Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade - Races

Races

• Humans - Prior to the game mankind had existed for many millennia. They always were a war-like and often fought amongst each other. For a thousand years, humanity explored space and met alien races. They were driven from Earth by countless alien races determined to eliminate humanity. They were scattered and divided across the universe, making them easy targets to kill. One human known as the Hero united his fellows into a force powerful enough to stand against the aliens. He was murdered, but his death made victory possible and mankind reclaimed Earth. The hero was then recognized as the Savior. Guided by the fanatical Church, they sought out to rule the universe. Making an empire out for themselves, mankind conquered their way across the universe for three thousand years. Those who did not respect the human genome were punished or simply purged. Believing they were a god-like race, humanity became mostly selfish. Much of their victories were possible thanks to the Organids, genetically engineered machines which were capable of surviving in any environment with the proper mutation and adaptable to any strategy. They replaced the hunks of metal people were used to. The new empire was governed by three factions, the Military, the Judicature, and the Church.

• Cy-breed - An anthropomorphic alien race who are cyborg in appearance. They believed that they were the most technologically sophisticated race in the universe until they met the Human and Defiance ships. They later became willing servants of the human empire.

• The Lapis - A Zonta-lithic race. They are made of living stone and considered themselves to be the lesser gods in the Lifewave galaxy. Loodweeg of the Defiance believes that they are primitive because they rely on the altars to get around. Destroy their altars and they destroy everything. They utilize stone ships made of asteroids to planets of which no one has ever seen the inside of. When they appeared to Iconah, the Lapis were entirely made of rock and lava and completely faceless. To the Lapis, time is irrelevant.

• Clingers - Evolved from predator insects that once inhabited their homeworld. Because the planet's surface is poisonous and deathly, the Clingers cling to the upper branches of tall trees and floating surfaces specific to their habitat. Their homeworld is under Human control, compelling them to join the Defiance.

• The Cold Whites - An all-female race of aliens who live in an ice filled system. No one knows how they reproduce or how long they live. They are taller than the average human and are quite insular, seldom allowing visitors to land on their planet. They submitted to the human Empire but some joined the Defiance. Il helped the defience.

• The Cerebrals - A very ancient race who have existed long before known recorded history. They are completely composed of bones without flesh upon them. It is suspected they are capable of "infesting" the bodies of others and controlling their nervous systems. Some beings who survived encounters with them claim the Cerebrals do experiments on their prisoners. Their spaces forces are only composed of motherships capable of self-resurrection. They first thought humans were called Juno-creatures.