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by The Fedral Union » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:21 pm
by Abys » Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:00 pm
Arcus wrote:Launch aluminum into the high atmosphere, block out le sun.Aby wrote:we will recharge our lasguns by the light of your burning corpses anyway, so who needs the sun
by Kyrusia » Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:31 pm
The Fedral Union wrote:Bah most of em are youngins; Rethan I can remember the start of most FT allegiances on II, ESUS, the GE, the GFFA. They were much different than what IRON was, or HERMES was. They weren't just groups of people looking to make fun stories and such and IIRC IRON was made to jump start things in FT. Anyway that was the age when Alliances were there to "kick" the asses of anyone who invaded a member, and being on the reviving end of a dog pile I can say it sucked..
Honestly that is what turned people off to alliances mostly IMO,as for now. I learned from those mistakes designing GESO. But the best example of group rping comes from the NS forum and ToY or the NDA... They have been around since the start.
by OMGeverynameistaken » Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:50 pm
by Rethan » Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:16 pm
Abys wrote:So I was originally going to have a confederation of a bunch of Aliens working together. Then I sat down and looked at it and realized it was too complex and would quickly get difficult to manage. So I decided to simplify it into something more manage back I'm left with a decision on what species I want to RP with.
Should I stick with the tried and true humans or one of my aliens. what are some pros and cons of RPing with aliens or humans, which one increases the likelihood that someone would want to RP with me?
by Huerdae » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:03 pm
Xiscapia wrote:It amused her for a time to wonder if the two fleets could not see each other, so she could imagine them blindly stabbing in the dark, like a game of tag, if tag was played with rocket launchers in pitch blackness.
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[17:15] <Telros> KUKUKU, HE HAS REINFORCEMENTS
[17:15] <Telros> FOR TELROS IS REINFORCEMENTS MAN
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by OMGeverynameistaken » Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:09 am
by SquareDisc City » Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:12 am
Ffffuuu-Rethan wrote:the novel Blindsight
by Rethan » Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:17 am
SquareDisc City wrote:Ffffuuu-Rethan wrote:the novel Blindsight
I was going to use the term "Blindsight" for a method of FTL travel. Should I rename it to not clash with the novel?
by Sskiss » Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:52 am
by Vorkova » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:33 am
Vorkova wrote:So I'm probably going to turn this nation into my FT nation, and I wanted to get some criticism on my origin story. I'm going to go with furries this time, canines to be exact, and I was thinking about how my people could have changed from wolves to anthros. Rather than say they evolved over hundreds of millions of years, I wanted to give them a more... unique origin.
I was thinking about a scenario where a radioactive meteor crashes into my homeworld around fifty thousand years in the past, causing a group of local wolves to mutate and take on some humanoid characteristics (This would be a gradual change over a few hundred years). An earthquake could eventually cause the small island they live on to sink, destroying the meteor (And subsequently halting their evolution at a stage similar to modern humans) and forcing them to emigrate, which eventually leads to them spreading across the entire planet. I was thinking races could develop quickly (Foxes, ect.) after this due to the lingering effects of the asteroid, which allows them to adapt to climates quickly (This would wear off within a few generations).
As to how earth wolves got to a random alien system in the first place, I was thinking they could be the result of a failed human colony. A colony ship jumps to the system sometime in the future, inadvertently encountering a warp anomaly on the way which sends it fifty thousand years into the past. Unaware of what has just happened, the humans colonise the planet and seed it with earth life. When a plague breaks out sometime later and the support necessary to save the colony doesn't come, the humans die out, leaving the animals behind. This is where the above mentioned meteor comes in and sets things rolling.
Thoughts?
by Jullin » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:23 am
Vorkova wrote:Vorkova wrote:So I'm probably going to turn this nation into my FT nation, and I wanted to get some criticism on my origin story. I'm going to go with furries this time, canines to be exact, and I was thinking about how my people could have changed from wolves to anthros. Rather than say they evolved over hundreds of millions of years, I wanted to give them a more... unique origin.
I was thinking about a scenario where a radioactive meteor crashes into my homeworld around fifty thousand years in the past, causing a group of local wolves to mutate and take on some humanoid characteristics (This would be a gradual change over a few hundred years). An earthquake could eventually cause the small island they live on to sink, destroying the meteor (And subsequently halting their evolution at a stage similar to modern humans) and forcing them to emigrate, which eventually leads to them spreading across the entire planet. I was thinking races could develop quickly (Foxes, ect.) after this due to the lingering effects of the asteroid, which allows them to adapt to climates quickly (This would wear off within a few generations).
