Where are the Androffans? Basically I have questions.


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So Where are the androffans? So the Androffans predate the humans on Golarian. We have the Azlanti Star Empire. Surely the Androffa is unaffected, right?

I'm curious as to whats happening there. Also who were the greater gods that put down the Shoal? Where are the Shoal now?

I haven't played through module that they mentioned in but I did read about them on the Pathfinder Wiki

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Deathnought wrote:

So Where are the androffans? So the Androffans predate the humans on Golarian. We have the Azlanti Star Empire. Surely the Androffa is unaffected, right?

I'm curious as to whats happening there. Also who were the greater gods that put down the Shoal? Where are the Shoal now?

I haven't played through module that they mentioned in but I did read about them on the Pathfinder Wiki

Androffa is in a different galaxy than the Pact Worlds and the rest of the core Starfinder setting. And so far, no one has left "our" galaxy and returned to tell the tale. One galaxy gives us a lot of room to play around in, so it's unlikely we'll be visiting Androffa's galaxy officially any time soon.

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If I were to speculate based just on what's been said so far, I would guess Androffans remain on Androffa, in another galaxy.


@Owen

Is there an actual Azlanti race? Or is it just a multi species empire?

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According to the entry in the Core Rulebook, the citizens of the Azlatni Star Empire are "pureblood humans descended from the original Azlanti pioneers."

Scarab Sages

So, genetically still the same as the Veiled Masters made them?


Deathnought wrote:

So Where are the androffans? So the Androffans predate the humans on Golarian. We have the Azlanti Star Empire. Surely the Androffa is unaffected, right?

I'm curious as to whats happening there. Also who were the greater gods that put down the Shoal? Where are the Shoal now?

I haven't played through module that they mentioned in but I did read about them on the Pathfinder Wiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0qLzsIhUMk

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This is true that we will likely not see them. It was merely something I got curious of when I found their page on the wiki.


I would say it's a safe bet that it's still gone or an asteroid field.


Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
If I were to speculate based just on what's been said so far, I would guess Androffans remain on Androffa, in another galaxy.

Thats a little pessimistic, dont you think? Its been at least a few thousand years since the Androffan collapse and reset, hasnt it? They were supposed to be about on par with Golarion as of the time of Pathfinder, yeah? Why not give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they too have a star faring culture by the Starfinder era? I'd like to think the Androffans are the Star Trek stand ins for their Galaxy while the Pact Worlds are the Star Wars stand ins in the main setting.

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Torbyne wrote:
Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
If I were to speculate based just on what's been said so far, I would guess Androffans remain on Androffa, in another galaxy.

Thats a little pessimistic, dont you think? Its been at least a few thousand years since the Androffan collapse and reset, hasnt it? They were supposed to be about on par with Golarion as of the time of Pathfinder, yeah? Why not give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they too have a star faring culture by the Starfinder era? I'd like to think the Androffans are the Star Trek stand ins for their Galaxy while the Pact Worlds are the Star Wars stand ins in the main setting.

Even so, that still puts the Androffans "in a galaxy far, far away ..."


Lord Fyre wrote:
Torbyne wrote:
Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
If I were to speculate based just on what's been said so far, I would guess Androffans remain on Androffa, in another galaxy.

Thats a little pessimistic, dont you think? Its been at least a few thousand years since the Androffan collapse and reset, hasnt it? They were supposed to be about on par with Golarion as of the time of Pathfinder, yeah? Why not give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they too have a star faring culture by the Starfinder era? I'd like to think the Androffans are the Star Trek stand ins for their Galaxy while the Pact Worlds are the Star Wars stand ins in the main setting.

Even so, that still puts the Androffans "in a galaxy far, far away ..."

Oh, yeah, sure. no argument about that. But it is sad to think that they would still be locked to just the one planet after all this time... :P

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Torbyne wrote:
Lord Fyre wrote:
Torbyne wrote:
Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:
If I were to speculate based just on what's been said so far, I would guess Androffans remain on Androffa, in another galaxy.

Thats a little pessimistic, dont you think? Its been at least a few thousand years since the Androffan collapse and reset, hasnt it? They were supposed to be about on par with Golarion as of the time of Pathfinder, yeah? Why not give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they too have a star faring culture by the Starfinder era? I'd like to think the Androffans are the Star Trek stand ins for their Galaxy while the Pact Worlds are the Star Wars stand ins in the main setting.

Even so, that still puts the Androffans "in a galaxy far, far away ..."
Oh, yeah, sure. no argument about that. But it is sad to think that they would still be locked to just the one planet after all this time... :P

they clearly made it to many planets.

Whether it stuck or not is up for future writers (hopefully not).


One could say that all "they're still on Androffa" means is they haven't had their homeworld conquered/sterilized/exploded yet.


There could presumably be an Androffan colony somewhere in the Vast, I guess? If there were other fleets like the one the Divinity led.


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Why is it important at this time?

Perhaps a nice story arc could be developed around it in the future?


No need to wait for Paizo to develop a story arc around it. ;)

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