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Monolith Realm

A Plate region after the Collapse

Dimension of Plate Worlds

Position

Legitimitium MultiVerse

Periods of Interest

Elder Civilization (20xx-2018) Collapse (2019) Ichor Wars (2020-)

Population

Est: Hundreds of Thousands. Actual figures unknown

Resources

ABS, Ichor Crystals, Magik Artifakts

Controller

Majority of plates under the influence of the Slavonik Imperiya, Stroiteliga Bratva or Black Legion.

Inhabitants

Minifigs, Beastfigs, Demons, Mutants, Paranormal Entities

Key Locations

Nexus Anwar *Destroyed*

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The Monolith Realm is an alternate dimension consisting of many isolated planes known as Plate Worlds. Beilieved to have come into existence after a Resonance cascade during the Ragnablok event. Originally created by an entity known only as the Monolith. The realm was home to a highly advanced civilization referred to today only as "Elders" who possessed magik and tek that allowed such feats as ressurection devices, teleporting, and matter creation.

An event in the realm known only as "The Collapse" brought the downfall of the Elders, some of their most advanced tek and eventually the Monolith itself. Portals would be opened, connecting the realm to other dimensions. But after a failed experiment in growing the rare crystals necessary for almost all manners of production. The realm has slowly been overrun by various strains of powerful, hazardous crystals known today as Ichor. Since then the majority of civilization has shunned or outright banned Magik. Much knowledge and teknology has been lost, and those who remain fight over the only resources known to be able to power the endangered Magik machines

Origin

In the waning days of R2018, when the events of the Ragnablok began to unfold. A massive Resonance cascade Caused by a magikal crystal, wiped out the Gold Sector. Erasing it from the the Galaxia Nehellenium, the occurance puzzled minifigs of the galaxy for months, but were too busy with their own battles to care for too long. Eventually it was realized that a new world in an alternate dimension had been created. This new dimension became known as the Monolith Realm, a realm full of seperate baseplates linked together by portals and seperated by void space.

Timeline of Events

By the time of Ragnablok, the Monolith realm had already existed for eons, Time moves much faster within the realm. Much recorded history of the realm had been forgotten by the time of R2019.

What events and eras that have been recorded, have been divided into Four periods

Elder Civilization & the First Alliance

???-R2018

Prior to the events on Basil, Which is generally considered to be the start of the current period in the realm. There existed a grand civilization of the Elders that spanned across the realm. The Elders were masters of Magik, Machines and the Mind. Combining their knowledge into teknological wonders. They built small towns and cities out of white and gold. Powered by powerful Neon generators, Amethyst teleport stations. Tibinium matter fabricators and the crown jewel of them all, the Lazarus Network. Which allowed anyone who died, to transfer their soul to a newly grown body and be brought to a location of their choosing through the Teleport stations. In truth, the Lazarus Network had existed before the Elders, and was created by the Monolith

The Elder Civilization had forced the obedience of several beastfig races like the Avians and Canids. Sometime near R2018 the people known as Minifigs had begun to spread across the realm. They were similar to the Elders in appearance, but did not possess the magikal powers they did.

Minifig civilization experienced a population explosion, and had reached a point where the Elders were vastly outnumbered across the Realm. Elder Cities largely folded or merged with Minifig cities during the unification of the First Alliance. The achievements and advances of the Elders would largely become shared with the other peoples of the realm as a result

Eventually the First Alliance would buckle and disband. Minor factions of their descendants still exist today however.

Destruction of Basil & the Anwar Incident

The last major conflict of the period was actually between the Bratva and Black Legion. Coming to a head at the battle of Basil which started over the discovery of an artifakt. The two empires, both clad in black armor and driving black tanks would come to blows. The Bratva defeated both the Legion and the overzealous Vorhut who had started attacking everyone in the region. Securing the region for themselves, but it was not to last. Petty violence between neighbors in Basil escalated into a melee between dozens of different groups. When the Imperiya carpet bombed the plate, pissing off everyone. They convened an emergency meeting of the minds in Anwar, the closest thing the Realm had to a neutral ground. But it was ambushed and destroyed by the Black Legion. Who immediately following it's destruction, Obliterated the entire Basil plate, salty that they had earlier lost a battle there. The last remnants of Anwar Council attempted to stop the Legion, but were wiped out and their leaders killed. Never before had anyone displayed the capability to obliterate entire plate worlds like what had happened to Anwar and Basil.

