Alright fuck it. I like the winning plan, but dammit I spent an hour on mine, so I might as well chip in and try to get some votes.
Alright, so while we are obviously going to make other systems later on, this is the first and central creation within this universe, so I wanted it to be special. I went pretty over the top for each of the worlds, and I wanted each one to be a home for one of the first races. I wasnt able to fully explain what I wanted in the vote to save space, but I might as well let my creative juices spill right now. Now, each of the worlds is different, but one commonality is that they all have their own inhabitants, and a way for these inhabitants to grow.
The first world, Junath, is essentially what happens when you give the concept of matter and energy free reign to create as many different types if them as possible and shove them all in one planet. As a result, the planet itself is a mishmash of different materials with different properties. More mundane materials that can be found in real life are found in the middling depths, between the deep regions and the surface. Deeper in, you get "impossible" materials that are sci-fi like, with superconductors, liquid that is absolute zero, and surrounding the core of antimatter is a layer of truly impenetrable material that is neither stone, metal, or organic. Closer to the surface you get more elemental materials related to energy, like solid lightning, crystals that store force, etc. The surface is covered in different manifestations of different energies, and there are always at least a few continent sized storm equivalents that near the level of the rings at their worst. The most valuable materials only form in the centers of intense manifestations, and the ones formed from the center of the continent sized manifestations are the kind of materials used to fuel a planet killer. As mentioned in the vote, the planet is surrounded by rings of energy holding insane amounts of a single type of energy. The inhabitants of Junath are beings born of energy and matter, and for now Ill just call them elementals. If a material or a concentration of energy sits undisturbed for long enough, it will birth an elemental of the same type. Their strength varies based on exactly what they were birthed from, but they all stay within the same general range at birth. However, the more powerful their source, the faster they grow, so an elemental born from one of the continental superstorms will grow much faster than one from a common rock. They grow by absorbing their same material, and while they could use this to become larger, most try to compress newly absorbed material, as this makes them more durable. Obviously they would be able to manipulate their material, but they cant make more, so if they are in an area barren of their material, then they have to draw from their body.
Machina is what would happen if you made Cybertron have multiple sentient machine races, and then slapped on the superhero genre. The planet naturally produces one-time use crystals that awaken Esper abilities on touch, and the powers vary wildly. Basically expect any kind of classic superpower, and you will find it on someone. Technology here will always be far and above the other planets because while off worlders can use the crystals, mad-scientist, Sparks, Tinker powers, super intelligence, etc. only ever awaken in natives. Because of this, while Espers are utilized extensively in the general populace, tech production Espers are more valued.
Carcosa... I really feel bad for the poor bastards that have to live here. The entire planet is infested by massive organisms that operate on geological timescales, but can support whole fleshy ecosystems. Of course, most non monsters on this planet have to live their whole lives her, because outside of the organisms, the planet is a drug trip that is structured in such a way as to create naturally occuring cognitohazards. The beings that live on the outside are all your classic lovecraftian mindbreaking horrors, but they rarely enter the organisms as they find it alien. As for the inhabitants, this world was meant as a dark mirror of Faust, so it has humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, etc. The power system here is similar to Lord of the Mysteries, where they must gather materials to create concoctions to ascend and become more than mortal. There are several different pathways, starting with Sequence 9 all the way to Sequence 0. The materials for the concoctioms of Sequence 9 and 8 are abailable in the organism safe havens, but for Sequence 7 and above they must venture outside to gather materials. Rising in Sequence grants abilities related to their Pathway, strengthens existing ones, creates and grows a Beyonder Characteristic, and also allows the mind to become more adaptive, allowing them to percieve the outsied without going insane. However, ascending carries the risk of losing control and fevolving into a monster. Of course the further away from the organism an area is, the more eldritch it is, but the materials required for higher Sequences only exist in these zones, requiring Beyonders to venture further out in order to grow. In addition, at Sequence 5 and above, one must perform a ritual in addition to the potion, and ascending to Sequence 0 requires 4 things: A potion for Sequence 0, an absolutely insane ritual (One Pathway might need to fool time/space/history, another might need to kill a Sequence 0 as Sequence 1, etc.), and a Uniqueness, a single unique item that corresponds to a Pathway that can only be found in the center of the most eldritch abyss. Each of the 22 Pathways is based on a Tarot Card, and there can only be 3 Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics of a single Pathway at anytime. In addition, there can only be 1 Sequence 0 of each Pathway at a time, and because all Sequence 0 Potions require 2 Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics aside from yours, if there is a Sequence 0 of a Pathway there will be no Sequence 1s. Sequence 4 and above also require anchors to keep themselves grounded, mostly coming in the form of prayers and worship directed towards them, or they will lose control.
Faust is your standard High-fantasy world. Its similiar to the early times of the Age of Man in Fate, where while Physics is mostly obeyed, enough magic and/or belief can supersede it. Other than that, its got pantheons, dragons, elves, humans, etc. Magitech is also commonplace here.
Gravitas is a black hole surrounded by a planet of solid gravity. As this doesnt have a color, being on the planet looks like floating above a black hole. As stated in the vote, gravity is variable and constantly fluctuates, aside from a few safe areas. The inhabitants are basically baby singularities. Their birth rate is extremely low, and they are born by splitting off of the core and the swimming through till they reach the surface. The inhabitants are similar to the planet, being tiny black holes surrounded by a body of solid gravity. They choose the exact shape of their body, and they can freelly swim through the planet by manipulating their body. The inhabitants are obviously gravikinetics, and they grow by feeding on gravity. Luckilly, there are few of them and the black hole is self sustaining, so its not in danger of getting eaten by the inhabitants
Glitch is, as said in the vote, a mass of spatio temporal errors in the rough shape of a planet contained by a sphere. If any unprotected being went in, they would most likely immediately die, as their body is torn apart by the errors. The inhabitants are Glitches, living masses of errors that can grow by adding new errors to themselves. The largest Glitches are some of the most powerful beings among the 6 planets, only being rivaled by Carcosa's Sequence 0s, Faust's Pantheons, and maybe the most powerful Espers of Machina. Despite this, the sphere prevents errors above a certain severity from leaving, so most Glitches are more manageable. Generally, Glitches are mischevious and like to play pranks as well
And here is my advertisement for my plan! a full 1400+ words detailing my ideas! Any thoughts? Also
@WilyMachineKing1, sorry if I was a bit presumptuous in detailing my ideas. If you dont want to write any part of these, feel free to ignore that part!
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Me: *Spends an hour making an effort post to try to get my plan to win*
QM: Votes Closed!
Me:... *Deep Breath*... AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH-
My god I just spent an hour on this to get ninjad by the vote closing.
Why am I still here, just to suffer?