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	'''From this point, you are again encouraged to move onto [[Guides/Character Creation]] provided you're at a loss for what to do.'''		'''From this point, you are again encouraged to move onto [[Guides/Character Creation]] provided you're at a loss for what to do.'''

	~~=[[Sandbox-Scarcity:SettingSummary\|More Reading]]=~~
	This page is focused entirely on what you see in the game. It doesn't go into the politics, worldbuilding, and other large-scale parts of the setting because those parts are all but irrelevant to a first-time player and represent lore that is "opt-in" when it comes to determining whether it is important or not. That said, for those who have more of a desire to learn about the wider setting, we have a separate setting summary page that, while not going into extreme detail, contains far more information about the world the Horizon finds itself in, the entities that inhabit it, and much more. It can be found by clicking the title of this section.
	<center>{{Navbox New Player Guides}}</center>		<center>{{Navbox New Player Guides}}</center>
	[[Category: Lore]]		[[Category: Lore]]
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	'''NanoTrasen:''' The phoron industry titan, originally from a humble biomedical company on Mars. Now the biggest megacorporation ever, they have some stake in nearly every sector. From entertainment, synthetics, food, and even private security. However, NanoTrasens' greatest market and the one that will always be its priority will forever be phoron. NanoTrasen employees are found in Research, Medical, and Service positions.		'''NanoTrasen:''' The phoron industry titan, originally from a humble biomedical company on Mars. Now the biggest megacorporation ever, they have some stake in nearly every sector. From entertainment, synthetics, food, and even private security. However, NanoTrasens' greatest market and the one that will always be its priority will forever be phoron. NanoTrasen employees are found in Research, Medical, and Service positions.

	'''Hephaestus Industries:''' The second largest corporation, Hephaestus Industries, has an unparalleled grasp on the industrial and manufacturing sectors of the entire Orion Spur. Hephaestus presents a picture that its employees are HARDWORKING, BLUE-COLLAR (even if managers make more than the entire operations department combined)~~, DOWN-TO-EARTH~~ WORKERS ~~who PULLED THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTSTRAPS and GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY~~, fostering a sense that its employees are members of one big, happy family. However, complete loyalty to that family is expected, so to ~~try and~~ start a union ~~and~~ other worker organizations is considered ~~betraying it,~~ and will ~~see any worker~~ almost ~~immediately fired~~. Hephaestus employees are found in Engineering and Operations positions.		'''Hephaestus Industries:''' The second largest corporation, Hephaestus Industries, has an unparalleled grasp on the industrial and manufacturing sectors of the entire Orion Spur. Hephaestus presents a picture that its employees are HARDWORKING, BLUE-COLLAR (even if managers make more than the entire operations department combined) WORKERS, fostering a sense that its employees are members of one big, happy family. However, complete loyalty to that family is expected, so attempting to start a union or other worker organizations is considered a betrayal and will result in almost immediate termination. Hephaestus employees are found in Engineering and Operations positions.

	'''Zavodskoi Interstellar:''' The professional face of the defense and armaments industry, Zavodskoi Interstellar's weaponry is found in the hands of everyone from terrorists to soldiers across the Spur, as well as attached to the hard points of nearly every vessel. Given their primary industry, Zavodskoi obsesses over its respectable image and employees' professionalism, reflected in the incredibly high standards Zavodskoi employees are held to. Unprofessionalism or worse, incompetence, are the two quickest ways for an employee to leave the company. Zavodskoi employees work in Security, Research, and Engineering.		'''Zavodskoi Interstellar:''' The professional face of the defense and armaments industry, Zavodskoi Interstellar's weaponry is found in the hands of everyone from terrorists to soldiers across the Spur, as well as attached to the hard points of nearly every vessel. Given their primary industry, Zavodskoi obsesses over its respectable image and employees' professionalism, as reflected in the incredibly high standards to which Zavodskoi employees are held. Unprofessionalism or worse, incompetence, are the two quickest ways for an employee to leave the company. Zavodskoi employees work in Security, Research, and Engineering.

