NAGARTAS
DEX CHA CON
Nagartas are colorful, amphibious, fishlike aliens
from a watery moon outside the Pact Worlds. They
are gregarious cosmopolitans, businessmen, and
explorers, known for their eloquent expression.
Although recent additions to galactic history,
nagartas are determined to leave their mark on it.
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SIZE AND TYPE
Nagartas are medium size humanoids with the nagarta
subtype.
AQUATIC ADAPTATION
Nagartas have a swim speed of 30 feet, a land speed of 30
feet, and they can breathe water and air. When off-kilter,
nagartas do not take the normal penalty to attacks.
ULTRAVIOLET VISION
Nagartas can see in dim light as if it were normal light, and
can see ultraviolet light.
CHROMATOPHORE FINS
Nagartas can use their color changing head fins to
communicate in a unique visual language. The fins can also
create rapidly changing patterns to cause one or more
creatures to become fascinated. A Nagarta can use this
ability for a number of rounds per day equal to 4 + his
charisma modifier. Every two levels after 1st, a nagarta can
use this ability for an additional round per day. Each
creature to be fascinated must be within 40 feet, able to
see the Nagarta, and capable of paying attention to him.
The Distraction of nearby combat or other dangers
prevents the ability from working. For every three levels a
Nagarta has attained beyond 1st, he can target one
additional creature with this ability. Each creature within
range receives a will save (DC 10 + 1/2 the nagarta’s level +
the nagarta’s Cha modifier) to negate the effect. If a
creature’s saving throw succeeds, the nagarta cannot
attempt to fascinate that creature again for 24 hours. This
is an extraordinary mind affecting ability.
SILVER TONGUE
Nagartas receive a +2 racial bonus to diplomacy, and a +2
bonus to either intimidate or bluff.
VITAL STATISTICS
Nagartas are hatched from a large soft egg. They reach
maturity in 14 years and live 100+1D20 years. They are 9-
11 feet long, but when standing upright reach 4.5-5.5 feet
tall with their tails extending out about 5-6 feet. Nagarta’s
long muscled tails increase their weight compared to a
similar sized humanoid. They weigh 200-450 pounds.

PLAYING A NAGARTA
YOU LIKELY…
Are confident, extroverted, and individualistic.
Express yourself convincingly and eloquently.
Are fascinated by new cultures and people.
Are always looking to start up a new venture or make
money.
OTHER RACES PROBABLY…
Are dazzled by your exotic appearance.
Are inspired by or resentful of your optimistic, charismatic
personality.
Are concerned by the mass appearance of your species and
commercial culture.
Have difficulty imagining your culture and daily life.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Nagartas are immediately identifiable by their
vibrant multicolored skin and eel-like tails in place of legs.
Their skin can have almost any pigmentation with bright
tropical colors being common. Most nagartas also have
dramatic stripes, speckles, and other patterns. Some
patterns are especially striking with dazzling iridescence,
shining metallics, and even bio-luminescence. Their tails
allow powerful swimming, but are equally capable of
supporting the body upright as they slither along on land.
Instead of hair, nagartas have long feathery fins
and crests. Their long ears are also finlike, and twitch in
response to sound or emotion. These cranial fins evolved to
rapidly change their color and pattern, which are used for
communication and dazzling displays. Nagartas have lungs
and gills that allow them to breathe both air and water.
HOME WORLD
Nagartas evolved on Asteria, a moon orbiting the
super gas giant Kithairon. Kithairon’s gravity causes
extreme tidal forces on the oceans of Asteria. Most of the
surface lies inside intertidal zones which are flooded under
dozens of meters of water for half of the day, then exposed
to air for the rest. Amphibious ecosystems thrive in this
environment, and nagartas became the dominant species.
For several decades, Asteria was a hot point in the Silent
War as each power bloc tried to swing the newly
discovered world to their side. When The Swarm invaded,
the two sides diverted their efforts to the new threat, and
nagartas were left to choose their own destiny.
SOCIETY AND ALIGNMENT
Nagarta governments are still divided between the
two factions of the Silent War. Regardless, peace has
rejuvenated the nagartas’ society and spirit, and they now
Nagartas
invest their energy into their love of commerce and
exploration. Business and trade is the central pursuit of
nagarta civilization, and some companies rival legitimate
governments in sovereignty and power. Many individuals
even consider themselves citizens of their company, rather
than their city-state. Nagartas navigate this free-for-all
commercial culture by learning to employ potent
negotiation tactics, some of which are cooperative, and
others antagonistic. Although males are fewer in number,
nagarta society is generally patriarchal, and they lead most
government and economic institutions.
An optimistic people, nagartas approach life with
vigorous gusto. Most are individualistic, confident, open to
new ideas, new peoples, and constantly on the lookout for
opportunities. Thus, nagarta may follow any alignment, but
their exuberance causes the neutral alignments to be a
definite minority.
RELATIONS
Although new to the Pact Worlds, nagartas’
natural charisma and attractiveness usually makes relations
with other races easy. They get along best with humans,
who were the most invested race on their planet during the
silent war. The Swarm invasion made nagartas view
shirrens with caution, and they are fearful of the vesk, who
used heavy handed tactics during the silent war.
ADVENTURERS
Surrounded by dangers, as their homeworld is,
many nagarta governments have formed organizations to
emigrate their people in whatever transports they can
come into contact with. Candidates for colony ships are
given basic training for life in the vast, and booked on
almost any ship heading almost anywhere, to interesting
results. This emigration program makes nagartas a
common sight in the pact worlds despite their recent
discovery. It also naturally leads to many becoming
adventurers. Nagartas’ gregarious nature and forceful
personalities yield many envoys, witchwarpers, and
solarians. Their quick reflexes make them competent
soldiers and operatives.
NAMES
The peculiar language of nagartas includes
whistles, clicks, and other phonetic elements that are
difficult to pronounce for other races. Therefore, nagartas
use simple commonized nicknames such as: Avris, Soren,
Berath, Eka, Corvelle, Ishka, Kyron, Aldem, Sirine, Typhon,
Anosa, Ari, and Salas. Nagartas also have a chromatic
name, a pattern of moving colors that can be expressed
only through their color changing fins.
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 ASTERIA & KITHAIRON

