NationStates

Nuxipal wrote:

Elerian wrote:
What exactly is this species guide going to entail?

So far it has a point buy system for your "Average Citizen" in Strength/Dexterity/Constitution/Intelligence/Wisdom/Charisma

It then has specialization options for the species and a homeworld historical features. These will serve as your Pros. Cons will be generated by the GM/VGMs after the app is created to display weaknesses either in the general populace or determined by the brief history section.

How exactly would the First Contact RP work? Each player picks a side and is in charge of a fleet contingent? Each player is a major or minor faction within either the Turian Hierarchy or HSA?

Elerian wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
So far it has a point buy system for your "Average Citizen" in Strength/Dexterity/Constitution/Intelligence/Wisdom/Charisma

It then has specialization options for the species and a homeworld historical features. These will serve as your Pros. Cons will be generated by the GM/VGMs after the app is created to display weaknesses either in the general populace or determined by the brief history section.

How exactly would the First Contact RP work? Each player picks a side and is in charge of a fleet contingent? Each player is a major or minor faction within either the Turian Hierarchy or HSA?

First Contact is just the time place. It's still a factions RP. You will pick one of the various factions of the galaxy and play as them. Humanity doesn't have to go through the 314 Relay, they could go to another relay and be found by the Batarians.. and the Batarians at the time have a decent position on the citadel and their own embassy. Probably would wipe the floor with the Humans as they don't have as much oversight at the time as the Turians did which is what gave away the fact that the Turians were fighting a war.

Nuxipal wrote:

Elerian wrote:
How exactly would the First Contact RP work? Each player picks a side and is in charge of a fleet contingent? Each player is a major or minor faction within either the Turian Hierarchy or HSA?

First Contact is just the time place. It's still a factions RP. You will pick one of the various factions of the galaxy and play as them. Humanity doesn't have to go through the 314 Relay, they could go to another relay and be found by the Batarians.. and the Batarians at the time have a decent position on the citadel and their own embassy. Probably would wipe the floor with the Humans as they don't have as much oversight at the time as the Turians did which is what gave away the fact that the Turians were fighting a war.

Elerian wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
First Contact is just the time place. It's still a factions RP. You will pick one of the various factions of the galaxy and play as them. Humanity doesn't have to go through the 314 Relay, they could go to another relay and be found by the Batarians.. and the Batarians at the time have a decent position on the citadel and their own embassy. Probably would wipe the floor with the Humans as they don't have as much oversight at the time as the Turians did which is what gave away the fact that the Turians were fighting a war.

Pretty much just like what we were doing before, just set at a different date. Some things will have differences. Humans are the only ones with carriers, as they introduced the concept to the galaxy. Obviously with research everything is possible and we have a well tested research method to work with now. Most of it will feel the same. I honestly thing that The Message will be the better of the two RPs, but it will require more effort to put together.

Nuxipal wrote:

Elerian wrote:

Pretty much just like what we were doing before, just set at a different date. Some things will have differences. Humans are the only ones with carriers, as they introduced the concept to the galaxy. Obviously with research everything is possible and we have a well tested research method to work with now. Most of it will feel the same. I honestly thing that The Message will be the better of the two RPs, but it will require more effort to put together.

Agreed.

If we do go new cycle i already have an idea for a race that not only use to be the viking/hun's/Vandal's of the galaxy but operate under the feudal system and the corporations are replaced with guilds.

Rygondria wrote:If we do go new cycle i already have an idea for a race that not only use to be the viking/hun's/Vandal's of the galaxy but operate under the feudal system and the corporations are replaced with guilds.

Whatever works I suppose.

Elerian wrote:

Rygondria wrote:If we do go new cycle i already have an idea for a race that not only use to be the viking/hun's/Vandal's of the galaxy but operate under the feudal system and the corporations are replaced with guilds.

Whatever works I suppose.

Still working on them though but that is the basic outline, mayneeed to make edits to their feudal system to make it less similar to the human one since humans would be dead by then.

Rygondria wrote:

Elerian wrote:
Whatever works I suppose.

Still working on them though but that is the basic outline, mayneeed to make edits to their feudal system to make it less similar to the human one since humans would be dead by then.

That idea is pretty epic actually. Never thought of that.. then again, I haven't even started trying to build a race yet.. too much work trying to put together two different RPs just in case..

Nuxipal wrote:

Rygondria wrote:Still working on them though but that is the basic outline, mayneeed to make edits to their feudal system to make it less similar to the human one since humans would be dead by then.

That idea is pretty epic actually. Never thought of that.. then again, I haven't even started trying to build a race yet.. too much work trying to put together two different RPs just in case..

At this rate its probably going to end up being the next cycle.

Elerian wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
That idea is pretty epic actually. Never thought of that.. then again, I haven't even started trying to build a race yet.. too much work trying to put together two different RPs just in case..

At this rate its probably going to end up being the next cycle.

Probably, we have until tomorrow at Noon Eastern Time.. but it does look that way right now.

I wonder whcih one of our species is going to have control of the citadel if it is a new cycle, is there going to be a council or whatever it is called , is there going to be an asari typecast, etc. so many question so little time.

Rygondria wrote:I wonder whcih one of our species is going to have control of the citadel if it is a new cycle, is there going to be a council or whatever it is called , is there going to be an asari typecast, etc. so many question so little time.

