Future Imperfect Roleplaying Group (FT|Open|OoC)

[Inkarzikan]

The CSS Venture Star

There are 500 colonists, and 150 Secops personnel. (Secops=Security Operations, division of the Confederate Army)

Operation Exposition, or commonly called OpEx, is the colonization movement of the Planet, to extract resources and Overpopulation solutions. If the Colony, designated Nova A'rtorius, is to be successful, The Confederate Senate has allowed more colonists to go.

[The Illion Systems]

I'm making the thread....

Now.

Colonization RP - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=180179

As for the type of world it is, think young Earth with a slightly lower water content, more heavy metals, and no sentient life. It is also very geologically active.

Here's da map
http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy16 ... Tworld.png

I'm the crimson square, for reference. When you post in the IC tell me where you're at and I'll update it!

i'll psot tomorrow. Right now i am very low on time. Good first post though. And if possible i'd like to land on that 'cuban shaped island to the right/bellow the red dot.

[Ty-Ralyain]

I'd like to be involved with the colonization. Would also be a good place to get my wings stretched out with you blokes.

[Dolmhold]

Nation (FT) Name: The Dolmholdi Collective
Nation Leader(s): None, everyone is.
Government: Direct Democracy, roughly.
Capital: (Planet) None, for several possible reasons
Main Language: Dolmholdi Chinese, although any known language can be simply downloaded and used, if the knowledge is within the database of the people.
Currency: None, post scaresity economy. This may bring up issues in trading.
Population: 481 Billion.
Territories:

Migratory Fleet of Worldships, no set territory. About 5000 Civilian worldships with a population of 100 million each, civilian meaning lacking a superweapon and lesser military capacities. Sixty Military Worldships.

S. Description/Factbook Link:
The era of the collective began in 2050, shortly after the invention of the warp drive, various genetic modifications and the rise of the technological singularity. The Dolmholdi republic, long known as a powerful space-faring nation back on Earth, had completely embraced the changes, and people soon were able to download knowledge at will, upload knowledge and so forth. At the same time, the risky transition to a type one civilization struck the rest of humanity as far as it was known, and the entire nation left Earth completely, leaving the others to their fate.

After a bit of settling and traveling again, the nation soon found themselves settling in the Delta Quadrant, and so began an era of growth, peace, crime-free growth. It was a utopia, so to say, and the nation focused on terraforming each and every world there was. Genetic upgrades happened for each individual, and so forth.

However, the galactic scene soon noticed Dolmhold, and several wars have been fought between rival alliances of which Dolmhold was caught in. The military, once not even considered, was rebuilt. It was noted for being a dwarf military, as in, very high quality and very hard to kill, with lots of firepower, but with exceptionally low numbers, and very rarely actually taking any spacecraft losses.

The Solar Array Pumped Laser, or SAPL, proved to be the best at system defense, eliminating hoards of enemies rapidly, but soon, wars became so absurdly large that the SAPL was no longer effective. New weapons and technology had to be developed. When the Milky Way was invaded by the Vexil, this proved to be true as Dolmhold packed up and left their somewhat historical home area, near the galactic core in the Delta Sector.

Now a nomadic fleet of worldships which go to different areas each and transforming more worlds into worldships, Dolmhold has no limits. While galactic soverignity is usually observed, systems usually end up bare of solid worlds by the time the Dolmholdi fleet which went there is gone. Nations seeking future expansion into the area may view Dolmhold like a pest, but that is just a might.


RP Example: (Link)

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=175323
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=175329&start=325

Other*:

Not the best RPer, instances of techwank may occur.

Well... I'm sorta stuck on a few parts. I'm looking to RP a moderately-strong power.

What would people here think if we were a migratory fleet of worldships that average the size of the moon going from system to system turning worlds into more worldships and generating energy by vacuum energy which is free?

[Cheten]

I'd like to join in on the colonization thread.

2 Hive-ships each carrying around 450 drones, and around 1000 eggs.

[Zepplien]

I'd like to join in on the colonization thread.