Deep in the vast, the yellow–white Veskarium soon after. The two
star Scitalus burns in the endless black. The powers quickly learned the extent of
star co-orbits with the black hole Apophis, the Scitalus System’s resources,
which slowly siphons away its mass in a particularly of the dimensionally
long luminous spiral plume. A conductive metal etherium
lumbering super gas giant, Kithairon, deep on the planet Kithairon.
distantly circles the twins as they Etherium is used to produce
battle each other. Nestled among the most advanced types of
these fierce astronomical forces, lies drift drives and is an
the moon Asteria, the aquatic home extremely rare and valuable
of the nagarta race. It is an energetic commercial and strategic
and enterprising commercial capital resource. The system soon
where towering walled metropolises found itself embroiled in the
rise from below the waves. Its power politics of the Silent War
cosmopolitan culture hosts many alien as each power block competed to
species that live and work beside the native draw the Scitilus system into its sphere
nagartas. Outside the great cities, aquatic and of influence. With no unified planetary
amphibious ecosystems of every description extend for government, Asteria was easy prey. For decades, the two
many miles. These fertile biomes are nourished by colossal rivals employed the entire spectrum of covert and overt
planet spanning tides that wash over Asteria’s surface daily, methods to influence the nagarata city-states, from bribes
and deeply influence every aspect of the planet’s and election rigging, to coup d'états and outright
environment and people. occupation. One by one, they aligned themselves with the
Although Asteria is a relative newcomer to galactic great powers, and hostilities escalated until a full scale
affairs, it quickly became a crisis point in the competition proxy war was unavoidable.
between the Absalom Pact and Veskarium. The nagartas This microcosm of the Silent War continued until
made first contact with the Pact in 245 AG, and the 291 AG, when The Swarm invasion forced the belligerents

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to redirect their energy towards defense of their home
systems. Conflict on Asteria de-escalated until a
detachment of The Swarm fleet found its way to the
Scitalus system, and immediately invaded Asteria. Suddenly
faced with a war of annihilation, all factions were
compelled to unite against the new threat. Today, with the
cessation of the Silent War and The Swarm defeated, the
governments of Asteria are left to choose their own
destiny.
GEOGRAPHY
Asteria is a world dominated by its oceans and
tides. 91% of the surface is covered by water for at least
part of the day, and about 70% of the total surface Is
habitable by the native nagartas. For this reason, Asteria
supports a larger population than other similarly sized
planets. The surface is divided into four broad categories
based on its relationship to the tide and ocean.
The largest and most important category is the
intertidal zone which covers 36% of the surface. In this
zone, the planet’s great tides wash over the land every day,
and depending on geography, can range in depth from a
few inches to over 400 feet. In these areas a bountiful
variety of amphibious ecosystems thrive, and the lifeforms
have evolved spectacular adaptations for their habitats. In
equatorial regions, giant corals reach toward the sky in
treelike colonies. In temperate regions the most notable
habitats are tall mangrove forests that stretch for hundreds
Nagartas
of miles and are completely submerged twice a day. It is
here that the nagartas evolved from an order of
amphibious fish that lived in the canopy during low tide,
and then swam freely among the branches during high tide.
Many nagarta metropolises developed in this zone, and
their dense populations are supported by extremely fertile
aquatic agriculture.
The erosion of the continents has created very
large shallow oceans on the continental shelf. They form
24% of Asteria’s surface, and are generally no deeper than
400 feet at low tide. Easy access to light and a constant
flow of nutrients from currents supports dense and diverse
ecosystems like Coral reefs and kelp forests. Nagarta
metropolises regularly dot the marine terrain in this zone,
and rise hundreds of feet from beneath the waves.
Archipelagos and Islands are only 9% of the
planet’s surface, but still host many unique endemic life
forms. Cities are relatively uncommon on the land and
usually have higher proportions of non nagarta residents.
Deep open oceans are only about 31% of the
surface, and compared to the other zones on the planet,
have relatively sparse life. There are a few cities in the
open ocean, floating on the surface and traveling to where
ever they find opportunity. Deep under the surface on the
abyssal plain are a few abyssal towns and research
outposts.
Even deeper than the abyssal oceans, are the
extensive cave systems which have been carved into the
crust over millions of years by tidal forces. These
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underwater caves grow to massive size and descend to Vesk and their client races, especially the squidfolk species
terrifying depths. Here, horrific alien life skulks in the of Vesk-2.
darkness, feeding on subterranean thermal vents… and Most of the foreigners in independent and neutral
each other. Colossal and ancient leviathans are the top of city-states are a mix of races from all over the galaxy. Large
the food chain here, and form entire ecosystems in their primitive turtle like humanoids called Arocku are a regular
own right. Very little of the cave systems are explored, and sight throughout Asteria, as they were commonly used as
very few are willing to take the risk to map them. auxiliaries and mercenaries during the wars. Their shells
and beaks naturally contain dense amounts of iron and give
RESIDENTS them exceptional toughness. A minor race of peaceful
In the past, the nagartas were the only sentient jellyfish people called the sephaloros, have made their
race on Asteria. In the decades since its entry into the homes in the deepest and most forbidding oceans on the
galatic community, tens of millions of aliens from all over
the galaxy immigrated and settled as emissaries,
businessmen, and soldiers. Almost all nagarta settlements
have a large above water port district on the upper levels
of the city. These areas are the most important part of the
community, as they serve as harbors and market places
that connect it to the outside world. Here, terrestrial races
of all kinds reside with nagartas where they live and do
business. Thus, nagartas learn to coexist with many alien
races and cultures.
The races of the Veskarium and Absalom Pact are
the most common aliens due to their past involvement in
the Silent War. The composition of each city-state’s foreign
residents is partly determined by its alignment during the
war. Those aligned with the Absalom Pact typically have
significant minorities of humans, kalo, barathu, and
lashuntas. Veskarium aligned states have large numbers of