New Cycle RP, the Citadel will be found by a randomly selected race based on their position in the galaxy in proximity to where the Citadel is. AKA, I'm going to provide you guys with a blank Galaxy map and you are going to mark an area you want your species to be. One or more of you (Hopefully) will be near the citadel's location. I'm going to be mapping out the galaxy as it is explored. New Clusters and Systems will be added to the Archive OP as a race discovers it. Early on, we will be using a modified version of our lovely exploration system generator to try and make it easier for the first couple of systems that each race finds to have a world they can live on.

Nuxipal wrote:

Rygondria wrote:I wonder whcih one of our species is going to have control of the citadel if it is a new cycle, is there going to be a council or whatever it is called , is there going to be an asari typecast, etc. so many question so little time.

New Cycle RP, the Citadel will be found by a randomly selected race based on their position in the galaxy in proximity to where the Citadel is. AKA, I'm going to provide you guys with a blank Galaxy map and you are going to mark an area you want your species to be. One or more of you (Hopefully) will be near the citadel's location. I'm going to be mapping out the galaxy as it is explored. New Clusters and Systems will be added to the Archive OP as a race discovers it. Early on, we will be using a modified version of our lovely exploration system generator to try and make it easier for the first couple of systems that each race finds to have a world they can live on.

So we are starting from the beginning eh, first contacts and all of that, But you can bet if my feudal guys find the citadel first that it well become a barony or something like that.

Rygondria wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
New Cycle RP, the Citadel will be found by a randomly selected race based on their position in the galaxy in proximity to where the Citadel is. AKA, I'm going to provide you guys with a blank Galaxy map and you are going to mark an area you want your species to be. One or more of you (Hopefully) will be near the citadel's location. I'm going to be mapping out the galaxy as it is explored. New Clusters and Systems will be added to the Archive OP as a race discovers it. Early on, we will be using a modified version of our lovely exploration system generator to try and make it easier for the first couple of systems that each race finds to have a world they can live on.

So we are starting from the beginning eh, first contacts and all of that, But you can bet if my feudal guys find the citadel first that it well become a barony or something like that.

Close to the beginning. I'm going to randomly generate a couple extra systems in your own cluster for each race we have. Everyone will start on their homeworld, with knowledge of Faster than Light Travel and how to activate the Relays.

Nuxipal wrote:

Rygondria wrote:So we are starting from the beginning eh, first contacts and all of that, But you can bet if my feudal guys find the citadel first that it well become a barony or something like that.

Close to the beginning. I'm going to randomly generate a couple extra systems in your own cluster for each race we have. Everyone will start on their homeworld, with knowledge of Faster than Light Travel and how to activate the Relays.

Are some races going to be at it longer than others or do we all start at the same time, and how does it tie into the message ?

Rygondria wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
Close to the beginning. I'm going to randomly generate a couple extra systems in your own cluster for each race we have. Everyone will start on their homeworld, with knowledge of Faster than Light Travel and how to activate the Relays.

Are some races going to be at it longer than others or do we all start at the same time, and how does it tie into the message ?

You will all see. I have a sort of story line I have prepared for this.

Nuxipal wrote:

Rygondria wrote:Are some races going to be at it longer than others or do we all start at the same time, and how does it tie into the message ?

You will all see. I have a sort of story line I have prepared for this.

I see.

Rygondria wrote:

Nuxipal wrote:
You will all see. I have a sort of story line I have prepared for this.

I see.

Just know that the Message Liara sent out was meant to warn the Next Cycle.


Edit: its just past 1 am.. not done with Unit lists. I'm pretty darn tired, so I'm going to bed. In about 11 hours I'll close the poll and we will have a winner declared and information will start pouring in here.

Have y'all every considered doing a Star Wars theme faction rp like this?

Playing in the next cycle sounds really interesting.

Rygondria wrote:If we do go new cycle i already have an idea for a race that not only use to be the viking/hun's/Vandal's of the galaxy but operate under the feudal system and the corporations are replaced with guilds.

If we do choose to do a new cycle, I've got an idea for a martial democracy where anyone who either serves in the military or is employed by the government are considered full citizens (meaning they have the ability to vote and run for public office, as well as other privileges).

My nation also believes it is a moral imperative for them to spread democracy and "freedom" to nations that do not have it, and as a result, I plan for them to have one of the most powerful military's in the galaxy. I imagine our nations would be bitter enemies due to this...

So it looks like the new cycles have it.

The Orson Empire wrote:

Rygondria wrote:If we do go new cycle i already have an idea for a race that not only use to be the viking/hun's/Vandal's of the galaxy but operate under the feudal system and the corporations are replaced with guilds.

If we do choose to do a new cycle, I've got an idea for a martial democracy where anyone who either serves in the military or is employed by the government are considered full citizens (meaning they have the ability to vote and run for public office, as well as other privileges).

My nation also believes it is a moral imperative for them to spread democracy and "freedom" to nations that do not have it, and as a result, I plan for them to have one of the most powerful military's in the galaxy. I imagine our nations would be bitter enemies due to this...

Starship Troopers ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys

Rygondria wrote:

The Orson Empire wrote:If we do choose to do a new cycle, I've got an idea for a martial democracy where anyone who either serves in the military or is employed by the government are considered full citizens (meaning they have the ability to vote and run for public office, as well as other privileges).

My nation also believes it is a moral imperative for them to spread democracy and "freedom" to nations that do not have it, and as a result, I plan for them to have one of the most powerful military's in the galaxy. I imagine our nations would be bitter enemies due to this...

Starship Troopers ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys

That was my immediate reaction when I got to "serves in military"