SPACE: Redux (Sci-Fi Faction RP/OOC)

[New Antarcticania]

Why are there so many empty space one the map?
Does that mean there's nothing there?
What are we supposed to do in those spaces if can only move by one space per fuel?

Theres nothing there except debris and asteroid fields

You can set up listening posts, space stations, beacons, etc.

[New yugoslavaia]

Why are there so many empty space one the map?
Does that mean there's nothing there?
What are we supposed to do in those spaces if can only move by one space per fuel?

Theres nothing there except debris and asteroid fields

You can set up listening posts, space stations, beacons, etc.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Any ETA on an IC?

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Any ETA on an IC?

...bit premature, no? We only have three players.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Any ETA on an IC?

...bit premature, no? We only have three players.

Oh sure. But posting an IC oftentimes lures some people in after the initial "this is a new RP" bump.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Oh sure. But posting an IC oftentimes lures some people in after the initial "this is a new RP" bump.

Hmph. Alright.

Well, on the bright side, at least if this RP splutters out I can recycle my application concept for the next near future RP of Arvenia’s. :p

[G-Tech Corporation]

Oh sure. But posting an IC oftentimes lures some people in after the initial "this is a new RP" bump.

Hmph. Alright.

Well, on the bright side, at least if this RP splutters out I can recycle my application concept for the next near future RP of Arvenia’s.

Some of our folks do have their tropes they enjoy... tbf I've been considering a cyberpunk character RP of my own.

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Some of our folks do have their tropes they enjoy... tbf I've been considering a cyberpunk character RP of my own.

I’m also working on a concept, but this isn’t the thread for it; I’ll telegram you.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Some of our folks do have their tropes they enjoy... tbf I've been considering a cyberpunk character RP of my own.

I’m also working on a concept, but this isn’t the thread for it; I’ll telegram you.

Splendiferous.

[New Antarcticania]

Any ETA on an IC?

Waiting for Yugoslav to finish his application

[New yugoslavaia]

Any ETA on an IC?

Waiting for Yugoslav to finish his application

Ok, I'll do that sometime soon.

My idea is of a pseudo/semi-corporation that was originally state owned by one of the countries that didn't go corporate and developed the commercially available ships. Then this "corporation" broke off and became international before heading off to Venus to colonise it via orbital and above cloud in atmosphere structures. Because they got in early, they're one of the bigger modern corporations and are now ready to send a expedition force out to a new system.
Of course, they're secretly still following the original goals and values of their parent nation and are slowly working towards the downfall of the corporations, especially AERODYNE.

[New Antarcticania]

Waiting for Yugoslav to finish his application

Ok, I'll do that sometime soon.

My idea is of a pseudo/semi-corporation that was originally state owned by one of the countries that didn't go corporate and developed the commercially available ships. Then this "corporation" broke off and became international before heading off to Venus to colonise it via orbital and above cloud in atmosphere structures. Because they got in early, they're one of the bigger modern corporations and are now ready to send a expedition force out to a new system.
Of course, they're secretly still following the original goals and values of their parent nation and are slowly working towards the downfall of the corporations, especially AERODYNE.

Alright, I'll just start working on the IC thread now

[New yugoslavaia]

Ok, I'll do that sometime soon.

My idea is of a pseudo/semi-corporation that was originally state owned by one of the countries that didn't go corporate and developed the commercially available ships. Then this "corporation" broke off and became international before heading off to Venus to colonise it via orbital and above cloud in atmosphere structures. Because they got in early, they're one of the bigger modern corporations and are now ready to send a expedition force out to a new system.
Of course, they're secretly still following the original goals and values of their parent nation and are slowly working towards the downfall of the corporations, especially AERODYNE.

Alright, I'll just start working on the IC thread now

Good to hear. I’ll try and get the thing up. Probably will happen tomorrow, but today is also possible.

