Imperial Colonies Factbook {FT FACTBOOK}

[Orinon]

Imperial Colonies report on the state of affairs as of 22/4/2892

SECTION ONE: History of The Colonies...

The origins of the Colonies is disputed and often unclear. However, one thing is sure: Humans as we know them did not evolve on any of the Colonies. At some point of our history, we arrived on Terrva at some point in our past. How is not known. However, it is safe to assume that everything past that point is well known. All that follows is a rough timeline of our history

|1500 B.C.E - Arrival of humans on Terrva (Disputed)
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|1200 B.C.E - sizable population on Terrva.
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|1000 B.C.E - Ancient Greek- style civilisation established
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|2000 B.C.E - Greek- style civilisation starts to collapse due to infighting.
|1000 B.C.E - City- state civilisation established in place of Greek one, infighting between cities continues
|850 B.C.E - fighting ceases, city states remain peaceful for another 500 years before fighting resumes
|20 C.E - City states collapse
|105 C.E - several kingdoms founded by the few remaining city states, war breaks out.
|167 C.E - most kingdoms collapse, 2 remain: The Theiran Kingdom and The Aurona kingdom.
|256 C.E - Theiran kingdom collapses, Aurona kingdom expands.
|387 C.E - Church of Fallen Gods established formally
|439 C.E - Kingdom begins to collapse
|456 C.E - Early form of democracy replaces kingdom
|765 C.E - Civilisation begins to expand beyond the southern continent that it began on
|1009 C.E - population reaches 20 million
|1189 C.E - gunpowder discovered
|1276 C.E - first cannons used in a battle.
|1324 C.E - Discovery of Aurona and Sarvana by telescope
|1456 C.E - 50% of the landmasses on Terrva have humans living on them
|1560 C.E - population reaches 80 million
|1623 C.E - Guns begin to become more and more powerful
|1765 C.E - population reaches 120 million
|1845 C.E - population reaches 180 million, begins to climb rapidly, lightbulb invented
|1900 C.E - first motor vehicle invented, guns are now common place
|1920 C.E - Cars start to be mass produced, coal power stations commonplace
|1947 C.E - Nuclear Theory put forward, population reaches 220 million.
|1955 C.E - population spikes to 250 million as a baby boom occurs
|1962 C.E - first nuclear test, population continues to climb to 280 million, Shadow, Magni and Islandia discovered
|1970 C.E - First nuclear reactors come online
|1974 C.E - First man in space, population at 400 million
|1987 C.E - Population reaches 500 million
|2001 C.E - first space shuttle launch, Ventra and Aqutra discovered
|2003 C.E - population reaches 700 million
|2010 C.E - oil crisis, population reaches 1 billion
|2016 C.E - Hydrogen fuel is beginning to replace oil
|2025 C.E - population reaches 1.4 billion
|2036 C.E - population reaches 1.8 billion, hydrogen fuel has completely replaced oil-based fuel
|2050 C.E - population reaches 2.5 billion, manned space flight is commonplace
|2056 C.E - Thyrium Energy Theory put forward, population at 2.7 billion
|2062 C.E - Thyrium first used as a energy source
|2065 C.E - First Thyrium-powered spacecraft launched.
|2072 C.E - First man on Sarvana, population at 3.2 billion
|2078 C.E - Small colony established on Sarvana
|2082 C.E - First military space craft built, a Battleshuttle. Population at 3.5 billion
|2090 C.E - First men on Islandia and Shadow, population at 3.8 billion
|2100 c.E - Colony on Islandia established, population spikes to 4.2 billion
|2110 C.E - Construction of first cities on Sarvana and Islandia begins
|2115 C.E - population at 4.6 billion
|2128 C.E - First man on Aurona, spacecraft continue to become more advanced
|2135 C.E - FTL theory put forward, met with disbelief
|2144 C.E - First man on Ventra and Magni, construction of a city on Shadow begins
|2168 C.E - Considerable amounts of Thyrium discovered on Magni, construction of Atmospheric domes on the surface begins, population at 5.5 billion
|2180 C.E - First Deleris Class Frigate completed, population at 5.9 billion
|2190 C.E - Colony on Ventra established, civilian ships become more and more common
|2199 C.E - Shipyards on Islandia established, population at 6.5 billion
|2250 C.E - Magni surface now has 5 domes on it, population at 7 billion
|2270 C.E - FTL concept put forward again
|2290 C.E - First FTL drive completed and tested, test successful
|2321 C.E - Colony on Aurona established, population reaches 8 billion
|2331 C.E - First Auron Class frigate constructed, The Cylon Project begins
|2339 C.E - First Battlestar constructed, named Galactica
|2345 C.E - Cylon Project abandoned, Cylons dumped on Serenity and left to develop, population reaches 10 billion
|2400 C.E - Battlestars begin to be mass produced, population at 10.8 billion
|2450 C.E - Pegasus Class Battlestar built, named Pegasus
|2522 C.E - The Colonies are fully established, FTL is commonplace and the Battleshuttle is beginning to fade.
|2621 C.E - Aqutra begins to heat up, cities begin to flood, population at 11.5 billion
|2675 C.E - 100th Battlestar produced, named Galactica II
|2700 C.E - Colonies find Sol System, find Industrial Revolution-era humans, Production of ships is sped up by introduction of robotics in shipyards
|2708 C.E - Sapience Protocol Established - Any system containing sentient life is off limits to all ships
|2780 C.E - population of Colonies reaches 13.7 billion
|2800 C.e - Construction of First Endeavour Class Battlestar completed, Named Endeavour
|2880 C.E - Population reaches 14.5 billion
|2889 C.E - Present Day. The Colonies have developed over a period of almost 4900 years to this point. What happens next, no one knows.