2 Hive-ships each carrying around 450 drones, and around 1000 eggs.

I see our species getting along

[The Azoni]

Nation (FT) Name: The Dolmholdi Collective
Nation Leader(s): None, everyone is.
Government: Direct Democracy, roughly.
Capital: (Planet) None.
Main Language: Dolmholdi Chinese, although any known language can be simply downloaded and used, if the knowledge is within the database of the people.
Currency: None, post scaresity economy. This may bring up issues in trading.
Population: 481 Billion.
Territories: (Debating between worldship fleet or regular settled)
S. Description/Factbook Link:
The era of the collective began in 2050, shortly after the invention of the warp drive, various genetic modifications and the rise of the technological singularity. The Dolmholdi republic, long known as a powerful space-faring nation back on Earth, had completely embraced the changes, and people soon were able to download knowledge at will, upload knowledge and so forth. At the same time, the risky transition to a type one civilization struck the rest of humanity as far as it was known, and the entire nation left Earth completely, leaving the others to their fate.

After a bit of settling and traveling again, the nation soon found themselves settling in the Delta Quadrant, and so began an era of growth, peace, crime-free growth. It was a utopia, so to say, and the nation focused on terraforming each and every world there was. Genetic upgrades happened for each individual, and so forth.

However, the galactic scene soon noticed Dolmhold, and several wars have been fought between rival alliances of which Dolmhold was caught in. The military, once not even considered, was rebuilt. It was noted for being a dwarf military, as in, very high quality and very hard to kill, with lots of firepower, but with exceptionally low numbers, and very rarely actually taking any spacecraft losses.


RP Example: (Link)

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=175323
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=175329&start=325

Other*:

Not the best RPer, instances of techwank may occur.

Well... I'm sorta stuck on a few parts. I'm looking to RP a moderately-strong power.

What would people here think if we were a migratory fleet of worldships that average the size of the moon going from system to system turning worlds into more worldships and generating energy by vacuum energy which is free?

Migratory fleet a la Quarian would be cooler IMO

I don't normally RP FT, but when i do, It normally dies fast. hopefully doesn't die too soon with you guys.

Nation (FT) Name: The United Socialist Kingdom (URSK)
Nation Leader(s):
Queen Azura II
President Jason Marco
Chairman Fredrick Harrison
Government: Imperialistic, left-wing, constitutional monarchy
Capital: Elipida
Main Language: English
Currency: Credit (cR)
Population: 24.6 billion estimated (my MT pop x 10)
Territories:
OOC: all significant planets but the home world and gas giants are named after sky gods from Greek mythology. gas giants are named after mythical Greek giants, and Elipida is form the word 'hope' in greek
Significant Worlds (command centres for 'prospect' worlds orbiting the same sun)
Elipida (home world)
Luna Prospect
Achelois
Aeolus
Aether
S. Description/Factbook Link: OOC: since i don't tend to RP FT often, I don't have a factbook

The USK became a space-faring nation when the discovery of ancient Precursor technology found buried deep at the bottom of the planet's deepest trench. It took nearly ten years for the technology to be studied completely and reversed-engineered into the kingdom's own ships.

The ship named "The Eternal Spirit" was the first of many ships created using the reversed-engineered technology. Within a year, the kingdom colonized or made use of all of the planet's in the local system. the asteroid belt was transformed into a massive mining industry that made gold and other precious metals into common goods, and the massive gas giants' atmosphere were ripped for gases used in fuel.

But that, off course,was simply not enough. The Kingdom began to expand aggressively into the outer regions of space after the development of FTL drives. Then the kingdom encountered its first extraterrestrials. The end result was not pretty for either side. The insect-like creatures massacred the crew of the expedition crew simply because they too, never met aliens. Known only as 'The Hive', they're mainly mindless bugs controlled by a few 'queen bugs', which was the only truly 'sapient' creature in their species. But we didn't know that at the time. Nor did they know that we were all sapient.

