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[Toishima]

Indeed, Toishima itself was forcefully inducted in only about 500 years ago.

In order to solve the FTL problem, at least for myself, I have decided to come up with two different FTL drives. One is a fairly primitive one that can only travel between two stars once before requiring refueling, in order to facilitate Toishima's growth before the induction into the Republic. The second would be the Republican one, which would be extremely advanced compared to the original.

[Caecuser]

Indeed, Toishima itself was forcefully inducted in only about 500 years ago.

In order to solve the FTL problem, at least for myself, I have decided to come up with two different FTL drives. One is a fairly primitive one that can only travel between two stars once before requiring refueling, in order to facilitate Toishima's growth before the induction into the Republic. The second would be the Republican one, which would be extremely advanced compared to the original.

That actually sounds good - gives people incentive to join the Republic in the first place to have access to the hyperspace drive.

[Oogium]

Indeed, Toishima itself was forcefully inducted in only about 500 years ago.

In order to solve the FTL problem, at least for myself, I have decided to come up with two different FTL drives. One is a fairly primitive one that can only travel between two stars once before requiring refueling, in order to facilitate Toishima's growth before the induction into the Republic. The second would be the Republican one, which would be extremely advanced compared to the original.

Like maybe an Alcubbiere drive for Toishima, and a hyperspace or slipspace drive for the Republican states?

[Caecuser]

Indeed, Toishima itself was forcefully inducted in only about 500 years ago.

In order to solve the FTL problem, at least for myself, I have decided to come up with two different FTL drives. One is a fairly primitive one that can only travel between two stars once before requiring refueling, in order to facilitate Toishima's growth before the induction into the Republic. The second would be the Republican one, which would be extremely advanced compared to the original.

Like maybe an Alcubbiere drive for Toishima, and a hyperspace or slipspace drive for the Republican states?

Yeah - I'll write up a paragraph in a moment just giving some details and limitations of hyperspace for everyone to look at.

[Transoxthraxia]

Indeed, Toishima itself was forcefully inducted in only about 500 years ago.

In order to solve the FTL problem, at least for myself, I have decided to come up with two different FTL drives. One is a fairly primitive one that can only travel between two stars once before requiring refueling, in order to facilitate Toishima's growth before the induction into the Republic. The second would be the Republican one, which would be extremely advanced compared to the original.

That actually sounds good - gives people incentive to join the Republic in the first place to have access to the hyperspace drive.

Yeah, a standardized drive to be fit on all Republican ships.

[Caecuser]

Hyperspace is a 4th Spacial Dimension where from the perspective of sensors inside of it the three-dimensional universe appears to be a vast, mostly-flat plane sandwiched between two impervious planes known as Barriers which resembled a floor and a ceiling though no walls can be seen to this cosmological room.

Black holes, stars or other massive astronomical features can create indentations in this flat plane, stalagmites or stalactites pointing away from the plane toward the Barriers. These distortions are what allow ships to move through the realm of hyperspace easily and in absence of these - such as intergalactic space - then acceleration is incredibly difficult. Directly flying through these though is not recommendable at the energies involve will destroy ships.

The Barriers are named as such as they seal off other Universes - vertically speaking the higher Barrier contains an older Universe and the lower plane a younger Universe. These are however entirely invincible and no attempt at breaching them has ever succeeded.

Signals (FTL Comm) can be sent through hyperspace with enough power but you can only receive these signals if you are on the same level of hyperspace, this would be a representation:


Upper Barrier

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Ultraspace

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Realspace

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Infraspace

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Lower Barrier

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[Toishima]

English, man, English. Or Japanese, if you can.

I like the idea of the Alcubbiere Drive for my primitive version, but for FTL comms to work I would need to use the dimensional warp style of drive...

[Caecuser]

English, man, English. Or Japanese, if you can.

I like the idea of the Alcubbiere Drive for my primitive version, but for FTL comms to work I would need to use the dimensional warp style of drive...

In that case why not just use the Republican Hyperspace Drive?

[Oogium]

Hyperspace is a 4th Spacial Dimension where from the perspective of sensors inside of it the three-dimensional universe appears to be a vast, mostly-flat plane sandwiched between two impervious planes known as Barriers which resembled a floor and a ceiling though no walls can be seen to this cosmological room.

Black holes, stars or other massive astronomical features can create indentations in this flat plane, stalagmites or stalactites pointing away from the plane toward the Barriers. These distortions are what allow ships to move through the realm of hyperspace easily and in absence of these - such as intergalactic space - then acceleration is incredibly difficult. Directly flying through these though is not recommendable at the energies involve will destroy ships.

The Barriers are named as such as they seal off other Universes - vertically speaking the higher Barrier contains an older Universe and the lower plane a younger Universe. These are however entirely invincible and no attempt at breaching them has ever succeeded.