	'''Zeng-Hu Pharmacuticals:''' The bleeding edge of biomedical science and cybernetics, Zeng-Hu promises the future is in elegant, synthetic bodies, and that every disease has a cure. Zeng-Hu is the pinnacle of the medical industry, and the members of its keiretsu reflect that in their adoption of its vision of the transhumanist future with heavily modified bodies. Zeng-Hu employees work in both Medical and Science.		'''Zeng-Hu Pharmacuticals:''' The bleeding edge of biomedical science and cybernetics, Zeng-Hu promises the future is in elegant, synthetic bodies, and that every disease has a cure. Zeng-Hu is the pinnacle of the medical industry, and the members of its keiretsu reflect that in their adoption of its vision of the transhumanist future with heavily modified bodies. Zeng-Hu employees work in both Medical and Science.

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	'''Below is recommended reading if you are new to the server!'''		'''Below is recommended reading if you are new to the server!'''

			= Welcome to Aurora Lore! =
			Aurora Lore is a community writing project that has been continuously running since 2015 with the help of dozens of writers over more than a decade. As a result, the volume of lore written can at times feel overwhelming for first-time players and turn them off from the setting. This page exists as an incredibly condensed summary of the lore, focused entirely on delivering the most important information quickly so that you can feel comfortable joining a round.

	= The Aurora Setting =		= The Aurora Setting =
	[[Image:Ipc scrapper violet dawn postprocessed.png\|thumb\|The Violet Dawn incident, an attempt to synthesize phoron, devastated the surface of Mars. Pictured is an encounter with a "scrapper" IPC in the Martian wasteland.]]		[[Image:Ipc scrapper violet dawn postprocessed.png\|thumb\|The Violet Dawn incident, an attempt to synthesize phoron, devastated the surface of Mars. Pictured is an encounter with a "scrapper" IPC in the Martian wasteland.]]
	It is {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} + 442}} C.E., and it has been centuries since humanity left the gravity well of the Sol system to colonize the Stars. Their exploration and colonization would bring them into contact with all manner of different worlds, alongside many intelligent species. Today, the Orion Spur has been mostly explored, but must be explored again, as a crisis looms in the background. Our server takes place aboard the SCCV Horizon, an all-purpose response and exploration vessel, owned and operated by the '''Stellar Corporate Conglomerate''', an economic cartel made up of eight different megacorporations that combined control a majority of the spur's economic activity. It is not an equal organization, or one that any of the megacorporations excepting its leader joined willingly; instead dominated and led by the most powerful individual in the spur, '''Miranda Trasen.''' CEO of NanoTrasen, the most powerful megacorporation to ever exist, Miranda is the woman responsible for forming the cartel she now leads, having forced the other seven into line using whatever coercive means available as leverage, regardless of legality. She was ~~the only one with the~~ power to do this due to ~~inheriting a company with~~ a monopoly on the single most important resource ~~within~~ the setting; '''Phoron.'''		It is {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}} + 442}} C.E., and it has been centuries since humanity left the gravity well of the Sol system to colonize the Stars. Their exploration and colonization would bring them into contact with all manner of different worlds, alongside many intelligent species. Today, the Orion Spur has been mostly explored, but must be explored again, as a crisis looms in the background. Our server takes place aboard the SCCV Horizon, an all-purpose response and exploration vessel, owned and operated by the '''Stellar Corporate Conglomerate''', an economic cartel made up of eight different megacorporations that combined, control a majority of the spur's economic activity. It is not an equal organization, or one that any of the megacorporations excepting its leader joined willingly; instead it is dominated and led by the most powerful individual in the spur, '''Miranda Trasen.''' CEO of NanoTrasen, the most powerful megacorporation to ever exist. Miranda is the woman responsible for forming the cartel she now leads, having forced the other seven into line using whatever coercive means available as leverage, regardless of legality. She was unique in her power to do this due to her inheritance of a monopoly over the single most important resource in the setting; '''Phoron.'''

