#crayonvember2019

Crayonvember day 30

"This planet is the headquarters of the Rebellion.  The people here are all very friendly, but a little reserved and very busy.  They are without fail willing to sit and chat about their beliefs concerning the role of the Bureau of Internal Investication within the Federation.  They have lists as long as your arm of crimes committed by the Bureau, and they have statements of witnesses and huge files of evidence to support their accusation.  However, they quickly clam up when they are asked for specifics about their operation against the agents of the Bureau, which is understandable considering the intelligence-gathering capabilities of their enemy.  Most of these people seem to be young, energetic, and far too serious for their age.  They have all obviously seen something that matured them long before they were ready."

Alternatively, if you complete the Rebel storyline:

"This planet used to house the Rebel leaders, but since the end of the Rebellion it has become a base for the new Federation Exploration Corps.  It acts as a return point for the thousands of scoutships that the Corps has sent out in an effort to explore further than humanity has ever gone before.  The services here are good, as they have been maintained since the days of the Rebellion."

-Rebel I in the Evlei system

And that’s it for Crayonvember! I had a lot of fun with this, and I may or may not do some more crayon drawings in the future ^^

And here’s all of the drawings as thumbnails because I think a lot of them look better that way

Crayonvember day 29

"This planet is all that is left of what was once an advanced and beautiful civilization.  Very few records of the Vell-os before the Vell-os War have survived, but those that have show that this planet was a paradise world, with many beautiful buildings and parks.  The Vell-os that remain alive today say that in every city there were artistic and athletic festivals, and that these two pursuits were viewed as the most noble by all Vell-os.  Now only radioactive dust and one or two rediation-resistant microbial life-forms remain here.  You wish you could spend more time wandering around the ruins of this planet, but your bio-suit is already giving you warnings about the radiation."

Crayonvember day 28

"There is something very odd about this planet.  In every other system in what used to be Vell-os space, there is only rubble and radiation.  It appears that the old Colonial Council must not have brought their destructive nuclear weapons here, but considering the fact that at the end of the Vell-os wars the Colonial Council was hell-bent on destroying all traces of the Vell-os civilization, you find it a little strange that they left an entire system untouched.  Even more off is the fact that this system also happens to have a habitable planet in it, which you suppose would have made it a prime target for their weapons of mass destruction."

Crayonvember day 27

"This is an M-class planet with an enormous artificial ring which the Polaris found intact.  The best theory on how it was constructed is that the materials were taken from the relatively small gas giant also in the system, which used to be much larger.  The haze surrounding it, which is thought to be around 500,000 years old and will last another 1.5 million before collapsing, is the remains of that process.  This is both the capital of the Polaris and the homeworld of the Kel'ariy, the leadership caste.  Interestingly, the Kel'ariy come from all the other castes and have to be chosen by members of their own caste; the only criterion is that they be over a century old.  The ruling council has four members from the Nil'kemorya, six from the Ver'ash, eight from the Tre'pira, five from the P'aedt, and one from the Mu'hari.  In addition, there is the leader who is given the title Bis."

Crayonvember day 26

"Nil'ar Riai is the second in the series of three warrior caste training worlds.  Young prospective members of the Nil'kemorya stay here from age twelve to sixteen.  While they continue with their martial training, they also spend six months at a time with the other main castes.  The reasoning behind this is that of all the castes, the warrior caste must be able to appreciate just how valuable the work of the other castes is, and just how difficult their jobs are.  Many students leave the Nil'kemorya during this time."

Crayonvember day 25

"Tre'ar Erma has only recently been colonized, and there is only one small Tre'pira methane-gathering operation present on the surface.  The actual methane needs of the Polaris are only fairly small, but the Tre'pira recognize that they may need some more soon as the Polaris population increases.  So, rather than reacting to a shortage, the worker caste started operations here."

Crayonvember day 24

"Tre'ar Aljo is a large moon that falls under the influence of the Tre'pira, because it could at some stage be mined for some of its fairly extensive deposits of minerals.  However, the Polaris do not yet need to make use of these resources, and so far they have refused to disturb its stark beauty."

"Nearly two centuries into the development of the caste system, it was realized that there were a significant number of young Polarans who did not fit easily into any one of the castes; their talents had more of a general nature than a specific one.  So, the "casteless" caste was created, and this is their homeworld.  The casteless all wear black to signify their shame at being incapable of entering another caste, and think of themselves as "sevants of all."  Strangely, the other castes view these "Mu'Hari" with a certain amount of awe, and even more strangely, the position of leader of the Polaris people has been held by more people who came from the casteless caste than from any other.  Mu'ar Haro has naturally occurring biological agents, rich rare earth veins, and dangerous, and aggressive, natural predators.  Hence jacks-of-all-trades flourish here."