The Azlanti Empire - Starfinder Lore

[@grayemerald5159]

I once created a character that was the lost child of an Azlanti noble, she was adopted and raised by an Android on Absolom Station and eventually discovered her true parentage. Where upon the party had to rescue her before her biological family used some powerful hybrid tech to erase her mind and make her into a true believer of the star empire, they succeeded in the end, but not before she lost her ability to speak common.

[@TheMapleTable]

That sounds like an intense character arc

[@zeehero7280]

My character in the upcoming campaign is a half Azlanti/Elf the daughter of a scandalous relationship between her father, an Azlanti noble, and an elven slave. one reason she joined the military to prove herself and honor her disgraced family.

[@aaronlirette1336]

The Romulan...I mean Azlanti Star Empire are my favorite space zealots.

[@TheMapleTable]

We need a space ferengi now

[@MrSteveK1138]

"Obedience! Duty! Death and more death! Soon even enough for the Preator's taste!"

[@jargonessocity]

also reminds me of super earth in Helldivers

[@MrChupacabra555]

I'm expecting they are going to come out with a Azlanti Star Empire sourcebook at some point. I can see adventures set there in the classic 'Star Wars' style; players fighting against a mostly human dominant 'Evil Empire'.

[@TheMapleTable]

Id be surprised if we don't get one. They are really working to flesh out the universe right now. An Azlanti book would add depth though for sure

[@ferrous412]

I plan to run my next Starfinder campaign entirely in the Azlanti Empire.

[@TheMapleTable]

I think that's neat! Are you going to allow all alien races, just humans or just the alien races who live in the empire?

[@danbingham7606]

I enjoy your content. You speak clearly and are fun to listen to. Also, I think your have the best Starfinder channel on KZbin. I think it would be fun to watch some of your RPG sessions.

[@TheMapleTable]

Thanks so much! I would like to record some of my sessions but some of my players are not comfortable being recorded at the moment. Its on the list of things I want to do though

[@MrSteveK1138]

Azlanti Empire = Roman Empire in Spaaaaace

[@TheMapleTable]

Only less gold :p

[@MrSteveK1138]

@@TheMapleTable And using jade to replace the gold. Also...Romulan ships were predominantly green with the exception of the high ranked ships, white metallic, like in the Original Series.

[@ethanking9003]

Not me buying Stellaris: Nemesis and making an empire based on the Azlanti😳

[@TheMapleTable]

Totally not stealing this idea... Not at all...

[@gdragonlord749]

I made a race for my friend's starfinder campaign. They were biological computers of a long dead race but eventually were corrupted with their preservation protical having them gain bidies similar to the dna it stored. They are promitive but hold so much untapped knowledge (like aboliths but they don't have acces to these stored memories). When they were discovered on their death world, it was found that an enzine in their nurological tissue enhanced psyonics but killed 95% of them while the remaining 5% were braindead (destroying the stored memories unbenownced to the explorers). This empire would definitely be farming them but not take them seryeven if they can alter their forms with aquiered DNA (made this before I heard about the swarm).

[@fenrisulfhamr]

So this psionic enhancing enzyme- it kills 95% of users and leaves the other 5% braindead? ...or is ths the stat for the race itself? That's 100% dead/braindead- is there a way to harvest the enzyme to enhance psionics? Also, what do they LOOK like? You have me curious!

[@EcoNationalSyndicalist]

Interesting, looks and sounds very similar to the Galactic Empire from Star Wars.

[@TheMapleTable]

Very close and or inspired by

[@jonathanosborne4817]

GLORY FOR THE STAR IMPERATOR!!!

[@TheMapleTable]

Theres a 40k reference in there somewhere

[@RomLoneWolf23]

Now if only Paizo could come up with a more fleshed-out book on the Azlanti Empire. Where's that Vast book, Paizo?

[@TheMapleTable]

The galaxy exploration manual is going to cover some of the vast im sure

[@mandasity]

ya, what the last guy said, best starfinder channel out there and I hope it keeps going strong. keep it up dude.

[@TheMapleTable]

Thank you so much

[@lim-dulspaladin50]

My Azlanti Empire I treat like it is Warhammer 44,000. so I that's how I run the drift and the way non-human species interact with humans

[@godzillavkk]

Unless the Empire gets a new book or a longer adventure path, I'll have to make an extended version of "Against the Aeon" with a plot that continues AFTER the campaign ends.

[@TheMapleTable]

I suspect we may get an expansion that covers them in some detail but not for a while

[@godzillavkk]

@@TheMapleTable I'm patient, I can fill in gaps myself.

