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EDIT (and again): THIS RP IS NOW ACTIVE AGAIN. THE BELOW CONTINUES TO APPLY TO THE RP AT PRESENT. Telegram me for any further questions you may have at this time.
I feel like I should give some background on exactly why I disappeared for almost a year, but I'm not going to say too much. Someone close to me passed away due to cancer and I basically dropped a lot of creative and extracurricular activities for quite a long time. It's taken me a while to get back into NationStates again and it'd be really cool if this thread could pick up from where it left off. New nations joining in are very welcome. If you have any concerns about my commitment to the thread, then all you have to know is that I'm very much back in the game and the problems that previously plagued it (leading up to its abrupt halt) have since dissipated. I'm going to be more active than I was previously and so there is no need to be concerned there. All that aside, let's get some RPing done!
First off, I want to let you all know that my time zone is Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10, which may or may not restrict the progression of this RP, depending on yours). Please do your best to be very patient if you happen to live in the US, and don’t over-post without waiting for my responses (for obvious reasons). Additionally, please ensure that you read ALL of this original post, and keep up-to-date with the thread as much as you can. I don’t want to have to keep repeating information. Every time I post, you’ve got the link to my factbook available. USE IT – you may just need it and it’ll save us both a lot of time and prevent a lot of frustration. If you can’t find anything you need on it, you can send me a telegram or ask me here. Now that’s all clear:
HERE GOES…
So what I’m having here is basically a civil war amidst the isolated planets of my nation. Each planet represents a certain political ideology in the war and each planet has an entire fleet (give or take some ships) to its name. Two of the total nine fleets of the ACDF are as-yet unaccounted for (hint hint foreshadowing hint hint).
Zebedon (Zebedonese) – Fanaticism
Taigtets (Taigtetian) – Environmental Liberalism
Klyron (Klyronian) – Liberal Democracy
Orthmyr (Orthmyran) – Authoritarianism
Geikdyr (Geikdyran) – Libertarianism
Pofrom (Pofromite) – Militarianism (incumbent government)
Xainon (Xainonen) – Democratic Socialism
All planets have some degree of nationalism present, but the most nationalist are Pofrom, Orthmyr, Geikdyr and Zebedon.
These numbers may have changed a little, as some ships from the various fleets have turned pirate, some have been destroyed and others have gone missing. This only lists the standard complement of combat vessels from each fleet, and does not include any support vessels such as supply transports and tankers that may be trailing the fleets. The ACP (Arafuran Confederacy Pioneers) are the ‘civilian’ branch of the fleet, employed specifically in this role. They have a nonspecific number of ships per fleet.
I’ll explain the weaponry, defences, layout and visual aspects of each type of ship if/when it becomes necessary. The general concept of the Arafuran military vessels is that functionality is valued over fashion. The ships are organised in sensible (from an Arafuran view) designs that are often terribly ugly. ACDF vessels are usually grey, drab and quite bulky. They have no shielding (Arafuran technology has not advanced to that stage) but employ thick, heavy armour plating (also bundled with plenty of lead in case a fission-powered ship is destroyed nearby). They are slow compared to the standards of other race’s warships and employ an enormous armament of mass driver-style weaponry. Rotary cannons, rail guns and dumb-fire rocket launchers are the typical weapons used, since the ACDF’s lack of reliable targeting in space necessitates weight of fire, though limited image recognition is available for specialist craft. Fusion power technology is still theoretical, so many of the largest vessels run on fission power. Smaller vessels often need to be refuelled and recharged by support ships, due to their high power usage relative to their size. The average cruiser can be on operational deployment for approximately a month before it needs to be resupplied. The ACDF is typically made up of people from the winning side of the last war, that is: Pofrom, Orthmyr, and Klyron, but there is also significant representation from Zebedon and Geikdyr.
ACP vessels are a less of an eyesore, but are still driven very much towards function, with little in the way of adornment. Their vessels also typically have a fair amount of armour, though they bear little in the way of weaponry – they are not designed to be travelling without escorts. The ACP are generally made up of people from the less-nationalistic planets, namely Klyron, Taigtets and (to a lesser extent) Xainon. Confederate vessels are not typically as advanced as their foreign counterparts, but they are extremely numerous, and their crew are more than willing to die for their planet or their commanders.
So what am I asking of YOU, the NationStates community? Well not too much... Arafura is an extremely isolated sector that has been trying to stay under the radar of the galactic/universal community. The idea is that most civilisations won’t even know that Arafura exists, especially since Arafura has had dreadfully limited contact due to isolationist policies employed by its regime. I certainly don’t want some enormous empire coming in being all “TROLLOLOLOLOL NEW PROVINCE!” This is just a fairly open-ended opportunity for the NS community to have its say in the future of my civilisation.
The results could be anything from an interplanetary group hug to the destruction (in part or in whole) of the entire sector. Up to you guys. Probably the most helpful options in terms of the overall narrative would be to either side with a planetary regime or try to establish a peace neutral of any planet. As the story develops, more factions may be introduced (wink). If you want to do something really extreme, like glassing a planet or tearing open a black hole (please don’t do that, because everyone will be very tragically sucked away, hehe… no seriously, don’t), please send me a TG first and I’ll tell you whether that’s fine or not. Invading the planets is entirely allowed (you can TRY, rather), but don’t be sending in armies in the magnitude of billions. Let’s not get ridiculous. Also, they might just die (hint hint). Just keep in mind that whatever happens, you’re likely to lose a fair amount of people, ships and equipment proportional to the number you send in. If you send in a thousand ships, you should be prepared to lose several hundred if you decide to take a particular course of action. Naturally, this depends on the way the story goes. You can try to end it bloodlessly (or less bloodily), but it’s generally geared towards violent conflict at present.
If you need any other particular information, you can visit my factbook, accessible through my forum signature. None of the information on my nation profile is very useful, as you might imagine. As much as I hope that this will work out according to one of the general scenarios I’ve got worked out in my head, I’m not naïve. I’m totally prepared for this to all go out of control, as is the nature of NS, but we’ll see what happens. This is only the second RP I’ve created myself, so here goes.
In case you have any questions as to the IC thread being ‘semi-open’, that is simply to ensure that you’ve all read to the bottom of this. The thread technically counts as being ‘open’ to you, only as long as you’ve read all of this. I reserve the right to fire the ignore cannon at anyone who hasn’t (and it’ll probably be quite obvious).
Now you might be thinking to yourselves “Well that’s all very well and good and all, but what is OPERATION THUNDERSTORM?” hehe… you’ll see.
I only had to change like to things to make it just 1 ship...PS, forgot all Chaos-Class ships had a massive weapons array, so yeah, no need to send 4...or 750...even if some of them are Lore-class cruisers...Shh, it's okay Josiah(THAT'S ME!"NOT IT'S ME" IT IS BOTH OF US"WE SHOULD MAKE OUT"One, why are we welling, two...NUUUUUU!)...I am a good boy.