Galactic AdventuresThere, I see the waiting dark, I see the fire of distant stars and faces of pale moons. I see the void unwalked and splendid in it's mysteries, I see the void that is my home and to which I return with hope and fear.PremiseThe Milky Way Galaxy is such a vast place, home countless civilizations and species carving out an existence for themselves among burning, uncaring stars. Humanity has been among these for a long, long time, ever since we left the Sol System in the year 2372. We were hurled into a universe of infinite danger, but also infinite possibility as we laid claim to our portion of the stars. Soon, we discovered that we were not alone in our little corner of the galaxy. Alien civilizations of many shapes and sizes grew around us as well. In these early days of human civilization growing into an interstellar one, the first colonial wars were fought as more developed worlds began to show signs of increased planetary consciousness as entities, cultures and peoples separate from Earth. Eventually, culminating into the damaging Great Colonial Schism and the birth of the so-called Original Fourteen pre-Imperial human-star nations. In time, a great and terrible machine intelligence which had stalked the heavens for time beyond memory and cut a bloody swathe through the galaxy, exterminating countless species, came upon us. In humanity however the machines met their match. The war unified the Original Fourteen star-nations of mankind under the banner of the Empire of Great Nova led by Emperor Maxilian I Ahusteler, he thus became the first person to rule a unified human species, rising as the first Emperor of the Imperium Galaxis. Emperor Maxilian would recolonize Earth, lost in the war against the Machine Intelligence and renamed it Centrum as a symbol of the rebirth of mankind.
The Imperium proved quite stable and humanity made significant strides during the period. This heralded a new age of conquest, the power of the human species would soar to previously unimaginable heights as it stood united under the Empire. Numerous treatises and songs of this era spoke of the great Imperial victories and of the subsequent Imperial Renaissance that followed along side them as order, safety, and social drive were rekindled in the wake of the advancing, growing, Imperial military. With reverse-engineered technologies from the terrible machines, rapid advancements were made in nearly every field caused a booming population and rapid increase in the power and prestige of Humanity. The Imperium expanded across the void colonizing new worlds and conquering the local alien star-nations at an astonishing pace and opening new worlds to new streams of human settlers. As centuries turned to millennia, the Imperium Galaxis expanded further and further across the Galaxy and humanity came upon many well-developed and powerful alien star-nations across Coreward Space with long, often bloody histories and bitter rivalries. Humanity, surrounded by adversaries of similar power found itself forced to adapt to play the grand, long game of galactic politics.
The events above, having happened more than ten millennia ago have turned into semi-legend after the Great Digiplague of 6512. Spreading like wildfire as a strange virus infected ship systems, artificial intelligences, robotic workers, and even cybernetics. Destroying data and causing all sorts of havoc not only in human space but across the Known Galaxy. This led to many species and nations adapting and reducing the reliance on for example AI, droids and other similar systems for fear of a potential second, even worse Digiplague causing widespread social collapse across the civilized Galaxy. As the millennia turned, humanity grew to rule a vast swathe of Coreward Space and the Imperium Galaxis essentially became the dominant hyperpower of the Milky Way Galaxy. In the inexorable march of time however, the Imperial administration, once known for it's efficiency in governing the vast domains of humanity had grown bloated, convoluted and corrupt. As time went on ever more power slipped from the ineffectual Senate and increasingly lax monarchs and flowed into the hands of powerful regional governors and nobles. The prevalence of piracy, crime and warlordism grew across the Imperium and this decay finally led to the stagnation and regression of human civilization.
The rise of the extreme humanocentric Unitarian religion across the Imperium worsened the decline and further destabilized the state. Mankind's alien slaves saw worse treatment than ever as the Unitarians gained more an more influence, their religion spreading like a wildfire across the ailing Imperium, offering something, anything for the increasingly poor, increasingly angry masses to hold on to. Things went only from bad to worse and the internal decay and divisions in the Imperium came to a head during the bloody war between the Imperium Galaxis and the Hemoh Unity. Hundreds and hundreds of worlds burned as the warfronts passed through them. The Unitarian clergy, seeing a chance to get rid of the corrupt, decadent and hedonistic aristocracy and create a more perfect, more holy and more pure Imperium preformed a coup on Centrum. Ousting the Imperial family and proclaiming the Sacred Empire Solaris. However, not all had fallen under the sway of religious extremism. Ambitious nobles, governors, generals took their chance create their own bases of power. And so, the great Hyperpower of the Milky Way Galaxy ceased to exist, collapsing into a blood-soak frenzy of secession and civil war. Seventeen years after the fall of humanity's empire, hundreds of splinter factions and successor states have arisen in the vacuum of power all in near-constant conflict. Aliens once enslaved have taken this opportunity to cast off their shackles, reform their lost star-nations and exact their vengeance upon former oppressors all while the other Coreward Powers rise to claim greater power for themselves in the vacuum left behind by the collapse of the Imperium aiming to surpass and replace the carrion-empire of mankind whose place in the sun has reached it's end. In the chaos that grips the Galaxy there are many opportunities, bold nations, bold groups and bold men and women willing to seize them.ScenarioThe year is 16 581 and the Milky Way galaxy is yours to explore as you adventure across the stars. The galaxy is a place of immense danger and dark secrets from a distant past. These stars are a realm of fearsome aliens coming from the unbeholden depths of Galactic Darkspace, treasures beyond imagining and the echoes of ancient doom, indeed, especially it's uncharted regions have long been the doom of many explorers and adventurers as they have attempted to brave it's depths, the dead hulks of their ships still littering the voids of the region.
