Among the Stars: Rebooted

[Varus]

[Among the Stars: Rebooted]

Credit to Piment, LNG257, and minerface.

[ CHAPTERS ]:

I. Story

II. Rules

III. NS/SS

[ CHAPTER I ]:

After developing FTL travel humanity discovered that they were not alone in the Milky Way. Many empires, organizations, and collectives dominate and rule over the galaxy, each holding their own tales, history, and culture. This is their story.
(excuse the brief backstory, but you get the gist of it.)

[ CHAPTER II ]:

1. No godmodding, flaming, etc.
2. The setting is the Milky Way. For a streamlined and easier experience in the RP we're going to assume everyone is near eachother or at least capable of traveling to each other with ease.
3. Time is dynamic and not necassarily set at the beginning of the RP. The admins will decide if it becomes a set value/rate.
4. You do not have to choose to be human. You may make your own alien species.
5. The word of admins are final.
6. FTL travel is availible through slipspace/hyperspace drives, but the technology is fairly complex and confusing so more research is allowed. FTL capability is dependent on your race's technological level.
7. Be realistic. There are limits.
8. Travel is limited to interstellar, not intergalactic travel.
9. Permanet effects to one player's nation/empire are only allowed his/her consent.
10. All basic RP rules apply here. More rules may be added later.
11. The date begins sometime in what we consider to be January 1st, 3500
12. No central human empire exists. Humanity has separated into many different interstellar groups.
13. Your empire may include more than one species.

14. No huge ass/OP ass chemical/nuclear/planet destroying weapons. Just to make wars better.


[ CHAPTER III ]:

[Nation Sheet]

=General=

Nation Name:
Nation Leader(s):
Total Population:
Government Type:
Capital:
Moral Alignment (roughly):
Alias (optional):
Brief history/backstory:

=Stats= (1-100)

Wealth (100 is very wealth):
Poverty (100 is extreme poverty/very poor):
Technology (100 is extremely advanced tech):
Corruption (100 is extremely corrupt):
Military (100 is the best/most superior military):

=Military=

Military Population:
Major Branches:
Minor Branches:
Specialist Groups:
Extra Info (optional):
Description of weapons/ships/tech:
Capable of FTL travel? (Yes/No):

[Species Sheet]

Species Name:
Homeworld:
Physical Description:
Intelluctal/Intelligence Description:
Extra Info (optional):


**************IMPORTANT NOTE(s): This RP WILL have empires/nations that have several trillion/billions of citizens. A few billion/million citizens is not recommended. Make sure your military population is a small percentage of your overall population (I recommend anywhere from 4% to 1% to start off, and you might have 5% to 10% in times of war. It is all relative.)********************

[LNG257]

This needs more interest.

Which means more bumps.

Later this will be edited into a CS.

[Varus]

Sept 26, 2016 15:09:52 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

This needs more interest.

Which means more bumps.

Later this will be edited into a CS.

Meh, I just think a small fraction of people actually browse the sci-fic section. Also, what do you mean by "it will be edited into a CS"?

[LNG257]

Sept 26, 2016 16:09:37 GMT -4 Varus said:

Sept 26, 2016 15:09:52 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

This needs more interest.

Which means more bumps.

Later this will be edited into a CS.

Meh, I just think a small fraction of people actually browse the sci-fic section. Also, what do you mean by "it will be edited into a CS"?

I mean later I would have used the edit function to replace that post with my CS.

[Varus]

Ah. You mean a CS template? If so I can put it in there, if you want.

[LNG257]

I think you're misinterpreting me. You know that we can edit posts on proboards, rite?

I was going to replace everything in that post with my CS when I had made it.

[LeBlunder]

Will be turned into a CS using magic

[Varus]

That doesn't make sense...you're going to post your NS or replace the NS I made with a different NS?

[LeBlunder]

When you press the gear button on your post, you can change, edit, or just add something completely different.

