How novians could end the galaxy

[Driftbourne]

We know novians come from dying suns, and there are only so many suns to be found in any one galaxy. If everyone making a novian character declares their character is from a different dying sun that no other player has claimed. If we could make around 3 billion novian characters, the galaxy would be filled with dying suns.

How social will novians be with other species? If you are born from a dying sun, there's not likely much left living around that sun, maybe on the outer plants? Really depends on what phase of dying the dying sun is at when novians are created. Could be other species that adapted to living near a dying sun or borne from them?

Would a dead novian turn into a tiny black hole?

Will novians be natural Solarian? Solarian is one of the classes getting a rework. Could some of that tie into novians? A novian kind of sounds like a living mote of star energy.

What are your thoughts on what the novians could be like?

[BigNorseWolf]

Is a dying sun limited to only one novian?

[Wesrolter]

Nah, Novians are just cute little side effects. The sun gets sick and starts dying, so they spit out the infected mass as baby Novians and then they are healthy again. So no real dead stars from their birthing.

Though I do like the image of a Tiny Star mote having a even smaller mini black hole mote friend who spits out mini frost Novians to attack enemies...

[Driftbourne]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Is a dying sun limited to only one novian?

Probably not, which is why I said everyone would have to declare their character is from a different dying sun.

We also don't know if all suns can produce them. The sun in Locus-1 is more of a magical manifestation than a normal sun. Might be cool if novians came from that type of sun. or a sub species of novians.

[Driftbourne]

Wesrolter wrote:

Nah, Novians are just cute little side effects. The sun gets sick and starts dying, so they spit out the infected mass as baby Novians and then they are healthy again. So no real dead stars from their birthing.

Though I do like the image of a Tiny Star mote having a even smaller mini black hole mote friend who spits out mini frost Novians to attack enemies...

With the first novian we have met being named Destructicus, I think they really meant a dying sun, not a sick sun that could recover. Maybe a subspecies of novians born from solar flares?

[BigNorseWolf]

I need to name one Ravagog missed.

[The when]

All suns are dying suns. It’s just a matter of when.

[Driftbourne]

The when wrote:

All suns are dying suns. It’s just a matter of when.

Which is why it would be good to know more precisely what part of a sun's life cycle dying is referring to. If novians are made as a star goes supernova, that could explain how they end up ejected from a solar system to find a new home. What a novians home would look like, we don't know yet. But being they're meant to be playable characters, I assume they're house-trained.

[BigNorseWolf]

i'm pretty sure attempting to end the universe as we know it with the specifics of a species description is why starfinder information is kept rather general ....

[Driftbourne]

My theory has a hole in it big enough that the universe shouldn't need any plot armor to save itself.

Novains bring out many questions like do suns or noveians have gender? Maybe novians don't have gender per say, but are either positively or negatively charged.

[BigNorseWolf]

"which way do you spin?

[Driftbourne]

What would the proper pronouns be for someone that spins to the right vs. the left? or for their polarity of charge?

[Metaphysician]

Driftbourne wrote:

What would the proper pronouns be for someone that spins to the right vs. the left? or for their polarity of charge?

My snarky answer would be "north and south", but actually, hmm. . .

Random linguistic idea: when using spoken/written languages to refer to species who have 'spin' or 'polarity', the norm is not to use distinct gendered pronouns. Instead, you use the standard neuter pronouns of the language, but with a suffix added that is either a rising or a descending vocalization, representing the two different possible spins or polarities. Say, rising is right-handed spin, descending is left-handed spin.

Examples: A right-spin novian you are talking to right now is "Youa", while the left-spin novian the two of you are talking about is "Ito". A group of novians would just be "Them", unless the group is entirely/mostly one spin, then they would be "Thema" or "Themo".

Neglecting to include spin suffix is a minor faux pas at worst normally, especially in casual or quick talk with strangers or when dealing with people who just don't have or sense polarity. However, *deliberately* using the wrong polarity suffix is a serious insult. Its not directly analogous to gender-based insults and slurs from species with such, but its roughly the same severity; the general meaning is "I wish you didn't exist".

[Driftbourne]

I like your them, thema, themo idea.

Another oddity about novans is, novans don't make novens dying suns do. So if novans have any way to reproduce it might be along the lines of splitting into 2 smaller novans when they die. Which could be dangerous for anyone around. Or if novans don't split in two maybe 2 novans can have a fusion reaction and merge as one.