User:Odahviinq/Secrecorum

Secrecorum (or The Secrecorum) are a small colony of secluded humans, first formed from a group of approximately 40 prisoners who hijacked their transportation spaceship and became lost in space, landing on the planet they soon came to call Gamma-43.

The order has since grown through both reproduction and rescue of other prisoners, and morally acts as a safe haven for prisoners who were wronged by humanity.

The Secrecorum's inhabitants are directly descended from the homo sapiens of Earth, though many conspire otherwise through stories of genetic modification or scientific experimentation.

The Founding of The Secrecorum
Another day, another prisoner transport. Many human empires had allocated certain planets to be used as gargantuan prison complexs; some traditional with prisoners under lock and key, and others as unethical fight pits where prisoners scraped tooth and nail to reach the top. This transport ship was no different than any other; two pilots on board and several guardsmen along with dining and training facilities, although most of the space was allocated to the back room where 40 prisoners were locked in cells.

Under normal circumstances, escape from these ships would be considered impossible, with no way out of the shielded cells. However, no matter how advanced civilisation was, accidents still happened, and due to a supposed incident involving a rodent on board a large amount of the ship's fuel ignited and burst open many of the cells while leaving the prisoners relatively unharmed. By the time the guardsmen arrived in the back of the ship, the prisoners had released one another and used their larger numbers to take control of the vehicle.

The pilot refused to cooperate and was killed, leaving the prisoners to fly the plane. Unfortunately, they quickly realised they had no idea where they were heading or how to turn back, and running out of options, landed on the most Earth-like planet they could find. Touching down on this lush (TerraScore 3) planet with little but 5 stun guns and a spacecraft with critically low fuel, they agreed to start a revolt against humanity, naming their planet Gamma-43 and themselves the Secrecorum.

A small clan of five prisoners, deemed to be the toughest and most productive, were appointed to be head of the empire, and referred to themselves as The Pack due to the Blummoth skin armours they crafted.

Progression of Civilisation
Problems quickly became clear when attempting to establish human technology on Gamma-43. Beneath the planet's surface were little more than a few bland minerals which served limited purpose on their own. Many of the creatures on the planet proved edible, but the citizens were forced to become used to meals such as Unling Soup.

Due to a limited selection of resources such as wood, stone, iron and gold, the empire quickly grew very similar to the Middle Ages Earth had experienced a long time ago. A village was established which later became a traditionally styled kingdom, complete with farms and a castle to house the five members of The Pack. Reproduction brought 5 new children into the empire and increased the morale of the prisoners immensely.

Thanks to their deep understanding of science, survival became trivial and they began looking back to the cosmos for expansion, knowing that another planet with more minerals would be invaluable to them.

The Escalation
''Once much of the lore is cleared up, this section of lore will be novelised as a story on it's own page. Check back soon!''

 It was not long until Gamma-43 was discovered by a foreign alien species. Quickly identifying the inhabitants as human prisoners, the denizens of Burgash threatened to turn them in to their oppressors if they did not submit to slavery.

The prisoners had no beneficial option; slavery or imprisonment, not to mention they would likely be severely tortured either way. Fortunately for them, while out on a gathering quest, a young member discovered a hugely unique trinket which became named The Seeing Stone. This stone was placed into a staff crafted for use by The Pack, and they quickly discovered that it possessed incredible innate energy.

Using the stone to destroy a nearby Burgashian planet, Gamma-43 was able to gain access to spaceship fuel and better equipment. For the security of their kingdom, only The Pack and trusted adventurers of the Secrecorum were betrusted with kevlar vests and laser blasters.

However, things soon took a dark turn for the worse. Burgash informed human empires of the uprising taking place, and it wasn't long until Gamma-43 found themselves crushed in between two large empires. Prisoners were taken and torture began. Once Burgash and Humanity learned of the Seeing Stone, their plans changed significantly. Instead of destroying Gamma-43 and allowing the escape of a Pack member with the Seeing Stone, they aimed to force it to be handed to them.

To be continued...