You can explore virgin planets, you can hunt down pirates, slavers and smugglers, you can become a starfaring criminal, you can be a peaceful trader, you can join one of the various nations and factions present in the galaxy or even gain a following and start your own faction and try to colonize a new planet. There are countless possibilities in the Galaxy and it's up to you to play your strengths to make the most out of any situation. There will be dice mechanics in this RP, and the only big limiting factor is your own imagination. Be warned however that dropping in and trying to assassinate some head of state will most likely end in abysmal failure, use common sense and think about your situation and your actions. Victory will not be handed to you on a silver platter with a side of cheese and grapes. Keep that in mind and play your strengths. Depending on how high you set your goal, you'll have to work all the harder for it, and maybe even die trying.
Mostly inspired by Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, Eve online, Mass Effect and Halo. (No, sadly I am not sponsored)
Rules, Guidelines and Mechanics
Rules
1. I am the OP whose word is law.
2. Possible future Co-Op's are my prophets.
3. Thou shalt not Godmod, people who don't know what this means don't belong in this thread.
4. Thou shalt not flamebait, troll or otherwise be a douche.
5. Thou shalt recognize that I'd appreciate it if you're planning to be around for the long haul. Check your schedule before applying.
6. Also, thou shalt not sit around waiting for things to happen, in this RP it is up to you to also be active in creating an interesting story for your character.
7. Thou shalt give me friendship, intrigue, drama, romance and character stories, this is a character RP with dice mechanics after all.
8. Yes this is a Sci-fi Space Opera but do utilize some common sense.
9. Rule of Cool Applies, within reason.
10. If you want to fight and argue with someone, take it to TG.
11. Yes this is the internet, however, lets keep any rage we may have IC with our characters.
Established Facets of the Universe
- Due to the Digiplague, AI is banned across the Galaxy. More limited Virtual Intelligences are used instead though like anything illegal, AI exists in shady places.
- Warp Gates left behind by the Builders for travel between star clusters.
- Ship-mounted FTL-engines for travel between stars systems in a cluster.
- Faster than light communication through FTL comm-bouys.
- Universal translation cybernetic implants.
- May add more as I think of them.
Banned Stuff
-Star Trek replicators and transporters. Any kind of teleportation in general.
-Eve Online jump clones, medical clones and capsules.
-Resurrecting the dead.
-Synthetic Player Characters.
-Overuse of automated systems, droids, robots, AI, VI. (These are all supplementary)
-Time Travel.
-Precognition.
-Wormhole technology.
-May add more as I think of it.
Application, Stats and Items
Character Application
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[b]Name:[/b] (Pretty self-explanatory)
[b]Gender:[/b] (Pretty self-explanatory too)
[b]Species:[/b] (See the lore for examples or make your own by writing it up under the "Other"-section)
[b]Class:[/b] (Choose one from the list)
[b]Bio:[/b] (At least two paragraphs)
[b]Equipment:[/b] (See background - Starting credits can be used to buy stuff when making the app)
[b]Crew:[/b] (See background)
[b]Ship:[/b] (See background)
[b]Stat Rankings:[/b] (See background)
[b]Traits:[/b] (You start with none unless you're Psionic but you gain some later on)
[b]Carryovers:[/b] (Only for characters carried over from the first Galactic Adventures)
[b]Other:[/b] (Anything else you want to add? If you want to make up your own species for your char or your own starting location then write it's description here)
Accepted Starcaptains
Captain Thorpodeas - Exalted Inquellian State
Captain Leon Tchaikovsky - Elerian
Captain Lothar Monsand - Wochaystein
Captain Samuel Bridge Iron - The Empire of Tau
Captain Jonathan Wilson - Sao Nova Europa
Captain Kyr Mirhorn Van - Ralnis
Captain Theodora Merriet Gavro - Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States
Captain Audax Veni - Piscina
Captain Jandar Arangkhôr - Cetacea
Captain Zorin Teriis - The Democratic Republic of Nytoa