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planet. There they live mostly in seclusion from the rest of
the galaxy. Androids are also a common race on the planet,
and without the need for respiration, they integrate well
with the environment and society.
Abadarcorp and the Aspis Consortium are some of
the most prominently represented factions on Asteria, and
they compete side by side with the indigenous businesses.
Due to the planets heavy emphasis on commerce, and its
prominent natural resources, the two businesses have
significant subsidiaries in most city-states regardless of
their alignment.
SOCIETY
Government, like everything else on Asteria, is
heavily influenced by the planet’s oceans. Throughout its
history, the seas provided easy access to trade and
commerce for almost all cities. This contributed to the early
evolution of large and powerful corporations, which
Nagartas
became unusually independent to the point where many
are co-equal to government, or outright sovereign.
Consequently, many city-states are governed by coalitions
of trade guilds, corporations, and professional unions, who
are constantly jockeying with each other for power. The
many factions form alliances and coalitions which
unendingly negotiate with and against each other to enact
governance. Most nagartas join these organizations for
protection, representation, and status. The importance and
ubiquity of commercial organizations causes many
Asterians to consider themselves citizens of their company
instead of citizens of their city-state.
Just like the nagartas that make up their
populations, Asterian societies vary widely in their
alignment. Many city-states are honorable, fair, strive to
better their communities, and cooperate well with others.
Other city-states are corrupt and opportunistic. Under the
right circumstances, some can be extremely mercenary,
characterized by violent grabs for power that result in
warlord states, which eventually solidify into exploitative
capitalist societies in which everything has a price. Some
communities can view wealth as the sole measure of power
and honor. Although their economic system allows anyone
with enough guile and a smooth enough tongue to gain a
great deal of wealth, it can be a constant commercial
battleground, with wealth perfectly corresponding to social
standing.
The fertility of the biosphere and the aquatic
environment enable nagartas to build very dense towering
cities that reach from the sea floor all the way to above the
surface. These hive like vertical metropolises are influential
enough to control the area around them for many miles,
effectively forming a city-state. Nagartas’ towering cities
are built out of many of the same materials found on land,
but traditional architecture uses unique underwater
materials such as coral, whale bones, giant seashells, and
even living giant sponges. Some houses are woven out of
living kelp with different rooms suspended along the plant
like a string of pearls. The walls of nagarta cities are very
robust to provide refuge from waves and currents. They
also provide piece of mind against the unknowable horrors
of the abyss, whose haunting calls can sometimes be heard
for hundreds of miles in the water.
Nagarta civilian fashion is very distinctive. Scales
are polished to a nearly mirror like sheen, with extremely
bright clothing bordering on neon to accentuate what
nature granted them. It is very difficult to lose sight of a
Nagarta. Instead of buying spray on tans they buy spray on
shine.
Contrary to exonet rumors, nagartas are not
dependent on staying hydrated. This is not to say that they
don't prefer it, and a common item on many of nagartas
out in the Vast is a water backpack. Some carry it around as
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a purse, others integrate it as a backpack with the rest of humanitarian aid, blackmail, false flag attacks, and the
their clothing, but water is almost always nearby if they can occasional disappearance and assassination.
arrange it. Debates still rage in public forums with different
factions trying to advance their views. Most nagarta have
CONFLICTS AND THREATS passionate opinions on the subject, which they defend
With the conclusion of the Silent War and the fiercely. Some wish to align with the Absalom Pact, and
Swarm War, the Scitalus System has settled into an era of
relative peace and prosperity. However, it is still a
turbulent region that contains many intersecting and
competing factions. All of them have their own agendas,
and many are willing to go to extreme lengths to enforce
them. The result is a seemingly peaceful planet simmering
under the surface with conflict, intrigue, opportunity, and
danger. Outbursts of violence erupt on the streets and in
corporate properties while power players maneuver their
geopolitical chess pieces from the shadows.
The single most important dispute on Asteria is
the unsettled conclusion to the Silent War and the
unanswered question of how the planet will align itself in
the future. The Silent War may be over, but the seduction
of the etherium giant remains, and the Veskarium and
Absalom Pact continue to scheme and manipulate Asteria
from the shadows. Cities simmer under the surface with
bribes, election rigging, influence peddling, covert
operations, viral propaganda campaigns, military and