So both empires were plunged into a massive and bloody conflict where it was to exterminate, or be exterminated. No negotiation, no attempt to understand one anther, just death for the sake of death.

Eventually the Kingdom succeeded in destroying the hive's home world, and only after did we learn from a dying queen that spoke through our minds that they too wanted peace.

The Kingdom carried on with less then half of the original population and began to rebuild, carrying on the torch of the Hive
RP Example: Let me go dig for ones that weren't deleted (ones in International Incidents, not the dead F7 RPs)
Other*: Just ask if something's unclear, I can provably elaborate

Accepted

[The Azoni]

Hm. This sounds nice. I have only been involved in a small amount of FT RPs, and I do wish to expand my FT abilities. I am not adept at writing in such a universe.

Nation (FT) Name: Systems Alliance
Nation Leader(s): Chairman John Shepard
Government: Democracy
Capital: Earth
Main Language: English (de facto)
Currency: Alliance Credit
Population: Undefined (I have yet to really establish a population for my FT nation, though Earth's is approximately 11.4 billion)
Territories: I have a link in my signature. Galactic Map, not National.
S. Description/Factbook Link: I have factbooks active in this nation's page, though the majority reaches back before FT
RP Example: Burnt Embers in the Breeze
Other*:

Thanks. I hope to further expand my abilities in FT with this group.

Accepted

[Dolmhold]

Well... I'm sorta stuck on a few parts. I'm looking to RP a moderately-strong power.

What would people here think if we were a migratory fleet of worldships that average the size of the moon going from system to system turning worlds into more worldships and generating energy by vacuum energy which is free?

Migratory fleet a la Quarian would be cooler IMO

So... Can I go with the worldship fleet? 4810 Civilian worldships (Only thing distinguishing them from a military one is the lack of a "superweapon") and yet to be determined number of military ones. If this is too much, then I'm going for the other way.

[Zepplien]

Migratory fleet a la Quarian would be cooler IMO

So... Can I go with the worldship fleet? 4810 Civilian worldships (Only thing distinguishing them from a military one is the lack of a "superweapon") and yet to be determined number of military ones. If this is too much, then I'm going for the other way.

I will have a few Quarian like fleets, mostly in orbit of gas worlds, mostly because I feel like I wouldn't have enough space on planets alone

[Dolmhold]

So... Can I go with the worldship fleet? 4810 Civilian worldships (Only thing distinguishing them from a military one is the lack of a "superweapon") and yet to be determined number of military ones. If this is too much, then I'm going for the other way.

I will have a few Quarian like fleets, mostly in orbit of gas worlds, mostly because I feel like I wouldn't have enough space on planets alone

*Searches for Quarian because I don't know what they are

Wow... my nation is moderately similar to them... not really similar at all, but the closest out of any sci-fi I can find...

[Zepplien]

I will have a few Quarian like fleets, mostly in orbit of gas worlds, mostly because I feel like I wouldn't have enough space on planets alone

*Searches for Quarian because I don't know what they are

Wow... my nation is moderately similar to them... not really similar at all, but the closest out of any sci-fi I can find...

Except I take it Battlestar Galactica

Or the yuuzhan vong

[Casl]

I need to test some ideas i had head for FT, and the direction i have lead my peoples in.

Nation (FT) Name: The Drones
Nation Leader(s): The 31
Government: Consensus of 31 with occasional complete species vote.
Capital: Planet Jali In Star System Endaria
Main Language: Drone Code
Currency: None
Population: 696 Billion Consciousnesses
Territories: Drone Galaxy, Colonization Parties
S. Description/Factbook Link: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=casl/detail=factbook READ INSANELY IMPORTANT
RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=164738 viewtopic.php?f=5&t=143810
Other*: The Drones are mechanical life forms. They have used illegally acquired advanced technology to create a "perfect galaxy" in a remote reality to base their operations from. The Drones despite having this and one way reality travel devices are not technologically superior to other races by any means. The Drones send colonization parties to other realities (this is why I'm here).


