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| ⚫ | {{Silky Way}}{{Pathos Cluster}}{{Silky Way/Remaster}}The '''Pathos Cluster''' is a large globular cluster found orbiting far from [[Florathel]]. It is home to many civilizations and species. A recent collision with an intergalactic gas cloud has spurred beautiful but violent star formation across the cluster. |
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|title1=Pathos Cluster |
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|image1=[[File:Pathos Cluster.jpg]] |
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|caption1=The Pathos Cluster shown in all its glory. |
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|class:=Unclear |
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|diamter:=174.6 light-years |
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|native_galactic_neighborhood:=Florathel group |
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|satelite_galaxies:= |
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|parent_galaxy:=[[Florathel]] |
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|number_of_star_clusters:= |
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|number_of_nebulae:=39 total |
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* 32 H II regions |
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* 4 planetary nebulae |
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* 3 supernova remnants |
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|regions:=Core, Edge, Halo |
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|notable_worlds:=*[[File:UnknownFlag.png|30px]] [[Oneka]] |
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*[[File:UnknownFlag.png|30px]] [[Prestolis]] |
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*[[File:FRC flag.png|30px]] [[Chimerta]] |
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*[[File:SUS flag.png|30px]] [[Salvateria]] |
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*[[File:KoM flag.png|30px]] [[Magesiv]] |
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*[[File:Lypan Technocracy flag.png|30px]] [[Lypania]] |
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|native_intelligent_species:=*[[Lypans]] |
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|immigrated_extragalactic_species:=[[Ornali]], [[Salakela]], [[Humans]], others |
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Pathos is a fairly normal globular cluster. However, its four nations have brought it outsized fame for their interesting political relationship, and Pathos is often used as a case study for the the classic Kingmaker Scenario. |
Pathos is a fairly normal globular cluster. However, its four nations have brought it outsized fame for their interesting political relationship, and Pathos is often used as a case study for the the classic Kingmaker Scenario. |
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Latest revision as of 03:01, July 7, 2025
The Pathos Cluster is a large globular cluster found orbiting far from Florathel. It is home to many civilizations and species. A recent collision with an intergalactic gas cloud has spurred beautiful but violent star formation across the cluster.
Pathos is a fairly normal globular cluster. However, its four nations have brought it outsized fame for their interesting political relationship, and Pathos is often used as a case study for the the classic Kingmaker Scenario.
Astropolitical Climate
There are four major nations within the Pathos Cluster; the Lypan Technocracy, the Federal Republic of Chimerta, the Kingdom of Magesiv, and the Salvaterian Union State. The latter three civilizations are about evenly matched, and are currently at a stalemate until one decides to support another in their efforts to rule their 2/3 of the cluster. The Lypan Technocracy however is relatively reclusive, and has few relations with outside species. However, the three other nations are each hoping to win the nation to their side and guarantee them a huge advantage in the struggle. The Technocracy is currently in an uneasy peace between the various states within the nation, having just come out of its third civil war. The remainder of the cluster which is not under control of the four nations is formed by small enclaves centered around either the single other sapient species or states of the Technocracy which managed to maintain independence after the Third Civil War.
History
Formation
The Pathos Cluster formed like most other globulars, likely from condensing clouds of interstellar material. It was utterly inhospitable in the first billion years of its history, due to the overabundance of powerful supernovae repeatedly sterilizing everything. Any life that formed was wiped away before it had the chance to evolve further. However, by the time of the Vivikaeous Eon, life abounded in the various planets of Pathos.
The Elder Days
Before any life had reached sapience within the cluster, it encountered a dense cloud of intergalactic dust and gas. The cluster's powerful gravity pulled the cloud toward itself and compressed it, triggering a second wave of star formation. The first sapient species within the cluster looked to the skies to beautiful newly born nebulae and a wave of bright stars, spurring on their dreams of ascension to the heavens.
These dreams first became reality when the ancient Apsilan species arose from the lush world of Arkenstas. They became the first nation within the Pathos Cluster, expanding rapidly through the stars to the edge. They prospered for thousands of years, becoming a highly advanced nation. The Apsilan Union finally fell to the invasion of the Lareas Alliance, being subsumed into the nation in the form of the state of Arkenstas. Their high technology was assimilated into the Alliance, and Arkenstas was destroyed as the Lareas Alliance fell to the Swarm. The Apsilan species survived, but today they number only in the millions and are primarily restricted to two habitats orbiting where their glorious homeworld once stood. There has never been a greater fall from grace.