[Dex]

[Nation Sheet]

=General=

Nation Name: Foraiz Federation
Nation Leader(s): A council consisting of 24 intelligences
Total Population: The core population is 4 billion with a colonial population of 14 billion.
Government Type: Cyberdemocracy
Capital: Sophis
Moral Alignment:Relatively good but are ruthless in terms of research.
Brief history/backstory: The Foraiz Federation was a effort launched by the continent of Foraiz on a world known as Teker with the other two continents destroyed by nuclear warfare Aeklin and Zeklin. The Aeklin continent strongly supported military efforts whilst the Zeklin continent strongly supported economical efforts thus leading to a small war. Several nuclear missiles were launched at each other essentially destroying both continents however the third smaller continent began researching a way to get off-world. They have finally invented FTL travel and have realized they aren't alone in the galaxy.

=Stats= (1-100)

Wealth (100 is very wealth): 40
Poverty (100 is extreme poverty/very poor):25
Technology (100 is extremely advanced tech): 45
Corruption (100 is extremely corrupt): 25
Military (100 is the best/most superior military):32

=Military=

Military Population: They have an attack-droid population of 4 million.
Major Branches: Weapons of Mass Destruction Regulators(WMDR) and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance(ISR)
Minor Branches: Cybercosm Nation Administration(CNA)
Specialist Groups: Military Genetic Research(MGR)
Description of weapons/ships/tech: The Foraiz Federation are a new species to the galactic frontier so their weapons, shields and FTL aren't as developed as other species. They generally use "swiss-knife" devices that can change to fit their function. They have ships that are relatively large but can reconfigure themselves to shrink unused rooms to be used to enlarge more used rooms slowly.
Capable of FTL travel? (Yes/No): Yes

[Species Sheet]

Species Name: Avax
Homeworld: Teker
Physical Description: Avax are covered by very flexible and resilient skin which protects the gelatinous interior. They lack any internal or external skeleton and instead of muscles they have specialized gels linked to the skin which expand and contract. A rip through the skin can be quite deadly, as the gel inside quickly pours out. To counter this, the interior is divided into flexible compartments not unlike the juice compartments of a citrus fruit. They have a very rotund body shape with six pod-like arm/legs with the skin of pod able to flex to create any number of fingers they desire.

They can see through various light-sensitive spots arranged in irregular patterns on the skin of the pods, while individually these spots are not as versatile as eyes the sheer number of them gives them roughly 360 degree vision. They have an excellent sense of touch, temperature and vibration near their bellies and at the ends of their pods. To communicate they jump up and down producing vibrations in the air while also changing color which to a human viewer looks absolutely absurd but their sense of touch and sight allows them to interpret these vibrations and colors.
Intellectual/Intelligence Description:Their personalities are very fluid and an Avax individual will general change personality and preferences throughout their life with individuals that don't change considered mentally ill. Their medical technology allows them to extract skills, traits and memories out of dead or alive individuals and copy them so an Avax childhood is generally a short one. Most Avax have their own personal libraries of skills and traits so they can change personalities on the fly to suit the situation.

[LNG257]

d'aw, Dex stole the nice roboot nation. tho it's not completely robot.

eh, I rather like the Shri. Shri is fun. and somehow they seem the perfect counter to ripping the juice sections out of the Avax at a rate you wouldn't believe.

*giggle*

[Dex]

Sept 27, 2016 9:56:49 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

d'aw, Dex stole the nice roboot nation. tho it's not completely robot.

eh, I rather like the Shri. Shri is fun. and somehow they seem the perfect counter to ripping the juice sections out of the Avax at a rate you wouldn't believe.

*giggle*

It isn't robotic, it's gelatin.

[LNG257]

You're using attack-droids, according to your CS.

[Dex]

Sept 27, 2016 11:11:25 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

You're using attack-droids, according to your CS.

For the military of course, can't let those humans get the better of me.

