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As the war rages on between the Commonwealth and Auridia, various divisions of the Commonwealth Initiative Starfleet are deployed to numerous planets throughout Concordia to conduct a variety of operations.

One such division, stationed at a remote base on a far-flung planet, receives reinforcements to better counteract new threats that have popped up in the area.

When I was in college, my screenwriting professor asked if I would ever write something that's "really meaningful" instead of the fantasy I normally write. And I asked what that means, for something to be "really meaningful"? Is what I'm doing devoid of meaning? I didn't think so, I'm choosing to use my time on this planet to write about fantasy and fools falling in love. If someone told me, they wanted to write a script, a song, a novel, a TV show, or even a poem about a character finding a pretty rock, I would tell them to write that. Every writer writes with meaning. Every creative creates with meaning. To share something and connect with others. It is our innate want to connect through things. And that is all the "meaning" I need.

Ok wow

At a worldbuilding impasse, wondering which race I should flesh out/model next

At a worldbuilding impasse, wondering which race I should flesh out/model next

The Commonwealth raining down hellfire on unsuspecting enemies.

Due to the nature of their Starfleet lacking any sort of heavy bomber, the Commonwealth commissioned the Cavalier-class (shown front and center) as a multi-person, multiple bomber that could both be used in hard-hitting assaults and more isolated exploration/search-and-rescue type missions due to it featuring a spacious interior.

The Legion of Axis, a fleet devised in secret by the Astral Archmage, now known as Axis, to take the Commonwealth by surprise and conquer Concordia once more. It was comprised entirely of one class of ship, the Arbiter, which numbered in the thousands. This was because the ships could siphon power from each other when arranged in a certain way, allowing one ship to draw energy from others and fire a beam of plasma that could disintegrate any ship in its path.

Honestly there's a lot more to the Legion of Axis that I'd love to talk about, but it's been a while since I posted anything so I thought I'd add in this little snippet of lore for things to come. I'd love to hear ideas and feedback if you have any!

the problem with being creative is that you start to feel very guilty when you haven’t created anything in a while

Hey guys! I tried my hand at making an animatic/animation for the larger story I have been brewing in my head for the past three years. I hope to animate it fully one day, but while it festers in my brain for now I hope to make shorter animations/animatics about it.

Song used is Runaway by Aurora, it fit really well for the main character of my story.

Or when there’s too much to tell so you tell them the most bland, one-dimensional version of your character that makes them seem like they have nothing of substance when you have three years of locked-away, deep backstory for them

"Tell me about your character"

*pretends I don't know how to summarize so i tell you the whole thing*

Hence I crawl out of my cave once again to post a little something I made while procrastinating on college work, an animation I made in Blender showcasing the Commonwealth SF-38 Longsword's supermaneuvrability against any similar air/spacecraft of its type.

Commissioned to the Dawnbreaker Company by the Commonwealth Initiative, the Longsword was made to be a cutting-edge starfighter that could outmatch any of its Auridian counterparts, and as such was equipped with shields, was hyperspace-capable, and featured new repulsor technology that allowed it to perform complex maneuvers in both the air and space.

Please tell me about your thing. I want to know more, cause right now you haven't talked enough about this thing bud

Oh boy this is going to be long, where do I start

Okay, so...

In a distant galaxy created by the ancient Astral Beings, the nation of Concordia, spanning several star systems, is thriving. The nation had just returned from the brink of a civil war, between the Empire of Auridia, led by an evil Astral Archmage wielding immense power, commanding legions of armies and starships, and a renegade group seeking to overthrow him and bring an end to his evil reign.

In the end, the renegade group won, and established the Commonweath of Planets, a new democratic government meant to represent the will of the people, contrary to the tyrannical rule Concordia had faced under the rule of the Astral Archmage. The remnants of the Auridian Empire, now without a leader and without purpose, aptly surrendered to the new Commonwealth of Planets, and a peace treaty was thereafter struck, where the Remnants would establish a democratic government of their own representing the will of the people formerly subjugated under their tyrannical reign.

The Remnants of Auridia then became a well-established democratic nation, with its residents having mainly positive perceptions of this new rebirth of a nation with a terrible past. The Commonwealth established a new Capitol on Concord Point, a binary planet system consisting of a larger and smaller planet, which were called Magnus Frater and Parvulus Frater, respectively.

The Commonwealth was facing certain hardships. There was recently a plague that had taken it by storm, and the current acting Commonwealth chancellor had done little to move the nation forward. Fortunately for the Commonwealth a new hero was seemingly stepping up for the task, a man by the name of Brenold Arcadia, heralding from the more aristocratic side of a lesser-known backwater world, had garnered the attention and admiration of all of Concordia with his promises of progress, his visions of grandeur, and determination to elevate the Commonwealth to a state it had never seen before. After an extremely successful campaign, Arcadia won the election and became chancellor. The phrase "Keep Moving Forward" was a prominent line by which his successful campaign had been run.

