Mass Effect: Factions - The First Contact (Trial Run/OOC)

[Kinistian]

We'll how about just give me a military station and few spec ops,an elite,and a few frigates?

Pirate/Smuggler: 500 Cr - 1 Free Minor Space Station in Traverse or Terminus. Free 2 Destroyers, 4 Frigates, 1 Light Transport, 1 Infantry, 2 Spec Ops, 1 Elite Specialist (Leader). Base Income: Capital World +10

Would this work?

Sure just don't count me as a pirate

[Nuxipal]

Pirate/Smuggler: 500 Cr - 1 Free Minor Space Station in Traverse or Terminus. Free 2 Destroyers, 4 Frigates, 1 Light Transport, 1 Infantry, 2 Spec Ops, 1 Elite Specialist (Leader). Base Income: Capital World +10

Would this work?

Sure just don't count me as a pirate

Depending who I end up with, everyone is a pirate.

[Illan]

Sure just don't count me as a pirate

Depending who I end up with, everyone is a pirate.

HEY! THAT'S OFFENSIVE TO US REAL PIRATES!

[Eridanus 3]

Is the SA's Capital World Earth?

[Nuxipal]

Is the SA's Capital World Earth?

The SA does not have a Capital World. Its capital is Arcturus Station.

The earth nations don't get the Earth's natural income bonus either, so don't feel bad about it. Its not a huge quantity.

Edit: If it becomes an issue, I can increase the base income of the SA for the final version.

[Great Empire of Gamilus]

Faction Name: The Union Aerospace Corporation (Custom/Corporation)
Faction leader(S): The Board of Directors (names to be given later)
Location: Human Space

History of the UAC: Founded in 2134, the Union Aerospace Corporation is one of the largest corporate entities in existence among Human Space. Originally focused on weapon and defense contracts, new ventures have expanded into biological research, space exploration and other scientific endeavors. With vast funding and the ability to engage in research outside of moral and legal obligations, the UAC controls some of most advanced technology ever conceived by mankind however it has to do so away from the public eye lest various governments decide to raid their facilities for equipment and research.

The UAC provides arms and weapons to the various Earth Governments and the Systems Alliance Navy while maintaining

Brief description of diplomatic relations: The Systems Alliance and All Earth Governments are major allies and business partners, it will make secondary contracts with others.


500 cdr spending: 150-20- 45- 40- 20- 30- 50- 105- 40= 0 left over credits.

Military state of readiness: The UAC maintains a small but highly trained and equipped security force consisting of various small taskgroups able to move between facilities quickly.

Military/Company assets:

3 free trade vessels
Transport (50)
3 Destroyers ( 105 cdr)
4 Fighter Squads (40)

2 UAC Commando teams (Elites) (40 cdr)
4 BodyGuard Units (all equipped with Advanced Barriers) (20 cdr)
2 Security Force groups (30 cdr)

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Infrastructure and Claimed Worlds:

Mars: Mars City (Urban area: free)
Spaceport-small (150 cdr 200 ic)
2 mining complex ( 20 cdr, 50 ic)
1 Fuel Depo (free)
3 Industrial Centres, (45 cdr, 60 Ic)

Stellar:

3 Trading outposts (free, 2 Sol system, 1 Shanxi system.)

Economy: 307 cdr credit generation a month.
Base income: +10

Stellar Assets:

Trade ships: 12+
Trade Outpost 1: 50 + 5 + 8
Trade Outpost 2: 50 + 5 + 8
Trade Outpost 3: 50 + 5 + 8

Mars:

Urban Area 1 : Mars City: 50+
Mining complex1: Mars 1: 3+
Mining Complex2: Mars 2: 3+
Fuel Depo1: Mars: 5+
Industrial Complex 1: 5+
Industrial Complex 2: 5+
Industrial Complex 3: 5+
Spaceport: +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4

Total:

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Pros: Mega Corp: Credit producing structures produce 5+ extra, All trade vessels produce double the amount within human space and cost only 40 cdr. Gain access to the research lab (350 cdr, 100 ic) allows the research of special projects (12.5% a month for smaller projects and 6.25% for larger projects a month.) and produces 50 cdr a month if no research is being done in that particular lab. Research takes 8 months for small projects and 1 year and four months for large ones.

