Post by Ardreas on Mar 19, 2014 15:27:15 GMT -5
This thread is an overview of the new roleplay with summary information on the players, locations, and rules.
Players:
Ardreas - The Imperial Republic of Ardreas is a large, prosperous civilization just taking its first steps into space. It has a fledgling space fleet with several transports and over a dozen robotic probes, but no FTL vessels, no artificial gravity, and no weaponized spacecraft. Ardreas has established a colony offworld on the neighboring planet Ninabi. Trade between these worlds has resulted in an economic boom for Ardreas, and plans for further expansion are rapidly coming together. However, Ardreas is faced with the most immediate dilemma as the story begins. The Ardrean vessel Ascension is the one that discovered the alien threat on Rhunar and may be in danger from them. Furthermore, uncanny alien symbol and its possible relation to the Ardrean crest, coupled with the supposed vision by the Ardrean spiritual leader could provoke a crisis of faith and culture among the people if not dealt with carefully.
Invictus - The Geniocracy of Invictus is a large, prosperous civilization and the neighbor of Ardreas. These two nations share the same world, though their priorities have been very different. While Ardreas has taken an economic-focused approach to development, Invictus has leaned more toward social programs and income equality. Invictus shares a love of science and pursues technological development in all disciplines. There has been opposition, however, to the increasing reliance on technology, and Invictus has seen its share of issues with making progress. They maintain an active space program, seeking to step out among the stars like their neighbor across the sea, but they have yet to colonize any other worlds. A peaceful, stable situation at home, though, has left the door wide open for Invictan expansion into the cosmos.
Nubpryton - The Federal Republic of Nubpryton is a highly advanced civilization with several FTL vessels in its fleet. It is known throughout the sector for its devotion to science and exploration. Of all the nations in this roleplay, it is the most advanced. However, the Nublean people recently suffered a catastrophic disaster that resulted in the destruction of their home world. In the years that followed, they were forced to relocate and search out a new home for themselves. They settled on a planet in 3,3 which they have worked hard to build into a new home. Their technology has made this process easier than it would have been for anyone else, but it has still been a long and painful road. There is still much infrastructure that needs to be built, and it will be a long time before they are back up to their former greatness as an interstellar power.
Zeganas The Imperial United Republics of Zeganas is an enormous, powerful nation on a modified alternate earth type planet. It, too, is a fledgling space power taking its first steps into the galaxy. This has been helped by a gift of technology from Nubpryton, allowing the government of Zeganas to build its first prototype FTL ships and send out scouts to the neighboring sectors. This is how contact was first made between them and the people of Ardreas. Currently Zeganas stands in a strong position with much potential for the future, but also a certain danger. Civil unrest in many of the other nations on its world have forced the government of Zeganas to focus attention on maintaining order in numerous failing states. And while a strong economy drives it forward, the question arises: How much can it afford to focus offworld while troubles remain at home?
Location:
Each hex is 1 Parsec (3.26 lightyears) across. For detailed information on this region of space, see the thread here: Starchart of Local Systems and Galactic Neighbors
Rules:
This is a story-driven role play. As such, it is not a war-focused game. There aren't going to be enormous space battles between heavily armed starships... at least not at first.
The nations in this thread have worked together for a long time to bring this about, so for the most part this is a closed role play. That being said, I'm not completely against allowing others in, if they are willing to play by the rules and contribute to the story being played on an even level. There is no room here for some super-advanced space empire to swoop in and take over. That would be akin to god-modding, which is of course not allowed. It is established that Nubpryton is the most advanced civilization in this adventure, so if anyone is interested in joining in, they cannot be above his level.
This will be a location-based role play. Meaning that I will create 3 threads, one for each Sector which is inhabited. Any actions taken should be posted in the relevant thread for where they are taking place. In other words: if you send a ship to sector 3,1 you post in the thread for sector 3,1 and so forth as you move about. You ARE allowed to double post, if you are the only one in your sector, otherwise the story might never progress. I'm looking at Nubpryton and Zeganas in particular with this one. Being isolated from the center of action, they will be on their own to post in their respective threads. Now, the center of action is going to start in 3,1 because that is where the alien threat was first located. It will not stay there, however.
Finally, as I mentioned this is a story-driven roleplay. This means that, since I'm the only one who knows where this story is going at the moment, I will be acting as host in addition to playing the role of my nation. In such time as combat occurs, I will control the NPC alien swarm. From time to time, as needed, I may post in a location thread other than where my nation is, if there is an NPC alien presence there that I need to direct. I will make it clear that that is what I'm doing by heading my posts with something like this: // Alien Action // or something similar.
We have an OOC thread here: Sci-fi Section (OOC) for any comments about this adventure, or general OOC chatter please use that thread so we don't disturb the people in the regular RP OOC thread.
I will periodically update this thread with new information and status updates as the story unfolds. Consider this the News and Events thread.
Thankyou all for participating, and I hope to make this an adventure we will all enjoy and not soon forget.
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