[LNG257]

Sept 27, 2016 18:10:54 GMT -4 Dex said:

Sept 27, 2016 11:11:25 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

You're using attack-droids, according to your CS.

For the military of course, can't let those humans get the better of me.

So how many of my zerg drones can they take out each? A dozen? A hundred? A thousand?

Because with only 4 million of those things, we might have a serious power imbalance.

Actually maybe not because your military is below average according to your self-made numbers.

Regardless, the zerg Shri are coming. Best be ready for them.

[Dex]

Sept 27, 2016 19:09:03 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

Sept 27, 2016 18:10:54 GMT -4 Dex said:

For the military of course, can't let those humans get the better of me.

So how many of my zerg drones can they take out each? A dozen? A hundred? A thousand?

Because with only 4 million of those things, we might have a serious power imbalance.

Actually maybe not because your military is below average according to your self-made numbers.

Regardless, the zerg Shri are coming. Best be ready for them.

Come on. Are you just all bark and no bite?

[LNG257]

Sept 27, 2016 19:13:47 GMT -4 Dex said:

Sept 27, 2016 19:09:03 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

So how many of my zerg drones can they take out each? A dozen? A hundred? A thousand?

Because with only 4 million of those things, we might have a serious power imbalance.

Actually maybe not because your military is below average according to your self-made numbers.

Regardless, the zerg Shri are coming. Best be ready for them.

Come on. Are you just all bark and no bite?

well first I have to get off my lazy bottom and port the Shri over here and configure them to this CS format.

[Dex]

Sept 27, 2016 19:39:41 GMT -4 LNG257 said:

Sept 27, 2016 19:13:47 GMT -4 Dex said:

Come on. Are you just all bark and no bite?

well first I have to get off my lazy bottom and port the Shri over here and configure them to this CS format.

Alright but do it quickly.

[kingkangaroo]

=General=

Nation Name: The Czarian Republic
Nation Leader(s): Multiple (Some 3 dozen) political figures are diplomatic figureheads for the state, no power within the government.
Total Population: 2.85 billion
Government Type: Democratic Theocracy
Capital: The City of Stars
Moral Alignment (roughly): Religiously good (besides racism)
Brief history/backstory: The Czarian Republic was founded approximately 250 years ago after a nuclear war nearly broke out, and destroyed all life on the planet of Hautis. During this World War nearly 65% of the population died. After this War was finally finished and countries were charged of their war crimes, the World Leaders met to form a peace treaty among all nations. This evolved from a confederacy, to an actual state, and within the last 75 years the Czarian Republic became a theocracy. To avoid any wars their military is very weak and they spend most of their time developing technology to aid other nations.

=Stats= (1-100)

Wealth (100 is very wealth): 40
Poverty (100 is extreme poverty/very poor): 45
Technology (100 is extremely advanced tech): 75
Corruption (100 is extremely corrupt): 20
Military (100 is the best/most superior military): 5

=Military=

Military Population: 250,000 robotic police
Major Branches: Military Police
Minor Branches: N/A
Specialist Groups: [Secret] Department of Biological Warfare
Extra Info (optional): Their military is completely focused on civil peace throughout the World.
Description of weapons/ships/tech: There are very few weapons available for use, only a few basic guns. The only weapon they have for war is a developmental bio weapon named D-A85, known as the Black Death. Their ships have only shields to protect them so attempted raids are common. They have very little military tech available for use besides basic shields and concealing devices.
Capable of FTL travel? (Yes/No): Yes

[Species Sheet]

Species Name: Human
Homeworld: Some say Earth, other say they have always resided on Hautis.
Physical Description: They are an extremely undiverse race, they are almost entirely tall and lanky, white with blond hair and blue eyes. They often look down upon other human races (Similar to Hitler, without the genocide)
Intelluctal/Intelligence Description: Intelligence is stressed within in the nation, but natural intelligence is that of an average human.
Extra Info (optional): They are a quite racist people (toward humans), and are very unwelcoming to other human beings. They do however try to maintain absolute neutrality in any affair between any race of human or alien. They may be viewed as xenophobes as citizenship is very difficult to achieve, however they always welcome temporary visitors. Illegal immigrants are subject to banishment and/or a death order.

