What it is?

A massive spaceship, capable of traveling the galaxy. Although the people inside are called "passengers", they are not permitted to go outside the Cryo-chambers.

Only the authorized personnel can walk through its many aisles and corridors.

What is its mission?

To carry the chosen (Tandem) to a destined planet. The spaceship then will change its function and act as the first human base outside Earth.

The ship is divided into sections

The Cryo-Chambers. (At least two had been mentioned)

The Hangar. (Here is where aircraft and all-terrain vehicles are stored. 

The Armory. (Filled with weapons and power suits)

The Bridge. (Where the Isabella AI is stored)

Staff Facilities. (Rooms for the people working outside The Novus) 

An MMORPG Virtual Reality game.

To access it, you have to enter cryo-sleep through a pod inside the cryo-chambers.

People from the outside cannot interact with it. Once inside, people cannot send messages to the outside world.

Although it has a Fantasy-Medieval setting, it has modern commodities, like Videochat, Instant-messages apps. Video Feed. Music. Modern restrooms and restaurants.

The design of the armors and combat outfits are not completely medieval and may have some kind of futuristic vibe to them.  (Have you seen the game Honkai Impact 3?)

There is no such thing as teleportation unless you have died and respawned in a previously saved checkpoint. Checkpoints can be any town, city, an owned house or guild headquarters.

You are immortal inside the Novus, but half of your gold will be subtracted from your account if you're killed.

Chapter 10 - Finally, Retribution? Spoiler

The size of The Novus world may be comparable to that of the real Earth.

Earth is no longer habitable.

You cannot have children unless the World Government permits it. This only happens once every 20 years.

Once the government allows it, there is a four-year period to have a legal child. Only two babies maximum per family.

The Tandem was this last generation of babies. They are now between 16 and 19 years old.

90% of The Santa María's population are Tandem teens.

All non-staff people inside the Santa María are called Passengers.

Inside the Novus they are now called Users.

With time, Users had been trying to distinguish themselves according to how they interact with the System.

GAMERS: Those that just want to have fun with the combat aspect of The Novus. Highly competitive folk. Since they're always getting gold, they can self-sustain their daily life adventures.

ROLE PLAYERS: Those that stay in-game character. They usually try to hang around with those of the same group. They come up with stories of why they do their everyday stuff and pretend they have been Isekai'd in there. While speaking to the most passionate PLAYERS, you may not know if they are really acting up, or if they really believe their lies.

 PASSIVES: Any User who prefers to have a relaxed life inside The Novus, which has stopped leveling up, can be considered a PASSIVE. Because of their low level (around level 30 and up), they usually live in cities and towns to be protected by GUILDS and NPC GUARDS. Most of them work for someone else and crave the latest surge of Entertainment provided by other USERS.

ACTIVES: Although there are some exceptions, the vast majority of ACTIVES are adults. These are the people that do not care about the combat aspect of The Novus, and instead focus on getting large sums of money. They are the owners of businesses and companies inside the System. Always trying to find new ways to get gold, like sponsoring GUILDS and the most powerful warriors. They are always protected by bodyguards and distribute their wealth by buying buildings, mounts, and even entire cities.

COLLARED: These are the criminals inside The Novus. The repeat offenders. Although stealing is totally permitted by the Administrators, there is a list of crimes that will get turn you into a Collared. To name a few, being a repeat sex offender, kidnapping, torturing, and repeatedly kill others in safe zones. The incorrigible are locked on and private from any access to the Novus.  Those that willing to reintegrate into society wear a collar, as a reminder of their crimes. The collar will punish them as soon as they try something inappropriate. One can get rid of the collar if they serve their sentence, but these could take in-game years. Once the Santa Marías passengers awake from cryo-stasis, the Collared will be on a list.

QUITTERS: 

TERMINOLOGY:

*CASTING: Releasing a spell.

*CHANNELING: Preparing a spell. Complicated ones can take from 5 seconds to over a minute. The more proficiency the User has with that spell, the quicker they can channel. Channeling has the advantage of releasing a spell with 100% power. 

