Elysium
The Mahact created the Titans as servants long ago, but when the Mahact returned and woke them, the Titans rejected their call to service. Instead, the Titans went to Elysium, a Dyson sphere built around a nurtured singularity with a surface area larger than ten thousand standard terrestrial planets. It’s covered in tranquil seas and gentle plains for the most part, though a number of more extreme habitats exist in controlled macrogardens tended by the mammoth inhabitants.
Transcendence
The only true city on Elysium, Transcendence is built around the Ul. Titans never stop growing, and the Ul is the eldest of all Titans to reawaken thus far. They haven’t moved in an age, and a loose circle of barely smaller Titans surround them, towering over the rest of the skyline. The city largely exists to house those who would appeal to the Ul, often for trade, but just as many in line are Titans seeking permission for a new biome construction or for undertaking a quest to locate sleeping brethren unreached by the call of the Mahact.
The habitats in Transcendence are gleaming towers of many hues, like stained glass prisms arrayed around the Ul, the tallest reaching just above the elders’ waists. Among the few dozen towers are landing pads and habitats, mostly for visitors to Elysium, along with workshops and lesser gardens. Here, skilled Titans can craft forgotten, ancient technological wonders or hire out to help with large-scale constructions like orbital shipyards or geoforming projects, usually to fulfill trades arranged by the Ul or other elders.
Osmius the Re-Creator's Workshop
An elder Titan with a shiny, silver exterior accented with blue lights, Osmius is an expert at crafting ancient Mahact technologies because of their experience thousands of years ago with building them. Osmius can create a variety of large-scale planet-shaping devices that might as well be magic, as even the Jol-Nar Universities can’t replicate most of them.
Biome Krigala
Only eight hundred kilometers from Trancendence, Biome Krigala is a few thousand acres of dense foliage mimicking Jord’s Amazon rainforest, complete with a wide, brown river that flows out to sea. Eveitum the Observer tends to Krigala from an elegant temple of ornately carved metal alloy beams and natural wood, with several guest rooms. Since Krigala contains more biodiversity than most biome gardens, it has become a popular tourist attraction. Human scientists often apply to visit, as some believe it is evidence of ancient alien contact with Jord.
Mahact Technology
The type of ancient technology the Titans have to offer dates back to their time preparing planets for their Mahact masters. Most of the devices are building-sized and operate on a large scale. The Keleres often escort such devices to the systems in need, as they are worth billions or even trillions of aurei and are a prime target for pirates and opportunistic factions.
Geoformer: Titans can program this skyscraper-sized device to alter the terrain of thousands of square kilometers over several years, generating nutrient-rich soil, stimulating rock growth through magma tunneling tubes, and more.
Terraforming Engine: Similar to the geoformer, only larger, the terraforming engine deorbits to slam deep into a planet’s crust. Over the course of a decade, it can alter atmospheric conditions and even the metal content and temperature of a planet core to construct magnetic fields.
Star Saver: Some ancient star systems face annihilation as their star prepares to enter a new stage. On an order from the Mahact, the Titans developed a device that creates vast magnetic loops around and through a star, lifting heavier elements from its core and enabling it to burn for additional millennia.
Star Name and Type
Astra and Etheria, yellow dwarf with black hole contained within Elysium's core
Population Status
homeworld: 750 million (72% Titan, 15% between Hacan, N'orr & Yin, 13% other)
Government
total hierarchy led by the Ul
Major Imports
exotic flora, exotic fauna, rare minerals
Major Exports
labor, information, ancient technology
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