[New yugoslavaia]

Name of Faction: Caelus Aerospace Enterprises (also known as Caelus or CAE).
Name of Leader: Neno Elwin.
Description of Leader's physical appearance(image optional): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 5538_1.jpg
Bio(faction): Originally formed as a state-owned company in one of the last non-corporate controlled nations in Southern Europe, Caelus Enterprises started off as a contractor for various groups. Using the spacecraft blueprints that were "copied" by Aerodyne, CAE quickly took over a fair share of the astronautics industry. After its host nation was overrun by private companies and it accumulated enough wealth and power, the group started to pursue its own interests. Rather than going further out into the Solar System, Caelus went to Venus. Here they would construct numerous orbital habitats, facilities and shipyards over the next few years. This was further accelerated by the release of MFM, allowing what would of taken weeks or months to build to be assembled in seconds. Now, Venus all but belongs to CAE. Only a small portion of the Venusian installations belong to or are shared by the UN or other corporations, with the former mainly using them as staging bases or to conduct scientific studies on the planets surface and atmosphere.
This domination of the Venus airspace was not merely done in the name of profit however.
While Caelus Enterprises may seem like a regular corporation on the surface (and that's how it's viewed by most), in reality their goals are as anti-corporate as you can get in the modern world. The reason they were created in the first place was to work covertly within the confines of this new world order in order to subvert from within. But as time went on, this mission seemed more and more unlikely as the directors of the organisation realised just how much the UN and the corporations were intertwined with each other.
Instead, Caelus would now focus on setting up their own government in one of the new star systems made accessible by wormholes. Soon, a expeditionary fleet will be sent to one of these systems to see what can be done with it. While restoring Earth to a more democratic/liberal state is still something they hope to do, the main goal is to ensure that somewhere out there in the universe, a free human colony exists outside of corporate control.
Doctrine: To the outside world, Caelus Enterprises is focused on expanding the possibilities of where humanity can settle (or at least if they can settle in orbit), be it in this Star System or the next.
Internally, the goals of the organisation is to undermine the power of the corporations over humanity and to create at least one government on an exoplanet where this is a reality.
Faction Flag(random generators will do): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... nknown.png
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[New yugoslavaia]

Do we have a limit for how many ships we begin with?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Do we have a limit for how many ships we begin with?

If memory serves we each begin with 5 Destroyers, though that might be different depending on what Arc feels like using.

[New yugoslavaia]

So, how's that IC coming along?
Is my app ok?

[New Antarcticania]

Name of Faction: Caelus Aerospace Enterprises (also known as Caelus or CAE).
Name of Leader: Neno Elwin.
Description of Leader's physical appearance(image optional): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 5538_1.jpg
Bio(faction): Originally formed as a state-owned company in one of the last non-corporate controlled nations in Southern Europe, Caelus Enterprises started off as a contractor for various groups. Using the spacecraft blueprints that were "copied" by Aerodyne, CAE quickly took over a fair share of the astronautics industry. After its host nation was overrun by private companies and it accumulated enough wealth and power, the group started to pursue its own interests. Rather than going further out into the Solar System, Caelus went to Venus. Here they would construct numerous orbital habitats, facilities and shipyards over the next few years. This was further accelerated by the release of MFM, allowing what would of taken weeks or months to build to be assembled in seconds. Now, Venus all but belongs to CAE. Only a small portion of the Venusian installations belong to or are shared by the UN or other corporations, with the former mainly using them as staging bases or to conduct scientific studies on the planets surface and atmosphere.
This domination of the Venus airspace was not merely done in the name of profit however.
While Caelus Enterprises may seem like a regular corporation on the surface (and that's how it's viewed by most), in reality their goals are as anti-corporate as you can get in the modern world. The reason they were created in the first place was to work covertly within the confines of this new world order in order to subvert from within. But as time went on, this mission seemed more and more unlikely as the directors of the organisation realised just how much the UN and the corporations were intertwined with each other.
Instead, Caelus would now focus on setting up their own government in one of the new star systems made accessible by wormholes. Soon, a expeditionary fleet will be sent to one of these systems to see what can be done with it. While restoring Earth to a more democratic/liberal state is still something they hope to do, the main goal is to ensure that somewhere out there in the universe, a free human colony exists outside of corporate control.
Doctrine: To the outside world, Caelus Enterprises is focused on expanding the possibilities of where humanity can settle (or at least if they can settle in orbit), be it in this Star System or the next.
Internally, the goals of the organisation is to undermine the power of the corporations over humanity and to create at least one government on an exoplanet where this is a reality.
Faction Flag(random generators will do): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... nknown.png
Do not remove: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Accepted