Basically the Drones have sent a colonization party from their reality of: 3000 Control Ships, 2000 Cruisers, 1000 Battleships, 10 Factory Ships, 1 NES Battleship. Total population on mission would be around 376,000 Consciousnesses

[Vipra]

Nation (FT) Name: The Imperium of Vpra
Nation Leader(s): Imperatrix Thanalli Alataryx
Government: Absolute Monarchy / Federation
Capital: Allurus, within the system of Valethus
Main Language: Common & Vipran
Currency: the Imperial Mark
Population: ~250 Billion in Core systems, no accurate census data within the Fringe systems
Territories: 53 Core systems spread throughout the four quadrants of the galaxy, numerous dependencies and private/corporate colonies.
S. Description/Factbook Link:

The Imperium is a gargantuan state, highly aggressive and founded upon conquest. It has only bee spacefaring for roughly 33 earth years, but has expanded from a single system to touch every corner of the galaxy and encompass numerous species. The Imperium is organized into provinces, each with its own internal government created and decided upon by the citizens of the province. Above the provincial governors, regardless of their system of governance, the Imperatrix commands supreme authority as an absolute monarch. In this same vein provinces are not allowed to field their own militias, the entirety of the armed forces under the direct command of the Imperatrix. In contrast to this corporations and private entities are allowed to field mercenary forces.

In regards to species the Imperium is home to a vast collection of races, most populace among them the talythians (Human offshoot), humanity, and the atoran. The atoran are the politically dominant race of the Imperium, the Imperatrix being an atoran and the Imperium being created by them. All races enjoy equal rights regardless of how they came to be a part of the Imperium, though internal prejudices are present among portions of the populace. Most worlds within the Imperium are a cosmopolitan mixture of races.

Corporations are unregulated for the most part, the Imperium being laissez-faire. They operate their own private mercenary armies, can freely conquer non-Imperial territory and establish them as corporate colonies under the Imperium. This often leads to the exploitation of natives, with the Imperium more often than not turning a blind eye to the corporations’ amoral actions in return for benefits. As such most corporations are felt more potently in the Imperial Fringe as opposed to the Core Systems.

The Core and Fringe differ in that Fringe systems are not directly part of a province and have less of an Imperial military presence. They are often colonies, either composed of private Imperial citizens or the result of a corporate takeover, or states submissive to the Imperium. They have what amounts to a skeleton garrison for the most part, often composed of mothballed or vessels taken during the Imperium’s conquests. This is not true of the corporate worlds, however they are the exception and not the rule. These Fringe states and corporate colonies also tend to do the majority of the Imperium exploration and diplomacy, as they often surround the core systems and are also composed into exclaves far abroad.

RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=145047 and viewtopic.php?f=5&t=139249
Other*:

[Casl]

Whaaaaa dolmholds here!

Ugh i applied to the last one just as this one was made lol, well there is my application, read my fact book or think I'm crazy, cept Dolmhold he knows.

[G-Tech Corporation]

I'd like to be involved with the colonization. Would also be a good place to get my wings stretched out with you blokes.

Righto Ty, give me your stuff and you can rock and roll.

I'd like to join in on the colonization thread.

2 Hive-ships each carrying around 450 drones, and around 1000 eggs.

Hmmm I'd love to have a hive race on-planet, but right now we're at 6 (8? Nkt sober enough for this) RPers and I don't really want the RP getting wonky. Consider yourself on the wait list if someone doesn't post in 2 days you can assuredly hop on board.

[Zepplien]

I'd like to be involved with the colonization. Would also be a good place to get my wings stretched out with you blokes.

Righto Ty, give me your stuff and you can rock and roll.

I'd like to join in on the colonization thread.

2 Hive-ships each carrying around 450 drones, and around 1000 eggs.

Hmmm I'd love to have a hive race on-planet, but right now we're at 6 (8? Nkt sober enough for this) RPers and I don't really want the RP getting wonky. Consider yourself on the wait list if someone doesn't post in 2 days you can assuredly hop on board.

