--Repulser Substances--
Though not widely understood, different forms of this substance are used in a number of applications to seemingly make things lighter, such as Airships and heavy class VTOLs. Airships use a refined form of this substance which is energised to allow them to hover ,giveing off a glow on the energized part. Older cultures used this as "runes" placed on weapons and armor to make them lighter and to psyche out the enemy.
Sometimes enabling the user to carry a larger weapon.
When a life form that can use -spirit symbiosis- (see masa) takes in certain forms of this substance, it becomes possible for them incorporate it into their bodys.
Creatures that have done this can use it to make themselves seemingly lighter at will.
It seems this is how it is possible for something as large as a Gennonra to fly without haveing to have impracticaly large chest muscles. Some organism can refine this substance and then release it back in to the ground when they expire or are eaten.


-Rift Canyons & Scablands-
These are massive geological features.
At some points they can be 3 miles deep or more if measured from the highest to the lowest part and wide enough at some convergent points to easily fit whole cities. They tend to impede travel by ground from one area to the next.
White cliff canyon is one such example.
Sometimes the lower zones can be filled with things like toxic spore woods.
It is theorized these canyons may have played a part in the evolution and history of many of goa life forms.
The Gennonra my have adapted to have wings in order to glide from one ridge to another and to get acess to the canyon floor.


-Masa general Description, Clans, Culture,-
Notes by Lt Shion Galaxia
To the other races they seem to have the aura of something that is somehow supernatural.
Even after dealing and being with them for a number of years, as part of the new human Kiada the Council has granted us, one finds oneself often wondering what really goes on behind that alien face, those eyes. And though they share a number of things in common, each clan (Kiada) is different. Moves in different ways, has a different accents and so forth. Often a Kiada or family will become known for some skill or trade etc. and then tend fill that role in society.
Ordered and exotic the masa move with an unnatural grace and mesmerizing ways;
You can see it form powerful and frightening, shadowy movements of one clan’s special forces, to the beautiful, hypnotizing movements of the lady dancers in another clan.


-Disasters, History and the Shaping of civilization.-
There have been a number disasters and events in the past that have shaped GOA civilization into what it is now.
Though many of these events may have been relatively small by themselves they had a cumulative effect over time. As One thing leads to another there is a chain reaction of events.
Some notable ones are briefly listed here.
Aurora. What are believed to be similar polarity Solar storms burn out technology vulnerable to EMF such a communication and power.
This has a ripple down effect and results in a lack of certain resources such as fuel, food and water. Many economies are put in jeopardy. These events and the chaos that they causes brings tensions between factions to the breaking point. Some knowledge is lost and
forgotten, setting certain technologies back while the necessities of living in such a world cause others to advance.
People tend to live in what are generally referred to as colonies, large city states where there are better resources provided and where there it is better protection from the hazards of living outside.
hazards, such as piracy from raiders ,rough groups doing illegal research, terrorist hideouts, and zones like forest that can be toxic to humans.
Communication can be difficult and unpredictable without access to a hard-line.
There have also been events such as impact disasters, natural climactic cycles and other events that have altered history at different points. The off size class of the world it's terren, land distribution, climate and its position in the solar system have also been a factor.


-Masa - Contact & Relations-
Like the history of many things in GOA, Unfortunately the history of the Masa’s interaction, or lack of it, with the outside world has been obscured by a number of things; politics, hazardous terrain,
GOA atmospheric difficulty with communications, conflict, religious restrictions, collapse of civilizations, natural catastrophe and an often seemingly chronic lack of curiosity by the lay public among other things.
It is now believed by some that the text of a few ancient cultures do refer to them, however people had always interpreted this as nothing more than ancient myths and legends.
In more modern times tech dealings and trade had been done almost exclusively with places like Crossroads. However these places can be very insular & secretive for there own “reasons” leading to a number of conspiracy theories about them.
The Iron Curtin / Cold War political climate that exists between these colonies and their neighbors only adds to this.
In the modern era knowledge of the Masa has inevitably become far more widespread, though few people in the outside world have ever witnessed one in the flesh. In order to secure a Masa homeland, the leaders of joint Masa clans have set a very fast pace to modernize and equip the mainland clans. The Masa have never had great numbers


-Industrial wasteland-
These are zones that consist mainly of seemingly near abandoned rundown dystopias and have forgotten industrial areas. They’re often farther out from the major defended tech colonies.
MI3 is one such example. This zone runs mostly along the coast on one side and a small semi toxic infected woods patch on the next.
Sector MI1 is more on the desert side of the cliff hills region of Crossroads point and so it is somewhat protected from spores and bad air.
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Areas like these have all sorts of hazards, odd incidents and urban legends associated with them, sightings of bizarre creatures in the dark and such.
Sometimes an investigation will bring a hardened law agent here to follow a lead, but generally law enforcement has the least presence here if any at all.
[Terrain:] Industrial,derelict buildings, old shipyards, power plants, railroads, underground projects, etc. often abandoned or take over by “locals”.
[inhabitants:] very small population if any; gangs, hobos, workers.

-Spectre City-
Some referred to as Crossroads failed sister city.
it is completely abandon, for reasons that are still unclear.


-Rock Trees Woods--
these are towering semi organic forms.
Similar life forms are use in construction and semi or ” post organic” fabrication” by some groups.
Closest Earth analogy is hard coral like life forms left by colonies for polyps and bacteria along the Australian coast.

--Concept Contributions form ZaetaK--
More of his work can be seen here [link]


~BarbadianArtists