[New yugoslavaia]

Name of Faction: Caelus Aerospace Enterprises (also known as Caelus or CAE).
Name of Leader: Neno Elwin.
Description of Leader's physical appearance(image optional): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... 5538_1.jpg
Bio(faction): Originally formed as a state-owned company in one of the last non-corporate controlled nations in Southern Europe, Caelus Enterprises started off as a contractor for various groups. Using the spacecraft blueprints that were "copied" by Aerodyne, CAE quickly took over a fair share of the astronautics industry. After its host nation was overrun by private companies and it accumulated enough wealth and power, the group started to pursue its own interests. Rather than going further out into the Solar System, Caelus went to Venus. Here they would construct numerous orbital habitats, facilities and shipyards over the next few years. This was further accelerated by the release of MFM, allowing what would of taken weeks or months to build to be assembled in seconds. Now, Venus all but belongs to CAE. Only a small portion of the Venusian installations belong to or are shared by the UN or other corporations, with the former mainly using them as staging bases or to conduct scientific studies on the planets surface and atmosphere.
This domination of the Venus airspace was not merely done in the name of profit however.
While Caelus Enterprises may seem like a regular corporation on the surface (and that's how it's viewed by most), in reality their goals are as anti-corporate as you can get in the modern world. The reason they were created in the first place was to work covertly within the confines of this new world order in order to subvert from within. But as time went on, this mission seemed more and more unlikely as the directors of the organisation realised just how much the UN and the corporations were intertwined with each other.
Instead, Caelus would now focus on setting up their own government in one of the new star systems made accessible by wormholes. Soon, a expeditionary fleet will be sent to one of these systems to see what can be done with it. While restoring Earth to a more democratic/liberal state is still something they hope to do, the main goal is to ensure that somewhere out there in the universe, a free human colony exists outside of corporate control.
Doctrine: To the outside world, Caelus Enterprises is focused on expanding the possibilities of where humanity can settle (or at least if they can settle in orbit), be it in this Star System or the next.
Internally, the goals of the organisation is to undermine the power of the corporations over humanity and to create at least one government on an exoplanet where this is a reality.
Faction Flag(random generators will do): https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/ ... nknown.png
Do not remove: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Accepted

Thanks.
So now we have 4 player factions will radically different ideologies along with the NPC factions like the UN, AERODYNE and DARKSKI.

[New Antarcticania]

IC's out: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=498251

[Ralnis]

Name of Faction: The Consortium
Name of Leader: The Kingpin
Description of Leader's physical appearance(image optional):The man himself
Bio(faction):The Consortium is the organization of humanity's greatest criminal elements. Many considered them to be the UN of the underworld, each family, gang, crime boss and pirate go through them in order to help underworld stability beyond the bloody wars of the past century. This unprecedent peace was worrying in the UN and it finally became true when an entire corporate fleet was stolen in the outer system. The fleet in secret had been retrofitted in order for the Consortium to expand their interest to the stars. Many of them had a dream of a nation ruled by them, a kelptocracy.

Such a thing would allow Earth's criminal element to finally leave the planet and forge through their own volition and have free reign over all they foresee. All they needed was to gather their resources and set out.
Doctrine: They rely on influence of the underworld, pirate hit-and-run attacks, and skullduggery to fight. They can't fight a trained military force because they aren't trained like one. Their economics will always be black market and nothing will be out of their grasp. Slavery, drugs, weapons, smuggling, anything to turn a profit.

