They Came From the Blackness OOC Hub Thread
Hello again, Gata'ja here. Are we all enjoying the refugee situation in the Milky Way?
You are?
Fantastic! Want to fan the flames a little?
Good, then welcome to my little hub thread here. Cheesy intro aside, this is the next step in my metaplot for the Gata'ja and the tie in with the refugee situation my little gatorlings have incited, and its open to all comers, in a manner of speaking. More on that later.
As you all know, the galaxy is currently inflamed with a matter of conflicts or outright genocides and conquests that are driving displaced people everywhere, tensions are igniting and the galaxy is scrabbling on what to do. The Gata'ja, having been one of the instigators, are currently involved in a conquest of three systems that sent a large portion of said fugees and are involved in massive urban conflicts on the homeworlds of each, trying to subdue them to their full control.
They are constantly working to expand and upgrade their capabilities for their goal of, currently, fighting the Huerdaen Star Empire and proving they are the top predator of the galaxy. However, the fighting and strain of coming out of isolation, even with aid from their allies in the Vipran Imperium and numerous trade contracts, they still lack the necessary food and resources to fully feed their people and continue the expansion, and want to test out new tactics and training their forces have received.
Their answer is to raid everything that moves, take everything not nailed down, and nab a bunch of people for eating...oh and grab their food stores. Now, I had thought to have it be a single thread, but seeing as many people would probably be interested, as can be seen from Perseid's Conference thread here, feel free to take a look, I decided to go with this route to make it bit easier on everyone involved, and especially myself. So here, there'll be a brief application for who you are, the role you wish to play in the thread and reasoning for getting involved. There will be limit, I can't have twelve threads at once like I used to do.
I was a crazy young man, so sue me.
I will also be doing a Activity Report for the State of the Galaxy thread here to associate with this, for advertisement and story purposes. Now, the Gata'ja are going to be hitting Gamma their home quadrant of course, but they will also be going the distance into Beta and Delta due to the state of those quadrants. Alpha can be argued, but that's a special case by case basis and they don't want to overstretch. The roles for involvement will be as follows: Victim, Avenger, Ravager and Opportunist.
Victim is as it says on the tin, you are getting raided by strange little lizard men from sphess and defending yourselves.
Avenger is being the various little Batmans that some of you love to be, for whatever reasoning, where you catch on and try to stop us, interfering with operations and fighting back the chaos and ruin that the Gata'ja will be bringing.
Ravager means you are joining in on the fun! You are raiding, coming into attack vague and/or specific targets while people are distracted or even choosing to work directly with the Gata'ja for whatever reasoning. It's a big buffet table, we can share /some/ of the spoils.
And finally Opportunist: You are people choosing to do side actions and not be directly involved, basically background and plot building stuff, saying you have a presence or contract with one of the parties involved to build off of for later interactions and stories. You could fund the Gata'ja, them and the other Ravagers, the Victims, the Avengers, or simply be coming in offering aid and horrendously ripping off those harmed by the attacks, or something else I haven't thought of and mentioned in this OP. As long as you talk to me about it and I clear it with you, anything is on the table.
Further, each thread can have more than one participant, but that will be discussed based on situation, context and ability to handle for all involved in that thread. We don't have to super stuff one, we can have a few threads to handle things.
So, apply, feel free to drop by #NSLegion on EsperNet Irc and talk to me about your ideas and plots, or TG me, and get ready to make things oh so much worse for the galaxy.
Edit 1: So uh, having realized how this is gonna work, just feel free to tg or pm on me in NSLegion to work out how to set up the thread, thread direction, who will start it, etc. That'll make this easier.
Edit 2: Also, being a Victim doesn't mean I pummel you and you cry and give me your lunch money. It's just that I attack you first, retaliation is expected and encouraged! Avenger is just you aren't attacked by me, find out whats going on and get involved trying to stop me. Aka Space Batman.
