Type: Class E (Earthlike)
Affiliation: Independent
Gohem is the homeworld of the Orags, a sapient species descended from Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals). The planet is a near twin of Earth, with similar gravity, climate zones, and biosphere composition. Orag tradition holds that their ancestors were transplanted to Gohem by mysterious entities referred to as the “Sky Fathers,” though the nature and origin of this intervention remain unknown.
Despite centuries of contact with the Compact of Humanity in Assembly, Gohem has remained resolutely independent, declining to join the Compact or any of its formal alliances. This independence has allowed the Orags to preserve their unique cultural, linguistic, and scientific identity.
The most widely spoken Orag language is strikingly similar—both visually and phonetically—to reconstructed Proto-Indo-European, making linguistic and anthropological collaboration with Homo sapiens unusually effective. Though Orag culture includes familiar social structures like councils and family clans, their society emphasizes biological longevity, modesty, and consensus rather than hierarchy.
Gohem is home to the Peandargoem, the World Clinic, which serves as the galaxy’s leading facility for amortality research. The Orags’ groundbreaking rejuvenation technique, known as bio-overwrite, originated here.
Appearances: Chasing Eternity, Suicide Run