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[The Nuclear Fist]

Ah, so they don't have any different characteristics other than a few diseases?

Well, nothing major when it concerns the halfbloods. The fullbloods have this whole 'don't die of old age or (most) diseases'-thing going and are biologically incompatible with haflbloods or regular humans because fullbloods use something similar to DNA rather than actual DNA for their genetic sequencing. Offspring of fullblood/halfblood couples can be produced with sufficiently advanced medical aid. Other than that:
They have slightly larger canines (about 5-10%) on the upper jaw.
The men have lanky builds and are do not usually look muscular- though this can be ascribed to evolution in a multi-thousand year war.
The inverse is not true but the phrase "the men look like women and the women look like men" still applies as both genders trend towards the androgynous.
The lack of scientific interest, as well as some other common mental traits such as perseverance, are considered inherited traits of the "saurai soul" - though this cannot be backed up by scientific evidence at this time.
Lastly, without preventive medication by method of innoculation and pills, the chance of a halfblood contracting cancer is >98%.

If all of those are true, you're going to have to fill out a species app for both the Halfbloods and the Fullbloods.

[The 44th Indp Legion]

Well, nothing major when it concerns the halfbloods. The fullbloods have this whole 'don't die of old age or (most) diseases'-thing going and are biologically incompatible with haflbloods or regular humans because fullbloods use something similar to DNA rather than actual DNA for their genetic sequencing. Offspring of fullblood/halfblood couples can be produced with sufficiently advanced medical aid. Other than that:
They have slightly larger canines (about 5-10%) on the upper jaw.
The men have lanky builds and are do not usually look muscular- though this can be ascribed to evolution in a multi-thousand year war.
The inverse is not true but the phrase "the men look like women and the women look like men" still applies as both genders trend towards the androgynous.
The lack of scientific interest, as well as some other common mental traits such as perseverance, are considered inherited traits of the "saurai soul" - though this cannot be backed up by scientific evidence at this time.
Lastly, without preventive medication by method of innoculation and pills, the chance of a halfblood contracting cancer is >98%.

If all of those are true, you're going to have to fill out a species app for both the Halfbloods and the Fullbloods.

even if there are <10 fullbloods present? Seems a bit superfluous to me, as I already specified the important differences between halfbloods and fullbloods on the species bit of the app. Wouldn't mind doing it properly if you feel it's really needed though.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Civilization Name: The Russian Empire
Government type: Autocratic/Meritocratic Bureaucracy
Home/Capital planet: Earth (Others are free to apply their own designation to it, of course.)
Government Information:
See 'General' factbook

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Population:
9 Billion (or, alternatively, if I can use my original nation, 21 billion.

Species name: Humans
Founding Species: Humans
Other Species:
Ansalian (Near Human Allied State)

(To be conquered at a later date)
Izverg
Tengu
Rusalka
Vodanoy
Groznian
Assyrian
Samarquandian (Near Humans)

Major Civilian industries/Services:
Starship Fabrication (Mars Imperial Shipyards, Russo-Balt)
Heavy Industry (Perm Works, Tsaritsyn Plants)
Agriculture (Imperial Martian Homestead Coop, Kalifornia Farmer Union)
Metals and Asteroid Mining (Imperial Asteroid Concern, ExtraSolar Limited, RUSAL)
Arms (Tula Works, St. Petersburg Imperial Armory)
Telecom (Rostel)
Interstellar Trade and Transport (Russian-Galactic Company, Romadonovsky Concern.)

Society and Cultural information:
Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base Form:
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/6237/gunner17th4.jpg
Humans! Huzzah!
Life span: 87 years (lower classes)/229 years (upper classes)
Intelligence (scale of 1-10 10 being like forerunner and 1 being cavemen): 7-ish? While some of them are quite inbred and stupid, others are quite ingenious.

Natural defenses/abilities:
Vodka-based blood provides natural immunity to all diseases which die in an 80% alcohol environment. Flammable breath.
Really, though, they're squishy humans. They punch things.

Aggression: 8, but it depends on the situation, really.

Information:
Bog-standard humans, but with big hats and fancy uniforms.

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Military Doctrine:
Shock and awe, heavy artillery bombardment where possible, followed up by massed infantry formations. Cavalry employed to flank the foe and chase routers down, or to overrun a particularly difficult enemy position.