The Legion then focused on Bratva, First coaxing a number of unaffiliated mercenaries to attack the Bratva training base in Isere, severley damaging it but failing to capture any of its objectives. They later attacked the base en masse with their own forces, led by Kain a Black Legion General, who had come with the intent of eliminating Vaclav. For their repeated acts of terrorism and barbarism, The Legion had convinced the leaders of Bratva, the Armata Alliance, and the Cordova Coalition to form a bulwark against them. Most of the allies would participate in the coming battle

The battle would be interrupted however, as by the time the Legion had prepared to attack. The Lazarus Gates ceased to function.

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  An Emergency meeting held on Anwar by many of the factions of the Realm about the Bullying they suffered at the hands of the Imperiya, was ambushed by the evil Black Legion. They ultimately blew up the Administration tower which was a huge slap in the face to Elder rule in the realm

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  With support from the Armata Alliance and the League, the Elders attempted to bring the leaders of the Legion to justice on Basil. They were ultimately driven into retreat as the Legion champion Kain emerged and murdered multiple elders with a dark energy weapon, at the time the only way to permanetley kill minifigs prior to the shutdown of the Lazarus network. A short battle ensued but the League and Armata forces ultimately retreated fearing for their lives.

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  Having humiliated the Elders on two seperate occasions, The Legion laid siege to the residents of Basil now abandoned by the League's protection. Ultimately destroying the entire plate and marking an end of the Anwar Elders ability to protect the realm

The Network Fails

Q4, R2019

Sometime last Thursday, the Lazarus network began to malfunction when it showed signs of delays in reincarnating dead minifigs. Many of those affected would later report that they were stuck in a hellish purgatory that they were unable to escape. Not knowing if they were in there for hours, days or years. And when they did return they felt terrified of dying again in fear of getting stuck there again.

The Collapse

R2020-Present

About a month after the reports of the Gate network lagging, and Minifigs having their seemingly immortal lives disrupted and turned on their heads. One day the gates all went dark. They came back online about an hour later.. And Minifigs went about their lives.. Using them to teleport to other hub zones without a care in the world.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Brikverse.. An unknown energy wave hit the dimension with great force. Something significant had happened in the Multiverse. And Suddenley, the system wasn't just lagging... It wasn't working at all. The living were able to still use the system to teleport. But it was no longer producing fresh bodies for the wandering spirits... They were stuck in Purgatory. Mass panic set in while local governments and military groups attempted to protect their assets. It was discovered early on that with the lack of a functioning L-Gate system, clone bodies could still be grown in Vats if supplanted with Ultracyte.

With their discovery, and given the mass panic, the strongest clamped down in a mad dash for resources, Ultracyte was now the most valuable commodity in existence. And dozens would die over a single peice of it, to give one lucky minifig a second chance if he died. Some L-Gates were destroyed by terrorists, others fiercely defended by security forces as they represented the last forms of easy transportation. The population of the plates dropped by half within two months of the crash, and the incident was by now being referred to as "The Collapse". The realm had entered a dark age.

The destruction of Anwar, and the failure of the Lazarus network effectively marked the end of the time of the Elders. The few who remained were reduced to nothing but bickering jealous warlords and false gods trying to influence little pockets of the realm.

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  Despite the power of the Anwar Adminstration being wiped out, Elders still attempted to carve out their own little slices of territory or control among the rest of the populace. Some banding together and others even fighting amoungst one another, or more accurately. Sending minions to their deaths on their behalf.

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  The Imperiya attempted to pressure the Moloch Vorhut under their thumb by assisting one of their Lords in a power play that saw the Leader of the Order assassinated by Imperiya Spetsnaz, The new Vorhut leader would shift the blame of the killings onto the rowdy Svoboda clan, but the whole Operation was deemed a failure by the Imperiya, for the new Molochite Phoenix mobilized a huge Army with his new power. Moloch Vorhut became a serious threat to all after this.

The Secret War

The struggle simply referred to as the Secret War was a behind the scenes confrontation between Kast Renzo, and his Uncle, Alexander Shulga, Corrupted by the Monolith Crystal.