[LNG257]

Oh dear.

So I'm guessing nobody is interested in joining me with the dodeca- and undeca-digit populations?

that's 12 and 11 digits, respectively. My current working population is 400 billion. 90% of it being Drones, and 1% being Primes and Matriarchs each. That's still 4 billion Primes and 4 billion Matriarchs. Which is more than these Czarians have at all and easily comparable to the entire Avax population.

We control 234 planets with an average population of 1.7 billion per. Obviously that isn't the whole story, with a few core worlds having over ten billion each and outlying colonies having only millions or tens of millions.

This is SPACE, people. Think BIG. Space is REALLY BIG. Even if you don't want to colonize each and every world in your path(and the Shri haven't, btw. we don't like gas giants because they force us to acknowledge how small and not-really-all-that-intimidating we really are on the cosmic scale, and even tho we can adapt to many situations there is no way in a black hole we're colonizing planets like mercury, venus, or pluto.) you will still find dozens of worlds to colonize and grow with.

oh yeah, and my military. Most modern-day countries have the number of people in their military at anywhere from 0.5 percent to 2 percent, usually. Higher in wartime, of course. I used 0.01 percent of my drones in the military, 0.02 percent of Specialists, and 0.012 percent for Primes due to their lower base number. And it's still a huge military. 4 billion drones, 640 million specialists, and 48 million Primes. Fighting a single fleet would be tens of millions of drones, tens of thousands of specialists, and several hundred Primes. 4 million attack droids would be a speed bump, and 250,000 robotic police would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Also, the Shri are Chaotic Evil on the alignment chart. Just putting that out there, they love to kill and conquer. They live to kill and conquer. Their entire existence is to kill and conquer. Before they got to space they would kill and conquer other hives, now they kill and conquer everything they encounter.

so basically upscale ur stuffs because i have literally been waiting forever for a good large-scale space RP. and we aren't even approaching galactic-scale u nobs.

I have seen galactic-scale space RPs on another site. Hundreds of planets are a drop in the bucket. There are 100 billion stars in the milky way galaxy, and with galactic-level tech almost all of them could have habitable planets, planets that could be terraformed to be habitable, or just build a giant Dyson sphere and put people on that. The empires consist of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of worlds.

oh yeah and before you scream that I'm op, the Shri are primal. They suck at technology. Specialists basically mash stuff together and if it works, great, new tech. They got FTL because some idiot crash-landed on their homeworld and their FTL drive was still intact. Infighting is pretty common, Primes will kill each other for glory and mates and whatnot. Wealth and Poverty are arbitrary factors at best, based mostly on the amount of power a Prime has compared to other Primes. No power=no recognition=little wealth and lots of bad stuff because nobody listens to you. Better tech = smaller army able to fend off the Shri. Better wealth + less poverty + moderate to low corruption = more industry able to build more things that can fight the Shri. Better tactics = outmaneuver and destroy the Shri. They have superior numbers(they always will probably) and swarm with brute force. imagine being on a ship and being boarded by literally several hundred drones. they will absolutely fill the ship and kill everything. and then all the specialists that came with them will take the ship and crash it into another ship, killing pretty much everything. just find ways to stop or mitigate that and you'll be fine for that particular tactic.

anyway yeah, get bigger u nobs cuz right now I'm 2big4u.

CS coming up soon.