Foreign policy:
Generally the Russian Empire prefers to incorporate states peacefully, and typically avoids meaningless conflict. As the galaxy contains a virtually endless supply of planets to exploit, the Empire seldom gets confrontational over worlds, and will generally even think long and hard before expending too much effort over a habitable planet.

Technological Age (Years beyond RL earth): 3200 AD

FTL Capabilities:
Russian FTL is based on the Etherway, an alternate dimension of mysterious tubes where light travels at 600mph (about.) As this dimension does not scale with ours, and the entry points appear to have no relation to their relative positions in our own universe, Etherway entrances/exits must be mapped prior to use. However, travel between them can be quite rapid, as achieving fantastic speeds in the Etherway is simply a matter of accelerating up to the desired speed.

The downside is the Lovecraftian abominations which lurk within some areas of the tunnel network. These are known to be large enough to swallow a modestly sized frigate, and are highly aggressive. Often they will pursue ships back into 'real' space, where they tend to explode and/or undergo Massive Existence Failure.

Military Information:
See army/navy factbooks in signature.

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NS activity:
Varies

Technological Bases:
A splash of Last Exile, a dash of Warhammer 40k, bits of random scifi novels I've read here and there, and, of course, history.

Prior RP links:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=240109
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=224558

Please write an impromptu post around the length of a paragraph to display current RP skill.
The young Tsar had only taken a casual glance into the window of the old shed, one of a million in this sub-district of Moscow's lower reaches. Through the grime, though, he had spotted the shape. It was unmistakable. A spaceship.

Ordering the whole column to a halt, Peter leapt from his carriage, order gesturing sharply to Zotov, who in turn waved two guards out of the file. The door, which was rusted and secured only by a few scraps of chain, broke down rapidly under the assault of the soldier's kicks and musket butts. Peter hardly waited for the jagged edges of the door to be swept out of the way. Sweeping through piles of dust ankle-deep, Peter and his tutor inspected the ship. Old was, perhaps, an understatement. It was clearly an in-system craft, possibly an old surface-to-orbit hopper, some young noble's toy for picking up those high-born girls. There was no provision for anything more than a few day's supply, and only room for perhaps five passengers after the pilot.

"Nikita." Peter turned to his tutor, "I am going to fly this."

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Map Claim:
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2676/o0v.png

I hope using a custom color is acceptable. I'm the green bit 'east' of Lutvikkia.
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The random fluctuations of space-time have dropped Space Russia into some sort of mysterious alternate universe. This portion of an old NSballs comic shall become related (sort of):

[Arcturus IV]

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Civilization Name: The Russian Empire
Government type: Autocratic/Meritocratic Bureaucracy
Home/Capital planet: Earth (Others are free to apply their own designation to it, of course.)
Government Information:
See 'General' factbook

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Population:
9 Billion (or, alternatively, if I can use my original nation, 21 billion.

Species name: Humans
Founding Species: Humans
Other Species:
Ansalian (Near Human Allied State)

(To be conquered at a later date)
Izverg
Tengu
Rusalka
Vodanoy
Groznian
Assyrian
Samarquandian (Near Humans)

Major Civilian industries/Services:
Starship Fabrication (Mars Imperial Shipyards, Russo-Balt)
Heavy Industry (Perm Works, Tsaritsyn Plants)
Agriculture (Imperial Martian Homestead Coop, Kalifornia Farmer Union)
Metals and Asteroid Mining (Imperial Asteroid Concern, ExtraSolar Limited, RUSAL)
Arms (Tula Works, St. Petersburg Imperial Armory)
Telecom (Rostel)
Interstellar Trade and Transport (Russian-Galactic Company, Romadonovsky Concern.)

Society and Cultural information:
Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base Form:
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/6237/gunner17th4.jpg
Humans! Huzzah!
Life span: 87 years (lower classes)/229 years (upper classes)
Intelligence (scale of 1-10 10 being like forerunner and 1 being cavemen): 7-ish? While some of them are quite inbred and stupid, others are quite ingenious.

Natural defenses/abilities:
Vodka-based blood provides natural immunity to all diseases which die in an 80% alcohol environment. Flammable breath.
Really, though, they're squishy humans. They punch things.