After the Second battle of Isere, Kast and Shulga became aware of each other, Kast was teleported to the Nexus where the latter revealed his connection to the Monolith Crystal as the Creator and Ruler of the Realm, and attempted to sway his nephew into his service. Disgusted at the Monolith's destruction of the Gold Sector, and how Shulga had turned to pure evil. He attempted to destroy the two of them. Nearly succeeding but being banished from the Nexus at the last moment.

After which, Shulga used his Avatar to send the mighty Imperiya on a manhunt across the realm for Kast, branding him as a terrorist in possession of a dangerous weapon which he was not. Kast was driven into the arms of the Stroiteliga Bratva , which he was breifly a member of. he Rejoined the group and tried to take parts of it over in the absence of both their leaders. Eventually he revealed the truth of the Monolith to people at large. swaying a faction of Bratva supporters as well as members from several other groups in a campaign to destroy Shulga and the Monolith once and for all.

The war ulitmately concluded with a temporary alliance of Imperiya and Stroiteliga heroes assaulting the Nexus. Kast killed Shulga with his own sword, And armed with the transformed dramacron artifakt. Basil Bob sacrificed himself to destroy the Monolith. It had appeared that the universe had had enough of The Crystal's narrative black hole. And when the enemies of the Crystal attacked it. It's plot armor was whisked away

After the war

At the conclusion of the Secret War. Both the Monolith and it's puppet Shulga were defeated, The Imperial throne had been mysteriously fused with some of the power of the crystal, allowing it's owner to influence the very reality of the realm, for better or for worse. Kast would take the throne and immediately use it to create a number of "Rules" for anyone who takes the throne to follow. The first two rules he implimented were designated as eternal and binding. They could never be revoked or changed.

• The most sacred of all being that whoever takes the throne has an obligation to ensure the continued existence of the Realm, for better or worse.
• And second would ensure that any ruler that attempts to change, or remove a pre existing law, would be required to abdicate upon doing so. Of course the first two laws of the realm would be protected from interference

Kast then used the throne to open portals between the Monolith Realm, and the Galaxia Nehellenium. The realm would continue to remain a broken husk of it's former self. But Inhabitants, supplies and tek would be able to flow somewhat freely between the realm and the rest of the brikverse. He then immediately abdicated. Forces of the Imperiya would immediately seize the vacant throne, but then squabble over who would take the position. The warlords of the Imperiya chose to keep the identity of the first ruler an absolute secret.

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  The final battle at the Nexus, Kast defeats Shulga once and for all, and Bob uses the power of the Dramacron to sacrifice himself to destroy the Monolith, allowing the Realm to move on to a new chapter of its story

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  The Battle of Vostok was a particularly nasty incident which saw about a dozen regions quarantined by peacekeeping forces as the City and surrounding area tore itself apart. What started as Syndikat attempts to protect Corporate assets escalated into all out zealous purging by the Moloch Vorhut and incursions by both Imperial forces as well as those from the League. The conflict raged on even as the leaders of the League and Empire teamed up to defeat Shugla.

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  Kast very briefly took control of the Throne, Ultimately deciding that the powerful artifakt could be put to good use if it's user was to follow some ground rules. So he Created a book of laws for the present and future, and then immediately abdicated it to the leaders of the Imperiya despite him being a member of the League. He justified his decision on the fact that the Throne was originally the property of the Empire anyway, and it was sacred to them. And even after it became embued with special powers, he felt that the irrevokable laws he had placed on the head of any ruler, combined with the very nature of the Imperiya's commitment to enforcing peace in the Realm, that at least for the short term things would be fine.

Exodus Nehellenium

Unbeknowst to the rest of the citizens of the realm. Shulga had left a parting gift to the Brikverse. Some time after the defeat of the Monolith, one of Shulga's most trusted subordinates, General Tachenko, Survivor of both the Galacian Imperiya, and the escapades in the Monolith Realm, was given a secret message with the location of a portal to an unknown location. Upon arriving, Tachenko was greeted by the members of Shulga's personal guard where he was presented with the Lazarus Fleet. An enormous fleet of Cruisers, Destroyers, Carriers and Battleships on a scale thought to be impossible in the Post-Collapse era of the realm where single ships were a rarity

In truth the Fleet had been constructed in the Omega Realm, the dark underworld of the Realm, Also known as the endless baseplate where resources were theoretically infinite. Tachenko took command of the fleet and left the realm forever, returning to the Nehellenium Galaxy. Founding the Imperiya Novaya, where he presumed to succeed the Fallen Galacia.