[Varus]

eh 4 billion drones seems a bit on the large side...the only bad thing about Space RPs is that you need to decide the scale of it all. So basically it wouldn't be good for Nation X to have 200 million people if Nation Y had 42 sextillion people. I'm not personally regulating, but I'd saying upwards of 600 billion civilian population is a decently average (slightly small) nation. Also, the reason I'm not a fan of 4 billion drones and taking over planets that quickly is that it becomes more of a game of who can take over what, rather than how the military campaign is waged and whatnot. To put million vs billion into perspective, 1 week = half of a million seconds, but a billion seconds = 32 years. Just a thought. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but for the sake of an easier balance and way of life you might wanna switch it to 100 million drones (which is still a shit ton).


dex accepted, but as LNG said I'd highly recommend putting your civilian population to at least 200 billion if not a few trillion (depends on what you want though.)

@ king same thing to you, I'd recommend making military and civilian pops higher. Other than that, you're good.

New rule: No huge ass/OP ass chemical/nuclear/planet destroying weapons. Just to make wars better.

[LNG257]

I WILL do all the needed stuff when I get home from school today. Drones are cheap for the Shri, and they can be ripped apart with relative ease. Technology improves their survivability and killing power by a bit, but with so many to arm, and the equipment made by drones or by machines made by drones(all directed by Specialists though), it's shoddy at best. If it malfunctioned and killed the drone and the half-dozen surrounding it, that's a regular occurence. 4 billion is a lot, but keep in mind that it has to be split between defending our own territory, which requires a lot, and taking enemy planets, which costs a lot more than you would initially think. In a full conflict, the standing Shri army could probably fight on two moderately-developed planets at once while maintaining a defense of the Shri's own territory.

Tho if you're saying that 600 billion is a decently average size, then I can upscale stuff as well, using the aforementioned ratios. But if that's average, then I'll be even larger. By their nature, the Shri will have frigging huge numbers, but almost all will be expendable Drones.

Also for the record the Shri aren't good at making superweapons, destructive or chemical/biological. But they are good at resisting them. Try to kill them with a chemical or biological weapon(or a superweapon that affects biological life); you'll have great success the first time around, then they'll mutate with frightening efficiency to naturally resist whatever you used. Just meet their numbers and brute force with superior technology and tactics and you'll have a field day.

[Varus]

Its not necessarily that, it's just that the pure size of 4 billion drones is huge. Imagine all of the people in Asia just turning into drones for the military; that's what you're proposing. However, I'm willing to allow it on the consideration that each drone individually is weak, and you can't blob/swarm something or instakill/instashot.

[forced meme (harambe)]

[Nation Sheet]





=General=




Nation Name:
The Frostarian Republic

Nation Leader(s):
The Senate of Frostaria, headed by Chancellor Solomon Paolo

Total Population:
Approx. 2.3 billion

Government Type:
Representative Republic

Capital:
Frostaria, Arrakis System

Moral Alignment (roughly):
Self-interest, primarily a lawful neutral

Alias (optional):
"The Republic"

Brief history/backstory:
A cold, but in places quite fertile planet, Frostaria was originally a military system used by a much larger "Terran Empire." Eventually, a great event known as the Insurrection began, as alien populations within the Empire began numerous separatist movements and humans either became claimants to the territory or began secession movements of their own. The ensuing civil war tore the Empire apart, and began a period known as the Interregnum by modern historians. Frostaria, at the time a backwater military base, was at first a loyalist system, providing arms and soldiers to the aging Empire. It wasn't until the Emperor and every Senator were all murdered that Frostarians voted to withdraw their support.

As by this point the Frostarian army made up most of what was left of the Imperial loyalists, the Empire fully collapsed, and the Grand Admiral of Frostarian forces, Leonard Sparrow, convened a war summit with several former components of the Imperial Armed Forces. Sparrow, being the charismatic leader he was, managed to convince one-sixth of the Empire to band together into a single state and military. From there, expansion and peacemaking began. By the end of his career, Sparrow had retaken one-third of the original Empire and granted secession to the rest, creating a time of peace in the region. After this, he went about disbanding most of the military and arming outlying systems with defensive capabilities.

