History of the Cosmic East: Accounts of a Fading Empire [Part 2 of 2]

This is a series of primary sources documenting the final years of the Avignon Empire. In this entry, two documents: the declaration of war against the United Systems Alliance as spoken by Emperor Renard himself, as well as the transcript of a recording by one of his “Black Knights”, incriminating him, Empress Marise and the Commission Spéciale du Progrés for numerous crimes against humanity and the galaxy at large.

History of the Cosmic East: Accounts of a Fading Empire [Part 1 of 2]

This is a series of primary sources documenting the final years of the Avignon Empire. In this entry, a letter addressed to Emperor Renard himself by Quatre Asselin, Capitaine of the Marine Stellaire Imperiale, published on the Imperial newspaper “La Planeté”. In this letter, the soon-to-become turncoat sheds light on numerous instances of brutal misconduct undertaken by members of the Commission Spéciale de l’Ordre.

History of the Cosmic East: The Imperial Age

The fall of the Avignon Empire still lives in the minds of the citizens of the stellar east, and the wounds that the empire inflicted are still fresh. But Avignon was not built in a day, as many who held the throne often said, and it did not rise with the intent to become an oppressive empire.

History of the Cosmic East: The Twilight War

Tremerine, or as it was known when the colony was founded, 8255C, was one of the last worlds Earth might have expected to join the Great Secession War, or as is now called by some historians, the Twilight War. Though initially founded as little more than a fuel depot at the furthest reaches of explored space, it came to enjoy a booming shipbuilding economy courtesy of Earth.

The World of Volga: Pre-Release Lore Entries [April 2021]

The following is a series of miscellaneous lore entries originally posted on Data Sparrow’s twitter account (@DS_MainContact), before this WordPress account was reactivated. They’ve been polished up grouped together in this article for greater ease of access.

The World of Volga: Tournament Hall of Fame #02

Seasons 2395 – 2398

As of 2398, only eight out of a total of two hundred officially registered Contenders have made it into the Divjak Circuit Hall of Fame.
As the name implies, this position is only granted to the cream of the crop, Contenders who got scouted for a spot in the Custom Circuit after an impeccable track record in the standard league. In this article, the Hall of Fame entries from 2395 to 2398.

The World of Volga: Tournament Hall of Fame #01

Seasons 2391 – 2394

As of 2398, only eight out of a total of two hundred officially registered Contenders have made it into the Divjak Circuit Hall of Fame.
As the name implies, this position is only granted to the cream of the crop, Contenders who got scouted for a spot in the Custom Circuit after an impeccable track record in the standard league. In this article, the Hall of Fame entries from 2391 to 2394.

The World Of Volga: Origins of the Tournament

Despite Galactica Sports Entertainment popularizing through its signature brand of bombast and theatrics, one-on-one battleframe combat is actually a well-established tradition in Volgan culture – one that, according to surviving hardliners from the old regime, has “lost its dignity and significance” among the million credits contracts, garish sponsored liveries and loud techno music. 

The World of Volga: Divjak Design History

A design as odd as the civilization that spawned it, the Divjak Bioframe is, if nothing else, an aggressively unique machine. The baseline for an entire family of biomechanical suits of all uses and sizes, as well as an exceedingly versatile platform in and of itself. 

The World of Volga: Setting Introduction

Located at the furthest edge of explored space, the only inhabitable planet in the desolate expanse of the Kerenskij System, the Republic of Volga is a battle-scarred planet home to an equally battle-scarred people, descendants of the castaway crew of an ancient colony vessel of the same name.