Forces loyal to Sergachev branded them traitors, and persued them into the Old Galaxy, The Imperiya renamed itself the Slavonik Imperiya. And many groups from the realm started to venture into the Nehellenium as well.

New Era

As time passed, the last remnants of the Elders, the last magik users in the realm would slowly dissapear. And so The knowledge of the fundamentals of the advanced tek that minifigs became so reliant on had been forgotten. Minifigs were left unable to create much of anything without the use of dwindling amounts of Elder forges that relied on rare crystals for power and fuel.

The Ichor Wars

Civilization started to break down, and many residents fled to the central regions. Scientific groups attempted to grow the crystals in a controlled enviornment. But unknown terrorist groups would attack these sites, causing uncontrollable growth and entire regions became flooded with various strains of crystals. Religious figures began referring to the family of crystals as "Ichor" (Meaning Blood of the Gods). And with an apocalpyitic economic and societal problem on their hands, the various governments and factions of the world started to fight over control of Ichor resources

Regions and Locales

The Monolith Plates consist of thousands, if not tens of thousands of plate worlds. Mapped out by Land Barons, Bureaucrats , and aspiring conquerors

The Monolith Realm Consists of a number of plate clusters each housing a few hundred, to in some cases a few thousand plate worlds, as well as an underworld known as the "Omega Plate" which goes on in perpetuity. The Worlds are Quarreled over by endless factions of Minifigs, Beastfigs, Demons, Mutants, Supernatural entities and evil agents of the Monolith itself. The forces of the realm constantly fight over territory, recruits, resources and artifakts in order to further fuel their love of combat. The most powerful artifakts allow the leaders of these factions to open portals to other realms, and magikally or teknologically inclined outsiders can also open portals to the realm and raid it for it's own resources, and even more so on the Omega Plate where resources are theoretically infinite.

Due to it's nature of being a number of plate clusters rather than a terrestrial landmass or star sector, The Realm is difficult to map in a way that is immediately understood to outsiders. Each plate cluster houses hundreds of Plate Worlds, Each Usually home to a varying number of minifigs and housing different levels of development. Each plate cluster would therefore be home to anything between hundreds to tens of thousands of minifigs, depending on the regions. Clusters have their own names, and generally most worlds in a cluster will be similar to each other in biome or features.

The Realm, sectioned off into plate world groupings				Representation of territorial control. Much of the realm is considered "Wild" and uncontrolled
Slavonik Imperiya	Stroiteliga Bratva	Black Legion	Armata Alliance	Ordo Omega	First Echelon	Cordova Coalition	Svoboda
Kriegir Clans	North Sea Reavers	Sindrian Diktat	Bandits	Iota Phalanx	Cities under OSKOM protection	Minor / Primitive groups	Wild Territory

Notable Regions

Zone, Cluster or Sector	Notes
Alpha	The Alpha Cluster is the central sector of the realm, the location of most of the realm's great Cities, and a majority of industrial and commercial interests are also located here. It was traditionally a peaceful and lawful region, Throughout the ages, the great empires and powers of the realm have generally centered themselves in the Alpha cluster. Prior to the collapse, it was generally protected by the Anwar Council, and then the OSKOM Civil defense, however after the collapse of greater civilization, Alpha suffered a massive refugee crisis which also brought several opposing forces within striking distance of one another. Today, the Alpha Plates are still the central region of the realm, and house the majority of the population. But the general stability and quality of life here has plummetted in wake of the collapse of L-Gates and Civilization along with it
Lambda	The Lambda cluster is sparsely populated region that borders the northern Alpha cluster. It was a largely overlooked backwater, until a series of events led the Black Legion into detonating an OT bomb in one of the Lambda Plates, which set off a chain of events that led to the Collapse.
Omega	Not actually shown on the map, because the Omega Sector isn't a cluster at all, it's the Monolith Underworld, a single great battleplate that expands infinitely in all directions.

