Alex had little reason not to pick Legendary. Wouldn’t have bought the game if that hadn’t been the intent. With that choice made, it was time to move on to character creation.

Please select your race:

Human

Lizardman

Greys

Android

Echo

A pair of humanoids for each race popped into the black void. Most likely to advertise both sexes, Alex could see that the stereotypical humanoid shape had taken place. A variety of sizes and textures so to speak but probably enough similarity for most people to remain comfortable in their new forms.

Worrying about the appearance later, Alex went down the list of each race. A window popped up that gave a short description of each one.

Humans are one of the oldest and chaotic of the races in Death Galaxy. Numerous empires, of a varying political core, have risen and fallen over their history. This has led to much of their personal history being lost, a tragedy only worsened by the Fall. A resilient and adaptive race, Humans are one of the most prevalent of race, populating nearly every corner of the galaxy. Due to centuries of hard-fought survival, none know why or what caused the Fall even though their ancestors lived through it.

Lizardmen are a paradoxically new race that found themselves awakening from stasis over numerous planets, hidden stations, and lost spaceships. Hailing from a time long before the Fall, they have no real knowledge about it. Already having been in a downward spiral, the reason they went into stasis in the first place, only due to their physical toughness and strength have they maintained their species. Reawakened Lizardmen are found in random but isolated locations, the total numbers varying.

Greys arrived from a different galaxy long before the Fall, opening a special gate to cross billions of lightyears. During the Fall, their only mode of transportation became irreparably damaged, trapping all Greys on this side. A relatively fragile race compared to all others, their numbers dwindled considerably, becoming a rare sight even to this day. Their vast intellect and knack for technological manipulation the only reason they did not go extinct, as their expertise keeps them on high-tech planets.

Androids are both new and old to Death Galaxy. What few records remain to show them being present before the Fall, few if any survived the Fall. Of all races, Androids being synthetic beings leads to severe diversity. From a simple mechanical skeleton of low intelligence to the most sophisticated cyber-organic android nearly indistinguishable from all other races, physically and mentally. It is still a debate what truly distinguishes a machine from an Android, considering they are ‘born’ in factories mostly.

Echos are one of the rarest races you will ever find in Death Galaxy. The reason for this is because they are not one race but multiple races that have been drowned by the Void. After the Void touches an individual, regardless of race or living status as even Androids are affected, Echos will be able to manipulate void energy. While most maintain their original relationships, there is an unspoken kinship with other Echos. Generally found near Void charged areas, with no real history to speak of as a race.

It was all descriptive information, with tidbits of benefits sprinkled in along with a possible starting location. Well, Alex assumed. The Traveler Games company kept a tight lip on the actual mechanics of the game. All people had to go on was a short description. Didn’t say much about the game itself but it said enough to get people interested.

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In a galaxy of the dead, their silence screams louder than the void of space. Will you survive or will you join their legion?

Debates and numerous interpretations came out about this one quote. A vague IP with no history or being designed by a noteworthy developer shouldn’t have gained as much attention as it did. And it wouldn’t have. If the company making it wasn’t also using it as a flagship for the newest VR system at a cheaper price than all other competitors. The techno freaks were going rabid about the top of the line VR going for relatively dirt cheap. When it came out people could even be paid to play was the final nail in the coffin.

But that didn’t matter. The how’s, what's, when’s and why’s were trivial things in Alex's eyes. It was a way out, and they were ready to take it.

They just had to pick a race.