Aggression: 8, but it depends on the situation, really.

Information:
Bog-standard humans, but with big hats and fancy uniforms.

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Military Doctrine:
Shock and awe, heavy artillery bombardment where possible, followed up by massed infantry formations. Cavalry employed to flank the foe and chase routers down, or to overrun a particularly difficult enemy position.

Foreign policy:
Generally the Russian Empire prefers to incorporate states peacefully, and typically avoids meaningless conflict. As the galaxy contains a virtually endless supply of planets to exploit, the Empire seldom gets confrontational over worlds, and will generally even think long and hard before expending too much effort over a habitable planet.

Technological Age (Years beyond RL earth): 3200 AD

FTL Capabilities:
Russian FTL is based on the Etherway, an alternate dimension of mysterious tubes where light travels at 600mph (about.) As this dimension does not scale with ours, and the entry points appear to have no relation to their relative positions in our own universe, Etherway entrances/exits must be mapped prior to use. However, travel between them can be quite rapid, as achieving fantastic speeds in the Etherway is simply a matter of accelerating up to the desired speed.

The downside is the Lovecraftian abominations which lurk within some areas of the tunnel network. These are known to be large enough to swallow a modestly sized frigate, and are highly aggressive. Often they will pursue ships back into 'real' space, where they tend to explode and/or undergo Massive Existence Failure.

Military Information:
See army/navy factbooks in signature.

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NS activity:
Varies

Technological Bases:
A splash of Last Exile, a dash of Warhammer 40k, bits of random scifi novels I've read here and there, and, of course, history.

Prior RP links:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=240109
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=224558

Please write an impromptu post around the length of a paragraph to display current RP skill.
The young Tsar had only taken a casual glance into the window of the old shed, one of a million in this sub-district of Moscow's lower reaches. Through the grime, though, he had spotted the shape. It was unmistakable. A spaceship.

Ordering the whole column to a halt, Peter leapt from his carriage, order gesturing sharply to Zotov, who in turn waved two guards out of the file. The door, which was rusted and secured only by a few scraps of chain, broke down rapidly under the assault of the soldier's kicks and musket butts. Peter hardly waited for the jagged edges of the door to be swept out of the way. Sweeping through piles of dust ankle-deep, Peter and his tutor inspected the ship. Old was, perhaps, an understatement. It was clearly an in-system craft, possibly an old surface-to-orbit hopper, some young noble's toy for picking up those high-born girls. There was no provision for anything more than a few day's supply, and only room for perhaps five passengers after the pilot.

"Nikita." Peter turned to his tutor, "I am going to fly this."

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Map Claim:
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2676/o0v.png

I hope using a custom color is acceptable. I'm the green bit 'east' of Lutvikkia.
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The random fluctuations of space-time have dropped Space Russia into some sort of mysterious alternate universe. This portion of an old NSballs comic shall become related (sort of):

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Looks good to me, comrade! Feel free to use your older nation and its pop if you like, just make sure you post here with it so others are aware that you have the pop to support it and that it is actually yours (I've had too much coffee so bear with my ineloquent speech patterns). I'm really psyched that you decided to join, too.

Just remember that once you 'warp in' you'll only have your alt Sol system, and no pre-established trade routes or outposts. You are more than welcome to establish them through RP however.

EDIT: I was blind enough to miss the scroll bar on the application form, so I missed a few bits, which I now have rectified. That's what I get for nightposting > .<.

I have considered applying to an FT group for some time now and this one tickles my fancy, but I am left with a conundrum.
I would like to RP as my current nation/civilization for obvious reasons, but I am hesitant to alter too much - especially since I do try to maintain continuity between NS version and the non-NS version I use for my personal writing. The main triggering issue is the following: the (part of) the nation I normally RP as is more numerous than the rules would appear to allow. (35.33bln on census IC versus 5.863bln on the nation page, roughly 6 times as much). The obvious answer would be to create a new isolated subsidiary of some sort but this carries it's own set of problems. I'll provide context for the...uh slightly confusing logic, which hopefully will illuminate (slightly).