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argue that the Pact’s policies of relative planetary freedom
are the best way to protect Asteria and nagarta culture.
Others argue for the Veskarium, believing that they are the
strongest faction and it would be better to ally with them
now rather than defeated by them later. A third faction
desires full independence and neutrality. They claim
Asterian industries and markets will only be restricted by
shutting out major trading partners. To date, the three
alignments are roughly balanced in strength, and any
fulcrum shift could swing the entire planet into one camp
or another.
At the heart of the conflict is the super gas giant
Kithairon, which is actually a Y type brown dwarf with a
temperature of only 325 kelvin. It’s swirled magenta and
purple atmosphere contains many rare resources in its
crushing depths, the most important of which is the
dimensionally conductive metal Etherium. Etherium is used
to produce the most advanced types of drift drives, and is
an extremely valuable commercial and strategic resource.
The Veskarium and Pact first became interested in the
nagartas in order to secure this incredible resource lode,
and it led to the Silent War spreading to the system.
Nagartas
The nagartas consider exploiting Kithairon to be
their exclusive right, and they jealously guard it. But,
foreign companies, pirates, covert agencies, and other
rogue organizations, seek to mine the planet with or
without permission. Asterian mining companies and
governments wish to maintain their monopoly, and have
responded by employing privateers, mercenaries, and
navies to combat the illegal miners. In response, foreign
companies and pirates have escalated their security as well.
The resulting orbital skirmishes are regular occurrences
around Kithairon.
The extreme corporatist government on Asteria is
also a major source of strife in the system. It is common for
rival companies to engage in corporate espionage,
sabotage, warfare, and lobby for targeted laws suppressing
their competitors or favoring themselves. Many employ
their own armies and intelligence services. Some of the
most powerful factions are the ubiquitous criminal Aspis
Consortium, Abadarcorp, and various coalitions of nagarta
corporate interests.
Special Humanitarian Recovery Corps
As a minor power, Nagartas are less capable of
deterring adversaries that abduct their citizens as slaves,
prisoners, and ritual sacrifices. To discourage such
predation, Asterian governments created small highly
trained special forces units known as the Special
Humanitarian Recovery Corps (SHARCs) that investigates
and strikes back against entities that victimize nagarta
citizens. They are known for daring raids using infiltration
and small troop transports, the liberal application of heavy
explosives, and decisive violent action to destroy their
target from the inside and free the hostages. Their tactics
often lead to hostage casualties, but the SHARCs
operations are intended to terrorize opponents as much as
they are to actually rescue victims. Space stations and
planetary mansions being blown to bits along with their
owners makes for a powerful deterrent; at least for pirate
factions and smaller cults.
The life of a SHARC is a difficult one, as even the
lowest level Agent is expected to make contacts and follow
leads about missing and exploited Nagartas. They
commonly head into the dark corners and crevices of
worlds where many wouldn't dare go. Local Police groups
are usually open to SHARC agents, welcoming their
enhanced criminology training and leveraging their
improved weapon skills to help locate other kidnapped
individuals. A sad truth is that nagarta smuggling victims
are frequently accompanied by frightened victims of other
species. However, SHARC Agents are still expected to
prioritize nagartas above others, which most local security
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forces are willing to tolerate if it means being able to call
them up when they need assistance.
SHARC Agents frequently find themselves in
situations where they have to think fast and shoot faster.
It's not uncommon for a SHARC to be involved in the
explosive destruction of some slaver's hideout with
kidnapped nagartas hurriedly placed into a waiting vehicle.
While Asterian governments would like to keep their
species' name clean in the eyes of everyone, certain
opportunities arise with risks, and dealing a blow against
anyone hurting nagartas is an opportunity that cannot be
missed. Extreme action is more and more required in the
vast as nagartas expand and the wealthy, decadent, and
depraved seek to add them to their lots of slaves.
NOTABLE LOCATIONS
The following are some of the most famous
and interesting locations on the Planet Kithairon and
its moon Asteria.
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Osaton State Aquarium
The Osaton State Aquarium is one of the most
complete collections of aquatic and amphibious life in the
galaxy. Its vast nature preserves encompass thousands of
acres and its breath taking exhibits house exotic and
amazing lifeforms some from across known space. The
curators regularly commission expeditions into the remote
oceans of the universe to capture all manner of animals,
especially dangerous and rare specimens that are
guaranteed to draw large crowds.
One of the most important members of the
aquarium is the nature documentary celebrity, [Name],
who hosts a weekly show watched by tens of millions. His
rugged frontier accent and enthusiastic personality enthrall
audiences while he travels around the galaxy to handle and
exhibit different creatures in their natural habitat.
Planetary Rings: The 12 Siblings
Kithairon’s 12 planetary rings are composed of
trillions of crystal particles that reflect and refract light in
many colors. Asteria orbits close enough to Kithaeron that
the rings cover a significant portion of the sky. Despite

being suspended in space, the crystals seem to be
somehow connected to each other as their rotation is
linked and light is reflected in great shimmering iridescent
waves. In ancient times, nagarta astrologers intensely
studied the movements of the rings to gain divine
knowledge. Pre-gap legends say that the rings are the
remains of 12 demigod siblings whos infighting led to their
tragic destruction. Each ring has a distinct name, legend,
and personality:
The Angel -
The Dragon -
The Sphinx -
The Demon -
The Golden -
The Great -
The Black -
The Mystic -
The Serpent -
The Tears -
The Pearls -
The Jubilation -
Whatever the truth behind them is, the particles
of the rings resist any attempt to collect or disturb them
with powerful psionic and magic energy. In orbit amongst
the rings, is a monastery of monks who meditate in silence
for portents of the future and past. Very rarely, a scrap of
information from the gap can be glimpsed from the rings
by the monk’s meditations.
Empyrean River Arcs
Throughout Asteria there are many currents that
run along the planet’s leylines. The movement of their
waters is impelled by magic, and for thousands of years
have been an important source of mass transportation for
Nagartas
people and goods. Many of asteria’s great metropolises
grew around the intersections of these currents. Some of
the most important currents are those that magically
levitate themselves out of the oceans and defy the rise and
fall of tides. Three even ascend into the atmosphere for
many miles, reaching all the way into space and are named
Astral bridges. These space born arches make it possible for
even colossal ships to transfer between the planet surface
and space if they are submersible. Some of the most
important aerospace companies are based in cities
containing these bridges to take advantage of reduced
orbital costs.
Ataropolis
Ataropolis is an entire city floating on the open
ocean. It is home to several hundred thousand citizens and
wanders the seas following opportunity wherever it
presents itself. The city is currently moving into an area
that has been long disputed by several other city-states.
The competing claims were overshadowed by the swarm
war, but now they have reemerged as a geopolitical crisis
and Ataropolis’s movement threatens to enflame the
situation. The area is a major trade route and contains
valueable fishing grounds and mineral resources; Its
proximity to other cities also makes it an important
strategic position. The city-state that controls this region
would gain a serious advantage over others, and in turn
would provide a large boon to their faction. That Ataropolis
does not have a majority faction makes the situation even
more intense; if one were to emerge, the entire region
could follow.
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Kithairon’s Etherium Upwelling Sites
Most of the etherium on Kithairon is hidden deep
in the crushing atmosphere, requiring elaborate and
expensive technology to harvest. But there are occasional
upwellings in the planet’s atmosphere that drag etherium
to the surface where it can be harvested with minimal
difficulty. These sites can appear and disappear from the
surface seemingly randomly. The upwellings are extremely
lucatrive mining sites and fierce competition to detect and
claim them is ongoing for multiple companies in orbit.
Pirates, claim jumpers, and foreign companies also
have assets hidden in the atmosphere waiting for
upwellings to occur. They often attack and steal etherium
after it has been mined.
Abyssal Sephaloros City
During the Swarm War, the floating city {name}
was invaded while on the open ocean, and so badly
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damaged that it sunk to the bottom of the abyssal plain. In
the decades since, a small town populated by the jellyfish-
like sephaloros developed a few miles from the wreckage.
They scratch a modest living farming various deep sea
crops, and avoid the forbidden tomb city. For decades it
has been a quiet existence secluded from the rest of the
galaxy.
Little known to the townspeople, remnants of The
Swarm survived the sinking by hiding deep inside the
bowels of the ruined city. Surrounded by wreckage from
the crushing pressures and isolated from the rest of the
swarm, they have spent years scavenging supplies to
genetically engineer themselves for survival in the depths.
The first successful mutated swarm soldiers have started to
emerge from the forbidden city, and terrified townsfolk
regularly report skittering shapes in the blackness. Killings
and disappearances have become a regular occurrence,
and the town mayor has called for anyone to help.
Jelly Fish Swarm
This region of the ocean is choked by billions upon
billions of mutant jellyfish with tentacles powerful enough
to melt armor. Visibility is reduced to mere feet for
hundreds of miles. No one knows what causes this
swarming behavior, or how the waters support such a
seemingly impossible density of animals. Most of all how
these jellyfish were created is a complete mystery.

