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== Ga'ter == | == Ga'ter == | ||
Their homeworld Ga'ter is a large planet with heavy rains. About | Their homeworld Ga'ter is a large planet with heavy rains. About 40% of its surface mass is water. Another 60% of its land mass is marsh or swamp. The swamps and seas provide most of their food supplies. | ||
Their are only 2 major cities, one on each of the major continents. Adillee is on the largest continent and is the major port of call by off worlders. Crindoo is the other major city on the smaller continent. There are a large number of islands and many smaller communities that dot the planets surface. | |||
The waters are rich in sea life and it forms the staple of the Ga'teran diet. They also raise various forms of reptiles for meat. Most of the people learn to swim before they can walk. | |||
While the Ga'teran people are a race prone to violence they have learned the folly of fighting wars among themselves. They will still fight and most battles are to the death but these conflicts are controlled with only a single set of warriors or very small teams fighting. | |||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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The smaller continent and its city of Crindoo has a military government that protects and defends not just themselves but the planet as well. The larger continent and its city of Adillee seems to have a council made up of 7 members who between them control the policies and contact with all off worlders. While both governments are totally independant they both control and govern totally different aspects of the overall planetary policies. | The smaller continent and its city of Crindoo has a military government that protects and defends not just themselves but the planet as well. The larger continent and its city of Adillee seems to have a council made up of 7 members who between them control the policies and contact with all off worlders. While both governments are totally independant they both control and govern totally different aspects of the overall planetary policies. | ||
The history of the Ga'teran people is one of war, war and war. Tribes vs tribes. Then nations vs nations. Then came the last war. They lost 9/10ths of their total population. Whole regions were depopulated. | The history of the Ga'teran people is one of war, war and war. Tribes vs tribes. Then nations vs nations. Then came the last war. They lost 9/10ths of their total population. Whole regions were depopulated. It was at about this same time that they learned that they were not the only race in the cosmos. Faced with this they were forced to alter parts of their culture. | ||
== Technology == | == Technology == | ||