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fandomhigh2023-07-03 01:33 pm
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Learning Alien Cultures, Monday
"Welcome everybody," Lana greeted. "Welcome back, for some of you. If any of you don't know me, I'm Lana Beniko. I come from another galaxy and currently reside on a planet called Odessen, which is where we'll be heading."
She waved them through the portal and onto the landing platform. It was warm and humid, and bustling with people of many different species, some of whom waved as they passed.
"Come on; we'll be meeting in one of the conference rooms," Lana explained as she led them inside. "We probably could have done this back at Fandom, but I thought meeting here would spare the guest lecturers the culture shock of Earth, plus you'll have time to wander a bit at the end, if you like." And they were unlikely to end up on Nar Shaddaa by keeping their destination to one planet.
She led them to a room with a large holo-table and reasonably comfortable chairs. Standing in front was a man in white armor with burn scars covering half of his face and one of his arms replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic.
"This is Arcann," Lana introduced him as she leaned up against the wall behind him. "He'll be speaking to you about his homeworld, Zakuul. It's fairly important to galactic politics, but we didn't go there last term for reasons that may become obvious."
"Good afternoon," Arcann greeted them in a deep and gravelly voice. "Zakuul is the main planet of what was formerly called the Eternal Empire, when it was ruled by my father, Valkorion." That last word was maybe a bit colder than the rest of the sentence. He paused to show images on the holotable of a world with multiple spires thrusting from the surface out into the edge of the atmosphere. "We never knew that his immortality and that of the Empire was a lie designed to bring the entire galaxy under his control so that he could exterminate all life." Yeah, that would be why.
"He sculpted and built Zakuul's culture up from isolated tribes into a powerful technological society, with science based off the Eternal Fleet from Iokath. The Fleet was only part of what Iokath gave us, with their superweapons being seen as gods and our religion developing around them, though we never knew that at the time, of course. The Spire and other starscrapers house the majority of citizens, while the forgotten and outcast live in the Old World sections. The Knights of Zakuul, Force-sensitives trained in battle, are both guardians and police, with the Skytroopers - an immense number of droids - to support them. When the Alliance finally defeated Zakuul and Valkorion," yeah, there was a bit of history skipped there, but this was about the culture, not him, "Zakuul could no longer rely on plundering resources from other planets, and these days life has become harsher, though by no means untenable."
He stood at parade rest. "Ask your questions."
She waved them through the portal and onto the landing platform. It was warm and humid, and bustling with people of many different species, some of whom waved as they passed.
"Come on; we'll be meeting in one of the conference rooms," Lana explained as she led them inside. "We probably could have done this back at Fandom, but I thought meeting here would spare the guest lecturers the culture shock of Earth, plus you'll have time to wander a bit at the end, if you like." And they were unlikely to end up on Nar Shaddaa by keeping their destination to one planet.
She led them to a room with a large holo-table and reasonably comfortable chairs. Standing in front was a man in white armor with burn scars covering half of his face and one of his arms replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic.
"This is Arcann," Lana introduced him as she leaned up against the wall behind him. "He'll be speaking to you about his homeworld, Zakuul. It's fairly important to galactic politics, but we didn't go there last term for reasons that may become obvious."
"Good afternoon," Arcann greeted them in a deep and gravelly voice. "Zakuul is the main planet of what was formerly called the Eternal Empire, when it was ruled by my father, Valkorion." That last word was maybe a bit colder than the rest of the sentence. He paused to show images on the holotable of a world with multiple spires thrusting from the surface out into the edge of the atmosphere. "We never knew that his immortality and that of the Empire was a lie designed to bring the entire galaxy under his control so that he could exterminate all life." Yeah, that would be why.
"He sculpted and built Zakuul's culture up from isolated tribes into a powerful technological society, with science based off the Eternal Fleet from Iokath. The Fleet was only part of what Iokath gave us, with their superweapons being seen as gods and our religion developing around them, though we never knew that at the time, of course. The Spire and other starscrapers house the majority of citizens, while the forgotten and outcast live in the Old World sections. The Knights of Zakuul, Force-sensitives trained in battle, are both guardians and police, with the Skytroopers - an immense number of droids - to support them. When the Alliance finally defeated Zakuul and Valkorion," yeah, there was a bit of history skipped there, but this was about the culture, not him, "Zakuul could no longer rely on plundering resources from other planets, and these days life has become harsher, though by no means untenable."
He stood at parade rest. "Ask your questions."
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