DESCRIPTION:

Nymisto, a small rocky planet with no atmosphere, was once the homeworld of a highly advanced ancient civilization (Neam-Ní) whose massive ruins extend deep under the planet’s surface. Currently, the planet is the only location in Deadstar the Bek are permitted to live, in accordance with the peace treaty between Humans and Dwarka which ended the Chameiro War.

Once exiled to Nymisto, the Bek sought to terraform the planet, finding resistance to their colonial efforts in the form of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi (Nymisto’s native inhabitants). The Bek, seeing the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi as an inferior species, began an extensive extermination effort. The genocide began with the expulsion of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi from their homes into restricted zones. The Bek’s displacement of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi quickly escalated into isolation camps and mass extermination. 

Upon discovery of the Bek’s extermination of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi, the ISSC to sent diplomats and contractors to negotiate and prevent further casualties. The ISSC’s presence and resistance to the Bek was met with instant resistance. This marked the beginning of humanity’s second armed conflict in Deadstar, The Spacer War). The mercenaries who fought in The Spacer War would become known as “spacers,” a colloquialism that refers to starfaring contractors and adventurers. The ISSC was successful in ending the Bek extermination and freeing the remaining Zu-Bi Zu-Bi prisoners (though the majority of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi population and culture was lost and has yet to recovered).

Evidence of the war on Nymisto remains visible in the landscape of the planet. Outside of Bek infrastructure, much of the surface is scarred by orbital strike craters and artillery bombardments. Much of what remains of the Zu-Bi Zu-Bi and Neam-Ní civilizations is buried beneath ruins and terrain. The Nymistian wasteland is home to a few uniquely adapted lifeforms, such as the Hoppak, and is patrolled by Nymistian Razers, elite Bek rangers who eliminate trespassers on sight.