Resource exchange: Due to being a mega corp which actively trades with governments the UAC can provide upgrades and other units/ships to factions out of its own facilities, the following are products able to be sent:

(To be Added but basically various ships and upgrades produced as 'items' over a period of a few months to sell off for easy and available upgrades for current units and to be produced units)

Cons: Mega Corporation debuff: Due to being a glorified military force the UAC's security forces are split into small battalions of highly armed and armoured individuals, which usually means they either fight from a defend-able position or in enough numbers to equal out the threat. As such UAC has a different ground units list:

Advanced Security Recon force: 150 Troops, free snipers, 10 cdr-2 months

Security Force: 600 Security Troops, 15 cdr- 3 months

Bodyguard Forces: 15 people with one free upgrade (other than Elites)- 5 cdr, 1 month

Mechanized Security detachment: 40 APC's, 400 soldiers. 15 cdr- 3 months

UAC Commando Team- 20 Commando's, free Elites, can only have 5 squads in production total at a time. 20 cdr, 4 months

UAC armoured brigade: 100 Heavy vehicles, 150 Medium, 50 light, free high quality armour, 30 cdr, 4 months

UAC artillery brigade: 100 heavy set pieces or 50 mobile launchers with 200 Security troops, 25 cdr, 3 months.

UAC gunship squadron: 15 gunships with advanced Kinetic Barrier, 30 cdr, 2 months.

UAC Field Engineer Battalion 500 construction Engineers with 50 Guards and 20 Artillery heavy pieces . 15 cdr- 2 months

UAC Special Field Operative: 1 special individual with 2 free upgrades and Elites- 15 cdr- 3 months

UAC Sentry Bot platoon- 150 Sentry bots with machineguns, 50 with rocket launchers, 30 cdr, 5 months.

S13 - Do not remove.

[Eridanus 3]

Is the SA's Capital World Earth?

The SA does not have a Capital World. Its capital is Arcturus Station.

The earth nations don't get the Earth's natural income bonus either, so don't feel bad about it. Its not a huge quantity.

Edit: If it becomes an issue, I can increase the base income of the SA for the final version.

I think it might be a serious issue.

Every other Council Race gets +100 credits in income from their starting world, while the SA get and allotted +45cr.

That's not counting the other fation's base incomes.

Also, I think the Earth nations have WAY too much money on their hands.

Base planetary income is only for Capital Worlds, correct?

[Segmentia]

That debuff doesn't look like a debuff at all.

[Eridanus 3]

That debuff doesn't look like a debuff at all.

It's more of a buff than a debuff.

Also, Gam, this system doesn't have Pros and Cons.

And what is up with your custom units?
EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN!

[Segmentia]

EXPLAIN!

[Great Empire of Gamilus]

That debuff doesn't look like a debuff at all.

It is, esentially I am going to require more units to counter other peoples stuff, I have less units and roughly the same costs for everything, I'd need several Security forces to counter an Infantry or Marine force, and nearly tripple of any land military to counter anyone elses. Which will force me on the defensive.

[Segmentia]

And free upgrades...

[Great Empire of Gamilus]

And free upgrades...

With the 15 men costing 5 credits, how many militia does that arm in a milita battalion? I think its fair to say that whatever amount 5 credits equals in actual currency amount I can fit a free upgrade on 15 soldiers. My Gunships come in less numbers and cost an additional 10 credits. And with the Special operative I thought they still got their free upgrades plus Elites so I bumped mine down to two free ones and Elites.

Edit: i will also be organizing a products available section and will be rid of my pro's/cons except my custom military units to representable a more Corporate private military structure. Though I do believe having that little bit of extra coin in trade for needing 3x the military of others on the ground is fair to a point that I am using it to fund others.

[Eridanus 3]

Faction Name: Systems Alliance

Leader: Prime Minister Tavus Hansen

Citadel Council Member Y/N, N/A: N/A

Galactic Region: Alliance/Hegemony Space

Brief description of diplomatic relations: The Alliance is responsible for the governance and defense of all extra-solar human colonies, and represents humanity on the galactic stage. It is a supranational government, and is based on a parliamentary system, with the Alliance Parliament based at Arcturus Station. Representation is based on the population of member nations on Earth and the colonies. Several seats are elected by 'spacers' defined as citizens who spend a significant amount of their time in space and do not stay too long on any one colony or planet.

The Alliance government is headed by a Prime Minister; as of 2157, this position was occupied by Tavus Hansen. The Prime Minister is an elected member of Parliament. While the Alliance is a supranational government, the member nations retain their individual sovereignty back on Earth.

The Alliance has had no contact with other species, besides the Protheans of Mars. It is unclear what caused there disappearance, but it is logical to assume that there is someone else out there, and that they might have a bigger gun...