Faction Flag(random generators will do):Just a flag
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[New Antarcticania]

Name of Faction: The Consortium
Name of Leader: The Kingpin
Description of Leader's physical appearance(image optional):The man himself
Bio(faction):The Consortium is the organization of humanity's greatest criminal elements. Many considered them to be the UN of the underworld, each family, gang, crime boss and pirate go through them in order to help underworld stability beyond the bloody wars of the past century. This unprecedent peace was worrying in the UN and it finally became true when an entire corporate fleet was stolen in the outer system. The fleet in secret had been retrofitted in order for the Consortium to expand their interest to the stars. Many of them had a dream of a nation ruled by them, a kelptocracy.

Such a thing would allow Earth's criminal element to finally leave the planet and forge through their own volition and have free reign over all they foresee. All they needed was to gather their resources and set out.
Doctrine: They rely on influence of the underworld, pirate hit-and-run attacks, and skullduggery to fight. They can't fight a trained military force because they aren't trained like one. Their economics will always be black market and nothing will be out of their grasp. Slavery, drugs, weapons, smuggling, anything to turn a profit.

Faction Flag(random generators will do):Just a flag
Do not remove: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Accepted

[Mercatus]

I’m confused. The OP never gave my app an “accepted” or “denied” message.

[New Antarcticania]

A transhumanist destruction cult for you:

Name of Faction: ARES Paramilitary Coalition (more commonly referred to as APC or ARES)

Name of Leader: Lord-Admiral Konrad Blackmore

Description of Leader's physical appearance: Konrad stands at an imposing 7'8" with a very muscular bodily definition. His right eye has been replaced with a robotic eye that glows red, and most of that side of his face is covered by strong, lightweight alloy plating. A neurally grafted and integrated "exoskeleton" of sorts is present on the outside of his body, mimicking human bone and joint structure. His fair skin (at least what's left of it) contrasts greatly with his usual black and gold attire, consisting of a high-collared greatcoat and a captain's hat. His physical size combined with sharp, military-esque dressing gives him a stately and intimidating look. His presence is commanding and every word he speaks from his partially synthesized voice box resonates with conviction, a quality that appropriately complements his appearance.

Bio: The ARES Paramilitary Coalition is the end result of a variety of factors compiled over two decades, stemming from the Reunification Wars and catalyzed by technological advancement. At the end of the Reunification Wars, many were disgruntled and angry with the fact that Earth was now governed by a single entity, and said people resorted to terroristic movements in order to combat what they saw as a threat. Most of these movements were quickly squashed and rendered footnotes in the history of humankind, but a few remained that simply could not be stomped out of existence like the others. One such group were the predecessors to ARES, and like their modern-day incarnation, they were organized, extremely well-equipped, and had superb tacticians directing their campaigns. When huge strides were made in the areas of cybernetic augmentation and genetic modification, these terrorists practically jumped all over the new technology, heavily implanting and and modifying themselves with an ultimate end goal: self-evolution.

With the advent of space colonization and the wide availability of space travel having become a reality in the 2050s, the terrorists took to the stars. Their ideology had morphed from simple discontentment with the UN victory to a separatist movement justified by their self-perceived superiority over the rest of the human race. It would be in 2051 that ARES was officially founded, and immediately, they began construction of a war fleet on Mars. Mostly utilizing captured or incomplete vessels taken from shipyards, the ARES factories manufactured armaments and armor for said ships. The designs produced in these factories were entirely the brainchild of the ARES scientists, and far outclassed most weaponry of the time, as the UN was bound by several statutes and treaties on what it could and couldn't deploy on the field of battle. Groups like ARES, however, ignore the law in the first place, and such statutes do not apply to them.