His final reform was the surrender of his powers to the Senate, which was made up of representatives from every system in the new nation, now called the Frostarian Republic.




=Stats= (1-100)




Wealth (100 is very wealth):
60

Poverty (100 is extreme poverty/very poor):
33

Technology (100 is extremely advanced tech):
72

Corruption (100 is extremely corrupt):
50

Military (100 is the best/most superior military):
30




=Military=




Military Population:
792 million (active, reserve = 2 million)

Major Branches:
Interplanetary Defense Force, Frostarian Navy

Minor Branches:
Frostarian Commandos, Frostarian Sniper Brigades, Frostarian Spec Ops

Specialist Groups:
Whitecloaks, Federal Intelligence Agency

Extra Info (optional):
 

Description of weapons/ships/tech:
 Military is mainly defense-based; many ships are essentially an interstellar railway, designed to carry troops at an above-average speed to planets within the Union. The Offensive Fleet is maintained and is somewhat impressive, but it is small and has not been used since the days of Grand Admiral Sparrow.

Capable of FTL travel? (Yes/No):
Yes




[Species Sheet]




Species Name:
Frostarians (Humans)

Homeworld:
Frostaria

Physical Description:
Once a subspecies of humans, the Frostarians gained an especially pale complexion from living on their cold homeworld for generations. They are tall and well-built, and make for excellent laborers as well as craftsmen, ranchers, and farmers. Different occupations have bred several different "races," with farmers and ranchers having callused hands and especially bulky arms. Laborers are quite similar to this, but with a greater strength overall (farmers are known for more controlled abilities). Craftsmen, though less physically imposing than the other two, are known for intricacy and skill with their hands.

Intelluctal/Intelligence Description:
They are above-average, though much of the Republic's intellectual bulk comes from the Venezians, a four-legged, armed species of aliens.

Extra Info (optional):
The Frostarians are only one of many species within the federation under Frostaria.

[Patriot]

Nation Name: The Democratic States of Xarzan
Nation Leader(s): Senate, President, Supreme Court, THE PEOPLE
Total Population: 900 Billion span over about 130 planets, averaging a pop. Of 7 bil. Each.
Government Type: Democracy
Capital: Washington D.C, Earth
Moral Alignment (roughly): Good
Alias (optional): The Coalition of Freedom Fighters
Brief history/backstory: After the DSX united all of the countries of Xarzan after being accepted as the most powerful countries within the emworld, they began to conduct scientific research on space travel.  Scientists found alien tech and made ships capable of traveling at amazing speeds. Their goal is to become the ruling force in the galaxy, Hail the Mighty Xarzanon!

=Stats= (1-100)

Wealth (100 is very wealth): 70
Poverty (100 is extreme poverty/very poor): 40
Technology (100 is extremely advanced tech): 68
Corruption (100 is extremely corrupt): 40
Military (100 is the best/most superior military): 60

=Military=

Military Populatio: 1.4 bil
Major Branches: Planetary guard, Army, Navy, Marines.
Minor Branches:  Spacial Navy, Astronautical Army.
Specialist Groups: Spacial Marines
Extra Info (optional): None
Description of weapons/ships/tech: The Xarzanon are capable of powerful lasers, shields, and hyperdrive. The Spacial Navy uses long canoe-shaped vessels, averaging at least half a mile in length. When smaller vessels are needed, spherical Pods are used, large enough for four men.
Capable of FTL travel? (Yes/No): Yes

[Species Sheet]

Species Name: Human
Homeworld: Xarzan 
Physical Description: The human species are upright, sentient species that have two hands and arms, two legs, two eyes, clad themselves in cloth and grow hair and style it. They have bony spikes within a cavity in their faces, use daily for nutrition. They hear through two areas on the sides of their heads.
Intelluctal/Intelligence Description: Some of the smartest known minds in the galaxy are humans.
Extra Info (optional): They aren't exact humans with what we have on earth, but similar enoguh to be classified as one.