Birdsong Natives - Revision history

Jaguar at 22:31, 1 December 2024

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	== History and Culture ==		== History and Culture ==
	The birdsong natives, who refer to themselves as The People, are a seed species of the planet-killers, who maintain technology on their world to anchor the [[Slides\|slide]]. The planet was wiped to bedrock at least once, and the current natives are the new species that replaced the dead ones from that life before.<ref>''[[In Good Company (Fiction)\|In Good Company]]'', Chapter 17</ref> The natives refer to the planet-killers as 'destroyers' and think of them as gods whose attention must be avoided; they believe that signs of life and particularly technology attract the destroyers and have declared all such evidence aboveground to be taboo.<ref name=":0" /> Those who break the taboo are sacrificed at the "darkest hour," which is associated with the destroyers, usually by feeding them to the "seed"... the giant non-sapient dinosaurs from which they evolved. The People venerate these creatures, which live in pits in corridors dug for them by the People. These are barred by thick metal rods, to prevent the Seeds from eating the People. The Seeds are always hungry.<ref name=":1" />		The birdsong natives, who refer to themselves as The People, are a seed species of the [[Planet Killers\|planet-killers]], who maintain technology on their world to anchor the [[Slides\|slide]]. The planet was wiped to bedrock at least once, and the current natives are the new species that replaced the dead ones from that life before.<ref>''[[In Good Company (Fiction)\|In Good Company]]'', Chapter 17</ref> The natives refer to the planet-killers as 'destroyers' and think of them as gods whose attention must be avoided; they believe that signs of life and particularly technology attract the destroyers and have declared all such evidence aboveground to be taboo.<ref name=":0" /> Those who break the taboo are sacrificed at the "darkest hour," which is associated with the destroyers, usually by feeding them to the "seed"... the giant non-sapient dinosaurs from which they evolved. The People venerate these creatures, which live in pits in corridors dug for them by the People. These are barred by thick metal rods, to prevent the Seeds from eating the People. The Seeds are always hungry.<ref name=":1" />

	The People are separated into tribes, in geographical areas. They are xenophobic in the extreme.		The People are separated into tribes, in geographical areas. They are xenophobic in the extreme.
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	=== Meeting with the Alliance ===		=== Meeting with the Alliance ===
	The Birdsong natives were discovered by the [[UAV Stardancer\|UAV ''Stardancer'']] during that ship's mapping run through the Sargasso in the year... either 465 or 466 BA.		The Birdsong natives were discovered by the [[UAV Stardancer\|UAV ''Stardancer'']] during that ship's mapping run through the Sargasso in the year... either 465 or 466 BA. This would later be recorded in Fleet records as "The Birdsong Incident."

	==References==		==References==

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History and Culture

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	== History and Culture ==		== History and Culture ==
	The birdsong natives, who refer to themselves as The People, are a seed species of the planet-killers, who maintain technology on their world to anchor the [[Slides\|slide]]. The natives refer to ~~these~~ planet-killers as 'destroyers' and think of them as gods whose attention must be avoided; they believe that signs of life and particularly technology attract the destroyers and have declared all such evidence aboveground to be taboo.<ref name=":0" /> Those who break the taboo are sacrificed at the "darkest hour," which is associated with the destroyers, usually by feeding them to the "seed"... the giant non-sapient dinosaurs from which they evolved. The People venerate these creatures, which live in pits in corridors dug for them by the People. These are barred by thick metal rods, to prevent the Seeds from eating the People. The Seeds are always hungry.<ref name=":1" />		The birdsong natives, who refer to themselves as The People, are a seed species of the planet-killers, who maintain technology on their world to anchor the [[Slides\|slide]]. The planet was wiped to bedrock at least once, and the current natives are the new species that replaced the dead ones from that life before.<ref>''[[In Good Company (Fiction)\|In Good Company]]'', Chapter 17</ref> The natives refer to the planet-killers as 'destroyers' and think of them as gods whose attention must be avoided; they believe that signs of life and particularly technology attract the destroyers and have declared all such evidence aboveground to be taboo.<ref name=":0" /> Those who break the taboo are sacrificed at the "darkest hour," which is associated with the destroyers, usually by feeding them to the "seed"... the giant non-sapient dinosaurs from which they evolved. The People venerate these creatures, which live in pits in corridors dug for them by the People. These are barred by thick metal rods, to prevent the Seeds from eating the People. The Seeds are always hungry.<ref name=":1" />

	The People are separated into tribes, in geographical areas. They are xenophobic in the extreme.		The People are separated into tribes, in geographical areas. They are xenophobic in the extreme.

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 The natives of the planet [[Birdsong]].
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Madamebadger at 18:05, 12 June 2022

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			The natives of the planet [[Birdsong]].

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	~~Until I come up with a better name for them, this is what I'll actually search for to find the picture of them, so. >.>~~

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Jaguar: Jaguar moved page Gorn to Birdsong Natives: Because they're not actually called 'Gorn'.

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Jaguar moved page Gorn to Birdsong Natives: Because they're not actually called 'Gorn'.

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	Until I come up with a better name for them, this is what I'll actually search for to find the picture of them, so. >.>		Until I come up with a better name for them, this is what I'll actually search for to find the picture of them, so. >.>

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Until I come up with a better name for them, this is what I'll actually search for to find the picture of them, so. >.>