Gold Station
Officialy named [name], but almost always
referred to as Gold Station for its reflective metallic domes,
this starbase is the headquarters for the Scitalus branch of
the starfinder society. The station is heavily influenced by
Nagarta culture and interests, and contains several other
associated organizations. The first is the emigration
operations for much of asteria, the second is SHARC
headquarters. The starbase is heavily funded by Asterian
businesses and governments, and offers contracts for
exploring the galaxy to find new systems for colonization
and trade. The SHARC headquarters is the center for all
SHARC operations in the galaxy, and commonly hires
adventurers to defend and police the vast when nagartas
are threatened. Lastly, the emigration offices handle
training and organization for thousands of colonists every
day who seek to find new homes.
Marine Caves
Nagartas
Archipeligo Resorts
This archipelago of tall islands contains beautiful
clean white beaches, magnificent tropical jungles, and
stunning views. Alien races find the area incredibly
beautiful, and the enterprising nature of Nagartas
inevitably led to the construction many luxury resorts to
capitalize. A wide variety of amusements and distractions
are available here, and species from around the galaxy
partake. Bikinied buxom aliens sun themselves on pristine
beaches, wealthy gamblers engage in dozens of casinos,
and nightlife revelers crawl from club to club to partake in a
catalog of psychoactive delights. Asteria’s rich, influential,
and famous are commonly found in this playground
paradise.
BNAC Drift Propulsion Laboratory
The Blackwater Naval Architecture Corporation is
one of Asteria’s most prominent aerospace companies, and
this orbital research station specializes in the absolute
cutting edge of drift drive engineering. Its proximity to
Kithairon gives the company easy and regular supplies of
Etherium which gives it a substantial advantage over
foreign competitors. It also makes the installation a
frequent target of espionage from foreign governments
and companies. To combat spying, BNAC employs
extremely sophisticated security measures and many teams
of counter intelligence agents. The skill of these teams is
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tested frequently by contracted red team attackers, and
actual foreign intrusions.
The intense security measures are not only for
external threats. Drift drive research is a very dangerous
enterprise, and corporate pressure for results often leads
to reckless experiments. Speculative theories and unstable
prototypes occasionally breach the planar firmament into
hostile dimensions of chaotic physics, extreme
environments, or demonic universes. For this reason,
physical security is just as much of a concern as information
security, and a heavily armed battalion of arocku corporate
soldiers is always garrisoned in the facility.
Volcano
One region of Asteria the size of a small continent
is especially known for its volcanic activity and has evolved
a completely different exosystem than the rest of the
planet.
Radiation Ruins
This strategic city was once one of the most
prosperous and industrious areas on Asteria. After several
of the worst battles of the silent and swarm wars raged in
its territory, it has become a bombed out, radioactive,
toxic, wasteland of ruined buildings, bunkers, and craters.
Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons were commonly
used during the most desperate fighting, and the city itself
is now an uninhabited mazelike ruin of ruble and twisted
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metal. Neighboring city states have erected energy shields
to isolate the territory and prevent the toxic environment
from spreading, and regularly pay for expeditions into the
hazard zone to find and contain the sources of the poisons.
Some hazards include Unexploded WMDs, mines and traps
of every design; melted down reactors from crashed
starships; Industrial waste spewing from ruined industrial
plants still operated by malfunctioning artificial
intelligences; Vast ruptured storage facilities hemorrhaging
their poisons; and horrific mutated lifeforms feeding and
spreading their own toxins are just a few examples.
Progress is slow and extremely dangerous, for
those are just the beginning of the threats. The tortured
souls of the dead blend with the background radiation, and
haunt the ruins by the hundreds of thousands. Twisted,
mutated predators lurk hidden in the toxic haze. Rogue
corrupted AIs wander the streets aimlessly. Attracted to
the catastrophe, thousands of devourer cultists have
smuggled themselves into the ruins with the hope of
gaining access to even more means of destruction.
Drachurst City-State
Drachurst is a city on the continental shelf that is
almost completely submerged by the sea. It is incredibly
densely populated, with buildings buildings blocking out
any sunlight and the citizens travelling via enclosed tunnels
instead of open streets. Visitors often say it resembles an
insect hive, rather than a normal city. Its government is a
corrupt and tyrannical oligarchy of manufacturing and
energy companies, which weilds power however it sees fit.
Various forms of slavery, indentured servitude, and
corruption permeate most institutions. The social structure
is enforced by many private corporate security companies,
who have a free hand to employ violence, spying, and
intimidation at their discretion. Drachurst has a large
number of citizens from the veskarium as it is the leading
city-state in alliance with the Veskarium. The alliance has
given the vesk a fearsome reputation on Asteria.

