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'''Now in [[Skyward Universe]]'''
[[File:Skyward UK Hardcover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cover of the British edition of ''[[Skyward]]'']]▼
▲[[File:Skyward UK Hardcover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cover of the British edition of ''[[Skyward]]'']]
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'''Skyward Universe'''
== Underlying mechanics ==
{{for|Nowhere}}
The
The easiest way for most people to enter nowhere is through a '''nowhere portal''', a stable wormhole leading to it and back. Such portals can be found on many worlds, and though the markings on them indicate that they were made rather than arising naturally, it's unknown who created them. The portals let both people and equipment to be taken through, which allows for mining acclitivity stone.{{book ref|sky2|25}}
{{for|Cytonics}}
Apart from the portals, nowhere can also be accessed by people called '''cytonics'''.
Cytonic abilities include, among others, telepathy, mind swapping, illusions and teleportation. Most, if not all of them require that the cytonic connect themselves to nowhere. Teleportation in particular utilizes nowhere heavily, as the body of the cytonic, along with whatever else they're carrying, travels through nowhere to its destination. Though time appears to pass for the cytonic, to others, the jump happens instantly.{{book ref|sky1|53}}{{book ref|sky1|54}}
== History ==
=== Discovery of cytonics and First Contact ===
Across the known universe, all sapient species developed [[cytonic]] abilities prior to discovering advanced technology; as such, they would often abandon further pursuit of conventional sciences in favour of the psionic powers. Humanity is one exception to that. Earth was already advanced technologically by the time the [[Phone Company]] began developing cyto, a cybernetics-based method of telepathic linking. Those early experiments were unsuccessful, but they were enough to attract the attention of the spacefaring [[tenasi]]. After a misunderstanding led to the tenasi scout being shot down by
From then on out, humanity spread across the Solar System, watched over by the Phone Company. Some of its employees believed that the other races of the universe needed to be protected from humankind and its barbaric ways until the time was right for them to join the truly civillized societies. However, it eventually became apparent that the aliens' peace came at a cost -- they would imprison their dissidents and cut them off from cytonics. In the aftermath of this revelation, a PC operative named [[Jason Write]] decided to share the FTL technology, which the Company had developed, but kept hidden, with the rest of the populace.{{book ref|elysium}}
== Inhabitants ==
Apart from the humanoid aliens, the Skyward universe is also home to vastly different ones. Those range from
=== Known species ===
[[File:Alanik by Bernardo Curvello.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<center><small>by {{a|Bernardo Curvello}}</small></center> [[Alanik]], an [[UrDail]] ]]
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* [[wrexians]]
* [[UrDail]]
* [[
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=== Human influence ===
Human culture has had a vast impact on other sapient
Humanity has also left their mark on the universe in the form of [[
=== The Superiority ===
{{for|Superiority}}
After the Third Human War, the Superiority became the primary political power of the universe. It's some form of a federation or republic comprised of various species, though only five -- varvax, tenasi, dione, heklo and cambric -- lead the government. Numerous others have either primary or secondary citizenship. Whether a species is allowed to join the Superiority depends on whether they exhibit the so-called primary intelligence. This appears to refer to how aggressive a species is, with only the most peaceful ones allowed to join, so as to not corrupt the current society.{{book ref|sky2|10}} There are also other conditions, such as converting to a democratic government.{{book ref|sky2|13}}
While the Superiority does not directly rule over every species, it does exert indirect power over them. This is done though absolute control over faster-than-light travel and communications, as the government has effectively suppressed all information about it, making themselves indispensable to interstellar travel and trade. As a result, they possess a relatively weak military force, since all they need to resolve any problem is to cut any world they wish off the FTL grid.{{book ref|sky2|10}}
== Development ==
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! rowspan=1 |2009
| [[Defending Elysium]]
| standalone
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