1) My nation does not (normally) colonise planets, it "re-colonises" planets with the facilities they need, as the vast majority of their tech is apocryphal and too poorly understood to be reproduced using means that are not in themselves apocryphal and poorly understood - as such my nation can't build the factories that produce any of the core technologies without some very serious co-ordinated nation-wide effort, and not some isolated fragment, except if
2) part of a fleet gets lost in a strange galaxy and finds a former saurai planet in pristine condition through plot-magic, allowing colonisation. However, the only ships actually large enough to be able sustain an isolated of this magnitude are WAY beyond the scope of what I intend to actually field in RPs. ICly, my nation has the 60-odd km long strategic carriers capable of ad-hoc colonisation. OOCly, I don't. Or don't want to, anyway. The scope of such a vessel is simply inappropriate for normal RPs. The only plausible explanation to this, while avoiding the curse of huge ships would be
3) the colonisation was already nearing completion when something went terribly wrong.

What is left are some oddball issues: firstly, FTL. That is, my main means of transport is normally intergalactic. Although highly inaccurate FTL (for the resulting system-to-system transport anyway) may be amusing/interesting, I have no idea how this would effect the way the map works, or if it even is acceptable to use (I do have alternatives if need be). Secondly, I wouldn't be able to colonise new worlds. which may put a damper on interesting events. Thirdly, I can't actually (knowingly) meddle with humans unless I'm meddled with first because of a treaty my nation is subject to, so a first contact would be tricky, but far not impossible.

Any suggestions/comments regarding to non-spoilered issues would be appreciated. In the mean time, a long overdue application form.

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Civilization Name: The 44th Independent Legion
Government type: Authoritarian Democracy
Home Planet: Sertek
National Capital planet (formally): Annodad
regional Capital PLanet (formally): Paraxus II
Government Information: The UHP, a moderated, trade-favoured neo-communist party has ruled the 44th, with or without the need for a political coalition, practically non-stop for hundreds of years. The government is a stickler for rules and loves treaties and oddly specific laws of many kinds. The amount of red tape and paperwork is astounding, yet somehow doesn't really hamper the governments ability to be effective all that much. Well, not usually, anyway.
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Population: including ship crews, blacklisted personnel and 'acquired' citizens: ~5.8bln
Species name: Halfblood (formally classified as "subhuman")
Founding Species: Saurai (extinct in these parts of the universe)
Other Species: there is a small selection of Fullbloods (also formally classified as "subhuman")
Major Civilian industries/Services: Trade, trade, glorious trade! Matter converters can produce exotic or otherwise rare materials with relative ease if you can manage to keep the things going. Strong export of raw materials. Finished produce such as spaceship (components), weaponry and armour of various kinds are not normally exported.
Society and Cultural information: A quick rundown:
The 44th independent Legion derives its name from the secession procedures (from the "dependent" saurai legions, usually referred to as the 'standard legions') which occurred on a large scale just before the onset of the Saurai Civil War. The number is simply the numerical order in which various factions have seceded from the standard legions and their derivatives. During and after the Saurai Civil War, the ethnic demographic of the 44th slowly developed from a mostly saurai and human demographic to one almost 100% halfblood.
In the wake of the saurai civil war the 44th was almost completely wiped out and did not become active again until after the big bang (and fairly recently at that, too). Note that the big bang messed badly with local time vs 'in-universe' time for the survivors. The history books list the saurai civil war and the Great Purge that ended it as the cause of the big bang, but this is not actually the case.
The technological understanding of the devices that the 44th relies on is slipping ever more and they search intensively for ways to stop or compensate for this. Compared to other remnants of the saurai civilization, they are fairly low-tech, but still can press a strong tech advantage against most civilizations. They are currently in a seemingly endless war against their nemesis also hailing from the saurai civil war, the 56th independent legion. survival rates of the conscripted population is low, and there are incentives for voluntary (and longer-term) service.
The 44th is about equally capitalist as it is communist, but left-leaning as a whole. (combining it in the concept of 'neo-communism'). It is a highly surveilled nation, with only a small number of privacy protection laws, though said laws are clearly defined and closely regarded. The people and their government is kind, sometimes seen as almost naive, but they are notoriously vindictive when truly wronged. Crime is practically non-existent, mainly due to lack of scarcity, close surveillance and the threat of immediate conscription (or inexplicable dissapearance). Notable is the presence of a nobility in a sorta-kinda-maybe communistic state.
Respiratory Gas: Oxygen
Base Form: Humanoid
Life span: Avarage lifespan of halfbloods is around 35 (75 if you don't count conscript casualties). The average lifespan of fullbloods is 200-300 years.
Intelligence (scale of 1-10 10 being like forerunner and 1 being cavemen): intelligence is usually a solid 6 or 7, occasionally more, but scientific interest is (to the dismay of the leadership) quite low.
Natural defenses/abilities: nothing more or less than a human for the most part, though a some fullbloods can use very limited psychokinesis.
Aggression: (Scale 1-10) 4 or 5. A big fat 9 if it concerns the 56th.
Information:Halfbloods are an extremely human-like boo-engineered subhuman species made in an attempt to replicate humans using highly modified saurai genes as source material. Fullbloods are a result of the same processes, but are genetically and physically less similar to humans. Fulbloods do not age beyond an apparant age of ~45 at any point in their theoretically limitless lives.
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Military Doctrine: Focus on relatively large, powerful spacecraft with lots of guns of varying sizes. Peace through superior firepower.
Foreign policy: Assimilation through exposure or get rich trying.
Technological Age (Years beyond RL earth):I'd hazard a guess at 10k on avarage. I can't predict too accurately how fast the human race will advance itself. The larger scale stuff like spacecraft is considerably more advanced than ther smaller troop-level tech.
FTL Capabilities:
Rift Drive - range in the Gigaparsec, requires recalibration after each arrival and takes a long time to charge and needs pretty darn big machinery. Otherwise pretty fast and not too obscenely dangerous.
Hopskotch - an abomination of science combining several other not-quite-FTL drive systems into one. Useful for inter and intra system travel, but causes structural damage to the ship whenever it's used. speed can be anywhere from 3-500c on the ships I'll be using.
Military Information:

