###### tags: `Lore`
# Lore Planner

This document details some general things on how lore development is done, who's doing what, etc.
Feel free to modify this as you see fit if you are a lore maintainer.

**This is mostly meant to track who's doing what / keep general notes on if something was touched prior.**

### What belongs here:
- Rough, one line or few-line outlines
- Who to ask for what
- Links to other drafts, wiki pages for finished pieces, etc.

### What does *not* belong here:
- Full draft outlines - **make a new document**, don't bloat this.
- Personal comments/discussions - **do not bloat this**, use the Discord for discussion.

### The Lore Team

- **Head Maintainer**: SpessInquisitor (@Sentre)
- **Maintainer**: Trashnepta (@ursacolonel)
- **Maintainer**: Plume (@plumeofsmoke)
- **Maintainer**: Merne23 (@Merne23)
- **Maintainer**: Shirumic (@Shirumic)
- **Maintainer**: AuraKnight (@theknightofaura)
- **Maintainer**: Jackson T. Murphy (@GySgtMurphy)
- **Maintainer**: AlphaMach (@APMK)

These are the official lore maintainers. If you're just contributing, you aren't forgotten, we just can't list every single person who's ever touched lore here.

### Discord Channels

**#lore-discussion**: Used for general chatter. Create a thread for outline storage, ping people as necessary to add them.

**#lore-forums**: Used for drafts, submissions, character critiques and other lore-related threads using Discord's forum system.

**#lore-private**: Lore maintainers, server staff, code maintainers have access to this. It's mostly used for staging of changes.

### Hierarchy / Submissions

Citadel RP's lore is more or less treated as open source. Submissions should be put in the Discord channels as necessary. Lore maintainers are expected to triage threads and keep up as things, but, we all know how hard coordinating open source efforts is!

General best practice:
- If you're pushing for something already with someone working on it, ping them to ascertain status first. If there's an issue, ping lore maints.
- If you're pushing for something with drastic effects on conflict in the world, it's a good idea to clear it first.
- If you plan on adding a new species, clear it with lore *and* code maintainers.
- Consider the long term consequences of whatever you're writing. More drastic ideas tend to be more scrutinized to maintain long-term stability.
- Just because someone is working on something already doesn't mean you can't submit lore related to it, but you should discuss your proposal with the lore team beforehand.

## World

- Premise
- The short of it: The Syndicate is dead, OriCon bungled and accidentally the Hegemony, the Skrell exist and NT is trying to make up for its losses. Desperately.
- Ongoing conflicts / tie *something* into game map
- Pirate threats, Vox raids, Unathi raids, spooky cults/ghosts, Precursor artifacts.

## Governments

[Main Page](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Galactic_Governments)

- Orion Confederation
- Kat Computer / Murphy / BV; Check #lore-discussion threads
- Vikara Combine / Federation
- ?
- Moghes Hegemony
- Lord Papalus / Merne23

## Locations

- Unified map redesign still under development!

### Major

- [Sol](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Lore:_Sol_System) - Human home system
- AlphaMach (Fol)
- Burning Mother (Xys Rathik) - Unathi Home System
- Merne23
- Verkihar Major - Naramadi Home System
- Qerr'Valis - Skrell Home System
- AlphaMach (Fol) (APMK) [Backburner]

### Minor
- Daedal System - Aurils/Dremachir home system
- FreestylaLT (FreeStylaLT)
- O'del - Vox 'Home' System
- Adhomai - Tarjara Home System
- Clown/Mime planet (what)
- Captain
- Epsilon Eridani
- AlphaMach (Fol) (APMK)

### Playable Maps / Game Areas

- Lythios - Atlas Map
- Ruskit (Charles_Wedge)
- NSV Triumph
- Check wiki
- Virgo 3B
- Slated for deletion from the lore, pending.
- Surt / Lavaland
- Captain

## Corporations

See [frontier corporations](/mKvlLWExQzC_EpRiuGut5A)

### Major

- Nanotrasen (NT)
- [Nanotrasen](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=NanoTrasen)
- [Installations](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Nanotrasen_Stations_and_Ships)
- Aether Atmospherics & Recycling (AAR)
- Ruskit Thicklimb
- Centauri Provisions
- Donk Co
- Ruskit Thicklimb (Charles_Wedge#4987)
- Glithari Exports
- Hephaestus Industries
- Onkhera Synthetic Solutions & Necropolis Industries
- Lord Papalus
- Five Star Security
- Kynde Group Pharmaceuticals
- Ruskit
- Oculum News Network (ONN)
- Ruskit Thicklimb
- Vey-Med
- Ruskit
- Ward-Takashi GMB
- Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals
- Xsysorr Arms and Materiel (XAM)
- Merne23 (Merne23#3986)
- Free Trade Union
- Marionette#3451

### Local / Minor

Section filled out later.

