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Pre-FTL kyn history is largely unremarkable, with the usual spate of religious wars, competing nation-states, and so on. Colonialism was light, at least, due to all of Kass' continents being easily reached by land bridges or easy island-hopping; no kyn culture was ever truly isolated from the others and so the planet had an unusually uniform rate of development; as well, large standing armies were comparatively rare, nation-states ("freeholds") tended to prefer mercenary companies. By the time the kyn started settling their home system a loose world government (the Freeholds Congress).
Over time the kyn eventually unlocked the secrets of faster-than-light travel, though this was hampered by planet Kass and indeed the entire Zuraya system being resource-poor in materials needed to construct FTL-capable ships. Eventually it happened, and the kyn started settling nearby space. The first outsystem planet settled by the kyn, Bozkir, was swift to declare itself as an independent Freehold, and won a brief war to assert that independence. It is not coincidental that the Bozkir system was rich in FTL resources, and in spite of a low population and being outside of the Zuraya system itself Bozkir soon became the most powerful freehold in the Congress.
About one century after discovering FTL travel, the kyn made first contact with an alien species for the first time, the insectoid dethek of the Zzkon system. Zzkon was almost a reverse mirror image of Zuraya: four gas giants orbiting close to the F-type star Zzkon, two asteroid belts and a host of terrestrial worlds in the outsystem. The dehtek homeworld of Moraal, sixth from its star, is about the same size as Kass, has an even smaller hydrosphere (just 40% of the planet's surface), and is wracked with constant volcanic activity caused at least partially by its three moons, though this is a boon since the thick cloud cover allows the planet to retain heat.
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Pre-FTL kyn history is largely unremarkable, with the usual spate of religious wars, competing nation-states, and so on. Colonialism was light, at least, due to all of Kass' continents being easily reached by land bridges or easy island-hopping; no kyn culture was ever truly isolated from the others and so the planet had an unusually uniform rate of development; as well, large standing armies were comparatively rare, nation-states ("freeholds") tended to prefer mercenary companies. By the time the kyn started settling their home system a loose world government (the Freeholds Congress).
Over time the kyn eventually unlocked the secrets of faster-than-light travel, though this was hampered by planet Kass and indeed the entire Zuraya system being resource-poor in materials needed to construct FTL-capable ships. Eventually it happened, and the kyn started settling nearby space. The first outsystem planet settled by the kyn, Bozkir, was swift to declare itself as an independent Freehold, and won a brief war to assert that independence. It is not coincidental that the Bozkir system was rich in FTL resources, and in spite of a low population and being outside of the Zuraya system itself Bozkir soon became the most powerful freehold in the Congress.
About one century after discovering FTL travel, the kyn made first contact with an alien species for the first time, the insectoid dethek of the Zzkon system. Zzkon was almost a reverse mirror image of Zuraya: four gas giants orbiting close to the F-type star Zzkon, two asteroid belts and a host of terrestrial worlds in the outsystem. The dehtek homeworld of Moraal, sixth from its star, is about the same size as Kass, has an even smaller hydrosphere (just 40% of the planet's surface), and is wracked with constant volcanic activity caused at least partially by its three moons, though this is a boon since the thick cloud cover allows the planet to retain heat.
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