	== Phoron ==		== Phoron ==
	Discovered in 2352 by NanoTrasen, phoron is a typically purple element that is only known to occur naturally (in economically significant quantities, anyway) in a set number of locations throughout an entire galaxy, either as a crystal or gas, and it is not an overstatement to say it is the most important element in the setting. In its elemental state as a solid, phoron is a naturally occurring room temperature superconductor and the only room temperature superconductor known to exist with no viable alternatives. It is a single resource that underpinned an entire century of rapid, exponential economic and technological growth, to the extent '''it is now a necessary material to maintain the economic and technological level of the Spur.''' Running out would be akin to being thrown back more than a century economically and technologically.		Discovered in 2352 by NanoTrasen, phoron is a typically purple element that is only known to occur naturally (in economically significant quantities, anyway) in a set number of locations throughout an entire galaxy, either as a crystal or gas, and it is not an overstatement to say it is the most important element in the setting. In its elemental state as a solid, phoron is a naturally occurring room temperature superconductor and the only room temperature superconductor known to exist with no viable alternatives. It is a single resource that underpinned an entire century of rapid, exponential economic and technological growth, to the extent that '''it is now a necessary material to maintain the economic and technological level of the Spur.''' Running out would be akin to being thrown back more than a century economically and technologically.

	A good way to visualize what this means for your average resident of the Spur: imagine that in the modern world, we only have a few possible sources of silicon, a resource we rely on for the modern world to function, and there is nothing we can substitute it with if we run out. Moreover, if we ran out, we would go back to the technological and economic level of the early 1920s. Furthermore, 99.9% of all the silicon is owned by a single corporation, which has been unsustainably mining it for over a century; as a result, we are now running out, and that's essentially the situation of the Spur currently.		A good way to visualize what this means for your average resident of the Spur: imagine that in the modern world, we only have a few possible sources of silicon, a resource we rely on for the modern world to function, and there is nothing we can substitute it with if we run out. Moreover, if we ran out, we would go back to the technological and economic level of the early 1920s. Furthermore, 99.9% of all the silicon is owned by a single corporation, which has been unsustainably mining it for over a century; as a result, we are now running out, and that's essentially the situation of the Spur currently.

	'''The Phoron Scarcity''' is an ongoing shortage of the precious resource primarily caused by over-consumption and unsustainable mining practices. It is a very dire situation, but due to the importance of phoron, the mines are still active, meaning that as every day passes, there is less phoron that can be mined later, causing the situation to only worsen with time. There have been many attempts to find a solution, although these have focused on finding new deposits, which is merely a band-aid on a bleeding artery, stabilizing the situation for a few months until they eventually run out. ~~The most famous attempt to find a solution to the looming disaster was '''Project Violet Dawn''', undertaken by the Solarian Government, which aimed~~ to create a synthetic ~~phoron~~ alternative ~~on Mars. Its fame comes from the fact that it failed so catastrophically that much of Mars' atmosphere was set on fire in a conflagration centered on the South Pole, but which rapidly expanded~~ to ~~encompass most of the southern hemisphere, poisoning people, stealing their air to breathe~~, ~~and burning them. The intensity~~ of ~~the firestorms saw the arcologies of the southern hemisphere begin to melt~~, ~~twist~~, ~~and collapse under their own weight, becoming impromptu crematoriums for the billions of corpses~~ which ~~were all that remained of the inhabitants. No one else~~ has ~~been stupid enough to try something similar since~~.		'''The Phoron Scarcity''' is an ongoing shortage of the precious resource primarily caused by over-consumption and unsustainable mining practices. It is a very dire situation, but due to the importance of phoron, the mines are still active, meaning that as every day passes, there is less phoron that can be mined later, causing the situation to only worsen with time. There have been many attempts to find a solution, although these have focused on finding new deposits, which is merely a band-aid on a bleeding artery, stabilizing the situation for a few months until they eventually run out. There have been multiple attempts to create a synthetic alternative to phoron, none of which have succeeded, some with disastrous results, which has put a damper on further research.