App:
Account Name:
Nation Name:
Role:
Reason for Involvement:
Other: (should you wish to put any extra notes or context you feel is important)
Hello again, Gata'ja here. Are we all enjoying the refugee situation in the Milky Way?
You are?
Fantastic! Want to fan the flames a little?
Good, then welcome to my little hub thread here. Cheesy intro aside, this is the next step in my metaplot for the Gata'ja and the tie in with the refugee situation my little gatorlings have incited, and its open to all comers, in a manner of speaking. More on that later.
As you all know, the galaxy is currently inflamed with a matter of conflicts or outright genocides and conquests that are driving displaced people everywhere, tensions are igniting and the galaxy is scrabbling on what to do. The Gata'ja, having been one of the instigators, are currently involved in a conquest of three systems that sent a large portion of said fugees and are involved in massive urban conflicts on the homeworlds of each, trying to subdue them to their full control.
They are constantly working to expand and upgrade their capabilities for their goal of, currently, fighting the Huerdaen Star Empire and proving they are the top predator of the galaxy. However, the fighting and strain of coming out of isolation, even with aid from their allies in the Vipran Imperium and numerous trade contracts, they still lack the necessary food and resources to fully feed their people and continue the expansion, and want to test out new tactics and training their forces have received.
Their answer is to raid everything that moves, take everything not nailed down, and nab a bunch of people for eating...oh and grab their food stores. Now, I had thought to have it be a single thread, but seeing as many people would probably be interested, as can be seen from Perseid's Conference thread here, feel free to take a look, I decided to go with this route to make it bit easier on everyone involved, and especially myself. So here, there'll be a brief application for who you are, the role you wish to play in the thread and reasoning for getting involved. There will be limit, I can't have twelve threads at once like I used to do.
I was a crazy young man, so sue me.
I will also be doing a Activity Report for the State of the Galaxy thread here to associate with this, for advertisement and story purposes. Now, the Gata'ja are going to be hitting Gamma their home quadrant of course, but they will also be going the distance into Beta and Delta due to the state of those quadrants. Alpha can be argued, but that's a special case by case basis and they don't want to overstretch. The roles for involvement will be as follows: Victim, Avenger, Ravager and Opportunist.
Victim is as it says on the tin, you are getting raided by strange little lizard men from sphess and defending yourselves.
Avenger is being the various little Batmans that some of you love to be, for whatever reasoning, where you catch on and try to stop us, interfering with operations and fighting back the chaos and ruin that the Gata'ja will be bringing.
Ravager means you are joining in on the fun! You are raiding, coming into attack vague and/or specific targets while people are distracted or even choosing to work directly with the Gata'ja for whatever reasoning. It's a big buffet table, we can share /some/ of the spoils.
And finally Opportunist: You are people choosing to do side actions and not be directly involved, basically background and plot building stuff, saying you have a presence or contract with one of the parties involved to build off of for later interactions and stories. You could fund the Gata'ja, them and the other Ravagers, the Victims, the Avengers, or simply be coming in offering aid and horrendously ripping off those harmed by the attacks, or something else I haven't thought of and mentioned in this OP. As long as you talk to me about it and I clear it with you, anything is on the table.
Further, each thread can have more than one participant, but that will be discussed based on situation, context and ability to handle for all involved in that thread. We don't have to super stuff one, we can have a few threads to handle things.
So, apply, feel free to drop by #NSLegion on EsperNet Irc and talk to me about your ideas and plots, or TG me, and get ready to make things oh so much worse for the galaxy.
Edit 1: So uh, having realized how this is gonna work, just feel free to tg or pm on me in NSLegion to work out how to set up the thread, thread direction, who will start it, etc. That'll make this easier.
Edit 2: Also, being a Victim doesn't mean I pummel you and you cry and give me your lunch money. It's just that I attack you first, retaliation is expected and encouraged! Avenger is just you aren't attacked by me, find out whats going on and get involved trying to stop me. Aka Space Batman.
App:
Account Name:
Nation Name:
Role:
Reason for Involvement:
Other: (should you wish to put any extra notes or context you feel is important)