Military state of readiness: The Alliance military is well respected for its novel tactics and technology. Their strength lies in fire support, flexibility, and speed. The Alliance is best refered to as a "sleeping giant" as little over 3% of humans volunteer for military service. They make up for low numbers with sophisticated technical support in the form of VIs, drones, artillery, and electronic warfare, and emphasis on mobility and individual initiative. Their military doctrine is not based on absorbing and dishing out heavy shocks in a long and drawn out conflict. Rather, they bypass enemy strong points and launch deep into their rear, cutting supply lines and logistics, destroying headquarters and support units, leaving enemies to "wither on the vine".
On defense, the Alliance military lives by Sun Tzu's maxim, "He who tries to defend everything defends nothing." Only token garrisons are placed on their colonies. These are intended for scouting rather than combat, avoiding engagement to observe and report on invaders using drones. However, the Alliance stations powerful fleets at mass relay nexuses so that in the event of an attack they respond with overwhelming force.

The Hahne-Kedar company and Aldrin Labs are key suppliers of the military. All soldiers receive gene therapy for improved strength and stamina. The Alliance also recruits biotics, who are trained using techniques developed at BAaT. The new L3 biotic implants are considered a significant step forward in biotic amplification.

Currently, the Alliance possesses a navy consisting of over 200 vessels ranging from small hundred-meter frigates to imposing kilometer-long dreadnoughts and carriers. The Alliance Navy has spent a great amount of effort into the innovative design and deployment of carriers, which are as large as dreadnoughts, but their primary armament consists of fighters instead of ship-length mass accelerator cannons. The Alliance Navy is headquartered at Arcturus Station in the strategically invaluable system of Arcturus, which contains several primary mass relays that link to major human colonies, and the secondary mass relay that leads to Sol and the human homeworld of Earth.

History: In 2148, a mining team on Mars made perhaps humanity's greatest discovery. After investigating the "Bermuda Triangle-like" reputation of the southern pole, the team unearthed the subterranean ruins of an ancient alien research station, revealing incontrovertible proof of the existence of alien life. Humanity was no longer alone in the universe.

The impact was profound in all areas of human culture, but nowhere more so than religion. New beliefs sprang up overnight such as the Interventionary Evolutionists, who zealously proclaimed the discovery as proof that all human history had been directed and controlled by alien forces. Even established religions struggled to explain extraterrestrial life. Some tried to incorporate this new-found knowledge into their dogma, some remained silent, while a few tried to stubbornly deny the evidence found on Mars.
The news of the discovery dominated the media and raised questions not only about the existence and purpose of humanity, but questions about the aliens themselves. Foremost, were they still out there? While these questions had served to fracture most religions they had a unifying effect in politics. Rather than nations fighting each other over their differences, it was now "us vs. them" and the foundations of a united human front were laid.

Within a year of the discovery, Earth's eighteen largest nations had drafted and ratified the Systems Alliance charter, establishing a representative political body to expand and defend human territory. Shortly thereafter, the various nations of Earth pooled their military resources to create the Systems Alliance Military. The same year, 2149, the Alliance discovered the Sol system's mass relay orbiting Pluto, previously thought to be a moon, Charon. The Charon Relay propelled them into space and the reach of humanity grew quickly.

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Infrastructure and Claimed Worlds:

Shanxi (Gansu System; Shanxi Theta Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex	Eden Prime (Utopia System; Exodus Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; Civilian Shipyard	Terra Nova (Asgard System; Exodus Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex
Demeter (Epsilon Eridani System; Local Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex; Military Shipyard	Arcturus Station (Arcturus System; Arcturus Stream) Code: Select all Advanced Civilian Space Station: 3 Urban Areas; 3 Fuel Depots; Level 2 Orbital Defenses; 5 Industrial Centers; 1 Level 2 Spaceport; Pc of 500;  Grants +10% Income Bonus in System and +5% Income Bonus Across Cluster	Eriu (Cuchulainn System; Shanxi Cluster) Code: Select all 2 Urban Areas

Military:

Code: Select all 5 Dreadnoughts; 3 Fleet Carriers; 10 Light Crusiers; 5 Escort Carriers

Economy: 0 Credits Remaining! +781 Credits; +1050 pc, +100 ic

Code: Select all

+45 base income; +500pc (Arcturus Station); +450 cr (9 Urban Areas); +12 cr (Mining Operations); +75 cr, +200 pc, +50 IC (Civilian Shipyard); +35 cr, +50 IC, +300 pc, -20% local production time (Military Shipyard on Demeter); +15 cr (Fuel Depots); +25 cr, 50 pc (Industrial Centers); +96cr (Spaceport); +28cr (Arcturus Station Bonus)

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S13 - Do not remove.

[Eridanus 3]

EXPLAIN!

You sir, have my respect and love.

And free upgrades...

WHAT!?!?!?