Minifig Civilization

The plates are home to hundreds of thousands of minifigs, the majority of baseplates that are inhabited, still remain uncontacted and the minifigs live shrouded in mystery. Nevertheless the norm for the explored regions is that Minifigs will compete for resources to build the best stuff. Normally they are concerned with simply building shelters and staying alive. Prior to the collapse, Civilization in the realm benefitted from functional immortality by way of the L-Gate tek. Society became dependent on this tek. Confident that they could live their lives forever, and that death was no consequence. Entire industry sectors were founded to work off the idea of "forever customers"

Minifigs spent their days trying to build the coolest stuff, some would fight for fun. Others would explore, or create their own worlds out of virgin plates. All was well until about R2018 When the Black Legion arose. And had found a way to circumvent the L-Gates, and kill off innocent folk indefinitely.

The closest the realm came to a unified government was during the period of the First Alliance, and then after it's fall, a brief period under the Anwar administration. Both groups have since been shattered, and no unifying entity exists

Many equivalents of governments exist, however the area they "govern" is miniscule compared to the overall population of the plates. Nevertheless a rudimentary economy exists, backed on transparent elements and mixed with other intermediaries like paper notes, coins, and digital currencies.

The Black Legion's arrival set off a chain of events that ultimately caused the collapse of civilization as minifigs knew it. By R2020, Supernatural events had destroyed the Lazarus gate network, several central governments had risen and been destroyed. Minifigs had discovered a way to completely destroy entire plates, and nefarious corporate entities had also taken control of the teleporter network, allowing for plates to be split up, re-arranged, bought and sold on a whim. By R2020 at least half of the population had been killed off. and the majority had retreated to relative safety in the Alpha cluster.

Inhabitants

Peoples of the Realm

Minifigs

Beastfigs

Magikfigs

Monsters & Mutants

Machines & Synthetics

Central Government

Since the fall of both the First Alliance and the Anwar Council, The closest remnant to a central government are the Police forces of OSKOM, a security force set up by the Council after the fall of the Alliance. However they only keep the peace in a portion of the Alpha plates. All other regions of the realm are either wild and lawless, or subject to rule and laws of other factions. in R2020 the force was mostly folded into the service of the Slavonik Imperiya

As of Q3 R2020. The Slavonik Imperiya maintains the closest thing to a central government the Realm plays host to, controlling the majority of the civilized lands and population. However others exist in other areas to challenge their rule.

Since the final collapse of Council of Anwar rule, OSKOM Serves as a neutral law enforcement group for both the Imperiya and the League

Factions & Groups

Major Factions

The largest and most powerful Factions commanding the largest armies, the most assets and resources, and the most influence on the realm

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  Slavonik Imperiya

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  Stroiteliga Bratva

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  The Black Legion

Large Factions

Large and still signifigant Factions and Organizations commanding influence over localized regions, By no means superpowers, but not ones to trifle with either

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  Armata Alliance

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  The Vorhut Order

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  The First Echelon

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  The Syndicate

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  Cordova Coalition

Minor Factions

The smaller, less powerful or otherwise less influential groups that make up the rest of the world stage

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  Svoboda

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  OSKOM Civil Defense

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  Clan Kriegir

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  North Sea Reavers

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  Phalanx Iota

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  Empire of the Black Dragon

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  Sindrian Diktat

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  Musashi Clan

Defunct Groups

Other groups that are barely worth mentioning, either due to being completely wiped out, or so small they might as well be on the verge of nonexistence

