Other lore bits

Papal Palaces

  • These palaces are placed on planets of importance for the pope’s visit and the bishops, archbishops, cardinals, and guards that he travels with
  • These palaces also double as cathedrals for daily worship and usually contain some memento from a saint
  • It is theorized by the enemies of the Ecclesia that these palaces could stand and become mechs that could defend the planet. Because of this, they constructed their own weaponized mechs. When the Ecclesia heard this rumor, they decided to make their theory true not only because they wanted these large mechs for defensive purposes, but also because their child-like imaginations were sparked by the prospect of weaponized cathedrals and churches. This project was only finished in the Milky Way Galaxy before they were forced to be used

 

Black Suns and Golden Moons

  • These black suns and golden moons are only found in the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Black suns are known to make people feel a cold warmth while the golden moons give a warm chill and because of this, people are known to act more irrational and irritable
  • The golden moons are in the place where the sun is in the Milky Way Galaxy while the black suns are in the place where the Earth’s moon is just as an example
  • The galaxies that these moons and suns are found in typically have the most hostile animals, poisonous plant life, and uninhabitable planets
  • It is theorized that God put limits on the number of galaxies that humanity can inhabit because of the effects of these suns and moons

 

"Alien" Animals

  • As humanity knows, there is no life in the universe more intelligent other than it save for angels, demons, and God
  • The animals found on far galaxies are like those found on Earth. Some are gentle creatures while others are hostile and have to be exterminated if the planet is to be colonized then there are those in between that are only hostile when threatened or disturbed
  • There are also “alien” animals that survive in space and fly around it. These animals are known to be peaceful, only consume asteroids, and have exterior skin that is thicker than asteroids
  • Squads in the unknown regions also report living planets or living beings that are the size of planets. These living planets are either hostile or peaceful and are sometimes worshipped by pagans

 

Purgatorial States

  • When the Ecclesia burns a world with their most powerful weapon, all life ceases to exist on it for a time before life rises from the ashes. The Ecclesia then repopulates it with animals with other planets, builds its own settlement on it, or turns it into a city world

 

Types of planets

  • City world – Planets comprised of buildings built on top of each other with very few natural areas. These are centers of trade, politics, and learning though the lowest depths of these cities are notorious for their crime
  • Underwater planets – Planets that are mostly comprised of ocean with very few landmasses. People like living in underwater cities for the aesthetic of it despite the dangers of the underwater creatures
  • Prison planets – These planets are nearly uninhabitable because of their unpredictable weather patterns, but because of the weather and the resources at these planets, prisoners are brought here to work out their penance
  • Living worlds – These worlds are living beings and rarely found in the unknown regions of space. They are either dangerous or passive creatures that aimlessly float in space. All the living worlds found so far have little to no resources that can be scavenged from them and appear to only be shows of God’s creativity and power
  • Dead worlds – These worlds are ravaged by war to the point where nothing can be scavenged from it nor can there be any kind of civilization to build on it because of varying factors such as; the atmosphere, hostile weather, poisonous air, unstable ground, etc.
  • Resource worlds – Most if not all of this world can be used as a place to gather vast quantities of resources unlike most normal worlds.  People from different galaxies will migrate to this world for the abundance of jobs and profitable opportunities that await them
  • Feudal worlds – Normal planets with Earth-like resources are made into feudal worlds, which is somewhere between a city world and what would be considered normal centuries ago with towns and smaller cities that don’t completely cover the world. A majority of worlds are feudal worlds in the universe. They contain resources, opportunities for trade, work, and relaxation

 

Language and Cultures

  • Unlike the cultures of days of old on Earth, people identify with the religion they are a part of. The cultures of old have long since been forgotten due to time, the age of secularism, and the age of the future. Planets do have their own cultures and even have more specific cultures based on the region of the planets, but they are all a variant of a cultural part of their religion
  • The primary languages spoken is English with each empire having its own special language. For example, the Ecclesia speak Latin, the Orthodox speak Greek, the Jewish speak Hebrew, etc.

 

Life spans

  • The typical person can live up to one-hundred and fifty years, however, people with access to the latest in medical technology can live up to two hundred years, maybe thousands of years if they enhance their body with cybernetics

 

David vs Saul Act

  • In the event that the current king or ruler of an Ecclesia held planet is found unfit for his job, the people of the planet or the ruling clergy will raise up someone to take their place. These two people will fight with swords, guns, fists, or whatever weapon they are both proficient in. If the original ruler wins, they continue to rule until their next major failure. If the challenger wins, they take the place of the ruler. If it’s a draw, the pope will decide who receives the role since all rulers submit to the pope
  • This act was inspired by the events of the first short civil war in the Ecclesia’s early years to give the people a way and reminder that they get the ruler they deserve
  • If the fight between the ruler and the challenger is discovered to be rigged in either’s favor, then the one who rigged it is jailed for a penance of ten years with no bail in servitude to the one they wronged

 

Politics

  • The rulers of all planets within a galaxy decide how they are to conduct galaxy-wide politics and business with the approval of the ruling clergy
  • Some galaxies have differing ways of business and politics similar to that of Earth’s old countries
  • Each planet has its own military force to defend themselves
  • All authorities of the Ecclesia submit to the pope
  • The upper clergy have been known to be susceptible to corruption and bribery like all with the power to rule over a nearly uncountable number of people
  • The Ecclesia’s political system is inspired by the monarchies of old, but updated to fit the age of the future

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