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SECTION TWO:Colonial Fleet armament

Most of Colonial weaponry are projectile weapons, powered by either gunpowder or magnetic propulsion of the projectile. That which follows is a list of Colonial ship weaponry.

Name: Sephron Anti-Missile cannon
Barrel Length: 1-2.5 metres
Projectile type: HE tipped bullets
Rate of Fire: 600 rounds pre minute
The Sephron cannon was on of the first weapons used in space, and remains almost unchanged to this day. Nowadays this gun is used as a anti missile system, with the fire control and aiming tied to the ships sensors.

Name: Verken Anti-Ship cannons
Barrel length: 5 metres
Projectile Type: Magneticly propelled HE armour piecing charges
Rate of Fire: 150 rounds pre minute
The Verken cannon has one purpose in its life. Blow the living crap out of anything not heavily armour plated. Even then, it can still make your life a living hell if enough shells impact on your ship.

Name : Magneticly Accelerated Hydrogen Charge Cannon, or M.A.H.C Cannon
Barrel Length: 10 metres
Projectile Type: Magneticly launched Hydrogen Charge,
Rate of Fire: 60 rounds a minute.
The M.A.H.C Cannon is the main battle cannon in the Imperial Colony's fleet. The rounds it fires are designed to, once inside a atmosphere, release a large amount of hydrogen gas. About 2 seconds later a small explosive detonates, igniting the gas and causing a hull ripping explosion.

Name: Taragin Multiple Warhead Nuclear Missile
Missile Length: 23 metres
Warheads: Up to 12 high yield nuclear warheads, or up to 6 biochemical warheads
Speed: Mach 3
The Taragin is the main nuclear missile used by Battlestars and Auron Class frigates.

Name: Supernova Planet Cracker Nuclear Device
Missile Length: 28 metres
Warheads: up to 3 Thyrium-218 nuclear warheads
Speed: Mach 4
The Supernova is, put simply, a apocalypse in a can. The Thyrium-218 nuclear warheads are, when three are used in the missile, powerful enough to blow a third of a Earth sized planet to space dust. The planet's orbit then destabilises and spirals away from the system's star, freezing the surface within a few minutes.

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SECTION THREE: Colonial Military Ships

Colonial ships are based around a few principals: The more guns the better, the more armour the better, and the bigger they are, the better. Due to lack of any form of energy shielding, Colonial ships use a combination of extremely dense metal alloy armour plating and an almost indestructible superstructure. Of course, over time the superstructure weakens to the point where the ship makes a FTL (Faster Then Light) jump, the superstructure cracks under the pressure. This massive failure of the superstructure is now known as 'breaking the back'. What follows is a somewhat lacking list of Colonial Fleet ships.


Name: Battleshuttle
Length: 60 metres
Engines: 2 sublight engines, short-range FTL drive
Crew: Anywhere from 5 to 15 people
Armament: 1 Twin M.A.H.C battery, 2 Verken cannons, 4 Sephron cannons.
Estimate number in service: 350
The Battleshuttle is, in Colonial terms, ancient. Its continued service is under question as it is the smallest ship in the Colonial Fleet. Mainly used as transport and for boarding actions.