## Technology / Mechanics

Technologies and mechanics of the world.

### Ships / Voidcraft
- Stations
- Immobile and meant to claim or secure an area for one or another faction. Size varies depending on investment.
- Capital Ships
- Big investments meant for big payoffs. For mechanical purposes, anything larger than a shuttle should be considered a Capital Ship. Any shipmaps we play will be on Capital Ships.
- Shuttles
- Small, lower investment and less loss. Typically used to ferry materiel and personnel in inner-system contexts.
- Fightercraft
- Unable to obtain exit velocity or even survive exit and re-entry by themselves by design. Single-pilot affairs that act in support of the larger class vessels.

### FTL / Travel

- FTL rewrite ongoing
- AlphaMach (Fol) (APMK)
- Bluespace
- [FTL Travel](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=FTL_Travel)
- Teleportation
- For mechanical purposes we want Surt to exist so we'll figure that out, but teleportation is generally short range.

### Synthetics

Filling this out later; Wiki has information.

### Anomalies / Paracausality

Filling this out later; Wiki has information.

## Species

Various species go under this; Mostly important for those playing of that species, otherwise most important to others are main + indev species.

### Main Species

Primary server species. Most effort should be directed to these. These are a must for consideration during major changes that may impact them. Most of these are from Baystation.

#### Primary

The core races to the world as it stands; they own and operate the Megas and Galactic Governments.

- [Humans](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Humanity)
- Murphy

- Skrell
- WIP, Alina (C0rtana)

- [Unathi](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Unathi)
- Merne23 (Merne23)

- [Naramadi](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Naramadi)
- Lord Papalus (Lord_Papalus)

- [Teshari](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Teshari)
- Alina

- Zaddat
- Merne23 (Merne23)

#### Secondary

Those races who do not have a sweeping presence on the grand scale. They are vassals, members, or otherwise 'less' than the Primary races in scope.

- Tajaran
- WIP, Plume (PlumeofSmoke)

- Akula

- Tyrmalin
- Captain277 (Ariel, Princess of the Gingers) and Local Goblin (Tech)

- Apidean

- [Diona](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Dionea)
- Auraknight (theknightofAura)

- Vulpkanin
- Merne23

- [Adherent](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Adherent)
- Lord Papalus (Lord_Papalus)

- [Vox](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_The_Vox)
- Sentre (Sentre)

- [Aurils](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Auril)
- Free (FreeStylaLT)

- Dremachir - Daedal system
- FreeStylaLT

- [Prometheans](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Promethean)
- Blubelle, Marionette, Shirumic, and Silicons

- Saguar and Sarkasi

### Special Species

These species aren't an actual race, rather than a categorization for a special lifeform.

- [Xenochimera](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_The_Xenochimera)
- Sentre (Sentre)

- [Proteans](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Protean)
- Shirumic (Shirumic) / Silicons (silicons)

- [Xenohybrids](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Xenohybrids)
- ???

- [Shadekin](https://citadel-station.net/wikiRP/index.php?title=Race:_Shadekin)
- Lord Papalus (Lord_Papalus#8971), Alina (C0rtana)

- Vetalans
- IAmCrystalClear#9506

### Indev Species
- Phoronoids
- WIP - TheLordME; check threads or ping
- Dnin-Nepids (Moths)
- WIP - Silicons; check threads or ping
- Alraune
- Ruskit
- Vassillssan (misspelled) / Spiders
- ??? Solaris_Shade / Marionette ???
- Ask in thread

### Local Species

- Scori - Surt/Lavaland species; Captain277 (@Ariel, Princess of the Gingers)
- Keisani - Shirumic (@Shirumic)

### Custom Species

This is a bag of worms we are not opening yet.
If you play a custom species, it's recommended to be flexible, as this might change at any time.