. The energy pulse emitters can also combine to be used as a beam weapon, capable of exploding any object under 3 km in diameter (this takes about 5 hours to charge).
Like all New Ataran ships, it utilizes a cloaking device.
[edit] Delta Cruiser -
Length: 500 m Width: 320 m Deck Count: 28 Max. Speed: Warp 10 (Coaxial Warp) Crew Complement: 115 Production Units: 2,500
Weaponry: 400 Plasma-pulse turrets 75 SPS Emitters 40 Long-range missle projectors (600 missles) 30 Rapid-launch torpedo throwers -550 Quantum torpedoes -275 Transphasic torpedoes -125 Chroniton torpedoes
Defense Systems: 1 m of Molecularly Bonded Armour 3 Main Regenerative Shield Generators 1 Backup Phase Shield Generator
Other: The Delta Cruiser is designed to replace both the Fireside Dreadnaught and the Theta Juggernaught. It's missle projectors can target, track and hit any vessel bigger than 50 m long from up to 700 billion km away. It is mostly used as a long-range vessle, often staying well out of the way of the enemy fleet while bombarding them.
It is also equipped with a cloaking device.
[edit] M-Class Corvette
Length: 175 m Width: 100 m Deck Count: 5 Max. Speed: Warp 10 (Coaxial Warp) Crew Complement: 25 Production Units: 10,000
Weaponry: 250 Plasma-pulse turrets 40 SPS Emitters 15 Rapid-launch torpedo throwers -350 Quantum torpedoes -200 Transphasic torpedoes -75 Chroniton topedoes
Defense Systems: 0.75 m of Molecularly Bonded Armour 1 Main Regenerative Shield Generator
Other: The M-Class Corvette was designed to combat other light ships or fighters. It is very agile, and so can weave in and out of the battle. However, it has a poor shield system, and so is fairly vulnerable. It rarely travels without a larger protector ship.
Equipped with a cloaking device.
[edit] Alpha-2 Fighter -
Length: 3.5 m Width: 2.75 m Deck Count: 1 (cockpit) Max. Speed: 50,000 m/s Crew Complement: 1 Production Units: 500,000
Weaponry: 4 Plasma-pulse tubes (forward facing) 2 Computer-controlled small turrets 1 Rapid-launch torpedo thrower (fore) 1 Rapid-launch torpedo thrower (aft) -10 Quantum torpedoes -5 Transphasic torpedoes -1 Chroniton torpedo
Defense Systems: 0.5 m of Molecularly Bonded Armour 1 Phase Shield Generator
Other: Fastest manned sublight vessel in the galaxy. All pilots are equipped with a cybernetic implant to help them deal with the reflexes needed to pilot this fighter. It is fairly well armed, but the Phase shield drains the energy quite a bit. Although the Shield is lowerable, that would mean a considerable loss of strength of the ship.
Equipped with a cloaking device.
[edit] Mobile Fleet Station -
Length: 17.2 km Width: 2.56 km Deck Count: 175 Max. Speed: Warp 10 (Coaxial Warp) Crew Complement: 250,000 Production Units: 5
Weaponry: 50 Turon Beams 20,000 Plasma-pulse turrets 500 SPS Emitters 500 Rapid-launch torpedo throwers -2000 Quantum torpedoes -1300 Transphasic torpedoes -900 Chroniton torpedoes
Defense Systems: 3 m of Molecularly Bonded Armour 15 Main Regenerative Shield Generators 5 Backup Phase Shield Generators
Other: This is a behemoth. There are currently 5 of them. Each carries 20 Spectre Battlecruisers, 500 Delta Cruisers, 2000 M-Class Corvettes, and 100,000 Alpha-2 Fighters. All of this plus the crew to man them. It is capable of warping nearly anywhere within the Galaxy within 1 hour. It is, however, extremely slow in sublight speeds, and uses only manouvering thrusters.
[edit] History of the Ataran Empire:
[edit] Pre-Arrival:
Nothing is known about "The Ancestors" (as the Atara call them) before they arrived in the Milky Way galaxy. They originated in the Atar Galaxy many billions of years ago, and by chance or skill, have become the only advanced sentient inhabitants. They sent a pod (about 30,000 years ago) with specialized cells and bacteria in it to the old Atara Prime, with the express purpose of colonizing it. The cells would, by their genetic programming, evolve into Ataran individuals. The bacteria would prepare the air and water for Ataran use. Also included in this enormous pod was "The Archive", a huge library of information to be released to the fledgling colony in sections, over time.
[edit] Approx. 26,000 B.C. � Arrival
The Ataran pod lands on Atara Prime, an uninhabited planet with a suitable atmosphere and land (one of only a few in the Galaxy).