The First Alliance of Free Peoples Dissolved Council of Anwar Destroyed Warfare After the collapse, the realm had fallen into a state of chaos where Factions would fight regularly. Manufacturing capacity is minimal and almost all advanced tek is either destroyed or stolen and hiding in some bandit's lair. So the majority of fighting is done by soldiers with guns and melee weapons. Vehicles are uncommon but still in use, maintaining and fueling such machines is often at a high price. Almost all vehicles are leftovers from the past, meaning the are precious to their owners as no more can be made. Aircraft are even more precious. The most jealously guarded military tek are without a doubt starships. Large aircraft that are capable of warp jumps with large Amethyst engines. Factions will frequentley raid each others outposts and bases, although the raids on the latter are often hopeless unless an attacker is willing to commit serious resources. Eliminating soldiers of enemy factions is usually of little consequence as they can just be replaced. So most operations target Officers, Vehicles, Resources or other valuable assets. More often than not, factions will fight each other on neutral territory. Usually something of interest will be discovered in a neutral location, and multiple groups will try to grab it. Rookie officers of groups are known to send their troops into battle just for the sake of ruining someone else's day by killing their doods. Resources, Tek and Trade Much of the realm now lies in ruins, a shadow of it's former self, however bleak the denizens of the realm are still able to make use of advanced tek from ancient elder civilizations that came before. A few key resources and devices have led to the particular way of life in the Realm, which as created it's own ways of warfare, industry, and trade Nanoforges Nanoforges are complex machines created by ancient civilization that essentially act as advanced 3D Printers. Powered by Neon and fueled by Tibinium and Vortek crystals, Nanoforges are used to process a set of instructions transmitted wirelessly from faraway servers housing the schematics to produce practically anything an engineer or builder would need, Standard briks, and even weapons can be produced with nanoforges. However additional materials may be required depending on the project, like Mantle or Beryl Nanoforges can be scaled up or down, it's not uncommon to see small commercial level forges used in small stores. While the tek is highly proliferated, the schematics for products are jealously guarded by corporations, militaries, and private owners. Anyone who owns a schematic will often charge others to download them, either as a one time, or per use basis. This business model makes up a large portion of the Economy and Industry of the realm. Teleportation & Plate Travel Teleportation has remained a critical part of travel on the battleplates. While flying by ship has always been a tried and true method, the costs using them are extremely high. Residents have found a number of methods to utilize the valuable teleportation crystals to get around the realm Ship Travel The most robust method of travel between plates remains that of flying by ship, Any ship with an amethyst powered engine can simply fly into warp space, and exit warp over another plate after travelling there on the dimensional plane. Short of blowing the ships out of the sky, there is no way to prevent or lock out Ships from entering a plate world. However making Ships that are large enough to carry a worthwhile payload, but small enough to land on a plate world. All the while being equipped and maintained for warp travel are extremely expensive and rare. Leaving this a viable, albeit costly alternative for travel. An L-Gate, once part of a literal Resurrection network, now little more than glorified portal hubs Standard pattern personal teleporter Basic Plate connector on the edge of a plate world L-Gates The oldest method of teleporation are the so-called "Lazarus Gates". Prior to the collapse, they served a far greater purpose in that they allowed functional immortality to anyone who used them, creating a new body for anyone who died. Their secondary purpose was that of a teleportation hub. After the collapse, the life generating systems of the network no longer work, L-Gates can still be used as stations to travel to any other L-Gate still operational. Inhibitors are devices that can govern, or outright block Access to L-Gates as well as personal teleporters. Such devices are considered unlawful, but once installed there is little anyone can do about it, save for landing troops by ship to disable or destroy them. Personal Teleporters Handheld devices can be rigged with teleport crystals to facilitate transportation without the need of an L-Gate, however they requrie manual coordinates to be inserted, and improper entry of coordinates can cause minifigs to teleport themselves into walls, off the sides of tall buildings, or even into the void between plates, all resulting in death. Personal Teleporters, like L-Gates can be affected by Inhibitors Plate Connectors Plate connectors are a rather rudimentary portal network that are built on the closest ends of two nearby plate worlds. Usually in the form of a pair of small devices on opposite sides of a road, they will allow anyone who walks or drives through them, to instantly teleport to the other side. These devices facilitate easy transport by ground, but are also easily sabotaged. PC Networks across much of the realm have been sabotaged or looted for their telecrystals. Resources The creation of ABS, Of which every vehicle, building, weapon, and appliance is