Sci-Fi Worldbuilding: Belue Coalition

Sci-Fi Worldbuilding: Belue Coalition

Now we have two exotic silicon-based races, so it's time to make something more mundane. The Belue Coalition is a neighbor and an ally of the United Solar Alliance, a major human faction that is not yet described. Covering a vast swathe of space, its colonies often incorporate aliens into their caste system. The belari are curious and generally friendly, but they do practice slavery. This may create opportunities for activist adventurers. As a racial template, the belari do not have anything exotic. They have good hearing, night vision, and they move fast. The belari have short arms, so they are not good with melee weapons, but this is not a big drawback in high TL societies. The belari have 5 major ethnicities with their own languages, but they are not expanded upon, at least yet.

Belue Coalition

Capital World: Belue III.

Major Species: Belari.

Languages: Belarian Pidgin, matabelarian, kutobelarian, stirobelarian, nalobelarian, pitobelarian.

Culture Groups: Belari.

TL: 10.

The belari evolved on a garden world of Belue III. These inquisitive creatures look uncannily similar to flightless birds of Earth, such as ostriches or emus. The belari home system was littered with precursor artifacts, so while the species itself is younger than the humans, they are equal in technological advancement.

The belari have spread quickly among the stars, colonizing more and more worlds. Thanks to their slave caste, the high caste could devote most of their time to do research. Advances in genetic engineering allowed not only to colonize the worlds better, but also to split the slave caste in two, creating the warrior caste. Belari warriors are known to be fierce in combat and very loyal to the high caste.

The Belue Coalition is a more strict and close alliance, than the USA, but the worlds still are highly autonomous. The curious nature of belari make them strive for contact with other civilization. In the year 2275, the Belari Coalition made contact with the United Solar Alliance. An exploration ship encountered the humans in the Stancer system on the fringes of the USA space. The USA and Belue Coalition became trade and research partners, and some of the humans became integrated in the belari society.

Not all contacts were friendly – an exploration vessel encountered two races in the midst of a battle – the insectoid macerids and plantlike sto. Despite the efforts of the diplomats, the belari were met with hostility and later became entangled in a three-way war with the two species. The war is still ongoing, with no clear leader.

BELARI [10] Advantages: Acute Hearing 2 [4]; Enhanced Move 0.5 (Ground) [10]; Feathers [1]; Night Vision 4 [4]; Sharp Beak [1]. Disadvantages: Short Arms [-10]. Natural Comfort Zone: 1°C - 32°C (35°F - 90°F), 1 atm., 1g, oxygen atmosphere. Belari are human-sized flightless avians. Unlike ostriches of Earth, the belari are covered in feathers from head to toe. Feather color varies with ethnicity, ranging from dark brown (matabelari) to gray (kutobelari) to light blue (stirobelari) to lilac (nalobelari) to yellow (pitobelari). Belari dye the feathers on their necks to differentiate the castes – red for slaves, blue for warriors, and yellow for the high caste. Non-belari integrated in belari societies have to wear colored collars or ribbons to show their caste. Belari are naturally curious and collective creatures, so such disadvantages as Curious, Chummy, and Xenophilia are common. Sample Male Names: Kurso Manoton-[caste suffix], Faruso Emuno-[caste suffix]. Sample Female Names: Karava Unton-[caste suffix], Varana Lumo-[cast suffix]. Caste Suffixes: Us (slave), tor (warrior), annam (high caste), urru (added when talking to an unintegrated alien).