Background Information
Planet
Name—Shar'a
Composed of one mass continent, divided into two parts—Eastern and Western
Desert divided the two parts
Mostly ocean
4th planet from their yellow sun
Located in Gamma Quadrant in the Milky Way
Once filled with many resources, deprived since the War began
Occupied by the Manara
Manara People
Born telepathic
Much like humans, but with yellow blood (black if a test subject)
Heightened intelligence in most via evolution
Society, Eastern Continent, pre-war
A lie of a utopia
Equality amongst people
Democracy that keeps secrets from the people
Little "crime"
Intelligence is favored and desired
Society, Eastern Continent, during war
Government questioned by people for the first time
Government left low ranking people unprotected
If you weren't part of the movement to defeat the Western Continent, nothing was done to save you
If you were part of the movement, you were part of the government
If you were not part of the government, you were either drafted as a petty soldier and died in battle, or you were forced to manufacture weaponry to attack and defend
No one could be trusted
Society, Western Continent, pre-war
Castes based on jobs, discrimination, communist with one supreme ruler known as Higher Power
The word "trust" was not spoken
If you questioned the Higher Power, you and your family would be killed
You did as you were told or face death
Highest caste=Mena'ri, consisted of high government officials
Middle caste=Kashan'ri, consisted of doctors, scientists, lower government officials, etc.
Lowest caste=Furin'ri, consisted of laborers, slaves, and the physically/mentally impaired.
Society, Western Continent, during war
Much is the same, but more enforced laws
Subject Alpha
Female, blond wavy hair, blue-green eyes, pale skin, perfect complexion
Never given a name, since she was a test subject and test subjects are deduced beings of Sha'ri
Created in a closed environment, built for testing, born in captivity, grown from a test tube
Tested from the age of 10 to the age of 15
Abilities/skills since finishing testing
Telekinesis
Advanced weapon-wielding skill
Telepathy (natural occurrence, not from testing)
Telepathy enhanced after testing and experimentation
Compound retinas and perfect vision—able to see more than the average Manara
Self-teleportation (not known until later years after being extracted from Shari'a
Disease
Name unknown
Created by the Western Continent
Was not tested on Manara subjects, tested on animals with commonalities to Manaras.
A vaccine was developed by the Western Continent, but was not effective
New vaccine was developed by the Eastern Continent, given to test subject who produced antibodies, but could not distribute enough to supply to others.
In theory: stopped all brain function suddenly, without symptoms or detection.
In reality: caused (in order of appearance) red bloodshot eyes, bleeding from extremities, hoarse/wheezing breathing, black skin, blindness, complete loss of memory and zombie-like qualities
Converted all Manaras into zombie-like creatures, except Subject Alpha
Manara People, post-disease
Rogue, Zombie-like
Black skin, completely white and blind eyes
Sensitive hearing used to detect surroundings
Severely decreased intelligence
Unable to retain memories
Completely instinct-based
No language
