SEASON 1 — ARTICLE 1
THE GREAT EXPLOSION
Long before the present age, OI’RTH was one of the most advanced civilizations ever known.
Its people built towering cities across unstable lands, traveled through hidden dimensional routes, and powered entire regions with technologies that seemed impossible by today’s standards. Massive trade networks connected distant territories. Machines performed tasks beyond human capability. Knowledge and innovation shaped every aspect of life.
For generations, OI’RTH prospered.
Then everything changed.
At the height of its advancement, a catastrophic event struck the world.
“Today, it is remembered only as The Great Explosion.” — OI’RTH Ancient Record
No surviving record explains exactly what happened.
Some ancient accounts claim it was a scientific experiment that failed. Others believe it was the result of a devastating war. A few legends suggest that forces beyond human understanding were involved.
Whatever the truth may be, the consequences were undeniable.
The explosion shattered civilizations. Entire cities vanished. Advanced infrastructure collapsed. Communication networks disappeared. Countless technologies were lost beneath the surface of the world.
The age of progress came to an abrupt end.
In the centuries that followed, survivors rebuilt what they could. New settlements emerged among the ruins of the old world. Knowledge became fragmented. History slowly transformed into myth.
Many of the greatest achievements of ancient OI’RTH were forgotten.
Yet not everything was destroyed.
According to scattered records and surviving legends, pieces of the ancient technology survived the catastrophe. These mysterious relics became known as The Fragments of the Galaxy.
No one knows exactly how many exist. No one knows where they are hidden.
Some believe they were scattered across OI’RTH during the Great Explosion. Others believe they were deliberately concealed to prevent their power from falling into the wrong hands.
Over time, stories about the Fragments spread throughout the world. Some dismissed them as myths. Others dedicated their lives to searching for them.
The legends claimed that each Fragment contained traces of the lost technology of ancient OI’RTH.
If true, they could reveal secrets buried for generations. They could unlock forgotten knowledge. They could change the future of the world.
But centuries passed without proof.
The Fragments remained hidden. Their locations unknown. Their technology dormant.
Buried beneath ruins. Lost within forgotten landscapes.
Waiting.
“The Great Explosion had ended one age.
The search for what survived it was about to begin.” — Season 1 Archive
And somewhere in the depths of OI’RTH, forces were already beginning to search for them.
“The signal is the key.
The fragments are the path.
But the choice… that is yours alone.” — The First Transmission