made. Relies on a device known as a Forge. These machines convert rare crystals into malleable matter which is then transformed into whatever the producer needs. The knowledge of creating such forges has been lost to time, a secret of the Elders. And so the need to preserve both the machines, and a constant supply of materials for them have grown immeasurably. The transparent crystals come in various strains and colors, but as a whole are referred to as "Ichor", meaning "Blood of the Gods". a name given to them by irrational nutjobs, but it managed to stick. After the dissapearance of the Elders, and the dwindling supplies of Ichor crystals, Scientists and magik users attempted to experiment with Ichor in hopes of duplicating or growing it, their efforts were hampered when unknown assailants attacked their labs and caused the crystals to grow out of control and spread across the land. Those who controlled Elder Forges would have no shortage of fuel, however the crystals themselves began to destroy the enviornment. Countless regions were completely overrun by the crystals. In addition to the various strains of Ichor, a few other rare resources are also gathered for various uses Appearance Name Description Mantle A Reddish rock, Crystaline in shape One of the more rare materials, however it's demand isn't great given that it is an extremely efficient material when used for one thing, War. Weapon cores in guns, primers in grenades and other uses. One small crystal of Redrock can supply an entire platoon with small arms Mantle is the principle element in the creation of Firearms Kobalt A Dark Blue rock, Crystaline in shape Like Mantle, Kobalt is less common. It's uses haven't been entirely investigated. For now it's primary use is that of force shields. Allowing Vehicles, Bunkers, Elite soldiers and when in great quantity, entire starships to project a shield to compliment it's defenses. The First Echelon Controls a dominating stake in Kobalt after it seized several Kobalt fields and refineries in the Alpha Cluster. Kobalt is the principle element in the creation of Shield tek Beryl A Light Blue rock, Crystaline in shape Beryl is used to apply defensive properties to ABS. It's what seperates a Slope on someone's house, to a Slope of tank armor. It's necessary in the creation of Fortified structures, vehicles, and body armor. Beryl is the principle element in the creation of Armor Galatz A Dark Green rock, Crystaline in shape Used to create medical devices, to help stave off death from injured Minifigs, But cannot be used to help a minifig that has already croaked. Galatz is the principle element in the creation of Medicine Tibinium A Bright Green rock, Crystaline in shape Tibinium is perhaps the most important substance of the rare materials simply due to it's range of applications. It is considered to be a Matter Maniuplator, and can be combined with ABS to form briks and tools of almost any shape. Although to gain functions a forge may require other materials Tibinium is the principle element in the creation of Rapid construction devices and ABS Nanoforges Neon A Yellowish Green rock, Crystaline in shape Sometimes called "Neon Green". Neon is probably the most common of the "rare materials" It has a singular purpose; Power. "Neon Green" as it's often referred to is used as a catalyst in power generators for everything including Vehicles, Homes, and even powers Nanoforges While very common. The Syndicate directley or indirectley controls a monopoly of Neon, Their Energy concern provides them with a huge source of revenue and trade The Realm's leading currency is an energy backed credit. Directley linked to the supply of Neon. Neon is the principle element in generating power Amethyst A Pink rock, Crystaline in shape Also known as Telecrystals. Used in Teleportation devices for both minifigs and material. Extremely valuable and useful. While originally a rare and valuable commodity, became even more valuable in the post-collapse era as many L-Gates were destroyed or looted Amethyst is the principle element in the creation of teleportation devices Vortek A Purple rock, Conical in shape Vortek is a mystical and some would say, magikal rock. It's used in many appliances and electronics. It adds function to briks. Turning static imitations into functional power tools. Making Computers and Robots function. It's one of the more important, and thankfully more common materials. Vortek is the principle element in the creation of advanced devices and machinery Monolithium Small chunks of white material that glow in the dark Monolithium is a strange element. In it's natural state it glows in the dark, but it can be used as a primary material in making stealth tek that renders the user partially or completely invisible to the naked eye. Even stranger is that it can also be used to create Stealth detection systems. Monolithium is one of the rarest Materials. Alongside Chrome and Ultracyte Monolithium is the principle element in the creation of Cloaking Tek Chrome A Shiny reflective rock, Crystaline in shape Chrome is a valuable rare material that is used to improve the effects of other materials like Mantle, Beryl and Vortek. It makes gun cores stronger, Armor plating tougher, and function cores in computers and devices work smoother. It also looks cool. Meta The Monolith Battleplates are heavily influenced by a number of concepts, characters and technologies from various Media, namely video games. In no particular order or level of influence. this includes STALKER, The Elder Scrolls, Space Station 13, Kenshi, Mass Effect, Warhammer 40K, Star Wars, Second Life and a number of other Sci-fi, Post-Modern and Fantasy genres