Post by njrk97 on May 4, 2016 10:01:49 GMT
Okay so the plot of the site is sorta all over the place in terms of Info and I know how annoying it is to change your history, so I figured I would gather the major plot of the site in one thread so that people can read it and get a clear idea of what stuff may break site canon.
Okay so to begin with let’s start with some establishing information, now due to the site being a prequel AU some stuff is different than how it played out in the show. Remembering I created this site around the time ‘Secret Team’ was aired, so I worked with what I had to work with and filled in the gaps when needed.
So to begin with
With the cut-off though Earth’s Kindergarten soon became unguarded allowing gems to pry.
Thanks to the message by Rose Quartz though all gems are Earth now know that the kindergartens damage planets they are on. While normally this info was kept more somewhat more secured (The idea being it then stopped alien races from finding out the weaknesses of the injectors).
Gems are a caste based society which basically means that every gem is created for a specific role and is expected to fill that role within certain ranges. Using some examples from the show.
Quartz (Rose,Jasper,Amethyst): Soldiers, as confirmed by the show Quartz gems seem to all be created for the express purposes of being soldiers. What type of soldier seems to vary. Rose for example seemed to be more defensive and similar to combat medics, while Amethysts and Jasper are more of the frontline.
Pearls: Are unique in the fact that they are specialised servants, according to the show they are ‘made to order’ and are designed to be flaunted around by high ranking gems as a status symbol.
Corundum (Rubies, Sapphires): This one seems to be tricky and doesn’t have a set caste for all Corundum. From what we have seen rubies are low ranked soldier, below Quartzs, and Sapphires are uncommon oracle gems.
You get the idea though
Now these were also made before info about the Diamonds was revealed so the Diamonds roles on here are also different than what we have seen in the show, although its also a bit unclear on the show whether the Diamonds have divided up roles. Regardless on the site Diamonds 'specializations' so to speak, are this:
Yellow Diamond; Military: Yellow Diamond is in charge of the Military faction along with being in charge of the Homeworld Expansion program and the Kindergarten Placement Initiative. By Extension Yellow Diamond is the leader of hundreds of gem controlled planets and colonies. The court of Yellow Diamond is a dogmatic and militaristic court, consisting of many different type of soldiers,technicians and generals (among all her non combat and bureaucratic standard gems) all designed to defend and expand not only her own colonies, but the colonies of her fellow Diamonds. In this regard Yellow Diamonds court functions as a military of sorts, having members being called in when the standard soldiers of the other diamonds court may need additional combat gems during a expansion effort or operations, among other various uses in regards to warships and other technology.
Blue Diamond; Technology, Culture: Blue Diamond is in charge of most of the colony affairs regarding culture and tech. Although Yellow Diamond is in charge of the Kindergarten Placement, Blue Diamond is in charge of the Kindergarten Development sector. Most gems under Blue Diamond are engineers, developing tech and other gadgets for homeworld and her own and the other diamonds colonies, or they are politicians,aristocrats or gems in charge of culture on various colonies, some are even bodyguards for high-ranking gems. Although it is uncommon for Gems under Blue Diamond to be off world it’s not unheard of, places like the Lunar sea spire and other ‘tourism’ spots on gem controlled planets have gems under Blue Diamond's court working in them as entertainers or guards. and her own personal court may often make excursion to the other Diamonds colonies, a regal and aristocratic affair to form greater bonds between the high ranking gems of each Diamond's court. Blue Diamond like Yellow also has many Colonies of her own, with various soldiers,bureaucrats and technicians on them.
White Diamond; Elite: Unlike the other sub-faction gems under White Diamond lacks a traditional speciality, instead the gems created or indoctrinated into her court represent the most elite, either for being experts, hugely committed to a certain field, or being excessively adaptable to all situation. Most Gem under white Diamond have been shifted from one of the other Diamonds due to some factors which makes them a notch above regular gems.Gems formed directly for her court are very rare and are seldom seen. Many members of the White Diamond division have the logos of the other sub-factions as a badge of honour along with the their White Logo. White Diamonds court will often stay on homeworld, with only a handful being stationed on the other colonies.
