NEWS, GUBBINS, AND STUFF
We're a go for this! Everyone get apping! When constructing your app, please TG me upon completion and MAKE SURE to put the app in the Citadel Archives thread which will eventually appear in order to keep it accessible for everyone.
Music to Save the World To
Theme Song
Backup Music to Save the World To
Jane Shepard
Quote of the Week:"I enjoy the sight of Humans on their knees."
-EDI
Rules, Regulations, and Red Tape
1. My word is law. Don't make me lay it down.
2. If you have any issues, present them to the community. We'll see what we can do. On the other hand, if you whine you'll get no sympathy.
3. Utilize common sense. Just think about if your stuff would actually work before doing it.
4. That being said, Rule of Cool still applies. This is about as AU as it's going to get, and you have a lot of latitude for fun. If you want the Alliance Prime Minister and the Asari Councillor to hook up, then fine by me.
5. Steamrolling is a no. Give people time to respond. Also refer to Rule 3.
6. We understand if life's crap, but please try to post in the IC once a week. Failure to report your absence or failure to post in the IC for a full two weeks results in your position being lost. This became a problem in other incarnations of this thread, I can't allow it to become a problem here.
7. If you want to fight with an individual, that's not our business. Take it to TG.
8. No spamming. In other words, respect the threads and the people who use them.
9. This is the internet, but try to remain at least slightly civilized. Keep your rage and frustration IG. It's more fun like that.
10. Don't post links to your NSFW blog. We don't want it. Keep the stuff you link to PG-13. Also, please ask before advertising for another RP. I'll say yes, but this is a game, not a commercial slot.
11. I beg of you. TG me if you're going to be away or something. I need to know.
12. Please, for the love of the Enkindlers, try your best to spell correctly. It is frustrating when a player misspells simple everyday words.
Admin Team
GM: Nuxipal- The Great Uniter, Breaker of Chains, Binder of the Rings and Master of Mythos; also your Rules supervision, random events, and general administration guy.
VGM: Greater Istanistan- Fifth God of Chaos - Dread Istan, Lord of Maddeningly Unfinished Plots, Master of Unexpected Twists
VGM: Segmentia- Defender of the Thread and Savior of Vacationers -Retired-
VGM: Kinistian - The Ultimate Poltical Entrepreneur,The Demon Hidden in the Mist,The Apex Predator
Introductions
Welcome to the Redux of Mass Effect: Factions! The one and only source for you painfully passive aggressive economic/military drama and/or action! This RP has had multiple incarnations over the past year or so and I have been blessed (or cursed) to be a part of them on multiple occasions. This RP is based in the Mass Effect Universe shortly after Shepard goes missing. You, the all powerful roleplaying master that you are, will be playing as anything you want! (Within the confines of the Mass Effect Universe). Play as the Volus to Overthrow the Turian Hierarchy through economical warfare. Take a hold over your enemies and teach them the proper use of grammar as the Hanar. Or perhaps you would rather enslave the entire Quarian Race as a Terminus Pirate Faction.
Now, I know what you are thinking, the last Mass Effect thread barely made four pages! Well guess what, that's what happens when you are trying to perfect something. It takes time, dedication, sacrifice, time, and lots of sacrificed time to put an RP worthy of the title Mass Effect: Factions together. All those other RPs titled Mass Effect: Factions have taken the punishment for our salvation! Let us rejoice and build a universe in which all of our dreams can come true! Unless they are smashed to bits by the Reapers, anything is Possible.
Lets go over our scenario this time. Shepard has had several major choices which have shaped the Galaxy. He chose to save the council, buying Humanity some much needed respect in the Galactic Community, but weakening itself militarily. The Rachni Queen is alive and well somewhere out in the Terminus. Wrex is off on Tuchanka attempting to unite the Krogan, because as our last great leader said "anyone who kills him is kinda terrible" even though I did kill him the first time I played through ME: 1. Kaidan Alenko survived on Vermire and returned to the Alliance after the Normandy was shot down.
Each Faction starts off with a Pre-determined number of Credits(representative of 500M credits, because having a Fornax Mag cost more than a fighter squadron would make that the finest Fornax mag of all time). But let me finish, each faction may have a requirement attached to their starting credits. Example: the Turians have to spend a great deal of starting credits on their military. This is to bring them up to Canon strength as the military powerhouse. Other factions have similar scenarios.