As to how earth wolves got to a random alien system in the first place, I was thinking they could be the result of a failed human colony. A colony ship jumps to the system sometime in the future, inadvertently encountering a warp anomaly on the way which sends it fifty thousand years into the past. Unaware of what has just happened, the humans colonise the planet and seed it with earth life. When a plague breaks out sometime later and the support necessary to save the colony doesn't come, the humans die out, leaving the animals behind. This is where the above mentioned meteor comes in and sets things rolling.
Thoughts?
by Vorkova » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:47 am
Jullin wrote:The only downside to this is that high levels of radiation tend to kill living things, either by destroying cells outright or mutating them into cancer. The documented cases of radiation 'evolving' a creature into a different, more intelligent, creature equal exactly zero. However, if Godzilla and Fallout can get away with it, I don't see any reason why you can't. It's just pedants like me who fuss over that kind of thing. And it leaves you with the ability to tell a potentially interesting tale of a species having to deal with suddenly gaining intelligence and how they cope with that.
by Jullin » Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:45 am
Vorkova wrote:Jullin wrote:The only downside to this is that high levels of radiation tend to kill living things, either by destroying cells outright or mutating them into cancer. The documented cases of radiation 'evolving' a creature into a different, more intelligent, creature equal exactly zero. However, if Godzilla and Fallout can get away with it, I don't see any reason why you can't. It's just pedants like me who fuss over that kind of thing. And it leaves you with the ability to tell a potentially interesting tale of a species having to deal with suddenly gaining intelligence and how they cope with that.
I completely understand that. I remember reading about the effects the radiation in Pripyat had on the local wildlife. Like you said though, Fallout and loads of other video games/movies do this to make things plausible. Ghouls may be completely impossible, but Fallout has them and they were a damn good idea. I admit this is a fantasy idea inspired by my forays into the furry fandom, but then isn't that what future tech is kind of about? Fantasy ideas made reality in a future setting?
by Vorkova » Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:56 am
Jullin wrote:Vorkova wrote:I completely understand that. I remember reading about the effects the radiation in Pripyat had on the local wildlife. Like you said though, Fallout and loads of other video games/movies do this to make things plausible. Ghouls may be completely impossible, but Fallout has them and they were a damn good idea. I admit this is a fantasy idea inspired by my forays into the furry fandom, but then isn't that what future tech is kind of about? Fantasy ideas made reality in a future setting?
Like I said, you're not the first, and it'll make for an interesting story, just wanted to make sure you were aware of it is all.
by Jullin » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:25 am
Vorkova wrote:Jullin wrote:
Like I said, you're not the first, and it'll make for an interesting story, just wanted to make sure you were aware of it is all.
I was kind of sceptical about the idea at first, but if you think it could work I'll certainly go with it. I have some ideas down for a basic type of government (Partially inspired by inter-war Hungary's regency under Horthy) and history, but I'm a bit confused about what to do about culture. Should I base my people off of an Earth culture or try to come up with something new myself? I've never been good with consistency regarding culture before, so I want to get it right this time.
by Reliquary » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:08 pm
Rethan wrote:I consider the novel Blindsight by Peter Watts required reading for everyone in NSFT, but especially so for those looking to make their own alien race. Watts has experience in marine biology, and did a lot of research of his own when designing the aliens in Blindsight. And all of his sources and notes can be found at the end of the novel, which can be found at the link I just put in there to be read for free. Because Watts is awesome.
by Tribea » Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:38 pm
Sediczja wrote:Sediczjan infantryman drops fro the ceiling, entrenching tool in hand. Extremist shits pants, followed by death. Great success.
by SquareDisc City » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:39 am
by Themiclesia » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:55 am
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by Jovian Lunar Empire » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:57 am
Tribea wrote:I was thinking of cybernetic implants(Cyber Knights RPG, in which i still think dataports are the most useful ones), and Cyber Knights RPG pointed something out: If you have changed the spinal cord and brainstem to the point of them connecting to the Global Matrix(sig for meaning) through machinez called Data Terminals, are you still human?
by Ivory Record » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:11 am
Jovian Lunar Empire wrote:Tribea wrote:I was thinking of cybernetic implants(Cyber Knights RPG, in which i still think dataports are the most useful ones), and Cyber Knights RPG pointed something out: If you have changed the spinal cord and brainstem to the point of them connecting to the Global Matrix(sig for meaning) through machinez called Data Terminals, are you still human?
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by Reliquary » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:53 pm
Tribea wrote:I was thinking of cybernetic implants(Cyber Knights RPG, in which i still think dataports are the most useful ones), and Cyber Knights RPG pointed something out: If you have changed the spinal cord and brainstem to the point of them connecting to the Global Matrix(sig for meaning) through machinez called Data Terminals, are you still human?
by Ularn » Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:15 pm
by Abys » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:49 pm
Arcus wrote:Launch aluminum into the high atmosphere, block out le sun.Aby wrote:we will recharge our lasguns by the light of your burning corpses anyway, so who needs the sun
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