The Hetmanate Federation, Star Sich in the Virgo Supercluster, orbital drops by Cossack Terminators, Plastun scouts on bot-horses, and colony "Wild Field-17". Read the novels, explore the Lore Wiki, and play Loca Deserta: Settlers in your browser!
The foundational novel of Ukrainian military space sci-fi. In Star Era 281 (2424 AD), the Hetmanate Federation establishes secret colony "Wild Field 17" guarded by three regiments of Space Haiduks. In SE 323, all contact with the colony is lost...
Planet Wild Field-17. Otaman Bohdan Tytar leads three Plastun scouts on bot-horses armed with a heavy "Hornet" flamethrower deep behind Empire of the Sun lines to destroy an enemy melta-convoy.
When elite Samanaks of the Empire of the Sun seize a warp station on an abandoned moon, 2nd-grade Terminator Ivan Donets and the Hetmanate assault regiment launch an orbital drop into a plasma-scorched labyrinth.
Welcome to Loca Deserta Sci-Fi (Дике Поле Sci-Fi) — the pioneering universe of Ukrainian military space fiction! Up until Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi took power in 1657, history in our world and Loca Deserta Sci-Fi was identical. In this timeline, the Cossack Hetmanate not only survived but expanded across Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
By the 19th century, three superpowers governed Earth: the Empire of the Sun (Asia & the Pacific), the Corporate Republic (the Americas & Australia), and our homeland — the Hetmanate Federation (all of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Minor).
In 2143 AD (Year 0 of the Star Era — SE), scientists aboard the Europa Jovian International Research Station invented the warp drive powered by superheavy Lawrencium and Nobelium inside Jupiter's gravity well.
Following the bloody Teegarden B Incident in 31 SE, the three empires signed the Martian Treaty on July 24, 33 SE, demilitarizing the Solar System and dividing deep space into three eternal sectors. In 91 SE, the Hetmanate Federation established Star Sich (Зоряна Січ) in the Virgo Supercluster.
In 281 SE (2424 AD), the Hetmanate founded secret research colony "Wild Field-17" (Дике Поле-17) in a pitch-black void sector, guarded by three regiments of Space Haiduks. In 323 SE, all communication with the colony went silent...