Signals (FTL Comm) can be sent through hyperspace with enough power but you can only receive these signals if you are on the same level of hyperspace, this would be a representation:


Upper Barrier

---

Ultraspace

---

Realspace

---

Infraspace

---

Lower Barrier

---

That's quite good, actually. Nice job!



My idea for the Alcubbiere/Toishima drive is that, to go at FTL speeds, the Toishimans need to create a warp bubble in space. This of course takes vast amounts of energy, and (theoretically), exotic matter, which perhaps they could harvest from....somewhere hard to go, and they have to do something hard to get it once they're there. Anyways, they'd have to use several kilos of exotic matter to form a warp bubble, and the longer the distance, the more they have to continuously feed out to keep the bubble together. Perhaps they'd even have "gas stations", deep space stations where ships could refuel. They'd also have to divert almost all the ship's power to the bubble, meaning they might have to replace the reactor core or whatever they run on. Additionally, if the bubble hits anything larger than a micro-meteoroid, it can disintegrate, spill the ship out, and cause it to crash. It would take a few weeks to go a few light years, say, between us and Proxima Centauri. Longer voyages could take months, and would require more fuel, and a larger ship due to the reactor strains.


The bubble would also interfere with transmissions, so they'd have to be small ones sent at very high frequency.

[Yortini Systems]

Perhaps it could add some tension and conflict to the group if some nations refused to join the republic. I would still join the republic but I mean what if a nation didn't want to for some reason?

[Caecuser]

Perhaps it could add some tension and conflict to the group if some nations refused to join the republic. I would still join the republic but I mean what if a nation didn't want to for some reason?

All nations at the beginning of the RP will be in the Republic.

[Yortini Systems]

All nations at the beginning of the RP will be in the Republic.

So no first contacts? That'll make it a lot easier.

[Caecuser]

All nations at the beginning of the RP will be in the Republic.

So no first contacts? That'll make it a lot easier.

That's what Sox and I were thinking as well.

[Toishima]

English, man, English. Or Japanese, if you can.

I like the idea of the Alcubbiere Drive for my primitive version, but for FTL comms to work I would need to use the dimensional warp style of drive...

In that case why not just use the Republican Hyperspace Drive?

No, Toishima will only be added to the Republic 500 years ago. To make it the large Empire it is now, there needs to have already been FTL transport and communications sometime in the past, before they got the Republican drive.

I like Oog's idea, it makes sense and does fit with the gas station idea I already had.

[Caecuser]

Anybody got an idea for the name of the Republican Orbital Capital?

[Yortini Systems]

The Hub?

[Caecuser]

The Hub?

The Hub would be the thing in the center of the Orbital which mans all the day-to-day running of it, and also providing a building for reps of member-states to meet in.

I'm thinking of more of a name-name.

[Toishima]

"Paradise". Supposedly the heart of a utopian and benevolent organisation, a land of gardens and blue lakes. Of course, the reality would be much different, and the name now more of a joke than anything.

[Caecuser]

"Paradise". Supposedly the heart of a utopian and benevolent organisation, a land of gardens and blue lakes. Of course, the reality would be much different, and the name now more of a joke than anything.

If we want to go down that angle then Eudaimonia can serve.

[Toishima]

Yeah, posting from phone so my translation options are pretty limited right now... =P

[Oogium]

Eden? Brahma? The Capital?

[G-Tech Corporation]

What's this about a republic?

[Caecuser]

What's this about a republic?

You've been away a while so it might take a while to bring you to speed.

But pretty much we've decided that in order to do away with the endless 1st Contact RP's the galaxies civilizations are united in a UN-style conglomeration we've nicknamed the Republic. We've also agreed on a standardization of FTL and therefore FTL Comms.

[G-Tech Corporation]

What's this about a republic?

You've been away a while so it might take a while to bring you to speed.

But pretty much we've decided that in order to do away with the endless 1st Contact RP's the galaxies civilizations are united in a UN-style conglomeration we've nicknamed the Republic. We've also agreed on a standardization of FTL and therefore FTL Comms.

Wouldn't a federation make more sense? I mean, I'm assuming they still maintain a fair amount of autonomy, to allow for wars/diplomacy/whatnot.

Irregardless, dibs plucky outsider faction that rejected the intragalactic conglomerate and rattles sabers at said conglomerate for no real reason.

[Caecuser]

You've been away a while so it might take a while to bring you to speed.

But pretty much we've decided that in order to do away with the endless 1st Contact RP's the galaxies civilizations are united in a UN-style conglomeration we've nicknamed the Republic. We've also agreed on a standardization of FTL and therefore FTL Comms.

Wouldn't a federation make more sense? I mean, I'm assuming they still maintain a fair amount of autonomy, to allow for wars/diplomacy/whatnot.

Irregardless, dibs plucky outsider faction that rejected the intragalactic conglomerate and rattles sabers at said conglomerate for no real reason.

Probably a Federation would make a lot more sense but we've all been calling it Republic for so long...

As for your other suggestion, we'll see.