Is it ok I posted, I figured it was open to all members of this group, I can remove my post if you want.

[Premislyd]

Nation (FT) Name: The Imperium of Vpra
Nation Leader(s): Imperatrix Thanalli Alataryx
Government: Absolute Monarchy / Federation
Capital: Allurus, within the system of Valethus
Main Language: Common & Vipran
Currency: the Imperial Mark
Population: ~250 Billion in Core systems, no accurate census data within the Fringe systems
Territories: 53 Core systems spread throughout the four quadrants of the galaxy, numerous dependencies and private/corporate colonies.
S. Description/Factbook Link:

The Imperium is a gargantuan state, highly aggressive and founded upon conquest. It has only bee spacefaring for roughly 33 earth years, but has expanded from a single system to touch every corner of the galaxy and encompass numerous species. The Imperium is organized into provinces, each with its own internal government created and decided upon by the citizens of the province. Above the provincial governors, regardless of their system of governance, the Imperatrix commands supreme authority as an absolute monarch. In this same vein provinces are not allowed to field their own militias, the entirety of the armed forces under the direct command of the Imperatrix. In contrast to this corporations and private entities are allowed to field mercenary forces.

In regards to species the Imperium is home to a vast collection of races, most populace among them the talythians (Human offshoot), humanity, and the atoran. The atoran are the politically dominant race of the Imperium, the Imperatrix being an atoran and the Imperium being created by them. All races enjoy equal rights regardless of how they came to be a part of the Imperium, though internal prejudices are present among portions of the populace. Most worlds within the Imperium are a cosmopolitan mixture of races.

Corporations are unregulated for the most part, the Imperium being laissez-faire. They operate their own private mercenary armies, can freely conquer non-Imperial territory and establish them as corporate colonies under the Imperium. This often leads to the exploitation of natives, with the Imperium more often than not turning a blind eye to the corporations’ amoral actions in return for benefits. As such most corporations are felt more potently in the Imperial Fringe as opposed to the Core Systems.

The Core and Fringe differ in that Fringe systems are not directly part of a province and have less of an Imperial military presence. They are often colonies, either composed of private Imperial citizens or the result of a corporate takeover, or states submissive to the Imperium. They have what amounts to a skeleton garrison for the most part, often composed of mothballed or vessels taken during the Imperium’s conquests. This is not true of the corporate worlds, however they are the exception and not the rule. These Fringe states and corporate colonies also tend to do the majority of the Imperium exploration and diplomacy, as they often surround the core systems and are also composed into exclaves far abroad.

RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=145047 and viewtopic.php?f=5&t=139249
Other*:

Accepted Vipra

I need to test some ideas i had head for FT, and the direction i have lead my peoples in.

Nation (FT) Name: The Drones
Nation Leader(s): The 31
Government: Consensus of 31 with occasional complete species vote.
Capital: Planet Jali In Star System Endaria
Main Language: Drone Code
Currency: None
Population: 696 Billion Consciousnesses
Territories: Drone Galaxy, Colonization Parties
S. Description/Factbook Link: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=casl/detail=factbook READ INSANELY IMPORTANT
RP Example: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=164738 viewtopic.php?f=5&t=143810
Other*: The Drones are mechanical life forms. They have used illegally acquired advanced technology to create a "perfect galaxy" in a remote reality to base their operations from. The Drones despite having this and one way reality travel devices are not technologically superior to other races by any means. The Drones send colonization parties to other realities (this is why I'm here).


Basically the Drones have sent a colonization party from their reality of: 3000 Control Ships, 2000 Cruisers, 1000 Battleships, 10 Factory Ships, 1 NES Battleship. Total population on mission would be around 376,000 Consciousnesses

Accepted

[God Flame]

Nation (FT) Name:[God Flame]
Nation Leader(s):[Tiberius]
Government:[Democratic Socialists]
Capital:[Sartin] (Mars)
Main Language:[Flamian]
Currency:[Vato]
Population:[246 million]
Territories:[Mars ice fields]


Relatively young nation, FYI

[G-Tech Corporation]

Is it ok I posted, I figured it was open to all members of this group, I can remove my post if you want.