	What exactly will happen as a result of this scarcity is currently unknown, as Aurora's setting is a continuous story that develops in real time. For more information, [https://discord.gg/Sa48FBY join the lore discord server.]		What exactly will happen as a result of this scarcity is currently unknown, as Aurora's setting is a continuous story that develops in real time. For more information, [https://discord.gg/Sa48FBY join the lore discord server.]

	~~= Welcome to Aurora Lore! =~~
	Aurora Lore is a community writing project that has been continuously running since 2015 with the help of dozens of writers over more than a decade. As a result, the volume of lore written can at times feel overwhelming for first-time players and turn them off from the setting. This page exists as an incredibly condensed summary of the lore, focused entirely on delivering the most important information quickly so that you can feel comfortable joining a round.

	== The SCCV Horizon ==		== The SCCV Horizon ==
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	Lastly, while the lore and wider setting can mean a lot to characters and to the ship, for new players, it means little to nothing, with one caveat. 90% of the time, it is a rationale for why x thing exists in the game, or why we're doing a special event arc. Your experience in-game will not be made worse by not understanding the lore, so '''GO AND PLAY''' is the best possible advice you can be given. If you keep playing, everything else will start falling into place after a few rounds, and a week or two in, you'll have a solid grasp on what's going on. That said, there is one aspect where lore and moderation intermix that should be discussed, CCIA.		Lastly, while the lore and wider setting can mean a lot to characters and to the ship, for new players, it means little to nothing, with one caveat. 90% of the time, it is a rationale for why x thing exists in the game, or why we're doing a special event arc. Your experience in-game will not be made worse by not understanding the lore, so '''GO AND PLAY''' is the best possible advice you can be given. If you keep playing, everything else will start falling into place after a few rounds, and a week or two in, you'll have a solid grasp on what's going on. That said, there is one aspect where lore and moderation intermix that should be discussed, CCIA.

	~~'''~~CCIA~~'''~~		====CCIA====

	CCIA is a section of the staff team, within the moderation portion, which focuses on helping to create a more immersive, HRP setting through the creation and running of a system in which behaviors can be reported in character, handled in character, and then punished in character. This can throw some people off, and it is certainly not a perfect system, but at the end of the day, it is either have CCIA handle what they do IC'ly, or have it handled by the Moderation Team, OOC'ly. The first time you're contacted by CCIA can be unnerving for new players, as it is not automatically clear how they function and what might end up happening to your character. This section is dedicated to explaining some basic facts about CCIA, how it functions, and what you can expect.		CCIA is a section of the staff team, within the moderation portion, which focuses on helping to create a more immersive, HRP setting through the creation and running of a system in which behaviors can be reported in character, handled in character, and then punished in character. This can throw some people off, and it is certainly not a perfect system, but at the end of the day, it is either have CCIA handle what they do IC'ly, or have it handled by the Moderation Team, OOC'ly. The first time you're contacted by CCIA can be unnerving for new players, as it is not automatically clear how they function and what might end up happening to your character. This section is dedicated to explaining some basic facts about CCIA, how it functions, and what you can expect.

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	This section is entirely dedicated to trying to summarize what all this lore means in-game, in an easy-to-digest, informal way. For any new players, or returning players who have been away for a large period of time, the modern-day setting of Aurora is ''extremely'' vast, with hundreds of thousands of words dedicated to lore alone. This can feel overwhelming at first,		This section is entirely dedicated to trying to summarize what all this lore means in-game, in an easy-to-digest, informal way. For any new players, or returning players who have been away for a large period of time, the modern-day setting of Aurora is ''extremely'' vast, with hundreds of thousands of words dedicated to lore alone. This can feel overwhelming at first,

	Everyone started on the server in the same situation you are now - every player, member of staff, and leader of staff teams were once in the same position when it comes to lore. However, the best way to learn is to '''PLAY THE GAME''' and read wiki pages as through game interactions, certain things catch your attention, a desire to learn about, or similar. ''Don't try reading all the lore about a faction at once.''		Everyone started on the server in the same situation you are now - every player, member of staff, and leader of staff teams were once in the same position when it comes to lore. However, the best way to learn is to '''PLAY THE GAME''' and read wiki pages as through game interactions, certain things catch your attention, a desire to learn about, or similar. '''Don't try reading all the lore about a faction at once.'''