In 2054, ARES had completed a small but powerful fleet, armed with the latest developments in weapons and propulsion technology. The radical group, now an organized and highly dangerous military force, carried out their mission across the Solar System. For two years, the ARES fleet roamed the interplanetary stretches of space, wreaking havoc and mayhem wherever they went. Whoever they fought, they smashed to pieces. The tactical advantage of their cybernetics in ground warfare was also worthy of note, as it increased the survivability and deadliness of foot soldiers. By this time, the ARES fighters were fully self-sufficient on board their ships, living completely in space with no need for a home base of any kind. The conflict with ARES came to a head in 2056 with the Titan Holocaust. The Titan Holocaust was a devastating event in which the ARES fleet appeared over Saturn's moon Titan in the group's first offensive against a settlement of any kind on any celestial body. In the first phase of the attack, the vessels in orbit sent down foot soldiers and ground vehicles, armed to the teeth and coming in a force that the meagre colonial defenses couldn't possibly resist. The ground offensive succeeded in destroying most settlements and killing nearly 40% of Titan's population. By the time the nearest UN military vessels were alerted to the events unfolding, it was too late for them to save many of the moon's inhabitants. A further 20% of Titan's original population were killed through bombardment of the remnants of cities, escalating the final death toll to 60% of the original population. The attack was finally stopped when the UN showed up en masse, initiating a battle that succeeded in destroying most of the small ARES fleet, pushing the remnants of the group to the fringes for the next 3 years.

In the years leading up to the invention of FTL travel in 2059, the remnants of ARES remained mostly inactive in any effort to violently subvert the current societal order. Instead, they had retreated to an outpost on the distant and as of then uncolonized Neptunian moon of Triton, and had sent covert operatives out to attempt to radicalize and recruit new fighters. As well as this, ARES made efforts to amass the materials needed to build another space fleet. Over the next 2 years, they succeeded in both endeavors. The turnout for recruitment was much higher than expected, and the process of manufacturing new ships equipped with the latest tech had gone smoothly. By 2059, ARES was almost returned to its former might, albeit slightly weaker and with a much smaller fleet than the last one. However, these ships were of entirely new designs, with each serving a specific purpose and wielding incredible destructive power. It was then that ARES-aligned corporate spies had uncovered something extraordinary: the invention of an artificial wormhole generator by the DARKSKI corporation. Quick action was taken to acquire enough drives to power their fleet, and soon after the public revelation of wormhole travel, several drives were reported stolen from the DARKSKI factory. These stolen drives were then fitted to the now-completed fleet consisting of a flagship Battlecruiser, two Destroyers, and four Frigates as well as a complement of fighters, orbit-to-ground transports, and infantry mechs (non-capital ships are NOT fitted with wormhole drives). Shortly thereafter, the small research base established on Triton by that time reported several man-made objects taking off from below the frigid moon's surface, which very quickly executed a wormhole jump, departing Triton for Earth. It had begun. The second crusade to further an agenda of transhumanist supremacy would now reach across the stars in ARES' effort to exterminate all they deem unworthy of existence.

Doctrine: All who choose to remain in their natural organic form are considered inferior and worthy only of destruction. ARES is a highly militarized transhumanist supremacy group with an inexplicable lust for war and combat. Everyone who aligns themselves with the radical group is very heavily augmented both genetically and biomechanically, enabling many abilities not naturally present in humans. It is their belief that they alone represent what humanity's future should be, and that it is their duty to exterminate all who do not subscribe to this viewpoint, a duty that their combatants have show near-religious devotion to. ARES believes that nothing should stand in the way of scientific advancement, and as such they are not anti-intellectual like many groups devoted to a radical cause, possessing some of the most advanced knowledge in the entire human race, but it is knowledge that is used only for the skewed goals of ARES.

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Oh shit, sorry.

Accepted

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Introductory IC post and first turn up; it's my personal philosophy that the first IC post I place in an RP should say something meaningful about the character or faction I'm playing, and this time is no exception. I hope y'all liked it.

Can anyone recognise all five people after which I named my destroyers, without looking them up? :p +50 relations with the Nessies if you do.