Without the external threats of the last few
decades serving as distractions, the oppressive conditions
in Drachurst have resulted in a series labor strikes and slave
rebellions. Although private security companies such as
the notorious [Name] company are efficient at strike
breaking, the unrest factions have gained support from
rival city-states who have interest in destabilizing Dachurst.
The most recent unrest has increased in scale and intensity,
and the entire city appears to be reaching a crisis point.
Behind the scenes of the chaos, the elites of the planetary
alignments craft strategies to help or hinder the discord.
Drachurst City-State
LE Metropolis
Population 10,200,000 (60% nagarta, 10% vesk, 5%
android, 10% squidfolk, 5% Arocku, 10% other)
Government corporate oligarchy
Qualities underwater, advanced engineering,
manufacturing center
Maximum Item Level 20
Violiople City-State
Violiople is a metropolis of skyscrapers rising
hundreds feet like a great mesa from the surrounding
mangrove forests and farms. Its famous great white walls
protect the city from the intertidal waters and regulate the
water level inside the city. It is governed as a “corporate
republic” where members of companies elect
representatives to represent their interests in government.
It is the most important polity that is allied with the
Absalom Pact, and much of its population is Golarion
System expatriots. The city is famous for its many
biotechnology companies that employ the best biologists,
physicians, geneticists, and agriculturalists on Asteria.
Those who can afford to do so, travel to Violiople hospitals
from all over the system where they are given care that is
equal to any in the galaxy. Additionally, many hospitals
have wings dedicated to marketplaces for genetic and
cybernetic enhancements. The agriculture industry is
violiople’s greatest political strength and commodity
export. The lower levels of the city house thousands of
Nagartas
robotic urban hyproponic farms which produce food for
many of the neighboring regions. Traditional farming on
the lands surrounding the city produce luxury crops
marketed as more natural, better tasting, and healthier.
Thousands of industrial food synthesizers make lab grown
pastes in gigantic vats that serve the lower scale portions of
the market.
Recently, a terrorist movement has emerged that
has attacked many genetic engineering facilities in the city.
The group denounces as immoral some recent
advancements in genetics that have improved production
in a range of industries. In the most recent incident, a
suspicious laboratory accident resulted in the release of a
mutated creature that rampaged through the facility, killed
all the scientists, and escaped into the streets. Many
leaders suspect that it is an artificial movement supported
by foreign agents to weaken the city’s economy and
prestige, and they are forming plans to counter the threat.
Violiople City-State
CG Metropolis
Population 15,500,000 (56% nagarta, 11% human, 3%
berathu, 12% kalo, 6% aroku, 6% android, 6% other)
Government corporate republic
Qualities amphibious, advanced biotechnology, health
center, agricultural center
Maximum Item Level 20
Swynip City-State
One of the relatively few completely terrestrial
asterian cities, Swynip is the most prominent of city-states
that advocates for an independent Asteria. Its government
and economy is dominated by the finance and software
industries.
Spacebook headquarters in Swynip is the nerve
center for Asteria’s most popular social media platform.
This position as gives the company significant power to
manipulate information by burying, promoting, and editing
websites, and it flexes this power on a routine basis. The
political manipulation does not go unnoticed, and a large
number of critics have begun to take aim at the company.
But spacebook’s interventionist strategy is calculated to
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keep the extent of its manipulations tolerable enough to
its critics and users that they do not abandon the service.
Spacebook’s central role in distributing
information has turned the company into a focal point for
clandestine political operations. Many employees are
covert operatives or for foreign intelligence agencies, who
quietly insert intelligence gathering code or work against
the company’s desired information sphere agenda.

Swynip City-State
N Metropolis
Population 5,900,000 (50% nagarta, 5% vesk, 4% human,
7% arocku, 5% android, 28% other)
Government constitutional corporate oligarchy
Chromatorium Theaters
A chromatorium is a traditional cultural institution
Qualities island city, financial center, advanced computer
of the nagartas analoguous to the the auditoriums of other
science
species. They are a venue for Asterian performing arts,
Maximum Item Level 20
many of which include mass organized displays of nagartas
color changing fins in addition to sound. They are a popular
entertainment form for elites who use them as an
opportunity for socializing and networking. Chromatoriums
are large glass domed rooms, typically on floating platforms
to take advantage of a location’s scenery. The most skilled
performers are capable of captivatingly beautiful displays
with their fins, and can achieve great wealth and fame.

ACS Rubicon
The ACS Rubicon is a colossal maelstrom class
planetary defense submarine that patrols the northern
polar sea in darkness and silence. Built by the West Sea
Compact of States, it is one of only 5 of these massive
capital ships on the planet. It serves as the flagship and
headquarters for the northern planetary defense zone. Its
mission is to protect its territory from orbital invaders and
from the swarm in particular. It is equipped with massive
planetary defense canons, a compliment of Starfighters,
marines, command and control facilities, and everything
else a military needs to wage war.
Its captain, [name], is one of the most important
military figures on asteria. He is chiefly concerned with
hunting down any hiding pockets of Swam units in the
Scitalus system, and guarding against future attacks.