1. On Homeworld Fusion is still mostly seen as a weapon that gems use when fighting.
2. Gems of the same type fusing still just makes a larger version of that gem
And the main difference
1. Inter-gem fusion is still scrutinised and often seem as blasphemous, but unlike the show gems will not be shattered on sight if they do this, provided there is an adequate reason for the gems to be fused (Combat for example).
2. Garnet was not the first inter-gem fusion. This hasn’t been 100% confirmed in the show, but if it proves to be true then this point will apply to the site.
State1: The gem is infected but displays only small physical or no physical changes.
State2: The gem can become a monster form but is still sentient and can shift back down to their human form.
I believe that just about covers it for the general changes, so now to get into divergences between the shows history and the site’s history.
So the main thing I hammer home is that the Gem war 6000 years ago in the show has not occurred yet, the strawberry battlefield doesn’t exist and there has been no war. This is because two tiny decisions that spiralled in a massive butterfly effect.
1.Homeworld considered Earth a backwater planet and as Pinks First Colony, the Other Diamonds decided to not invest a huge amount of intercourt resources for gem expansion on it, letting Pink Diamond get a better perspective on how to manage her own resources without her Fellow Diamonds propping her up constantly, thus building of gems structures on the planet took way longer than it did in the show. This is why our site has the same amount of gem structures, despite having an additional 5997 years for stuff to be built.
2. Because of the above, Rose didn’t decide to rebel until 5997 years after when she did in the show. As stated this is because the expansion on the planet was far slower so Rose didn’t see the need to protect the planet until far later.
So the full Timeline goes as followed
• (Unavailable) Gems arrived on Earth, now it’s near impossible to pin down exactly when they came to Earth. Pearl mentions they were around when hunter gather societies still existed. This by itself is inconsistent though as hunter gather cultures have existed since 70,000 years ago and still exist somewhat today. Peridot’s line about dominant life forms seems to also imply that gems may have been present since when dinosaurs existed, which is between 230 and 65 million years ago. So basically gems have been around since before recorded human history it seems.
• (Unavailable) Over the course of several thousand or million years they begin setting up some gem structures, along with the warps. Only a small amount of resources are given to the planet though making construction a very slow process
• (4000 BC) Construction was going at a still slow pace. Blue Diamond and Pink Diamond decided to visit this new planet. An incident caused a Ruby and Sapphire in Blue Diamond’s court to fuse. Although she initially planned to have them be broken. Pink Diamond stepped in and requested the gems be kept alive and moved under her control, claiming that may open up some new medical possibilities for damaged gems.
• (2013 AD/2013): The Homeworld warps are mysteriously destroyed and the communication hub is sabotaged. Leaving all gems on Earth stranded. Along with this the ‘corruption’ begins infecting gems and turning them into monsters.Due to these events the Kindergartens are left abandoned,gems venturing out to find answers to the radio silence,or becoming victims of the corrupted gems that seem drawn to them.
• (2015 AD/2015) The Communication hubs crackles to life with a one way transmission. Rose Quartz sending out a desperate message to the gems on Earth, she explains about how she couldn’t stand by and watch another planet be destroyed and that she was responsible for the damaged warps and communication hub. Trapped on Homeworld to try and keep the warps down, she begs all those on Earth to fight and protect the planet, decreeing that all those who fight for Earth will no longer be shackled by their caste, but instead will be united under one name, the ‘Crystal Gems’ and marked with a star of the sky above. With that the message ends and Rose’s fate is left a mystery.