[edit] Approx. 23,000 B.C. - The Evolution
The Atara have a primitive culture. They have coal power, and crude industrial factories (large smithies). They have evolved into two sub-species, the Atara-Ku and Atara-Ro.
[edit] Approx. 20,000 B.C. - The Space Age
The Atara have developed various weaponry such as advanced rifles and other firearms. They have already colonized their 2 moons, and are preparing to send people to Atara II. Fusion power has been developed and adapted for use around the planet and colonies. The Council has been formed.
[edit] Approx. 18,000 B.C. - Colonization Era
Atara II, III, and their various moons have been explored and colonized. Much research has been completed, and cold fusion power is now standard. Small remote scouts are exploring from Atara IV onwards. The first Habitat station is built (H-01)
[edit] Approx. 15,000 B.C. - Colonization Era (continued)
The entire Ataran system has been mapped and scientists are now working on various methods to render them inhabitable. Eventually this is abandoned and automated facilities (power plants, mines, etc.) are remotely constructed. The Council starts formation of the 1st Division Fleet, built mainly for exploration. Matter-antimatter reactors have been developed and refined for space use.
[edit] Approx. 12,000 B.C. - The Exploration Age
The Atara send out remote, warp-capable exploration drones. The nebula is mapped, and found to prohibit all currently known forms of warp. The 1st and 2nd Division fleets are formed and sent to map out new systems for colonization.
[edit] Approx. 9,000 B.C. - The First Barran War
The long-range exploration probes detect the Faran and Carthiganian races, but contact is not made. The probes return. First contact is made with the Barran, which is disasterous. It is believed now that the Barran were already being controlled by the Sakturi at this point. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Division fleets are mobilized, and prepared for war. The first two are also outfitted for defense. The Plasma-pulse turret and SPS are still in development, but other energy weapons are commonly used.
[edit] Approx. 5,000 B.C. - The Reclusion Era
The first war with the Barran has left the Atara exhausted. They retreat to their system, and become very xenophobic, taking many measures to prevent others from intruding. Other races are discovered, but because they are so primitive, they are ignored. The Atara start taking measures to protect themselves, namely building empty cities and factories in the uninhabited Xinor system, which is modified to be almost identical to the Ataran system. Xinor, however, is much deeper hidden within the nebula.
[edit] Approx. 3,000 B.C. - The War Aftermath
The Quantum Power core is developed and put into general use. Also, the SPS and Plasma-pulse turret are outfitted on many Ataran fleet ships. The previously extensive ground troops are mostly decommissioned, and used as officers on the expansive Shevron class carriers.
[edit] Approx. 1,000 B.C. - The First Renaissance
Because their technology has become so advanced, the Atara are now experiencing a "Golden Era". There is not much physical labour to be done, so most Atara work in the naval forces or as minor civil servants in the government. Another popular job is as a farmer in a "space farm" (one located in a space habitat).
[edit] Approx. 1,800 A.D. - The Virus
The Atara are finally disturbed by the Barran, who have released a virus that is extremely contagious and deadly, but only among the Atara-Ku. A single Atara-Ro, Osiris, finds a cure and prevents the total destruction of the Atara-Ku. The Barran retreat into seclusion after a few minor skirmishes.
[edit] 2,317 A.D. - The Carthiganians
Atara makes contact with the Carthiganians. Various information is exchanged, mostly about a legendary planet. A peace treaty is made, and the two races become allies.
[edit] Approx. 2,500 A.D. - The Sighting
The Atara are finally abandoning their xenophobic ways and making alliances. A Herkress vessel is encounered and a new alliance is formed with them. A few Sakturi ships are sighted by long-range probes, but no confrontation takes place. A large sensor ring has long been established and is constantly being monitored. The final Division fleet, the 7th, is mobilized because of this sighting. Large defense stations built along the line that the Faran have already set up. Faran contacted and told of this. Contact is also made with the Imperium, an ally of the Faran.
[edit] Approx. 3,000 A.D. - The Second Barran War
The Battle of Atara XIII takes place. The Barran, with some help from the Sakturi, have tricked the Ataran government and as a result, have overrun the entire Ataran Empire, with the exception of Xinor. Transport ships with a total of about 5 million people are mobilized and sent there secretly. Xinor is re-named to Atara Prime.
[edit] Approx. 3,800 A.D. - The Second Renaissance
The New Ataran Fleet is well underway, which is now much more powerful than the last one. The recent displacement of the Ataran people seems to have triggered the release of a huge amount of information from the Archive, which includes battle tactics, ship plans, and station plans, among other things.
