A 3D printed version of a "Chordir" soldier, and alien race I designed and wrote the lore for, for the game Primal Khaos, by Yelkrab Studios.
From an academic journal:
Although no species sees itself in the same fashion as they are seen by other races, it is said by many that there is no greater contrast between the self-image of the Chorda and the impression they leave with those who encounter them.
Like most races, the Chorda were a multicultural civilization for most of their monoplanetary period. By the time they developed early space travel, their world was dominated by 3 groups of international alliances: The World Conglomerate, a primarily economic union; The Covenant of Preservation, an alliance of military states; and the Pact of the One, a theocratic 'superstate' which which formed from independent nations, linked by the influence of The House of the One, the Chorda' dominant faith.
As the Chorda moved towards interstellar travel, a series of political upheavals rapidly changed Chordir society. Firstly, The Covenant of Preservation was suddenly, and unexpectedly rocked by a series of violent coups, which installed leaders who were all followers of The House of The One. Although there was no clear evidence that the Pact of the One had been directly involved, the coups were co-ordinated, aggressive and successful.
The Covenant states who had fallen began to weaken, isolate and infiltrate their neighbours, while also using their investments in arms, manufacturing and security to dramatically increase their influence within the World Conglomerate. The second wave of coups was much less violent, and a more subtle, gradual process. With Conglomerate states long having abandoned the distinction between business and government, the Pact and Covenant states engaged in a decades-long program of 'economic warfare', gaining financial control of more corporations, and merging them into monopolies that served the interests of the Pact. By the time the Covenant anβ¦
I got this cool #3DPrint of a Chordir, one of the aliens I designed and wrote the lore for, for the game Primal Khaos, by Yelkrab Studios. (Some of the lore is in the Alt-text)
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