Hmm. Well currently only 4 Rpers have posted incoming fleets IC (assuming the Tagsky by Prem is just out of interest), so I guess I'll allow it in this case..... just put up the same info as the other peeps and then you can continue posting.

Note to ALL: As much as I'd like to let everyone into the colonization RP, putting 30 posters in a thread and saying "fight for the planet!!" is a big no-no. Was part of it once, not a pleasant experience. Therefore I'm afraid- unless you want to be on the wait-list- the Colonization RP is currently closed.

[Ty-Ralyain]

Is it ok I posted, I figured it was open to all members of this group, I can remove my post if you want.

Hmm. Well currently only 4 Rpers have posted incoming fleets IC (assuming the Tagsky by Prem is just out of interest), so I guess I'll allow it in this case..... just put up the same info as the other peeps and then you can continue posting.

Note to ALL: As much as I'd like to let everyone into the colonization RP, putting 30 posters in a thread and saying "fight for the planet!!" is a big no-no. Was part of it once, not a pleasant experience. Therefore I'm afraid- unless you want to be on the wait-list- the Colonization RP is currently closed.

I have no intention of just doing a planet war. Planned on sending out a mixed clan similar to the Hydous but interested in becoming like the Kehn-Belth so, working to become more planetary and isolated.

[San Monteriano]

Is it ok I posted, I figured it was open to all members of this group, I can remove my post if you want.

Hmm. Well currently only 4 Rpers have posted incoming fleets IC (assuming the Tagsky by Prem is just out of interest), so I guess I'll allow it in this case..... just put up the same info as the other peeps and then you can continue posting.

Note to ALL: As much as I'd like to let everyone into the colonization RP, putting 30 posters in a thread and saying "fight for the planet!!" is a big no-no. Was part of it once, not a pleasant experience. Therefore I'm afraid- unless you want to be on the wait-list- the Colonization RP is currently closed.

Closed to everyone, or just those who expressed interest and were participating? Either way, I would like to be on the "wait-list" if I am not already signed up for the RP.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hmm. Well currently only 4 Rpers have posted incoming fleets IC (assuming the Tagsky by Prem is just out of interest), so I guess I'll allow it in this case..... just put up the same info as the other peeps and then you can continue posting.

Note to ALL: As much as I'd like to let everyone into the colonization RP, putting 30 posters in a thread and saying "fight for the planet!!" is a big no-no. Was part of it once, not a pleasant experience. Therefore I'm afraid- unless you want to be on the wait-list- the Colonization RP is currently closed.

Closed to everyone, or just those who expressed interest and were participating? Either way, I would like to be on the "wait-list" if I am not already signed up for the RP.

Closed to new participants but if I remember correctly you were someone who already got on board... post away! Only 1 of the peeps that actually signed up has posted a real reply yet, so I'm sure some of those who wanted in won't get around to it, so space should open up. Just give it a bit anyone who wants to join

Also, if no one else has any ideas for RPs, I have another good one that I'd love to try.

[Zepplien]

Is it ok I posted, I figured it was open to all members of this group, I can remove my post if you want.

Hmm. Well currently only 4 Rpers have posted incoming fleets IC (assuming the Tagsky by Prem is just out of interest), so I guess I'll allow it in this case..... just put up the same info as the other peeps and then you can continue posting.

Note to ALL: As much as I'd like to let everyone into the colonization RP, putting 30 posters in a thread and saying "fight for the planet!!" is a big no-no. Was part of it once, not a pleasant experience. Therefore I'm afraid- unless you want to be on the wait-list- the Colonization RP is currently closed.