	====Characters====		====Characters====

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	This section is entirely dedicated to trying to summarize what all this lore means in-game, in an easy-to-digest, informal way. For any new players, or returning players who have been away for a large period of time, the modern-day setting of Aurora is ''extremely'' vast, with hundreds of thousands of words dedicated to lore alone. This can feel overwhelming at first,		This section is entirely dedicated to trying to summarize what all this lore means in-game, in an easy-to-digest, informal way. For any new players, or returning players who have been away for a large period of time, the modern-day setting of Aurora is ''extremely'' vast, with hundreds of thousands of words dedicated to lore alone. This can feel overwhelming at first,

	Everyone started on the server in the same situation you are now - every player, member of staff, and leader of staff teams were once in the same position when it comes to lore. However, the best way to learn is to '''PLAY THE GAME''' and read wiki pages as through game interactions, certain things catch your attention, a desire to learn about, or similar. Don't try reading all the lore about a faction at once.		Everyone started on the server in the same situation you are now - every player, member of staff, and leader of staff teams were once in the same position when it comes to lore. However, the best way to learn is to '''PLAY THE GAME''' and read wiki pages as through game interactions, certain things catch your attention, a desire to learn about, or similar. ''Don't try reading all the lore about a faction at once.''

	====Characters====		====Characters====

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	The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. If you find someone 'lorechecking' you, say you are unsure of the lore but are willing to learn. If they continue to pester and argue, you can AHELP it using F1! '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''		The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. The basics of your origin can be found in the character creation screen in-game, as little blurbs when you select one. If you find someone 'lorechecking' you, say you are unsure of the lore but are willing to learn. If they continue to pester and argue, you can AHELP it using F1! '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''
	[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]		[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]
	Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, expectations, or '''any questions at all''' you are encouraged to reach out to any staff member either through Discord, or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members in the Discord can easily be identified by their funny colored names.		Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, expectations, or '''any questions at all''' you are encouraged to reach out to any staff member either through Discord, or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members in the Discord can easily be identified by their funny colored names.

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	The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. If someone ~~tries to "lorecheck"~~ you ~~- normally done by bringing up a specific event and/or piece of lore that they think you should know - you can just~~ say you~~'re not familiar with it, and ask them to explain it to you. You can also say at~~ the ~~same time in LOOC that you're a newer player, and would appreciate them not expecting you to know specific events,~~ but ~~would love~~ to learn ~~more~~. If they~~'re an asshole about it or refuse~~ to ~~acknowledge it because "Oh~~, ~~well~~ you ~~should have read before joining," ahelp about~~ it~~, and a moderator will likely talk with them about not being an asshole to new players.~~ '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''		The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. If you find someone 'lorechecking' you, say you are unsure of the lore but are willing to learn. If they continue to pester and argue, you can AHELP it using F1! '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''
	[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]		[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]
	Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, expectations, or '''any questions at all''' you are encouraged to reach out to any staff member either through Discord, or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members in the Discord can easily be identified by their funny colored names.		Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, expectations, or '''any questions at all''' you are encouraged to reach out to any staff member either through Discord, or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members in the Discord can easily be identified by their funny colored names.