Name: Derlis Class Frigate.
Image of Derlis class in orbit above Terrva
Length: 125 metres
Engines: 4 Sublight, mid-range FTL drive
Crew: 25-40 people
Armament: 5 Twin M.A.H.C battery's, 10 Verken cannons, 16 Sephron cannons
Estimated number in service: 280
The Derlis Class Frigate was, and still is, a extremely tough little vessel. These Frigates tend to work in packs, moving in groups of about 5-10 ships. They have two small hanger bays, each capable of holding four Falconite fighters. These ships can be outfitted with a very nasty weapon; an EMP device capable of frying all the electronics of a ship other 30 times its size.

Name: Auron Class Frigate.
An Auron Class in orbit above Aqutra
Length: 600 metres
Engines: 4 sublight, long range FTL drive
Crew: 250-400. Can be run on a skeleton crew of 100, but without most combat capacity
Armament: 50 Twin M.A.H.C battery's, 75 Verkan cannons, 120 Sephron cannons, up to 15 Falconite fighters.
Estimated number in service: 250
The Auron Class Frigate is most likely the most versatile Colonial Fleet ship. It can be used as a long range sensor platform, as a recon vessel. But for the most part the Auron Class is used as a companion ship to the Battlestars, normally with 2 or 3 Frigates pre Battlestar.

Name: Galactica Class Battlestar.
Galactica Class Battlestar in deep space.
Length: 2000 metres
Engines: 6 sublight, 2 long range FTL drives
Crew: approximately 8000
Armament: 100 Twin M.A.H.C batterys, 150 Verken cannons, 200 Sephron cannons, up to 100 Falconite fighters.
Estimated number in service: 100
The Galactica Class Battlestar was the first Battlestar class created, and is named after the first of their kind. Often called 'Buckets' by servicemen in the Fleet, these ships, though smaller then its younger brothers, are extremely tough, able to withstand assault from 3 Pegasus Class Battlestars.

Name: Pegasus Class Battlestar
Pegasus Class Battlestar in deep space
Length: 2400 metres
Engines: 8 sublight, 2 Long range FTL drives
Crew: approximately 8500
Armament: 125 Twin M.A.H.C batterys, 180 Verken cannons, 240 Sephron cannons, up to 200 Falconite fighters.
Estimated number in service: 90
The Pegasus Class Battlestar was the second class of Battlestar created, and like its older brother, was named after the first of its kind. Over time these Battlestars have become known as 'Beasts', because of the habit of the ship and their crews taking on more then 4 other Battlestars at one time and winning. These ships, athough larger then Galactica Classes, have roughly the same number of crewmen because of great automation of systems.

Name: Endeavour Class Battlestar
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Length: 2850 metres
Engines: 10 sublight, 2 long range FTL drives
Crew: approximately 10000
Armament: 160 Twin M.A.H.C batterys, 250 Verken cannons, 320 Sephron cannons, up to 280 Falconite fighters
Estimated number in service: 75
The Endeavour Class Battlestar is the most recent Battlestar class, only created about 70 years ago. These ships are often used as leaders of battlegroups, and as shock attackers. Relatively young by Battlestar standards, these ships are yet to truly prove themselves in combat.

Name: Falconite Space Fighter
Falconite Fighter on display at Fleet Command
Length: 8 metres
Engines: 3 sublight thrusters, RCS (reaction control system)
Crew: 1 pilot
Armament: 2 Sephron cannons mounted under the wings
Estimated number in service: Unknown, most likely in the 1000's
The Falconite fighter is the mainstay of the Fleet's fighter needs. Cheap to build, fast and agile and capable of firing anything from its two wing mounted Sephron cannons to missiles from the hardpoints located on the undersides of the wings, these fighters are not to be messed with.


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OOC: Most of the images fixed! thank god.

[Orinon]

SECTION THREE: The Colonies

The Colonies are the 8 planets that orbit the two stars in the Tarnia system, Tarnia Alpha and Tarnia Prime.

Name: Shadow
Orbits: Tarnia Alpha
Planetary position: 1st planet
Population: 1.2 billion
Shadow is a tropical planet, with large oceans and large numbers of islands. The planets main source of income is tourism, as tourists from the other Colonies arrive almost all year long. People from Shadow are often referred to as 'Shades'.

Name: Sarvana
Orbits: Tarnia Alpha
Planetary Position: 2nd planet
Population: 2.8 billion
Sarvana is a planet of little seasonal change, making it prefect for all year farming. The planets main source of income is the sale of food to the other planets who can't produce enough food for themselves.

Name: Terrva
Orbits: Tarnia Alpha
Planetary Position: 3rd planet
Population: 3 billion
Terrva is the Capital of the Colonies. It serves as a hub for trade, a seat of government, a hotbed of arts and crafts and is the home world of humanity as we know it. It was the first of the Colonies, and its the one with the most people living on it.