• (2016 AD/2016) Pink Diamond finally returns to her Moon base after some private business on Homeworld. When she discovers the communication and warps blackout she elected to send a small team to investigate. The team returned with the message of the rebellion stirring on Earth,explaining what has happened to the Earth in her absence. With a rebellion on her hands Pink Diamond elects to take it slow, keeping the warps down so the rebels cant reach her easy and bolstering her court with gems from the other Diamonds. Additionally she begins sending small teams of gems down on various missions,be it reconnaissance or rescue missions to help evacuate all the stranded loyal gems on Earth. This is simply the calm before the storm and its only a matter of time before the full war will ignite.
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This thread will also double as a question and answer thread,if you have any questions regarding any of this stuff don't be afraid to ask, trust me its better to check stuff in your planning stage of your history. Instead of having to rewrite large chunks of your history after you have already typed it out.
Okay so to begin with let’s start with some establishing information, now due to the site being a prequel AU some stuff is different than how it played out in the show. Remembering I created this site around the time ‘Secret Team’ was aired, so I worked with what I had to work with and filled in the gaps when needed.
So to begin with
The Kindergarten
Now this was a pretty big aspect that was introduced to the site when it was revealed in the show. On here Kindergartens are heavily guarded and very secretive. The general gem populace isn’t really meant to know the finer details of how they work, all that is really know by the public is that its where gems are created. Those working in the Kindergarten as guards or scientists have a better idea of the finer details of operation though.With the cut-off though Earth’s Kindergarten soon became unguarded allowing gems to pry.
Thanks to the message by Rose Quartz though all gems are Earth now know that the kindergartens damage planets they are on. While normally this info was kept more somewhat more secured (The idea being it then stopped alien races from finding out the weaknesses of the injectors).
Homeworld
This is still a rather tricky topic and the lack of information is primarily why I have gems trapped on Earth in the first place. With that said though there is somewhat of an established site-canon for Homeworld, with more information in the Homeworld faction information. The main things though are as followed.Gems are a caste based society which basically means that every gem is created for a specific role and is expected to fill that role within certain ranges. Using some examples from the show.
Quartz (Rose,Jasper,Amethyst): Soldiers, as confirmed by the show Quartz gems seem to all be created for the express purposes of being soldiers. What type of soldier seems to vary. Rose for example seemed to be more defensive and similar to combat medics, while Amethysts and Jasper are more of the frontline.
Pearls: Are unique in the fact that they are specialised servants, according to the show they are ‘made to order’ and are designed to be flaunted around by high ranking gems as a status symbol.
Corundum (Rubies, Sapphires): This one seems to be tricky and doesn’t have a set caste for all Corundum. From what we have seen rubies are low ranked soldier, below Quartzs, and Sapphires are uncommon oracle gems.
You get the idea though
Leadership
Now Homeworld seems to currently be run as a Quadarchy. We know from the show that the Diamonds currently rule Homeworld and various colonies with Yellow,Blue,Pink and White Diamond. All gems serve one of more of the Diamonds.Now these were also made before info about the Diamonds was revealed so the Diamonds roles on here are also different than what we have seen in the show, although its also a bit unclear on the show whether the Diamonds have divided up roles. Regardless on the site Diamonds 'specializations' so to speak, are this:
Yellow Diamond; Military: Yellow Diamond is in charge of the Military faction along with being in charge of the Homeworld Expansion program and the Kindergarten Placement Initiative. By Extension Yellow Diamond is the leader of hundreds of gem controlled planets and colonies. The court of Yellow Diamond is a dogmatic and militaristic court, consisting of many different type of soldiers,technicians and generals (among all her non combat and bureaucratic standard gems) all designed to defend and expand not only her own colonies, but the colonies of her fellow Diamonds. In this regard Yellow Diamonds court functions as a military of sorts, having members being called in when the standard soldiers of the other diamonds court may need additional combat gems during a expansion effort or operations, among other various uses in regards to warships and other technology.
