The Cosmic Civilization
Planet Zorp
Home of the Zorpians, and the first world to awaken in a vast Cosmic Civilization.
The planet
A temperate ocean world
Far across the violet-lit reaches of the galaxy turns Zorp, a crystal-strewn ocean world and the cradle of the Grey race. Wrapped in soft violet auroras and crowned by two pale moons, it is one of the oldest and most peaceful planets in the known universe.
After thousands of years of harmony, Zorp shines as a beacon of science, art and exploration. A civilization that long ago traded conflict for discovery, and turned its gaze to the stars.
Characteristics
Planet data
- Crystalline super-world
- Class
- 29,600 km
- Diameter
- 1.7 g
- Gravity
- 41 hours
- Day length
- 2.4 Earth years
- Year length
- 2 · Vael & Orin
- Moons
- Violet auroras
- Skies
- Binary violet sun
- Star
Surface
Mostly water, richly alive
Deep oceans cover most of Zorp, feeding lush, glowing continents. What little land there is brims with bioluminescent forests and the crystal-lit cities of the Zorpians.
Resources
Commodities of Zorp
Lumen Crystal
A purple-pink bioluminescent crystal, and the reason so much of the surface glows in shades of violet. It powers every Zorpian city with clean, near-limitless energy.
Zorpian alloys
Light, resilient metals refined for their ships, domes and architecture.
Bioluminescent flora
Glowing plant life that lights the long nights of Zorp.
Pure oceans
Vast, clean seas that sustain the entire biosphere.
The population
The Zorpians
The Zorpians are the inhabitants of Zorp and the first beings to awaken in the Cosmic Civilization. They belong to the Grey race, the classic wide-eyed travelers of the cosmos, reimagined with warmth and a wicked sense of humor.
They are curious, clever and endlessly playful, a people who long ago traded conflict for discovery and never lost their love of a good joke. Their culture runs on games, pranks and good-natured mischief, brilliant and delightfully strange in equal measure.
Planet Zorp is one of the most advanced and peaceful worlds in the known universe. With no scarcity and no war, their energy flows into science, art, exploration and the next big laugh. They are not invaders. They are the friendly, funny first contact of a much larger story.
The enemy
The Reptilian threat
Yet the peace of Zorp has never gone unchallenged. For as long as the Zorpians have kept their records, the Reptilians have been their enemy. Raiders from a harsher world, drawn by the riches of Zorp and its abundant Lumen, they have launched wave after wave against the planet.
The Zorpians, who abandoned war ages ago, were forced to relearn defense, never conquest. To this day the Reptilians are remembered as the great enemy of the planet, and their shadow still moves at the edge of the system.
Only the beginning
The first world to awaken
Zorp is the heart of a vast universe of races and worlds, and the Zorpians are its face. To hold a Zorpian is to hold a piece of this world, and a place in a story still being written.