spacecraft
3 terranoid class tactical carriers
12 usurper class cruisers (standard pattern)
24 usurper class cruisers (logistics pattern)
62 civillian usurper class trade ships.
1 Vengeance Class frigate (rogue pattern)
19 Xotl class orbital cruisers

strike craft
26 Paraxus Class multi-role orbital fighter
12 Talan Class Orbital interceptors
29 Zargon Class orbital fighters
37 tailbiter aerofighters.
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NS activity: it has its ups and downs, but I'm not planning on going anywhere in the summer holidays so it should be fairly high for quite some time.
Technological Bases: custom. (ICly: saurai tech base)
Prior RP links: a slow-but steady one, continued from two previous threads
impromtu
Sertek was a beautiful planet once, long ago. Probably. Harrad, or anyone else, didn't really know when or why the standard legion had abandoned it either. In any case, Harrad was sure that the reason Sertek was abandoned had to with why the distraught looking planet looked the way it did currently. Though a small planet, the mass was pretty consistent with other formerly saurai planets - indicating the previous inhabitants may have meddled with the planets soft inner workings, or so the colonists feared. Initial geological surveys indicated that it was at least possible the high average density was due to a large metal core - still liquid for some unknowable reason after all this time. Harrad put on the black jacket, adorned with small bits of silver according to his rank, that was the only difference between the civil and military uniform. He sighed and stepped out of the dusky hallway of the overgrown ruins of an apartment that he had made into his home. He had been informed that the Metallurgy & Armaments Department scientists had found something "quite interesting". Upon reviewing his own sanity, he decided for that better and took along his trusty mark two pennygun from the improvised umbrella-rack. In his experience, when dealing with the Metallurgy & Armaments Department, "quite interesting" tended to translate into "quite troublesome".
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the backed out bit near the galactic core. Technically I'll have no control where I'll end up initially (if I get accepted), so feel free to randomly place me anywhere if it suits you.
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Please spoiler the whole thing next time instead of just the few images at the bottom and a smallish bit of text somewhere in the middle... your current layout makes it a nightmare for me to shorten. On the topic of your app, though:

If you're willing to go with the ~5.8 billion pop, that would be best - 30+ billion is a bit much if you don't actually have the nation pop to support it, and besides that we already have an 'unofficial' cap of ~20 billion pop for starters.

Three planets is fine as long as they're all in the same system. No one starts with more than a single system, period.