Name: Aurona
Orbits: Tarnia Alpha
Planetary Position: 4th planet
Population: 2.5 billion
Aurona is almost identical to Terrva. Relatively similar climates and land mass percentages mean that this planet is almost a home away from home for Terrvans. Ironically, it was the last of the Colonies to have a major city built on it. Historians have yet to work out why.

Name: Islandia
Orbits: Tarnia Alpha
Planetary Position: 5th planet
Population: 2.5 billion
Islandia is the industry capital of the Colonies. Its huge factories produce almost all of the cars, trucks, fighters and spacecraft that the Colonies need. Of course, this level of industrial activity has left its mark, with climate change a real threat to the planet as the planet has begun to warm.

Name: Magni
Orbits: Debated, currently classified as orbiting Tarnia Alpha
Planetary Position: Debated, commonly called the 6th Alpha planet
Population: 500 million
Magni is, put simply, a rock. What little atmosphere it once had was long gone by the time the first ships landed on its barren surface. In fact, the only reason for the 500 million miners and their families living in 5 atmospheric domes on the planets surface is the massive deposits of Thyrium and other minerals and metals in the planets crust. The proverbial gold needle in the haystack of dead planets.

Name: Ventra
Orbits: Tarnia Prime
Planetary Position: 1st planet
Population: 1.4 billion
Ventra is the first of the Prime Worlds, the two planets that orbit the systems second star, Tarnia Prime. Forever the outcast, Ventra has little power in the government, most of its people work on-world, with the few that get off world are normally in the military. Aside from that, the planet is a normal, inhabitable planet.

Name: Aqutra
Orbits: Tarnia Prime
Planetary Position: 2nd planet
Population: 800 million
Aqutra got is name from the fact that about 88% of the planets surface is water. The planet has no polar caps. Because of its position in the system, Aqutra receives light and heat from both stars at certain points of the year, resulting in a twilight time instead of night. The population of 800 million are clustered on a large group of islands near the planets south pole.

[Vicious Storms]

|2880 C.E - Population reaches 14 billion

Your population is just over 1 billion.

[Cheztope]

Haha, he's predicting the future! Wow.

[Allanea]

|2880 C.E - Population reaches 14 billion

Your population is just over 1 billion.

There are people who claim populations over their gameplay populations. It's not popular, but people do it. You can just, you know, ignore him if you don't like that. As for me...

IC:

Official Inquiry of the Nivesky-Ringworld Foundation

Do the Imperial Colonies possess any inhabitable star systems they can sell us, or , barring that, coordinates for such systems that we can claim?

[Orinon]

OOC: *yawn* I've had people bitching about my population since i was on Jolt. And i base my fleet off my NSG population. 1 ship pre 1000 people

IC:

REPLY TO: the Nivesky-Ringworld Foundation

We know of many systems in our sector of space, but only a few are inhabitable. Our home system is one, and the Cylon system, Serenity, is another. Apart from that, there are two other systems that can support life in the Star Desert.

OOC2: RP material?

[Allanea]

OOC: There's perfectly nothing wrong with RPing a population larger than the gameplay one, provided sane limits on the size of your military.

Would you like to RP this elsewhere

IC:

Official NRWF Response

We would be interested in purchasing these two systems at 1 trillion dollars each.

[Orinon]

REPLY TO NRWF:

The first system is yours, but the second is inhabited by Cylons with a small space fleet.

OOC: Again, RP material?

[Skeelzania]

OOC: for some reason the Galactica Class picture doesn't work. oh well, everyone who hasn't lived under a rock for the last few years knows what the Battlestar Galactica looks like

OOC: The reason its not appearing is because the website you're linking it from (the Battlestar Wiki it looks like) won't allow you to do so. What you're doing with your images is called "hot linking," and its generally frowned upon by websites. Excessive hot linking can chew up their bandwidth because their images are being displayed beyond the intended audience, causing traffic to increase. So many sites incorporate code that prevents linking directly like you're doing, or even sometimes replaces the image you want with one you don't want (replacing your Battlestar with an extremely graphic image of a carwreck, for example).

I suggest you look into hosting your own pictures on one of many free hosting sights, such as www.photobucket.com. All you need to do is save the original pictures from their home websites to your computer, create an account on a hosting website, and then upload the pictures from your harddrive to your account. Then you can link them wherever you please without broken links.

[Allanea]

Official Allanean Response:

We will then buy only the uninhabited system.