Sudra

Description

Sudra is the planet where the events of Axiom Verge take place.

History

Hundreds of years before the events of Axiom Verge, Sudra was a gateway world between universes, a port to civilizations with advanced technologies. However, at some point, the Sudrans' progeny gradually less scientifically literate. As a result, this port world experienced a collapse and the gateway was closed. The Sudrans in the planet fell into a state of isolation, the result of their descendants regarding their own technology with superstition. The Sudrans forgot their world's role as a gateway to pass through the Breach and instead used the Breach to keep outsiders away.

When the prime Trace arrives on Sudra, its civilization has collapsed, its inhabitants no longer remembering the purpose of their technology. The Sudrans have become an incredibly xenophobic society, shunning all outsiders and viewing their own technology with religious reverence. The Sudrans no longer permit travel between worlds. They see the Breach as a barrier to shut them off from the outside universe.

The prime Trace and his colleague Hammond discover Sudra's incredible technology and use a Rebirth Chamber to completely heal them of injuries gained from the lab explosion back on Earth. For some time, Trace explores Sudra and makes contact with its inhabitants. According to the Faded Note, Trace eventually decides that the Sudran technology is too dangerous to bring back to Earth, believing it is connected to the catastrophic collapse of Sudra's civilization. Trace, Hammond, and any of Trace's clones then attempt to go "upstream - to the Filter, or whatever lies beyond - for answers." This suggests that the group attempted to traverse the Breach and reach other worlds in order to gain more knowledge of the universe and other worlds' advanced technology.