The info on my fleet would say it was made of 3 Hoshi Maru class transports each with a crew of 50, and a combine civilian pop of 450, a mix of all four Hegemony species. The Vika and Robots provide security, though there are only around 60 plasma rifles aboard the three ships. The Hoshi Maru class was chosen because they were a scrapped frigate design, and as such mount heavy armour and moderate weapons (for civilian ships). Reports are constantly sent back to the central government through the Vika hive mind.

[Thelle]

Nation (FT) Name: The Colony of Thelle

Nation Leader(s): President Dimian Highte (pronounced the same as height)

Government: Parliamentary Democracy

Capital: Thelle (AKA: Gamma 269)

Main Language: English

Currency: Post-Federal

Population: 80 million (only citizens 16 or older counted)

Species: Human

Territories: (Names of planets, systems and sectors can be fictional) Thelle(Gamma 269), Themme(Thelle's moon, not yet fully terraformed)

S. Description/Factbook Link:

In 2100, the United Systems Federation(USF) arrived in the Gamma star system. Their arrival in the system was because of their interest in a recently discovered and explored garden world-a world that can safely support human life without significant terraforming. That garden world was Thelle. Thelle had water, a mostly nitrogen atmosphere with slightly more oxygen than Earth, and even a gravitational pull at seas level of 1.011G. Colonization began swiftly. Within only three years, the population of Thelle had gone from about 150 to over two million. Apparently, the planet had vast stores of the rare element iridium. This only fuel Thelle's fledgling economy and prompted more colonists to move to Thelle in search of work and money.

By 2108, the tiny planet was completely terraformed. Plant life was sprawling, the iridium mines were running at full speed, and the newly built cities were booming. The planet of Thelle-and its population of six million-were well in their way to becoming an urban world with it's own independence! There was only one catch: the USF wasn't fond of the last four words of the previous sentence. They'd just colonized a planet that was pulling in more annual income than the entire Sigma Sector put together(a lot). They weren't abut to let some colonists force them off-world. As protests against the conservative authoritarian government of the USF were spreading planet-wide, the first USF troops arrived.

At first, Thelle's colonists could do little against the trained USF soldiers. Despite the fact that their police had turned against the USF and armed the populace, the early colonial troops were largely untrained and inexperienced. They were using only the firearms that they owned and those provided to them by pro-rebel police. Their armor consisted of safety equipment from the mines, police uniforms, civilian load-bearing vests, and crowd control equipment. Their only advantage was that they knew the terrain marginally better than their opponents.

As the conflict for Thelle dragged on into its third year, the losses rose toward 1/6 of the planet's population(bear in mind only those 16 or older are counted). Not all of them were casualties. The USF was, at this point, simply loading people onto transport ships and carrying them back into USF space. Others were less fortunate and were simply launched out into deep space or toward Thelle's sun. The USF fleet was doing anything in could to contain what was slowly becoming a problematic military operation. Thelle's forces were becoming better armed with every small ambush, more experienced with every firefight, and more determined with every loss. The USF force had underestimated their foe.

Finally, in the fourth year of fighting, the USF suffered a crippling blow. Colonial revolutionaries had seized control of the planetary cannons set up almost seven years earlier to ward off pirate and other multi-system superpowers and turned them against the Federal ships. The colony's iridium tipped shells fabricated by their meager industrial complexes were finally being put to good use in the rail cannons being fired upward. The casualties were shocking. The USF fleet of ten ships lost two frigates, a carrier, and a destroyer. These losses, combined with a transport frigate lost planet-side several days earlier, the actual planetary defenses themselves having been lost, and the accumulated casualties of four years of fighting, finally pushed Federal command over the edge. They called a full retreat of their ground forces. Just two days later, the remainder of the USF fleet was limping back to Federal space.

Other:
Thelle:
Day length: 23.97 Earth hours
Orbital time(year length): 10.2 Earth months
Gravity: 1.011G

(And, to prevent future assumptions that Thelle's soldiers look like a bunch of eggheads, an updated example of Thelle's Colonial Defense Force can be found here.