Blue Diamond; Technology, Culture: Blue Diamond is in charge of most of the colony affairs regarding culture and tech. Although Yellow Diamond is in charge of the Kindergarten Placement, Blue Diamond is in charge of the Kindergarten Development sector. Most gems under Blue Diamond are engineers, developing tech and other gadgets for homeworld and her own and the other diamonds colonies, or they are politicians,aristocrats or gems in charge of culture on various colonies, some are even bodyguards for high-ranking gems. Although it is uncommon for Gems under Blue Diamond to be off world it’s not unheard of, places like the Lunar sea spire and other ‘tourism’ spots on gem controlled planets have gems under Blue Diamond's court working in them as entertainers or guards. and her own personal court may often make excursion to the other Diamonds colonies, a regal and aristocratic affair to form greater bonds between the high ranking gems of each Diamond's court. Blue Diamond like Yellow also has many Colonies of her own, with various soldiers,bureaucrats and technicians on them.
White Diamond; Elite: Unlike the other sub-faction gems under White Diamond lacks a traditional speciality, instead the gems created or indoctrinated into her court represent the most elite, either for being experts, hugely committed to a certain field, or being excessively adaptable to all situation. Most Gem under white Diamond have been shifted from one of the other Diamonds due to some factors which makes them a notch above regular gems.Gems formed directly for her court are very rare and are seldom seen. Many members of the White Diamond division have the logos of the other sub-factions as a badge of honour along with the their White Logo. White Diamonds court will often stay on homeworld, with only a handful being stationed on the other colonies.
Pink Diamond; Medical: Pink Diamond is in charge of most medical advancements regarding Homeworld/the colonies, and mostly specialises in combat medics or other aspects that help keep gems functioning at peak performance levels. They also move towards developing tech (In unison with Blue Diamond) to quickly and efficiently repair minor damage to gems to allow them to continue out in the field. Or in some cases, to find uses for damaged gems, such as powering machinery or artefacts. Pink Diamond has only recently just began her reign and as such only has the planet of the Earth, her first colony as the youngest Diamond. Her court is smaller then the other but is equally diverse, with a variety of gems of different roles present.
((With the show now concluded this Section should be updated
Fusion
Yet again how Homeworld handles fusion was only recently revealed on the show and as such it’s different in some aspects. Firstly what is the same:1. On Homeworld Fusion is still mostly seen as a weapon that gems use when fighting.
2. Gems of the same type fusing still just makes a larger version of that gem
And the main difference
1. Inter-gem fusion is still scrutinised and often seem as blasphemous, but unlike the show gems will not be shattered on sight if they do this, provided there is an adequate reason for the gems to be fused (Combat for example).
2. Garnet was not the first inter-gem fusion. This hasn’t been 100% confirmed in the show, but if it proves to be true then this point will apply to the site.
Corruption
Since corruption is still a mysterious and unexplained thing in the show I chose to create a unique justification for it on the site. On here the corruption is some form of a virus that infects gemstones. The corruption is isolated to Earth and how it started is still shrouded in mystery, rumours persist that it was started in the Kindergartens and grew from there. Each gem is affected differently by the disease, some are able to resist its influence and are currently able avoid taking on a monster form. Others are not so lucky and have already lost control, turning into the mindless creatures we see from the show, and a gifted few are able to control and embrace it insanity, assuming a monster form whenever they wish and being able to back afterwards. Although the mental stability of these gems are thrown into question. On here the transformation progresses into three states once a person is infected and they can’t resist its influence.State1: The gem is infected but displays only small physical or no physical changes.
State2: The gem can become a monster form but is still sentient and can shift back down to their human form.
State3: The gem is trapped in a monster form, losing all its humanoid qualities and becoming beasts. (This is the state that all the gem monsters in the show are in)
* With more clear information we have about Corruption this concept for corruption may be merged and amalgamated with what we known from the show. So this section is tentative and may be updated. For now its somewhat irrelevant, most gems do not really know much about how or what corruption is.
