Materia Prima

The Materia Prima, or 'Great Work', is the means of mankinds expansion of the universe. ? It is run primarily through the Alchemysts guild, and remains under strict regulation by the guild and it's affiliate partners.

Origin
The Materia Prima began with the Ancients, early men on the planet Orbis who came to understand their world was made of seven metals. ? Upon further study of these metals, the first Alchemysts constructed a means to replicate them in planetary form to sustain the source of the said metal in creating more planets and systems in future generations.