Glimmer System

Properties
A Glimmer planet, also called a Canvas world, is a white and featureless celestial body, surrounded by other Glimmer planets to form a Glimmer system. Glimmer words are primarily smooth and white, although they can range from light red to light blue as well.

A Glimmer system consists of 5-6 Glimmer planets, each in a self-sustaining orbit around each other. Although harmless, each Glimmer world gives off enough ambient lighting to be confused for a dim star. Whenever a lone sapient individual makes physical contact with an uncontrolled Glimmer planet (referred to as a Pure Glimmer planet), establishes an instant psychological connection to that Glimmer world. Once that occurs, that individual is referred to as the Glimmer planet's controller. Whenever a pure Glimmer planet becomes controlled, the surrounding Glimmer System warps away (in all recorded cases, always to a different dimension) from the controlled Glimmer planet, leaving it alone in space. Each time a Glimmer system is discovered, the number of Glimmer planets is not reduced from the last time, leaving researchers to speculate that Glimmer systems self-perpetuate.

A Glimmer planet can only have one controller at any given time. Once the current controller dies or forfeits control, the next sapient being to touch it becomes the controller, unless there are already beings present on the planet, in which case a controller is randomly chosen. A controller of a Glimmer planet may shape the planet to their will. For example, they may lower or raise terrain on a grand scale, or create lush jungles, or spawn grand oceans throughout the blank planet. While the surface of a Pure Glimmer planet consists of a hexagonal, white, and metallic plates, the controller may convert these to dirt, sand, stone, liquid, etc. A controller cannot physically move the planet, or create organic life. They can, however, send out signals or broadcasts to make contact with things which are outside the Glimmer planet.

If a Glimmer planet's controller moves more than 1 Astronomical unit away from their Glimmer planet, their control automatically becomes forfeit, and the above conditions apply.

If the Controller is physically on their Glimmer planet, they always have the option gain further control, becoming the Glimmer planet's Master. Once a controller decides to become a master, their psychic connection with the planet is strengthened by other 1'000'000%, to the point where they become omnipresent throughout the planet. The physical body of the master is incorporated into the deep core of the Glimmer planet. A Master is immortal as long as their Glimmer planet remains intact, and gains the following benefits: Masters may move their Glimmer planet at a slow speed through space (Just under standard Warp 1 speed.), a Master can extract biological lifeforms from distant solar systems directly onto their Glimmer Planet. Masters may freely alter their own perception of time, and may create artificial beings to act as vessels of the Master.

Lore
When the Astral, Ashe'thei'altuk, grew tired, it wanted to revert into a material form for it's rest. It decided to become a solar system of pure celestial orbs. Trace hints of it's consciousness yet remain within the Glimmer planets, powering the psychic properties.

The Glimmer system has been rediscovered and documented 4 times before on the Quantum.net, but the actual number is most likely larger due to species which may not have access to the Quantum.net finding the Glimmer system. The Glimmer system is extremely hard to track, as making physical contact with a planet causes the others to teleport away to a random dimension.

Trivia
The concept of Glimmer planets was inspired by Mirrodin and Phyrexia from Magic: The Gathering.