That debuff doesn't look like a debuff at all.

It is, esentially I am going to require more units to counter other peoples stuff, I have less units and roughly the same costs for everything, I'd need several Security forces to counter an Infantry or Marine force, and nearly tripple of any land military to counter anyone elses. Which will force me on the defensive.

Too. Damn. Complicated.

[Great Empire of Gamilus]

EXPLAIN!

You sir, have my respect and love.

And free upgrades...

WHAT!?!?!?

It is, esentially I am going to require more units to counter other peoples stuff, I have less units and roughly the same costs for everything, I'd need several Security forces to counter an Infantry or Marine force, and nearly tripple of any land military to counter anyone elses. Which will force me on the defensive.

Too. Damn. Complicated.

How is it complicated? I think its fairly simple.... Or did I make it to hard for others to understand?

[Segmentia]

Also, might want to remove these two bits now, since you'll have to remove them later anyway

'Union Aerospace Corporation is the largest corporate entity in existence'

'the UAC controls the most advanced technology ever conceived'

[Versail]

Faction Name: Systems Alliance

Leader: Prime Minister Tavus Hansen

Citadel Council Member Y/N, N/A: N/A

Galactic Region: Alliance/Hegemony Space

Brief description of diplomatic relations: The Alliance is responsible for the governance and defense of all extra-solar human colonies, and represents humanity on the galactic stage. It is a supranational government, and is based on a parliamentary system, with the Alliance Parliament based at Arcturus Station. Representation is based on the population of member nations on Earth and the colonies. Several seats are elected by 'spacers' defined as citizens who spend a significant amount of their time in space and do not stay too long on any one colony or planet.

The Alliance government is headed by a Prime Minister; as of 2157, this position was occupied by Tavus Hansen. The Prime Minister is an elected member of Parliament. While the Alliance is a supranational government, the member nations retain their individual sovereignty back on Earth.

The Alliance has had no contact with other species, besides the Protheans of Mars. It is unclear what caused there disappearance, but it is logical to assume that there is someone else out there, and that they might have a bigger gun...

Military state of readiness: The Alliance military is well respected for its novel tactics and technology. Their strength lies in fire support, flexibility, and speed. The Alliance is best refered to as a "sleeping giant" as little over 3% of humans volunteer for military service. They make up for low numbers with sophisticated technical support in the form of VIs, drones, artillery, and electronic warfare, and emphasis on mobility and individual initiative. Their military doctrine is not based on absorbing and dishing out heavy shocks in a long and drawn out conflict. Rather, they bypass enemy strong points and launch deep into their rear, cutting supply lines and logistics, destroying headquarters and support units, leaving enemies to "wither on the vine".
On defense, the Alliance military lives by Sun Tzu's maxim, "He who tries to defend everything defends nothing." Only token garrisons are placed on their colonies. These are intended for scouting rather than combat, avoiding engagement to observe and report on invaders using drones. However, the Alliance stations powerful fleets at mass relay nexuses so that in the event of an attack they respond with overwhelming force.

The Hahne-Kedar company and Aldrin Labs are key suppliers of the military. All soldiers receive gene therapy for improved strength and stamina. The Alliance also recruits biotics, who are trained using techniques developed at BAaT. The new L3 biotic implants are considered a significant step forward in biotic amplification.

Currently, the Alliance possesses a navy consisting of over 200 vessels ranging from small hundred-meter frigates to imposing kilometer-long dreadnoughts and carriers. The Alliance Navy has spent a great amount of effort into the innovative design and deployment of carriers, which are as large as dreadnoughts, but their primary armament consists of fighters instead of ship-length mass accelerator cannons. The Alliance Navy is headquartered at Arcturus Station in the strategically invaluable system of Arcturus, which contains several primary mass relays that link to major human colonies, and the secondary mass relay that leads to Sol and the human homeworld of Earth.

History: In 2148, a mining team on Mars made perhaps humanity's greatest discovery. After investigating the "Bermuda Triangle-like" reputation of the southern pole, the team unearthed the subterranean ruins of an ancient alien research station, revealing incontrovertible proof of the existence of alien life. Humanity was no longer alone in the universe.

The impact was profound in all areas of human culture, but nowhere more so than religion. New beliefs sprang up overnight such as the Interventionary Evolutionists, who zealously proclaimed the discovery as proof that all human history had been directed and controlled by alien forces. Even established religions struggled to explain extraterrestrial life. Some tried to incorporate this new-found knowledge into their dogma, some remained silent, while a few tried to stubbornly deny the evidence found on Mars.
The news of the discovery dominated the media and raised questions not only about the existence and purpose of humanity, but questions about the aliens themselves. Foremost, were they still out there? While these questions had served to fracture most religions they had a unifying effect in politics. Rather than nations fighting each other over their differences, it was now "us vs. them" and the foundations of a united human front were laid.