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Celestial Gardens
In the shallow sea lies the wonderous Celestial
Kelp forests of [name]. Large mountains of rock float
miraculously at varying depths and radiate an intense and
healthy yellow light from of their rocks. These mountains
appear to be somehow connected to the celestial plane
and their light feeds one of the most amazing ecosystems
in the galaxy. Kelp forests of exceptional beauty and
incredible diversity cling to the rocks and extend for
hundreds of feet in all directions. Plants, corals, and flora of
every shape, size, color, fragrance, flavor, and psychoactive
effect that one can imagine are found here
The region is kept pristine as a nature preserve,
and there are no settlements with the exception of a
temple of Serenrae and a scientific research outpost. The
preserve’s science outpost is a major source of
pharmaceutical research and foreign corporations
sometimes try to poach biological specimens. The temple
priests frequently employ patrols of game wardens to the
preserve to prevent poaching.
Nagartas
Coral Forests
Saffron’s Comet
Your ship detects a small lonely comet floating in the
infinite black that radiates a small amount of positive
energy. Upon scanning the comet, a life force in the center
of the ice is discovered. If the party does any excavation,
they discover a frozen Nagarta celestial in the center of the
comet’s ice in suspended animation. The celestial is brightly
colored with orange on her ventral side, fading into
magenta and then deep violet on her dorsal side. The
angel’s back and 4 wings are speckled with luminous cyan
starlike spots.
Fading Sea
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Towards the end of the world lies the shore of the Fading
Sea. It's called that because it marks the end of planned Nagarta meme culture communication via emojis and
creation - the border of organized reality. The sea stretches memes via chromatophores. Device that instantly converts
on for as far as anyone has ever been able to tell. Like all fin patterns into digital form nagarta become natural
seas, it teems with life and adventure: islands, civilizations, memers and have much larger impact on digital culture
ships, sunken ruins, monsters, coral reefs. But due to its than their population would otherwise suggest.
nature, nothing that can't be seen from the shore truly
possesses a stable existence. Islands emerge from beyond
the horizon when approached, some with thousands of ARAKU RACIAL TRAITS
years of history. You can spend as long as you want on
them - but when you leave, they fade away behind you, +2str +2con -2dex
never to be found again. To leave the sight of shore is to be
doomed to wander for all eternity, Faded.

On the shore, 13 merchant princes founded Galgeleth, the

City of Wheels. It's called that because of its most notable
feature: the gigantic wheels at the port, around which,
depending on size, are wrapped dozens or hundreds of
miles of very thin, very strong rope. For a princely sum,
brave adventurers may rent the use of a Wheel, to tie the
end of the rope to their ship, and sail the Fading Sea -
confident in the knowledge that they could follow the rope
back to shore. Hopefully, by then, they'd have collected
enough riches from their journey to pay for the pleasure. If
not, they could always try hunting down a Sea Serpent -
dangerous beings, whose sinews are the substance of the
ropes of Galgeleth.

Aroku Free Company

This mercenary company of Arocku soldiers has been in a
long term dispute with their employers, a nearby
corporation that neglected to pay for their services

Blood Drink Blue Knights

Acquisitions Incorporated

Arocku Racial Traits

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 ENTREPENEUR +1 CHA
The galaxy contains infinite commercial opportunity, and entrepreneurs
from across the cosmos venture everything to win their fortunes.
Whether an inventor, trader, starship captain or other type of
businessman, entrepreneurs like you are the engine of economic growth
in the Pact Worlds. Your business acumen, market knowledge, and
tolerance for risk allow you to seek your fortune in the most dangerous
parts of the galaxy where less agile organizations do not dare.

THEME KNOWLEDGE (1ST) ENTERPRISE ENTHUSIAST

(18TH)
Your immersion in the business world has given you an
uncanny sense of economics, and you can feel the pulse of
Your business is more than just a source of income; it is the
the market. When attempting a profession or culture check
spark that gives intense satisfaction and motivation to your
to recall knowledge about economics, businesses, or
struggles. Up to twice per day, if you spend at least 10
markets, reduce the DC by 5. Diplomacy is a class skill for
minutes planning a way to make money or improve your
you, though if it is a class skill from the class you take at 1st
business, and successfully complete at least one action
level, you instead gain a +1 bonus to diplomacy checks. In
toward enacting that plan, you gain a resolve point. This
addition, you gain +1 to charisma at character creation.
doesn’t count as resting to regain stamina points

VENTURE CAPITAL (6TH)

The rapid growth and future potential of your enterprise

has attracted the attention of investors, government
grants, or some other benefactor. This funding is
represented by the ability to purchase goods and services
for a 10% discount. You also gain a flat 2000 credits or 10
starship build points. At the GM’s discretion, this funding
may be increased or decreased and come with restrictions
or obligations.

ART OF THE DEAL (12TH)

Your experience managing and working with business

partners has given you the skills to avoid displeasing new
acquaintances when proposing transactions. When using
the diplomacy skill to change a creature’s attitude, you
must fail the check by 10 points instead of 5 for the
creature’s attitude to be reduced.

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 Nagartas

NAGARTA STYLE SHIPS

Nagarta starships are sleek and streamlined, as help conceal it in the depths from gravity sensors. The
most are expected to travel underwater at least NAAE Systems Cyclone with its distinctive manta like hull is
occasionally. To this end, many feature a distinctive ring the interceptor of choice for many nagarta militaries and
shaped engine which operates effectively in space, security companies. Arc Shipyards produces the heavily
atmosphere, and water. In contrast to the nagartas armored Frontier Star, a freighter and colony ship
themselves, their ships are typically painted a dark navy or extensively used by travelers in dangerous space.
grey to help conceal the craft against the background of
space and their ocean homes.
Nagarta ships are manufactured by dozens of
competing companies that cater to the unique challenges
of Asterian astronautical engineering. Sareth Navy Yard
produces the Tempest class of “super frigates.” Tempests
are small size vessels that are more powerful than most
other ships of their class, but fast and maneuverable
enough to evade larger opponents. Blackwater Naval
Architecture Corporation builds the Typhoon class
destroyers, which are designed to wait under a planet’s
oceans in ambush to strike unsuspecting ships in orbit.
Similarly, Viola Heavy Industries constructs the Maelstrom, NAAE CYCLONE TIER 1
which is a massive half starship half submarine. Equipped Tiny Interceptor
with ventrally mounted planetary defense cannons and a Speed 10; Maneuverability perfect (turn 0); Drift 1
large complement of interceptor craft, the maelstrom AC 17 TL 16
engages orbital invaders from the hidden darkness of HP 30; DT-; CT 6
Asteria’s oceans. One notable feature of the maelstrom is Shields basic 40 (Forward 10, Port 10, Starboard 10, Aft 10)
that its crew areas are filled with water instead of air to Attack (Forward) linked coilguns (8d4)