[@godzillavkk]

@@TheMapleTable I've also expanded on more vague aspects. For example, I wrote what life on New Thespera is like. On the surface, it looks nearly identical to Equestria from MLPFIM. On the surface, Eronesse and other cities are shining cities filled with fine shops, restaurants, and the best of everything you'd want in a city. The towns are full of small, but prosperous businesses, and people who enjoy a more quiet life. The people are very happy, people, friendships are strong, family bonds are just as strong, and this is part of Azlanti culture. Hell, in my own setting, aliens in the Empire have it better then in the mainstream one. The Star Imperator is adored by most of the population, and lower ranking royalty are also just as loved. But if you looked closer... you'd realize that New Thespera and the rest of the Empire is a totalitarian police state that not only monitors your very step, but even your thoughts, and soul. As a result, if someone has few friends, or is not on good terms with family, or asks questions about the system, or does not meet any of the other standards, and has made slow progress in therapy, or refuses to go, they are are paid visits from the police... and they don't always ear uniforms. Some are imprisoned on the prison moon, others are given fates worse then deaths, such as being jailed in Hell itself or turned to stone. Others are enslaved to keep the cities running. And others are executed... and not even death shows mercy. For their souls are imprisoned to power the Aeon Throne itself. All the external enemies of the Empire are cursed to suffer this fate. As a result, the climax involves destroying the throne itself and freeing the imprisoned souls.

[@Zeithri]

Two possibilities. Either they don't view the swarm as a threat because they've met it before and conquered or pushed it back. OR, they think it isn't really real, just space rumor hearsay, and will get swallowed up because of their own hubris. Feel free to pick either scenario.

[@gameon_ct]

I don't have a pun today. I dropped the ball. Too busy pumping iron.

[@TheMapleTable]

We can't all be mr universe

[@shaunhall960]

I'm definitely going to start my campaign with the Azlanti and the Swarm.

[@PoldaranOfDalaran]

So, hilariously, my character from Rise of the Runelords was a modern day kid from Earth(well, 19 on the day he left Earth). (Yes, I know, due to a certain later module, the time frame doesn't line up. But that module didn't exist at the time, so hush.) On the way to Golarion, on the back of a Shantak, he encountered a group of space faring but non-FTL people who were Human Supremacists, that he called "space nazis". Little did I know that I'd somehow predicted the Star Empire. XD

[@MrFahqup]

Hey the last vid I watched you only had 2 Patrons. Now you have like 10. That's awesome.

[@TheMapleTable]

Its been amazing, the support from my audience.

[@adammcclelland5746]

0:48 That is one crazy map you've got there, Maple. First, Where did you get; second, is it canon?

[@TheMapleTable]

I found it on pinterest here www.pinterest.ru/pin/603412050060590416/ and the original artist is J-S-Auger. I'm not sure if its cannon or from a home brew setting.

[@ReaperGrimm5594]

Had a character from an abandoned colony of the Azlanti empire, abandoned because the planet was basically a deathworld, with the only ones left being the *psychopaths*

[@kailenmitchell8571]

I wonder why they would not have gone too the star stone and taken over Absolam station in the early years after the Gap. With the station being the easiest place in the galaxy to get to I can't imagine them taking over this strategic position. I'm loving Starfinder but man is there is a lot of logic holes in the disposition of races and empires.

[@TheMapleTable]

The empire is so big, to my understanding, that they just simply havent gotten around to taking the pact worlds. they were content to watch the pact worlds and the veskarium fight each other while they worked towards their own goals. if you know you can just reach out and take something but you dont need it right now ... why waste effort?

[@nipperss3091]

@@TheMapleTable Or even better... Perhaps there is something on the backside of the mighty Azlanti Empire that has thier might commited, just to keep it at bay. Commiting resources to take a non-threat would spread them too thin to hold the line too.

[@Repicheep22]

Is that a map of the Starfinder galaxy at 0:48? Where did you get that!?

[@TheMapleTable]

Its a fan creation, ill post source when i can get home to update

[@TheMapleTable]

Here is the link to the map images.app.goo.gl/zVJBVYSpfJUettNg8

[@Kratos7560]

Talk about a dark mirror for a human led faction in a sci-fi setting.

[@Ryan-rq6dx]

What was that space map you threw on screen? I havent seen a "definded" starmap yet from paizo

[@TheMapleTable]

I believe that it was a fan created map

[@Ryan-rq6dx]

Cool. I like the near/vast space but i often have players that find it not satisfying.

[@zeehero7280]

What level of 2nd class citizen would Elves be?

[@siege1289]

I was notified of this 5 days after publication... wtf KZbin?

[@TheMapleTable]

KZbin notifications are very broken...

[@dakotacognion5219]

So the Azlanti Empire is basically a sci-fi version of the Roman Empire with some Nazi Germany and Star Wars Galactic Empire thrown in there for some extra fun. Interesting

[@aaronlirette1336]

Totally not human

[@TheMapleTable]

Better not be a goose...

[@lucasaugusto7743]

Is it safe to say that they are like the Imperium from 40k, but less trigger happy?

[@TheMapleTable]

I wouldn't go that far with not being trigger happy

[@lucasaugusto7743]

@@TheMapleTable Okay, so a little less grim dark or messed up?

[@angrytheclown801]

Or turn them into the Sovereign from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2!

[@AlexGoldhill]

Reading Pathfinder lore: The Alghollthu were dicks for causing the Starfall and destroying Azlant. Reading Starfinder lore: The Alghollthu did nothing wrong and the Azlanti deserved it.

[@FattyMcFox]

Imperial space racists.... where have i heard that before? Oh well, time to fire up the star-fighters and sing songs of rebellion.