Human Civilizations of Rasalum

Humanity is one of the oldest and most prevalent races in the galaxy. The race is divided into various factions and groups spread across starships, space stations and a small number of planets throughout the Rasalum nebula and possibly beyond.

History
The homeworld of humanity has long been lost to history, though a number of suggestions have been made by the galactic community. The race has survived in one form or another across successive generations of galactic politics, the earliest known histories discovered regarding interaction with alien races across archeological sites usually include descriptions of humans.

Evolution
Humanity clearly evolved on a planet with gravity rather than being a race born to spacefaring due to their bodies requiring artificial gravity in order to prevent degradation over extended periods in space. They have however adapted quite well to life in space, with many spending their whole lives in habitats and artificial environments.

Civilisation
As mentioned above, there is little historical evidence showing a time in galactic history when humans in some form or another were not active members of the galactic community, outliving the empires and kingdoms of other races. However, equally unknown is any period in which humanity was a dominant race in the galaxy, or was united in any way.

Humanity is currently divided, with no faction dominating the future of the race. The race is mainly bound to travel through the stars across thousands of artificial habitats and starships, usually placing themselves on the edges of empires belonging to other races. As such they are almost always the minority wherever they are, and groups of humans rarely attain enough political or economic clout to influence local affairs. This is doubly true in Pillar, where there is seldom room for a new political force, even if Humanity were to somehow unite itself.

Orkinda
Orkinda or "Children of Or" in the Orvaq tongue is the name given to the human minority living in the Or system. The majority of those living in Or live in orbital stations or in other spacebourne habitats rather than the surface of Or. While many of these are are wealthy traders, business people and other figures of importance, some are the descendents of refugees or others who fled the Ulossi-Orvaq conflict. Some of the wealthy elite of the Orkinda have made a home for themselves on Poroq or in its fashionable orbitals. Many of the poorer humans scavenge from Galq or Ra as a way to get by.