Your tech age seems to be drastically low for the tech you're claiming. For comparison, Arcturus is 150,000 years ahead of modern Earth, and still uses lasers and shit.

Your primary FTL is a huge problem. Not with the travel time, that's fine; but rather with the range itself. A gigaparsec is roughly 1/14th the diameter of the observable universe. That's way too extensive of a range. 34 kiloparsecs is the absolute maximum you should have, and that's the diameter of the entire galaxy - less would be preferable, although not necessarily required if you give yourself enough of a handicap to make up for it in the beginning.

Remember, you shouldn't be starting off 'at the top', so to speak. This is a galaxy returning from the brink of destruction, war-torn and post-apocalyptic. If you're an older race, you've more than likely suffered setbacks from the war, and if you're a younger race then you simply haven't had the time or opportunity to advance as far. Plus, if you start at the low end, you just have that much more to play with on your way up.

Take these criticisms with a grain of salt, resubmit your app with them in mind, and I'll reconsider it.

[Hobbeebia]

Hey everyone!

Hobbeebia here with an important announcements!

Due to the rapid growth of NEAR we have established an Esper.net Chatroom - #NEARFT. Also on todays announcement list is the possible NEAR based Novel! I along with Arcturus have been discussing possibly making a book or book series which is loosely based off of NEAR and its history. So far we are working on storyboarding, character development, etc... that being said if you have a problem with us using elements of your concepts within the book please let us know so we can have it struck from the story. If your ok with it then we hope to also use you as a means of bouncing ideas off of as a Consultor which would gain you recongnition in the book as a contributor, which could have other benifets down the road if publishing was brought into the equation... but for now its just a hobby

Lastly, we are thinking about possibly making a new site for NEAR all together to help with streamlining and organization. This would not be for a while and would allow us to use coding to help with population control, military numbers, etc... If you are interested in helping us with such an endeavour let me or Arcturus know!

[Kornosia]

AWESOME!

I'm also quite fine with the book idea.

[Caecuser]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

Ooh. Dibs jaded world-traveler archetype with a hidden agenda.

[Caecuser]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

Ooh. Dibs jaded world-traveler archetype with a hidden agenda.

Sweet - the RP would open up with the beginnings of the voyage starting off from my homeland. So would you be already present as a pre-booked passenger or picked up along the way?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Ooh. Dibs jaded world-traveler archetype with a hidden agenda.

Sweet - the RP would open up with the beginnings of the voyage starting off from my homeland. So would you be already present as a pre-booked passenger or picked up along the way?

Hmm. How soon are you going to be starting this RP? I'm on a vacation starting two hours from now in the BVIs, and I only get back Monday. I'd prefer to be pre-booked, but picked up would work better if it will start while I'm incommunicado.

[Caecuser]

Sweet - the RP would open up with the beginnings of the voyage starting off from my homeland. So would you be already present as a pre-booked passenger or picked up along the way?

Hmm. How soon are you going to be starting this RP? I'm on a vacation starting two hours from now in the BVIs, and I only get back Monday. I'd prefer to be pre-booked, but picked up would work better if it will start while I'm incommunicado.

Well, it can be started at any point this weekend which means Sunday could be an opportune starting point. I've also gotta figure my way through some of the stuff as my tech base / cultural focus is an adapted version of the Culture only toned down an extensive amount in scale and structure.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hmm. How soon are you going to be starting this RP? I'm on a vacation starting two hours from now in the BVIs, and I only get back Monday. I'd prefer to be pre-booked, but picked up would work better if it will start while I'm incommunicado.

Well, it can be started at any point this weekend which means Sunday could be an opportune starting point. I've also gotta figure my way through some of the stuff as my tech base / cultural focus is an adapted version of the Culture only toned down an extensive amount in scale and structure.

I can deal with Sunday; I'd only be behind a day on the ICly, and that's perfectly doable if this posts at the standard FT rate. In that case I just need to dream up a character to start aboard your liner. To the drawing board, wot.

[Arcerion]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

Visit one of the Conglomerate's many resorts!

[Arcerion]

Hey everyone!

Hobbeebia here with an important announcements!