Within a year of the discovery, Earth's eighteen largest nations had drafted and ratified the Systems Alliance charter, establishing a representative political body to expand and defend human territory. Shortly thereafter, the various nations of Earth pooled their military resources to create the Systems Alliance Military. The same year, 2149, the Alliance discovered the Sol system's mass relay orbiting Pluto, previously thought to be a moon, Charon. The Charon Relay propelled them into space and the reach of humanity grew quickly.

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Infrastructure and Claimed Worlds:

Shanxi (Gansu System; Shanxi Theta Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex	Eden Prime (Utopia System; Exodus Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; Civilian Shipyard	Terra Nova (Asgard System; Exodus Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex
Demeter (Epsilon Eridani System; Local Cluster) Code: Select all 1 Urban Area; 1 Mining Complex; Military Shipyard	Arcturus Station (Arcturus System; Arcturus Stream) Code: Select all Advanced Civilian Space Station: 3 Urban Areas; 3 Fuel Depots; Level 2 Orbital Defenses; 5 Industrial Centers; 1 Level 2 Spaceport; Pc of 500;  Grants +10% Income Bonus in System and +5% Income Bonus Across Cluster	Eriu (Cuchulainn System; Shanxi Cluster) Code: Select all 2 Urban Areas

Military:

Code: Select all 5 Dreadnoughts; 3 Fleet Carriers; 10 Light Crusiers; 5 Escort Carriers

Economy: 0 Credits Remaining! +781 Credits; +1050 pc, +100 ic

Code: Select all

+45 base income; +500pc (Arcturus Station); +450 cr (9 Urban Areas); +12 cr (Mining Operations); +75 cr, +200 pc, +50 IC (Civilian Shipyard); +35 cr, +50 IC, +300 pc, -20% local production time (Military Shipyard on Demeter); +15 cr (Fuel Depots); +25 cr, 50 pc (Industrial Centers); +96cr (Spaceport); +28cr (Arcturus Station Bonus)

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S13 - Do not remove.

Could you have used a link?
Or a spoiler?

[Great Empire of Gamilus]

Also, might want to remove these two bits now, since you'll have to remove them later anyway

'Union Aerospace Corporation is the largest corporate entity in existence'

'the UAC controls the most advanced technology ever conceived'

I edited them to be suitable.

[Celivaia]

Hey guys, I'm new to forum-based RPs, but I'm a fan of Mass Effect, and if at all possible, could I reserve the Geth, until I get the app done?

[Eridanus 3]

Also, might want to remove these two bits now, since you'll have to remove them later anyway

'Union Aerospace Corporation is the largest corporate entity in existence'

'the UAC controls the most advanced technology ever conceived'

^^

Both of those are already wrong.

Any human corporation is automatically smaller than Council corporations.
And the Asari and Salarians have the best tech. Which they share with the Turians. Who share with the Volus. Who get scavenged on by the Quarians. Who get beat up by the Batarians. Who get Wrex'd by the Krogan. Who get infiltrated by the geth.

Aka all the cool shit belongs to people that ain't human. Except for carriers. We made those.

[Eridanus 3]

Could you have used a link?
Or a spoiler?

Nah. Nux needs to see my brilliance. He needs to love me.

[Segmentia]

Could you have used a link?
Or a spoiler?

Nah. Nux needs to see my brilliance. He needs to love me.

Not like its a wall of text anyway.

[Eridanus 3]

Nah. Nux needs to see my brilliance. He needs to love me.

Not like its a wall of text anyway.

It's not like I copied it from the wiki and exterminated *amended* bits that were undesirable.

[Nuxipal]

Well.. 2 things to say:

1 and most importantly: I'm going to bed because I have work in 4.5 hours

2 and least importantly: I'll get on those pesky apps later. The one thing I did see: need to remove those Pros/Cons mate. I'll make them like I did last time, but for the test run we are going to pretend they don't exist. Only going to go like 2 or 3 months in anyway. If we find lots of flaws we will regather, try again until the number of issues is reduced to a workable size.

Anyway third thing:

Hey guys, I'm new to forum-based RPs, but I'm a fan of Mass Effect, and if at all possible, could I reserve the Geth, until I get the app done?

I'll give you a shot, though because you are new to forum based RP, you should try a smaller faction. This particular RP gets fairly complex, and it will be easier for me to guide you along if you aren't trying to shuffle around a faction the size of the Geth.