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	The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. If someone tries to "lorecheck" you - normally done by bringing up a specific event and/or piece of lore that they think you should know - you can just say you're not familiar with it, and ask them to explain it to you. You can also say at the same time in LOOC that you're a newer player, and would appreciate them not expecting you to know specific events, but would love to learn more. If they're an asshole about it or refuse to acknowledge it because "Oh, well you should have read before joining," ahelp about it, and a moderator will likely talk with them about not being an asshole to new players. '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''		The general position of the player base at large, and more importantly, the staff team is that '''THERE IS NO EXPECTATION FOR YOU TO KNOW ANY OF THE LORE BEYOND THE BASICS DESCRIBED HERE, AND THE BASICS OF YOUR ORIGIN BEFORE HOPPING INTO A ROUND''' as a new player. If someone tries to "lorecheck" you - normally done by bringing up a specific event and/or piece of lore that they think you should know - you can just say you're not familiar with it, and ask them to explain it to you. You can also say at the same time in LOOC that you're a newer player, and would appreciate them not expecting you to know specific events, but would love to learn more. If they're an asshole about it or refuse to acknowledge it because "Oh, well you should have read before joining," ahelp about it, and a moderator will likely talk with them about not being an asshole to new players. '''Be wary that this stuff is all IC - and therefore subject to character bias when learning and similar - for a non-biased source, always use the wiki or ask someone with a purple name.'''
	[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]		[[File:Bound working.png\|thumb\|\|Two Vaurca employees working to repair a wall aboard the Horizon.]]
	Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, ~~and~~ expectations, ''any questions at all'' you are ~~free~~ to reach out to any staff either through ~~discord~~ or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members ~~will have funny colored names (not including gray)~~ in the ~~main discord, and~~ can be ~~easily~~ identified by their ~~roles in the lore discord~~.		Secondly, unless you are acting in bad faith - defined as acting with intentional dishonesty, violating the basic expectations of dignified human interaction, and harmful motives - staff will be incredibly understanding. Again, everyone here was once where you are. If you have any questions regarding the lore, new players, expectations, or '''any questions at all''' you are encouraged to reach out to any staff member either through Discord, or through the adminhelp command ingame. Staff members in the Discord can easily be identified by their funny colored names.

	Lastly, while the lore and wider setting can mean a lot to characters and to the ship, for new players, it means little to nothing, with one caveat. 90% of the time, it is a rationale for why x thing exists in the game, or why we're doing a special event arc. Your experience in-game will not be made worse by not understanding the lore, so '''GO AND PLAY''' is the best possible advice you can be given. If you keep playing, everything else will start falling into place after a few rounds, and a week or two in, you'll have a solid grasp on what's going on. That said, there is one aspect where lore and moderation intermix that should be discussed, CCIA.		Lastly, while the lore and wider setting can mean a lot to characters and to the ship, for new players, it means little to nothing, with one caveat. 90% of the time, it is a rationale for why x thing exists in the game, or why we're doing a special event arc. Your experience in-game will not be made worse by not understanding the lore, so '''GO AND PLAY''' is the best possible advice you can be given. If you keep playing, everything else will start falling into place after a few rounds, and a week or two in, you'll have a solid grasp on what's going on. That said, there is one aspect where lore and moderation intermix that should be discussed, CCIA.

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	'''CCIA'''		'''CCIA'''

	CCIA is a section of the staff team, within the moderation portion, which focuses on helping to create a more immersive, HRP setting through the creation and running of a system in which behaviors can be reported in character, handled in character, and then punished in character. This can throw some people off, and it is certainly not a perfect system, but at the end of the day, it is either have CCIA handle what they do IC'ly, or have it handled by the Moderation Team, OOC'ly. The first time you're contacted by CCIA can be ~~scary~~ for ~~many newer~~ players~~; however~~, ~~there are a few things that will ease~~ your ~~mind~~.		CCIA is a section of the staff team, within the moderation portion, which focuses on helping to create a more immersive, HRP setting through the creation and running of a system in which behaviors can be reported in character, handled in character, and then punished in character. This can throw some people off, and it is certainly not a perfect system, but at the end of the day, it is either have CCIA handle what they do IC'ly, or have it handled by the Moderation Team, OOC'ly. The first time you're contacted by CCIA can be unnerving for new players, as it is not automatically clear how they function and what might end up happening to your character. This section is dedicated to explaining some basic facts about CCIA, how it functions, and what you can expect.