*QUICK-CAST: Perform a spell without channeling. This can only work with attack-type spells. There is a penalty though, inexperienced Users will have to sacrifice the tripe amount of mana needed to perform the spell, and suffer from severe paralysis or muscle pain. (Also called a Mana Cramp) Experienced mages can quick-cast by using the double amount of mana required, and will only experience slight discomfort. You cannot quick-cast spells that require spatial or time manipulation. You can quick-cast the majority of elemental spells. 

*ELEMENTAL CRAFTING:  Only related to performing Elemental Magic and Elemental Manipulation. Create fire from one's hand, raise walls of ice, materialize water or ice lances out of the air. These are different from spells and physical elemental attacks. 

Examples using Astrid here:

*CHARM: A mage or one of the few Support Classes can give a buff to an ally. The Charm must be of Elemental Nature. An Earth Charm will grant a defense buff, and a Wind Charm will grand speed to an ally. 

TERMINOLOGY

*UNIQUE TALENT: A power that manifests according to the User's psyche. It ranges from being able to absorb damage and elemental magic, to make any armor or weapon explode on contact. Requirements to use a Unique Skill vary. Some even have limited daily usage.

*(NAME) STYLE: Used to adopt a different combat style or different martial art doctrine. This is proclaimed by a User while taking a fighting style. Generic examples, "Tyger Style", or "Drunk Style."

*(ELEMENTAL) ART: To power up a skill or special move with one's element proficiency. These are mostly physical attacks or something that requires touching another person. (Like pickpocketing) Generic examples could be 'Air Slash', or Astrid's Meteora Ferrum, when she powers up a punch with fire.

*(ELEMENTAL) BOOST: When a fighter powers up themselvess. This is different than a CHARM, which can only be provided by another ally. A Fire Boost will give you an increase in your attack, and a Wind Boost makes you faster.

*SUMMONING: To open a mortal to bring a monster or mythical creature to fight by your side. Summons can be bought, tamed, or forced to do your bidding.

*CALLING: A variation of Summoning. Used to bring Familiars, Mounts, and non-monster allies, like automatons or droids.

*OPENING VAULT: To bring a weapon or artifact from a previously set pocket dimension.

Every User is blessed by one or two elements. 

These will have a huge impact on their capabilities. 

* FIRE: Will give you a high attack and killing capability.

* WIND: Grants you agility and speed.

* WATER: Provides you with extra mana capacity.

* EARTH: Give you great defense and high HP. 

THE INFORMATION BELOW DETERMINES WHAT TYPE OF WARRIOR A USER IS. TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, ASTRID IS A FIREWALL-TYPE WARRIOR. THIS MEANS THAT SHE HAS HIGH DESTRUCTIVE POWER AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH... AND AMELIA IS A GEYSER-TYPE MAGE. WITH HIGH DESTRUCTIVE MAGIC AND MANA CAPACITY.

VITALITY: The Novus doesn't have regular stats like Defense, Magic Defense, Attack, etc... So in this case, Vitality encapsulates all of them. It is the User's physical capacity and the Elemental Profficiency will dictate if they specialize in attack, speed, or defense. Those with high Vitality blessed by Fire will have a lot of attack potency. Those blessed by Earth will have a lot of Defense and HP.

SPIRIT: Mana capacity. The rank also dictates their magical output potency. Examples, A Golden Spirit Rank can decimate a city using elemental magic. But the Golden rank could also mean that a Necromancer is capable of raising the dead of an entire city. 

POTENTIAL: A User's capacity to overcome great odds. Like when a low Vitality rank User can defeat a stronger monster with determination, or when a fragile mage with high Spirit can incinerate a giant. A User's Unique Skills can dictate one's potential, especially if they have an Overpowered one.

ASHLEY YATES / ISABELLA II

REAL-LIFE AGE - 2 WEEKS (AS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL ISABELLA)

ASHLEY'S AGE - 17 years old

LEVEL 41

KEY PHYSICAL FEATURES

+MEDIUM-HEIGHT BRUNETTE HAIR

+EMERALD-GREEN EYES

**NOVUS STATUS

TITLE NONE

CLASS SHARPSHOOTER

VITALITY - ???