Chancellor Arcadia worked quick. He immediately went to work spending extremely large amounts of money on research and medicine, on technology, on innovation, just about anything that would get the voters to like him. And it worked, the people revered him like never before, and the Commonwealth was thrust into a new golden age.

However, his methods often had dark origins. The money to invest had to come from somewhere, and that was money the Commonwealth did not currently have. So, he resorted to often illicit deals with shady business partners under the counter to get the money for his grandiose projects. So when he was offered a partnership with the Dawnbreaker Company producing warships, he accepted without hesitation, since he knew it would help bring in more profits for the Commonwealth, and as such keep his perception high in the eyes of the people.

However warships would not be profitable without war, and the people would most likely get suspicious if hundreds of warships were produced solely for the purpose of "security" from existing minor pirate threats. Hence, Arcadia orchestrated a ploy, framing a small uprising on a city of his home planet of Pulveriss as a deliberate attack by the existing Auridian Remnants trying to take back the Commonwealth territory and re-establishing their tyrannical rule like they had in the days of the Astral Archmage. He then sent a new prototype Stalwart-class Battlecruiser to Pulveriss, which razed the entire city, killing peaceful protestors and 4500 innocent civillians in the process. Back at the Commonwealth Capitol's Golden City, the people were patriotically supportive of Arcadia's actions, since they were under the impression that the Auridians had tried to invade the Commonwealth.

Soon the Dawnbreaker Company was producing warships on a massive scale, Arcadia was raking in profits due to the deal he made, and all-out war had broken out between the Commonwealth and the Auridian Remnants. In response the Commonwealth Initiative was created, which served as the formal military force for the Commonwealth and spearheaded its war plan, under the uniting motto, which was also Arcadia's campaign slogan, "Keep Moving Forward".

Arcadia's actions were not without consequences, however. Soon tales began to spur about a mysterious Auridian knight who killed without mercy, and especially had a bloodlust for Arcadia.

His name: Artemis Castor, who was among one of the innocent people hurt in Arcadia's attacks on Pulveriss. Seeing his friends die around him to cannon fire from the Commonwealth, Artemis swore to avenge them, and made it his life goal from then on to kill Arcadia, and make him feel the pain and suffering he'd caused others, no matter the cost. What's more, Artemis Castor was rumored to be armed with arcane power, perhaps originating from the fallen Archmage himself...

So at present Concordia finds itself engulfed in another civil war, with one side led by a fraudulent Chancellor Arcadia, and the other side led by an unknown entity pulling the strings, as well as well-meaning separatists who were forced to take arms to combat a money-hungry Commonwealth. And on the edge of it all, a new threat lurks, perhaps a fragment of the evil Archmage that once was...

So yeah this was the basic premise of the story I'm working on, there's a lot more story-wise but this is the main exposition and world behind it. But I'm glad you're interested! I hope I didn't bore you too much with all the information lol. It's meant to be an animation project, I've already started working on it but I'm not sure when I'll finish, but until then I'll probably post more about it on this account, and edit the story as I work more on it because this isn't final.

Also if you have any questions feel free to ask!

Here's another ship I made for the Commonwealth of Planets, an interplanetary government from a worldbuilding project I'm working on. This one's called the Bulwark-class Supercarrier.

At 3 times the length of the Stalwart the Bulwark was made for a different purpose, to carry starfighters into battle. It could hold a combined total of over 250 starfighters, far more than the 45 carried by a single Stalwart. Although it lacked Arc cannons it still featured an extensive point-defense and flak system designed to combat any attacking squadrons that may be looking for close-range attacks. It also featured two underslung hangar bays that could hold a Vanguard-class Corvette each for rapid deployment against enemy threats.

Although less famous than its smaller cousin, the Stalwart, the Bulwark proved to be a crucial asset to the Commonwealth and was often seen leading Battlegroups.

Hey guys! First post here, just thought I would share a little spaceship I'd made a while back, the Stalwart-class Battlecruiser. the main Ship of the line created by the Commonwealth of Planets.

Designed to effectively combat the Auridian threat. Equipped with 16 large quad-barrel Arc Cannons and numerous other smaller flak and point-defense cannons, as well as 6 large hangar bays to accommodate various squadrons of SF-38 Longsword and ASF-10 Longbow fighters. It featured an advanced main reactor system that ran on Cane fuel that would allow it to travel through hyperspace at unprecedented rates, and a large plasmic ram that could be extended for head-on attacks and doubled as a shield.

This was created for a worldbuilding project I'm currently working on, it's set in a sci-fi/fantasy environment with a slight steampunk theme, more starships and vehicles to come!