	Firstly, CCIA always tries to be as lenient as possible, especially with newer players. Unless you commit a horrific crime, it is very unlikely that anything serious will happen to your character. Moreover, CCIA is not here to fire characters, nor are they here to make them unplayable by adding unfair limitations to play.		Firstly, CCIA always tries to be as lenient as possible, especially with newer players. Unless you commit a horrific crime, it is very unlikely that anything serious will happen to your character. Moreover, CCIA is not here to fire characters, nor are they here to make them unplayable by adding unfair limitations to play.

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	= Welcome to Aurora Lore! =		= Welcome to Aurora Lore! =
	~~Hello and Welcome!~~ Aurora Lore is ~~vast, and trying to get into it as~~ a ~~new player can feel overwhelming at times~~. ~~Therefore~~, ~~to assist those new to~~ the ~~setting, we've developed a series~~ of ~~pages that address this issue,~~ and ~~this is one of~~ them!. This page ~~is the shortest possible~~ summary of the ~~setting that still accomplishes the goal mentioned previously of helping new players get acquainted with the server's~~ lore ~~and help them understand~~ the ~~ins and outs of the Orion Spur in the 25th century and its history. After reading this page and the page for the planet~~ you ~~choose for your character's background from those presented at the bottom, you'll know enough to start playing without issue~~.		Aurora Lore is a community writing project that has been continuously running since 2015 with the help of dozens of writers over more than a decade. As a result, the volume of lore written can at times feel overwhelming for first-time players and turn them off from the setting. This page exists as an incredibly condensed summary of the lore, focused entirely on delivering the most important information quickly so that you can feel comfortable joining a round.

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	== The SCCV Horizon ==		== The SCCV Horizon ==
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	Firstly, CCIA always tries to be as lenient as possible, especially with newer players. Unless you commit a horrific crime, it is very unlikely that anything serious will happen to your character. Moreover, CCIA is not here to fire characters, nor are they here to make them unplayable by adding unfair limitations to play.		Firstly, CCIA always tries to be as lenient as possible, especially with newer players. Unless you commit a horrific crime, it is very unlikely that anything serious will happen to your character. Moreover, CCIA is not here to fire characters, nor are they here to make them unplayable by adding unfair limitations to play.

	Secondly, while CCIA interviews can be annoying to do because of scheduling, they allow you to tell your side of the story and therefore be heard equally with whoever is accusing you of something. ~~Also,~~ CCIA ~~investigates an incident in its entirety, and an accuser can easily become~~ the ~~one "getting into trouble" <- Need to rephrase~~.		Secondly, while CCIA interviews can be annoying to do because of scheduling, they allow you to tell your side of the story and therefore be heard equally with whoever is accusing you of something. CCIA will weigh both testimonies before determining what the outcome of the report will be.

