Quick List
Anti-Consumerism - Solarpunk - Not punk for Varku, but similar kinda idea here. Creativity - Communal - Divine Chaos - Philosophy Polytheism - Belief of higher powers and systems. Pack Systems - A core part of society, groups of 6-9 Varku who are bonded through lifetimes. Reincarnation - A core part of society. Self-Motivation - All Varku are/should be self motivated and able to support their pack. Provide for Community - Communal uplift and support. Planet Conservation - Maintain the planet and it’s natural systems, staying out of influencing ecosystems as much as possible. Xenophobia - Belief that Varku are better than other intelligent species. Isolationist to their solar systems. - Refine and perfect what’s present. No need to expand or conquer more, don’t interact with others. Self sustainable - Communist-communal like government - Willing to defend their peoples at all moral and ethical cost. - Varku will defend their home against all threats at any cost. Often, this is seen as fucked up by other species. Varku would extinguish the entire existence of an intelligent species to stop them from pestering. Beliefs of magick - Belief of higher powers and systems. Technology, innovation and creativity go hand in hand. - Radioresistant - Resistant to ionizing radiation Oligotroph - Survives off little nutrients Biomimicry - Mimics biological systems Meritocracy - Variku is the peak of merit, but even then no one looks down on each other. Variku is a title showing that pack has proven themselves in dedication to Varku over lifetimes. They can be counted on for the greater good of culture and society, Varku.
Nature births intelligence which is inspired to mimic nature.
Brain Dump
Weapon Story
Kalah was laying me to bed, to relax me she shared a story she enjoyed of me. A time when she was overjoyed towards me happiness, in a previous life. Our pack was just approved for a new shipment of technology and weapons to field test. The imagery shown to me was on Varku at a cleared zone with stacked crates of our equipment. It was a nice day out, the pack was excited and feeling good. She said that while the others had gravitated towards their specialties in gear, she turned to see me at a box with knives. In that moment, I was playfully testing out the blade, balancing it, feeling the weight. I was in my moment putting all my focus on a simple thing. Kalah enjoyed that, seeing me in a more mundane situation having fun.
Manuscript
Write it from the ground up, starting with the communal providing for each other. “From each, according to their ability. For each, according to their needs.”
Drafting
Nature births intelligence which is inspired to mimic nature. Intricate weaves of carefully balanced chaos.
This is the foundation upon which worlds are built.
An intelligent species evolves through evolution into an environment dominated by it. Resources harvested, flora and fauna domesticated, the land tendered to so it may benefit the apex. God-like power oppressively exerted as an aura onto all things. The grass that hides the hunter is made into a weapon. Overgrown fertile plains flattened to mother one seed. Seed and grass cling to the rails of its master’s destiny, only existing by permission to feed. No longer wilderness populates the land as now cultured growths dominate. This new feed now invokes through wild fauna the apex spirit. Altering indirectly the path they take. That animal going on to feed others, this apex ripple across all ecosystems.
Observing outward the apex is victim to an avalanche of mechanics. Birds gliding upon upward lifting air currents, how can I do that? Positive charged ions, streaking lightning, tearing the sky. Veins through the planet spew forth it’s hearth, how may I carry this with me? The inky black terminus of the crushing abyss survived yet still. What a wondrous world.
The obvious observation here is to what detriment does the apex live? Not for itself but for that which mothers it. Does merely existing threaten the primordial?