Timeline
I believe that just about covers it for the general changes, so now to get into divergences between the shows history and the site’s history.
So the main thing I hammer home is that the Gem war 6000 years ago in the show has not occurred yet, the strawberry battlefield doesn’t exist and there has been no war. This is because two tiny decisions that spiralled in a massive butterfly effect.
1.Homeworld considered Earth a backwater planet and as Pinks First Colony, the Other Diamonds decided to not invest a huge amount of intercourt resources for gem expansion on it, letting Pink Diamond get a better perspective on how to manage her own resources without her Fellow Diamonds propping her up constantly, thus building of gems structures on the planet took way longer than it did in the show. This is why our site has the same amount of gem structures, despite having an additional 5997 years for stuff to be built.
2. Because of the above, Rose didn’t decide to rebel until 5997 years after when she did in the show. As stated this is because the expansion on the planet was far slower so Rose didn’t see the need to protect the planet until far later.
So the full Timeline goes as followed
• (Unavailable) Gems arrived on Earth, now it’s near impossible to pin down exactly when they came to Earth. Pearl mentions they were around when hunter gather societies still existed. This by itself is inconsistent though as hunter gather cultures have existed since 70,000 years ago and still exist somewhat today. Peridot’s line about dominant life forms seems to also imply that gems may have been present since when dinosaurs existed, which is between 230 and 65 million years ago. So basically gems have been around since before recorded human history it seems.
• (Unavailable) Over the course of several thousand or million years they begin setting up some gem structures, along with the warps. Only a small amount of resources are given to the planet though making construction a very slow process
• (4000 BC) Construction was going at a still slow pace. Blue Diamond and Pink Diamond decided to visit this new planet. An incident caused a Ruby and Sapphire in Blue Diamond’s court to fuse. Although she initially planned to have them be broken. Pink Diamond stepped in and requested the gems be kept alive and moved under her control, claiming that may open up some new medical possibilities for damaged gems.
• (2013 AD/2013): The Homeworld warps are mysteriously destroyed and the communication hub is sabotaged. Leaving all gems on Earth stranded. Along with this the ‘corruption’ begins infecting gems and turning them into monsters.Due to these events the Kindergartens are left abandoned,gems venturing out to find answers to the radio silence,or becoming victims of the corrupted gems that seem drawn to them.
• (2015 AD/2015) The Communication hubs crackles to life with a one way transmission. Rose Quartz sending out a desperate message to the gems on Earth, she explains about how she couldn’t stand by and watch another planet be destroyed and that she was responsible for the damaged warps and communication hub. Trapped on Homeworld to try and keep the warps down, she begs all those on Earth to fight and protect the planet, decreeing that all those who fight for Earth will no longer be shackled by their caste, but instead will be united under one name, the ‘Crystal Gems’ and marked with a star of the sky above. With that the message ends and Rose’s fate is left a mystery.
• (2016 AD/2016) Pink Diamond finally returns to her Moon base after some private business on Homeworld. When she discovers the communication and warps blackout she elected to send a small team to investigate. The team returned with the message of the rebellion stirring on Earth,explaining what has happened to the Earth in her absence. With a rebellion on her hands Pink Diamond elects to take it slow, keeping the warps down so the rebels cant reach her easy and bolstering her court with gems from the other Diamonds. Additionally she begins sending small teams of gems down on various missions,be it reconnaissance or rescue missions to help evacuate all the stranded loyal gems on Earth. This is simply the calm before the storm and its only a matter of time before the full war will ignite.
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This thread will also double as a question and answer thread,if you have any questions regarding any of this stuff don't be afraid to ask, trust me its better to check stuff in your planning stage of your history. Instead of having to rewrite large chunks of your history after you have already typed it out.
(which means, since I'm blue colored and in the Blue Court, you are pink...ish and in the Pink Court, Light is in the Yellow Court. Alway knew he is a cute little secret agent of the mighty Imperial Army)