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Power Core Arcus light (75 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic
Systems basic long ranged sensors, mk4 armor, mk3
defenses, basic computer; Expansion Bays none
Modifiers +2 piloting; Complement 1
CREW
Pilot Computers +5 (1 rank), Gunnery +12, Piloting
+12 (1 rank)
SARETH TEMPEST TIER 4
Small Light Freighter
Speed 10; Maneuverability good (turn 1); Drift 2
AC 20 TL 19
HP 50; DT-; CT 8
Shields medium 140 (Forward 35, Port 35, Starboard 35,
Aft 35)
Attack (Forward) linked coilguns (8d4)
Attack (port) gyrolaser (1d8)
Attack (starboard) gyrolaser (1d8)
Power Core Pulse Green (150 PCU); Drift Engine booster
Systems mk5 armor, common crew quarters, mk5
defenses, budget long range sensors, mk2 duo node
computer, Expansion Bays cargo bay X3
Modifiers +2 to two checks per round, +1 piloting;
Complement 6
CREW
Captain Bluff +15 (4 ranks), Computers +10 (4 ranks)
Diplomacy +15 (4 ranks), Engineering +10 (4ranks), gunnery
+10, Piloting +11 (4 ranks)
Engineer Engineering +10 (4 ranks)
Gunners (2) gunnery +10
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Pilot Piloting +17 (4 ranks)
Science Officer Computers +10 (4 ranks)
BLACKWATER TYPHOON TIER 7
Large Destroyer
Speed 8; Maneuverability Average (turn 2); Drift 1
AC 20 TL 20
HP 170; DT-; CT 30
Shields heavy 200 (Forward 50, Port 50, Starboard 50, Aft
50)
Attack (forward) Particle Beam (8d6), Particle Beam (8d6)
Attack (turret) Coilgun (4d4)
Attack (starboard) Gyrolaser (1d8)
Attack (port) Lightlaser (2d4)
Power Core Pulse Orange (250 PCU); Drift Engine basic
Systems basic long ranged sensors, mk4 armor, mk4
defenses, mk3 mononode computer, Expansion Bays 1
cargo bay, 3 escape pods
Modifiers +3 to one check per round, +2 computers;
Complement 18
CREW
Captain Engineering +14 (7 ranks), gunnery +14, Intimidate
+14 (7 ranks), Piloting 14 (7 ranks)
Engineers (1 officer, 3 crew) Engineering +14 (7 ranks)
Gunners (3 officers, 2 crew each) gunnery +14
Pilot (1 officer, 1 crew) Piloting + 18
Science officer (1 officer, 1 crew) Computers +16 (8 ranks)

VIOLA MAELSTROM Tier 18
Colossal Dreadnought
Speed 6; Maneuverability Clumsy (turn 4); Drift 1
AC 26 TL 26
HP 600; DT 15; CT 120
Shields Superior 600 (Forward 150, Port 150, Starboard
150, Aft 150)
Attack (forward) Persistent Particle Beam Canon
(2d10X10), Persistent Particle Beam Canon (2d10X10),
Heavy laser canon (4d8), Flak thrower (3d4)
Attack (starboard) Persistent Particle Beam Canon
(2d10X10), Heavy laser canon (4d8), Flak thrower (3d4)
Attack (port) Persistent Particle Beam Canon (2d10X10),
Heavy laser canon (4d8), Flak thrower (3d4)
Attack (turret) Coilgun (4d4), Coilgun (4d4), Coilgun (4d4),
Coilgun (4d4)
Power Core 2X Gateway Ultra (1000 PCU); Drift Engine
basic
Systems Advanced long ranged sensors, mk6 armor, mk6
duo computer, mk7 defenses, anti-hacking systems
Expansion Bays 4 Hangar bays, medical bay, power core
housing, arcane laboratory, tech workshop
Modifiers +6 to two rolls per round, +4 Computers, -1
Piloting; Complement 491
CREW
Captain Diplomacy +31 (18 ranks), Engineering +31 (18
ranks), gunnery +31, Intimidate +36 (18 ranks), Piloting +30
(18 ranks)
Engineers (4 officers, 55 crew each) Engineering +31 (18
ranks)
Gunners (8 officers, 25 crew each) gunnery +36
Nagartas
Pilot (1 officer, 25 crew) Piloting +31 (18 ranks)
Science Officers (2 officers, 25 crew each) Computers +35
(18 ranks)
Arc Shipyards Frontier Star Tier 13
Huge Bulk Freighter
Speed 8; Maneuverability poor (-1 Piloting, turn 3); Drift 2
AC 30 TL 29
HP 220; DT 5; CT 32
Shields Superior 540 (Forward 135, Port 135, Starboard
135, Aft 135)
Attack (forward) Maser (6d10)
Attack (turret) Coilgun (4d4), Lasernet (2d6)
Attack (aft) Persistent Particle Beam (8d6)
Power Core Gateway Ultra (500 PCU); Drift Engine Booster
Systems basic long ranged sensors, mk8 armor, mk8
defenses, mk4 trinode computer, Expansion Bays 10 cargo
bays
Modifiers +4 to three checks per round, +2 computers;
Complement 20
CREW
Captain Diplomacy +24 (13 ranks), gunnery +24, Intimidate
+29 (13 ranks), Piloting 24 (13 ranks)
Engineers (2 officers, 4 crew) Engineering +24 (13 ranks)
Gunners (3 officers, 2 crew each) gunnery +24
Pilot (1 officer, 2 crew) Piloting + 31 (13 ranks)
Science officer (1 officer, 3 crew) Computers +28 (13 ranks)
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