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Luna is a country founded on the moon and its capital city is Artemisia. It is the home of all Lunars.

History[]

Pre-Series[]

Centuries prior to World War IV, the moon was colonized by a small group of researchers from different countries to further space research & exploration. After sixty years, the colony was recognized as its own country: Luna.

A man by the name of Cyprus Blackburn had DNA that was badly damaged by prolonged exposure to ionizing radiation from cosmic rays. This developed into what is known as the Lunar gene, enabling him to output and control bioelectricity to implant thoughts into other people's brains.

Blackburn used this power to later turn the Republic of Luna into a monarchy, crowning himself as king.

King Cyprus Blackburn was the first Lunar monarch and his descendants inherited his mutated genetics: the Lunar gift.

Fairest[]

Many generations later, King Marrok & Queen Jannali were assassinated by a shell. Princess Channary then assumed the throne, though she wasn't dedicated to being queen. After she passed, her younger sister, Princess Levana, became queen.

Queen Levana abused those in the outer sectors and was harsh on anyone who broke the law. Her niece, Channary's only child, Selene Blackburn, was caught in a tragic fire that was planned by Levana and was thought to have killed her.

Description[]

All Lunar cities are housed beneath a series of interconnected para terraformed domes. The domes are made out of regolith, a material found in abundance on the moon, that has been fused into a thick glass-like substance. The majority of the city's buildings are made of cast regolith, giving them a matte black finish. Other natural building materials include basalt rock, titanium and silicon.

Beyond the domes, the sky is always black and stars are visible. Earth can also be seen from those domes on the Earth-facing side of Luna and it is sixty times brighter and four times larger than the Moon appears from Earth. 

One Lunar day & night lasts about twenty-eight Earthen days — observed as one moon cycle, from full moon to full moon. Lunars designed the domes to go opaque during the long days or produce artificial sunlight during the long nights in order to simulate Earth's day-and-night patterns.

Energy is derived from solar power collection stations around the "peak of eternal light," or the rim of the Peary crater. They are linked on a grid and transferred to the city. Water is available as perpetually frozen ice in nearby continuously-shaded craters.

There is also a glass bridge jutting out from the palace. Queen Levana uses it to oversee her soldiers.

Luna's capital city, Artemisia, is located on the Earth-facing side of the moon near the North Pole at the edge of Mare Frigoris or the Cold Sea. It is the hub of government activity & the home of the Lunar royal family & other aristocrats. Other outlying domes serve distinct purposes and were designed with different industries in mind, including regolith mining and processing, manufacturing and agriculture.

Travel between domes takes place entirely beneath the moon's surface in a complex subway system, largely built using existing lava tubes which also serve as ports for incoming & outgoing spaceships.

Videos and messages from the royal family & high courts are broadcast from the walls of the domes and screens along the underground subway systems. These are on a closed circuit and controlled entirely by the government — lower-class Lunars do not have access to news or information from Earth as well as communication with other sectors.[1]

The national colors are red, black and white.

Sectors[]

Luna is split into biodomes that house different sectors with purposes & populaces. The sectors are abbreviated by two letters, a dash and a number. There are at 87 known sectors.

General Construction (GC)[]

  • GC-6

Lumber & Wood Production (LW)[]

  • LW-12

Regolith Mining (RM)[]

  • RM-9

Research & Development (RD)[]

This sector supported Queen Levana.

  • RD-1
  • RD-4

Technical Services (TS)[]

This sector supported Queen Levana.

  • TS-1
  • TS-2
  • TS-76

Waste Salvage (WS)[]

  • WS-1
  • WS-3

Misc.[]

The following sectors were not given names, but were part of the resistance:

  • AR-5
  • GM-19
  • SB-2

Culture[]

Luna is the first place to have the Lunar mutation that allows its citizens to manipulate another human's bioelectricity. This ability is a part of the royal bloodline and has spread to citizens due to Luna's non-monogamous culture.

Despite marriage, it is common for couples to be disloyal to one another. If a couple stays together, it is rare, though not nonexistent.

Many of Luna's citizens also use their glamour to make themselves into an appearance they like. Emotional manipulation & forcing someone's will are also common as murders may take place, in which someone may force someone else's will with their glamour.

Lunars also tend to exclude other Lunars who do not possess the Lunar gift and cannot be manipulated, referred to as shells. The aristocrats of Luna also known to manipulate others without strong glamours for comedic purposes.

As such, Lunars are often seen as cruel & frightening by Earthens.

Trivia[]

  • "Luna" means moon in Latin, Spanish, and Italian. Luna is also the Roman goddess of the moon, with her Greek counterpart being Selene.
  • Artemisia, the capital of Luna, is named after Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon.

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