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11 Planet Sophie is the setting for SAND: Raiders of Sophie. In the alternate history of the game, the Austro-Hungarian Empire pioneered space travel using newly discovered energy sources, and Sophie was one of its colonial worlds. Galicians from Western Ukraine were among the settlers encouraged to establish a new life on Sophie, drawn by the promise of resources and opportunity.
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33 The Disaster
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55 An unexplained ecological disaster struck Sophie, rendering the planet uninhabitable. Its settlers were forced to evacuate hastily, abandoning cities, ships, monuments, and vast stores of resources. The planet's seas dried up, turning the former sea floor into the vast desert that players explore in the present day.
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78 The Raiders
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910 Players take on the role of raiders who return to Sophie to reclaim what was promised to their people. These characters include Galicians, former soldiers, engineers, university researchers, occultists, and others drawn by the promise of valuable artifacts and resources. They operate out of an orbital station and descend to the surface in Tramplers for each expedition.
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1112 The Upiors
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1314 The Upiors are supernatural creatures that inhabit the surface of Sophie. Players can encounter them during expeditions and must choose to fight or evade them. They represent the non-player hostile threat in the PvPvE gameplay of SAND: Raiders of Sophie.
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1516 Key Locations
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1718 Location TypeDescriptionRuined citiesFormer colonial settlements now buried or crumbling under desert conditionsShipwrecksVessels left behind during the evacuation, now submerged in sandMonumentsStructures erected during the colonization eraFormer sea floorThe desert terrain itself; once the bottom of Sophie's oceansOrbital stationThe safe extraction destination where players return between expeditions