Due to the rapid growth of NEAR we have established an Esper.net Chatroom - #NEARFT. Also on todays announcement list is the possible NEAR based Novel! I along with Arcturus have been discussing possibly making a book or book series which is loosely based off of NEAR and its history. So far we are working on storyboarding, character development, etc... that being said if you have a problem with us using elements of your concepts within the book please let us know so we can have it struck from the story. If your ok with it then we hope to also use you as a means of bouncing ideas off of as a Consultor which would gain you recongnition in the book as a contributor, which could have other benifets down the road if publishing was brought into the equation... but for now its just a hobby

Lastly, we are thinking about possibly making a new site for NEAR all together to help with streamlining and organization. This would not be for a while and would allow us to use coding to help with population control, military numbers, etc... If you are interested in helping us with such an endeavour let me or Arcturus know!

A book you say? I would be totally fine with you using my ideas. WOuld love to be the financial backer and power layer. Mwhehehe

[The Nuclear Fist]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

You're free to visit the Order, and I may have a priest take part.

[Caecuser]

Hobb and I will be doing an RP soon featuring a large cruise liner from my nation going around and visiting other civilizations on a large tour across the Galaxy. Does anybody else want to take part, as passengers or destinations?

You're free to visit the Order, and I may have a priest take part.

Hmm - now what could be there for the interstellar tour to take part in and enjoy?

[The Nuclear Fist]

Hmm - now what could be there for the interstellar tour to take part in and enjoy?

The Holy Sepulchre of Saint Manigog, an ancient spire stabbing deeply into the sky that dates back to the mid stages of the Galactic War. The sepulchre houses the body of Saint Manigog, which is held in eternal stasis so as not to allow for decomposition of the body. As an added bonus, the spire contains dozens of the most holy relics in the Krissian religion and relics important to the history of the Order itself, dating all the way back to before the Galactic War.

[Caecuser]

Hmm - now what could be there for the interstellar tour to take part in and enjoy?

The Holy Sepulchre of Saint Manigog, an ancient spire stabbing deeply into the sky that dates back to the mid stages of the Galactic War. The sepulchre houses the body of Saint Manigog, which is held in eternal stasis so as not to allow for decomposition of the body. As an added bonus, the spire contains dozens of the most holy relics in the Krissian religion and relics important to the history of the Order itself, dating all the way back to before the Galactic War.

Nice - I'll put it on the schedule then.

[Lokhavia]

I'm fine with the book-thingy^^
But some of my stuff is stolen from inspired by other sources... Like technology derived from the Alien-Saga...


@Caecuser
If you like, you can visit Lokhavia.
Lokhavia is renowned for it's complete lack of natural sunlight due to high air pollution. Also it has some fine worker's clubs, theaters and operas. Also, a relatively new 'tourist attraction' (at least for Lokhavians) are the Gates in the system.

Maybe there would even be a chance for picking up one of the party functionaries for his holiday^^
Or maybe you come across the missing shuttle somewhere... (if you want... you would be the first... http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=249862)

[The Nuclear Fist]

I'm writing up the application for my secondary nation, the Niteris. I think their first expansion into the neigbouring hex is just going to be them finding a civilized planet and horribly murdering everyone on it.

[Caecuser]

I'm writing up the application for my secondary nation, the Niteris. I think their first expansion into the neigbouring hex is just going to be them finding a civilized planet and horribly murdering everyone on it.

Can't wait.

[The Nuclear Fist]

I'm writing up the application for my secondary nation, the Niteris. I think their first expansion into the neigbouring hex is just going to be them finding a civilized planet and horribly murdering everyone on it.

Can't wait.

Kill off entire planet, skin them, put on their skin, move on to next planet.

[Razhtigr]

I'm fine with the book-thingy^^
But some of my stuff is stolen from inspired by other sources... Like technology derived from the Alien-Saga...



Maybe there would even be a chance for picking up one of the party functionaries for his holiday^^
Or maybe you come across the missing shuttle somewhere... (if you want... you would be the first... http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=249862)

I like it, do you have a plan for first contact?

[Lokhavia]

I like it, do you have a plan for first contact?

Not really^^
I'd just use whatever will be thrown at me. But the passengers of the shuttle would most certainly be grateful for someone or something other than void space, because it means some small shimmer of hope...

so, do as you prefer

[The Nuclear Fist]

If I get the app up soon, I just may have a Niteris onboard your shuttle, Caecuser.