We actually just got an app for Piter de Vries! (I'm the headmod, hi, I'm too lazy to log out.) So Dune characters are totally welcome.
While the game doesn't take place in the Dune universe, the station and its overlord AI, Hypatia, were designed and constructed by Ixians for a deep-space terraforming mission. This took place prior to the Bulterian Jihad, though the seeds of that movement had already taken root by time they set off.
The long (...very long) version is on our history page, but the tl;dr version is that Hypatia was infected by an alien supervirus, which caused the entire planet and the station around it were shifted into another universe. The AI became corrupted, and eventually the Ixians were driven down to the planet below. There are other elements woven in from the Dune universe; I actually just took the game over a couple months ago, so how much of it is going to reach gameplay is still being ironed out.
I don't want to tl;dr at you right off the bat, but if you've got any questions I'd be more than happy to answer them.
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While the game doesn't take place in the Dune universe, the station and its overlord AI, Hypatia, were designed and constructed by Ixians for a deep-space terraforming mission. This took place prior to the Bulterian Jihad, though the seeds of that movement had already taken root by time they set off.
The long (...very long) version is on our history page, but the tl;dr version is that Hypatia was infected by an alien supervirus, which caused the entire planet and the station around it were shifted into another universe. The AI became corrupted, and eventually the Ixians were driven down to the planet below. There are other elements woven in from the Dune universe; I actually just took the game over a couple months ago, so how much of it is going to reach gameplay is still being ironed out.
I don't want to tl;dr at you right off the bat, but if you've got any questions I'd be more than happy to answer them.
also your username is amazing oh my god