	Thirdly, you should approach the game with the mindset that "this is my character's job." CCIA still has a duty to uphold the mantra "actions have consequences" IC'ly, but if you try your best and can explain why you got to where you did, usually a middle ground can be established.		Thirdly, you should approach the game with the mindset that "this is my character's job." CCIA still has a duty to uphold the mantra "actions have consequences" IC'ly, but if you try your best and can explain why you got to where you did, usually a middle ground can be established.
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	'''Stellar Corporate Conglomerate (or the SCC):''' The Trasen led cartel of which all the megacorporations are members of... to varying degrees of loyalty. They did not join willingly and chafe under Miranda's leadership, forcing her to continually devote time and effort to keeping the corporations loyal and in line; something that every employee of the SCC must do to some extent. One particularly crass captain compared it to herding cats, even at the ship level. SCC employees work in positions of Command, or in the Command Support category.		'''Stellar Corporate Conglomerate (or the SCC):''' The Trasen led cartel of which all the megacorporations are members of... to varying degrees of loyalty. They did not join willingly and chafe under Miranda's leadership, forcing her to continually devote time and effort to keeping the corporations loyal and in line; something that every employee of the SCC must do to some extent. One particularly crass captain compared it to herding cats, even at the ship level. SCC employees work in positions of Command, or in the Command Support category.
	[[File:MirandaTrasen.png\|thumb\|Miranda Trasen, Leader of the SCC, and the woman who holds the spur in the palm of her hand.]]		[[File:MirandaTrasen.png\|thumb\|Miranda Trasen, Leader of the SCC, and the woman who holds the spur in the palm of her hand.]]
	'''NanoTrasen:''' The phoron industry titan, originally from a humble biomedical company on Mars. Now the biggest megacorporation ever, they have some stake in nearly every sector. From entertainment ~~(Ingi Usang link here)~~, synthetics ~~(Hazel! ltd. link here)~~, food ~~(Getmore link here)~~, and even private security ~~(Nexus link here)~~. However, NanoTrasens' greatest market and the one that will always be its priority will forever be phoron. NanoTrasen employees are found in Research, Medical, and Service positions.		'''NanoTrasen:''' The phoron industry titan, originally from a humble biomedical company on Mars. Now the biggest megacorporation ever, they have some stake in nearly every sector. From entertainment, synthetics, food, and even private security. However, NanoTrasens' greatest market and the one that will always be its priority will forever be phoron. NanoTrasen employees are found in Research, Medical, and Service positions.

	'''Hephaestus Industries:''' The second largest corporation, Hephaestus Industries, has an unparalleled grasp on the industrial and manufacturing sectors of the entire Orion Spur. Hephaestus presents a picture that its employees are HARDWORKING, BLUE-COLLAR (even if managers make more than the entire operations department combined), DOWN-TO-EARTH WORKERS who PULLED THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTSTRAPS and GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, fostering a sense that its employees are members of one big, happy family. However, complete loyalty to that family is expected, so to try and start a union and other worker organizations is considered betraying it, and will see any worker almost immediately fired. Hephaestus employees are found in Engineering and Operations positions.		'''Hephaestus Industries:''' The second largest corporation, Hephaestus Industries, has an unparalleled grasp on the industrial and manufacturing sectors of the entire Orion Spur. Hephaestus presents a picture that its employees are HARDWORKING, BLUE-COLLAR (even if managers make more than the entire operations department combined), DOWN-TO-EARTH WORKERS who PULLED THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTSTRAPS and GOT TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, fostering a sense that its employees are members of one big, happy family. However, complete loyalty to that family is expected, so to try and start a union and other worker organizations is considered betraying it, and will see any worker almost immediately fired. Hephaestus employees are found in Engineering and Operations positions.
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	=[[Sandbox-Scarcity:SettingSummary\|More Reading]]=		=[[Sandbox-Scarcity:SettingSummary\|More Reading]]=
	This page ~~represents only a bare minimum summary of the setting,~~ focused entirely on what you see in the game. It doesn't go into the politics, worldbuilding, and other large-scale parts of the setting because those parts are all but irrelevant to a first-time player and represent lore that is "opt-in" when it comes to determining whether it is important or not. That said, for those who have more of a desire to learn about the wider setting, we have a separate setting summary page that, while not going into extreme detail, contains far more information about the world the Horizon finds itself in, the entities that inhabit it, and much more. It can be found by clicking the title of this section.		This page is focused entirely on what you see in the game. It doesn't go into the politics, worldbuilding, and other large-scale parts of the setting because those parts are all but irrelevant to a first-time player and represent lore that is "opt-in" when it comes to determining whether it is important or not. That said, for those who have more of a desire to learn about the wider setting, we have a separate setting summary page that, while not going into extreme detail, contains far more information about the world the Horizon finds itself in, the entities that inhabit it, and much more. It can be found by clicking the title of this section.
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