The GM and VGMs will be responsible for time keeping. A new month will begin every 2 or so pages with an event posted by myself or one of the VGMs. These events will be somewhat random and admin-created natural responses to extremely stupid things done by players. This may stretch to 4 pages in times when the rate of posting gets exceptionally high. It might also go down should things be slow. Basically, everything is at my discretion.
Purchasing happens at the beginning of every month. The player may buy things with a credit value less or equivalent to their monthly credit generation plus their saved credits. This includes infrastructure and ships. Please note that when building units, it is important to count up credit values of them building on specific worlds. Why? Because the credit value of units building on a specific world at any given time may NOT exceed the monthly credit generation of that planet. If a planet has an economy of 200, you can’t be building 3 dreadnoughts on it. Things don’t work that way, planets have infrastructural limits you know.
Last incarnation introduced Mercenary companies into the mix. I however, did not like the feel that they brought to the RP and have decided to remove them. Partially. They will be available to players to hire for an upfront fee and a monthly fee. I have not determined their strength, nor have I determined the fee. It will likely vary depending on how late into the game it is and how much strength the Merc faction has to defend its own infrastructure.
Have fun, RP hard, and welcome to Factions!
Nuxipal
Useful Threads
Archive - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=324789
IC - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=324974
Galaxy Map
Click Here for Map
Just for reference. Click for appropriate music.
Factions:
Human Systems Alliance - Great Empire of Gamilus
Asari Republics - Greater Istanistan
Turian Hierarchy - Penguindia
Salarian Union - Brotherhood Steel the 2nd
Batarian Hegemony - OPEN
Omega - Versail
Krogan (Urdnot Clan) - OPEN
Cerberus - NAR
Quarian Flotilla - Lunas Legion
Volus Protectorate - Volus
Hanar Primacy - Reserved
Elcor Courts - OPEN
Rachni - CLOSED
Geth -LiechtenbourgOP has assumed Direct Control(for the time being)
Illium - Nuxipal
Vorcha - OPEN
Renegade Human Colonies - Open
Batarian Warlords - Open
Pirate Groups- Open
Independent Geth - Open
Reservations are good for 48 hours unless people give justification for their tardiness.
App Structure
Faction:
Leader (You decide): (No ME2 squadmates as your leaders)
Citadel Council member Y/N or N/A:
Brief description of diplomatic relations
Military state of readiness:
History:
Infrastructure and Claimed Worlds:
Military:
Rannadril - Do not remove.
This is, if you're wondering, going to be useful to me for tracking your apps. As to why this word, Rannadril is the first segment of Administrator Anoleis' proper name. It's suitably obscure and unlikely to come up in random conversation. Unless you talk about it. DON'T.
Kidding. Chat about whatever.
Quick explanation. Once you've decided that you want the Elcor, say, and are ready to fight the Batarians, consult the price tables below and your starting Credit and Infrastructure in order to build your faction. Purchase from there within the starting cred limit. Roughly stick to canon, but overall you've got a lot of latitude. We expect far more detail for custom factions, such as Batarian Warlords or Free Human Colonies, than we do for heavily established factions, such as the Turian Hierarchy. Leaders can be OCs in the event of there being no real detail. The Mass Effect wiki is one of your best friends here. Use it to choose planets - again, roughly within canon - for settlement and construction. Please note that groups purporting to be mercenaries must act as mercenaries, not just conquering armies. Secondary note: Prices are not yet final. I may tweak them over the next couple days do please do not get upset with me while I try and balance out the system a bit more. Thank you.
Starting Stuff:
What all the factions actually start with in terms of infrastructure, dreadnoughts, basic income, and spending cash. Not that the Basic totals are outside of the income generated by the free infrastructure or any other considerations. These reflect a basic level of income that the faction generates.
Store
Infrastructure
The foundations of your glorious imperium, AKA things the Reapers are going to try to burn for no particular reason. Stop them with megaguns.
Infrastructure is completed at the end of the page onto which it is claimed in the expense report.
Everyone wants a dreadnought or two. Here's how much they cost.
In case you want a land army too. You horrid person.
Upgrades
In case you want to improve your stuff. Ships and land units may only have two upgrades applied to them unless a Faction has Free upgrades appropriated to them or otherwise specified..
Pros and Cons of Each Faction
WIP
The Ban List
Thankfully empty.
Alternate Names for the Roleplay:
GroundhogDayExtinction Cycle
Only You Can Save Mankind
Planet of the Husks
Rebuild of Factions 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
Oncoming Updates:
New Units/Upgrades - always looking for good ideas here
Minor Research Projects
Suggestions please?
