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'''[[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]]''' was the ancestral homeworld of the [[Human (Galaxa)]] species and the cradle of Galaxan humanity’s rise to interstellar civilization. Though its name echoes across countless universes—[[Kosmos]], [[Apokalyptika]], [[Stratum]]—the Terra Prime of the [[Galaxa]] universe is wholly distinct, orbiting the star known as [[Sol (Galaxa)]], and accompanied by a single natural moon, [[Luna (Galaxa)]].

Following the devastating [[Exodus (Galaxa)]] of the human population millions of Galaxan years ago, Terra Prime’s exact location was lost. It remains a place of legend, cultural memory, and spiritual longing.

== Geography and Climate ==
[[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] was a cool, [[Earth-like Worlds|Earth-like]] planet marked by large polar ice caps and stable biospheres. Three major continents—[[Nobren]], [[Delex]], and [[Okna]]—dominated its surface, separated by the vast oceans of [[Deluj Ocean|Deluj]] and [[Mokal Ocean|Mokal]].

The capital of [[Nobren]], '''[[Aldyren City]]''', was home to the [[United Council (Galaxa)|United Council]] and stood as the largest human city before the [[Exodus (Galaxa)]]. Environmental records suggest that Terra Prime had a rich variety of climates, ecosystems, and biomes, from tundras to rainforests.

== Solar System ==
[[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] orbited [[Sol (Galaxa)]], a stable yellow star comparable in output to [[Sol (Kosmos)]]. Its system included the planets:
* [[Qoneris]]
* [[Asteria]]
* [[Falvorth]]
* [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]]
* [[Aris]]
* [[Mentaculus]]
* [[Novithrus]]
* [[Omnilus]]
* [[Overith]]
* [[Stelikar]]

In addition to [[Luna (Galaxa)]], Terra Prime was orbited by ten artificial [[Drydocks of Terra Prime|drydocks]] constructed during the [[Exodus (Galaxa)]]—massive orbital facilities capable of constructing and launching full-scale [[Colony Ships]].

== History and Development ==
[[Human (Galaxa)]] civilization on Terra Prime spanned approximately 40,000 years. In its final centuries, five superpowers dominated the world:
* [[Castilen States]]
* [[Vorthus]]
* [[Kantra]]
* [[Seftus Empire]]
* [[Kofarlen]]

A Cold War between the [[Seftus Empire]] and the [[Kantra]]–[[Vorthus]]–[[Castilen States]] alliance shaped global geopolitics until First Contact with the [[Elvari]]. [[Kofarlen]], suffering internal collapse, later rejoined the unified [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] under mutual necessity.

== First Contact and Exodus ==
[[Elvari]] contact changed everything. Though humanity had long suspected alien life—due to intercepted broadcasts and hostile probes (believed to be [[Zetan]])—it was the [[Class-III Teleka Drive]] gifted by the Elvari that forever altered human destiny.

Each of the [[Five Powers of Terra Prime]] built four [[Colony Ships]], totaling twenty. These vessels were launched from the ten orbital [[Drydocks of Terra Prime|drydocks]]. The extraction of resources to construct them, however, ravaged [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]]’s ecosystems. When the ships departed, only a few aging humans remained behind. Within centuries, the planet was abandoned entirely.

== Megastructures and Monuments ==
Though time has buried or eroded much, it is widely believed that many of Terra Prime's cities, monuments, and spiritual landmarks still exist—either beneath layers of ice, rock, or regrowth. The great city of [[Aldyren City]] may yet remain intact beneath frozen plains or tectonic collapse.

== Disappearance and Myth ==
Despite its cultural importance, the location of [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] is unknown in the modern era. Early [[Galaxan Star Charts|star charts]] have become obsolete due to stellar drift, and even interstellar archives have proven unreliable after millions of years.

Only the [[Ursid]] species claim to know its location, as they have continued to inhabit it. In [[Ursid Culture]], only males leave Terra Prime, while females remain in seclusion. The planet is sacred to their tradition, and they refuse to share its location with outsiders.

== Cultural Legacy ==
The memory of [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] lives on in:
* Art and architecture preserved aboard the original [[Colony Ships]].
* Holidays like the [[Day of Thanks (Galaxa)]], celebrated even by non-humans.
* Bedtime stories, conservationist literature, and myths passed between generations.
* Sacred symbols, including abstract forms of the [[Goddess of Terra|mythological goddess of the Earth]], mountain crowns, or stylized oceans—used in [[Human (Galaxa)]] spirituality and design.

Some claim to possess lost maps or divine visions pointing to [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]], but no verifiable rediscovery has occurred.

== Trivia ==
* Some elite human families tattoo [[coordinate glyphs]] believed to encode the star system of [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]].
* The [[Day of Thanks (Galaxa)]] holiday originates from Terra Prime, though its rituals have evolved across different human cultures.
* Interstellar treasure hunters prize authentic art relics from [[Terra Prime (Galaxa)]] above nearly all other [[Human Artifacts]].
* The ancient [[Deep Space Listening Post]] network that first intercepted alien broadcasts has never been rediscovered.
* Human children still learn lullabies allegedly composed in [[Aldyren City]]’s music academies, passed down across millennia.

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