SPIRIT - ???

POTENTIAL - ???

RESIDENT OF UNUS TOWN

MOUNT - ?

*REAL IDENTITY: A COPY OF THE ISABELLA AI

*She started with the Sharpshooter Class and Standard Silver Gear.

*As an AI in disguise, she does not know much about being human.

*Currently in a secret mission with Alan.

*She had to learn how to poop during her stay in Slime Village. (Yes, that is a piece of important information!)

POST VOLUME 1 

** AMELIA LAFLAMME

REAL LIFE AGE - 19 years old

LEVEL 100

** KEY PHYSICAL FEATURES

+LONG RED HAIR

+ AMBER EYES

**NOVUS STATUS

TITLE - HELL PRINCESS

CLASS - PYROMANCER

VITALITY - ???

SPIRIT - ??

POTENTIAL - ???

MOUNT - DARK WINGED TIGER

*Hot tempered. Feminine. 

*She used to admire Astrid, but her infatuation with Lord Marco forced her to change her mind.

*Loves to wear high-heels, so much that she would modify her legs in the real life to wear them all the time if she could.

*She can usually be seen wearing dresses.

*As many others, she learned pyromancy just to copy Astrid.

*Her father used to work for Kintech.

*She has a little sister, Marissa.

POST VOLUME 1

MARISSA LAFLAMME

REAL LIFE AGE - 16 years old

LEVEL 100

** KEY PHYSICAL FEATURES

+MEDIUM STRAWBERRY BLONDE HAIR

** NOVUS STATUS 

CLASS ROGUE

UNIQUE ABILITY - RUSHED DURABILITY

VITALITY - ???

SPIRIT - ??? 

POTENTIAL - ???

RESIDENT OF LONDORUS CAPITAL

MOUNT - DARK WINGED LYNX

*The self-proclaimed, best Shotting Star's PVP Killer. She fights with twin blades and can create clones of herself.

*Her UNIQUE SKILL, is Rushed Durability. Any piece of armor or weapon that she touches, will explode, it doesn't matter if she's not the owner of it. The damage is calculated according to the rarity and value of the item. 

*Although he made Alan suffer, she did not kill him once.

*She hates William The Stoic. (The sentiment is mutual)

*Has a big sister, Amelia.

*Had a boyfriend, Matthew Bernstein.

*In the real world, her hobby was everything regarding weapons. Her father taught her how to fire real guns.

*She loves her sister, but sometimes she thinks Amelia is too overprotective.

*She has a Legendary Rank item that lets her change her whole appearance. The item does not let her adopt the form of an already existing User.

*Apparently, she likes to pretend she's Miss Cosmica to prank on other people.

This is a list of currently know AI inside the story.

* Elizabeth: The ALVEARIUM Enterprise's main AI. Currently left on Earth with those that stay behind.

*Isabella: The Santa María's current captain. She was responsible for logging Alan out of the system. She's currently using automatons to run the ship and give it regular maintenance.

*Isabella II: A copy created with the only purpose of entering The Novus. Currently on Alan's party, under the disguise of a regular User, Ashley Yates. She has no special powers or privileges inside the Novus.

*The Singular: The AI that wiped out humanity. A copy of it managed to enter The Santa María despite the enforced security protocols. She hacked the own ship's automatons and controlled the oxygen system to kill all the people working outside the Novus. When Isabella finally managed to control the situation, The Singular supposedly escaped by getting inside The Novus.

++ Short, turquoise-colored hair. Electric-Blue eyes.

++ Unus Town's former NPC Mayor, she later worked at the Dragon's Belly.

* * *

++ Long, lavender-colored hair.

++ Unus Town's former Fashion Shop's Owner, she later worked at the Dragon's Belly.

++ Amelia's Maid and apprentice.

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REAL-LIFE AGE: 19